Mangaka Musings 12/03/2023

Thoughts from the mangaka about their manga, lives, and other random things.

By VIZ Media December 03, 2023

Shadow Eliminators
Kento Amemiya

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I’m here thanks to my family and friends, my previous and current editors, and all my assistants!

Green Green Greens
Kento Terasaka

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My author-bio image is now a golem. It’s because I like the golems from Monster Farm.

Akane-banashi
Yuki Suenaga

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The Day I Met a Monster: Fighting It Out with Naoya Inoue was a really interesting read.

WITCH WATCH
Kenta Shinohara

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I have a center color page for the first time in a while. I’m barely able to make my deadlines with just normal pages, so I haven’t been able to do much color. Sorry.

Mission: Yozakura Family
Hitsuji Gondaira

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I don’t have a tradition of decorating a Christmas tree, but I like collecting the ornaments.

One Piece
Eiichiro Oda

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I enjoy watching the M-1 prelims. I’m rooting for a few of the teams. I hope they make it to the finals!

Sakamoto Days
Yuto Suzuki

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I can’t thank my staff enough for keeping up with my ridiculous schedule each week. I’m so sorry!

My Hero Academia
Kohei Horikoshi

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There was a kanji error under the cover in the Japanese version of volume 39. Not the best, but oh well.

Blue Box
Kouji Miura

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I was so happy to hear from so many people congratulating me on the anime! I’ll keep striving to be better!

Jujutsu Kaisen
Gege Akutami

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I’m a fan of manzai, and I had been collecting and refining a lot of Jessica Shinku–style jokes to use in the chapter.

Kill Blue
Tadatoshi Fujimaki

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I had the girls lower their hair for this chapter, and now you can’t tell them apart… Please look for their eyebrows.

Undead Unluck
Yoshifumi Tozuka

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Thank you to Anime NYC! I made it back safely. NY was sick!!

Nue’s Exorcist
Kota Kawae

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I get into a loop where I watch a video of oysters and then buy some at the supermarket, but they’re different from what I was expecting.

Me & Roboco
Shuhei Miyazaki

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I was allowed to draw a One Piece card!! Please buy Bentame Jump!!

Kagurabachi
Takeru Hokazono

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I think up most of my storyboards while out on a walk. The more I struggle, the better for my health.

The Elusive Samurai
Yusei Matsui

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My editor treated me to a meal of whale meat. What we ate was minke whale. The one in the series was a Berardius whale according to what was mainstream at the time.

Cipher Academy
Yuji Iwasaki

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I’m getting to the age where I appreciate tatami floors. It’s fun to get older.

Two on Ice
Elck Itsumo

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I’m thankful for living in an age when I can attend my friend’s wedding online! Congrats, Yamauchi!

MamaYuyu
Yoshihiko Hayashi

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I drew chapter 13 while being cheered up by Haruto from Tantei Knight Scoop.

Martial Master Asumi
Kawada

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I put on some pants for the first time in a while, and the button blasted off. So yeah, you know what that means…