Watsuki: I failed the diet I mentioned in volume 3, but this year . . .!
Misao: Yeah, yeah.
LATELY I’VE BEEN WORRIED
Samurai Spirit’s Zankurou Musouken (I want to do it). My favorite coffeehouse (it’ll go bankrupt).
A decline in the quality of my pens and manuscript paper (this is urgent). My potbelly (even more urgent.)
The appearance of the RuroKen anime (thumping heartbeat). The future of the RuroKen manga (nervousness).
The future of the manga artist Watsuki Nobuhiro ( . . . . . . )
Hope the new year will be a good one . . .
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VOLUME 9:
Watsuki: But it makes everyone happy, this fan service . . .
Saitou: Such greed. You don't know your own limits.
ABOUT THE "MAKING OF THE CHARACTERS" SECTION
When I wrote about Saitou Hajime in Volume Seven, I received a lot of opinions from readers again.
"Writing about these things and picking fights with your readers will hurt, you know."
Um, the truth is, this corner is already hurting me as a manga artist.
I end up confessing everything I hoped wouldn't get out. It's difficult, this service for my readers.
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VOLUME 10:
Watsuki: Picture it in katakana: "Virtual Meiji!" It would be a cool title for a 3D fighting game!
Hiko (reading a magazine) The column's pretty negative. Well, nothing wrong with that.
VIRTUAL MEIJI
If you put it in kanji, it's "imaginary Meiji."
I was just casually reading a magazine standing up in a bookstore when I found a review of Ruroken in a column.
I was impressed, they were speaking pretty highly of it.
And it cleared up one confusion I had. It's not a knowledgable historical manga about the Meiji period,
but it's fun with a little of the feel of the real Meiji. Yup, that's Rurouni Kenshin.
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VOLUME 11:
translation still missing
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VOLUME 12:
Watsuki: I hear the new Macs are pretty good!<br>
Yumi: That's pretty cheerful considering the all the depressing stuff below. (Is this a front or what?)
