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Now, that’s what I call a wizard’s tower!
Fall and fog in the trees. Fall landscape when the leaves are almost gone.
“It’s kind of difficult to talk about this. I think my parents had their own reasons, too. I am not a psychologist or anything, so I don’t know what kind of effect the experience had on me. The fact is I didn’t spend time with my parents in my childhood, so I have no idea what I would be like if I did. I had a phase where I was afraid of getting close to other people. There was so much going on back then, it was a very dramatic time of my life. So I’ve always wanted to make a manga about it. But the story has a very strong impact. I didn’t want people to have a certain image about me, or cause any trouble for the people who are involved in it. So I didn’t want to work on it for a very long time. But one day, I thought that I won’t be able to write about children if I grew any older. Also, I wanted to take on a new challenge by working on an autobiography-like story.”