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Above and beyond drawing my creations, I try to incorporate some kind of message. I try not to end as merely a question but try to provide a conclusion within the work.
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I think that nationality has no relation to that which gives rise to manga. Even among the Japanese, manga creators are making their creations everyday reflecting their own individuality, with none being the same. What is important isn't the differences between the creators but their love for manga.
Natsuki Takaya
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I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires.
Natsuki Takaya -
Everytime you fall down or take the wrong path, it isn't wasted. You will surely develop and grow over time.
Natsuki Takaya -
Simply put, I'm glad that manga as an expressive form is expanding.
Natsuki Takaya -
We shall go wild with fireworks...And they will plunge into the sky and shatter the darkness. We don't have any fireworks that big...
Natsuki Takaya -
Before and after my debut, I've helped out other manga artists from time to time, but I have no experience of being exclusively an assistant. Nor have I done individual or self-published manga.
Natsuki Takaya -
It's lonely to say goodbye. Very lonely. Partings are the beginnings of new meetings. Beginnings happen because there are endings…Meetings. Beginnings. It's not too late…to believe in them after the fact.
Natsuki Takaya
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It's all very simple. But maybe because it's so simple, it's also hard.
Natsuki Takaya -
As a child, because manga was always around and I was reading it, I naturally thought, 'Hey, I'd like to draw manga - I'd like to be a manga author!'
Natsuki Takaya -
Partings are the beginnings of new meetings. Beginnings happen because there are endings.
Natsuki Takaya -
A novelist can’t be without a kimono and pen!
Natsuki Takaya -
Because even the smallest of words can be the ones to hurt you, or save you.
Natsuki Takaya -
Just be yourself and you'll be fine...
Natsuki Takaya
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You must always be yourself, and do things at your own pace. Someday, you'll catch up.
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Hatori: "SHIGURE... I WILL TELL EVERYONE IN THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT YOU, STARTING FROM WHEN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS OLD..." Shigure: "Sorry, Tohru-kun. My lips are sealed!
Natsuki Takaya -
I know that happy things and fun things eventually come to an end. But things that are scary and sad come to an end too...they always do. Even if you can't always believe that , please don't give up. Live.
Natsuki Takaya -
He gets hurt by the smallest touch. It'll be okay, as long as there will finally be a day. Eventually, one day. It will be good if all our burdens would finally be released. I really hope you can do it. I hope you two can both live happily.
Natsuki Takaya -
Isn't it said that eating pink noodles turns you into a horny pervert?!
Natsuki Takaya -
Maybe the reason people get jealous of eachother is because they can clearly see the umeboshi on other people's backs. I can see them too. I can see them perfectly. There is an amazing umeboshi on your back, Kyo-kun.
Natsuki Takaya
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Is your brain directly wired to perversion?
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If you want to stop me you're going to have to came at me like your going to kill me.
Natsuki Takaya -
Don't get lost. Give it a try. Go find the place that you're wishing for.
Natsuki Takaya -
Let's try our best? I hope that someday the many, many tears that were shed will be worth it.
Natsuki Takaya