Aya: Getting right into it, first Id like to ask about Mrs. Takeuchis original manga. Its difficult to tell when you print it, but I was very surprised when I heard that Mrs. Takeuchis original manga has many things with beads and lace attached.
Osano: It was an extremely troublesome original manga for us (laughs). Which is to say, and this becomes a specialized discussion, but you cant print illustrations with 3D objects attached with regular offset printing. You need to take a picture of the illustration, then print it using a manufacturing process where you circulate that photo in the printing press, so its an illustration that makes editors and print shops cry. On top of that, theres the possibility that beads, etc will come plopping off when moving it, so its a pain to handle. Therefore, I pleaded Please refrain from attaching 3D objects with Mrs. Takeuchi several times, but she didnt care (laughs). However, looking at it after several decades, each drawing is incredibly wonderful
Those illustrations made me cry at that time, but thinking back on it, I definitely feel that she was right.
