Forum - View topicInterview: Masakazu Ishiguro
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lys
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Excellent interview!! (coming from the resident SoreMachi fangirl...) Too bad this wasn't posted before JManga started shutting things down, but as suddenly as that all came about I can't say ANN's at fault for waiting. Just hope the series will get a second chance for the English market, somewhere, somehow! It's too good not to have available to everyone.
I really appreciated hearing about Ishiguro-sensei's influences and thought process. I started paying attention to the non-linear sequence of chapters part way through; it's like a game to pick up the hints of connections and place them in a timeline (like a figurine that shows up in one chapter and is bought as a gift in another, or references to a summer vacation trip, or Hotori's accidental haircut...). And I always thought the mysterious occurrences—aliens, dreams, time travel, etc—that popped up once or twice a volume were a fun, unique addition to the otherwise down-to-earth setting. It's cool that he did that as a tribute of sorts to another manga he admired :) I'm also really, really thankful now that Ishiguro-sensei decided he couldn't write moe. What he does write is so delightful and charming and perfect! |
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dormcat
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I love his current serialization (for obvious reasons). Just bought vol. 2 last Saturday.
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mgosdin
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I too am disappointed that this series was swept up in the JManga fall.
Ishiguro-sensei does not need to worry about moe, what he creates is good and that is all we could ask for. Mark Gosdin |
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samuelp
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Here's another interview with him that jmanga set up right before the end that just came out:
http://geek-news.mtv.com/2013/03/27/masakazu-ishiguro-masahiro-ohno-soremachi/ Also they seem to have the first chapter up for reading... |
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ZeetherKID77
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I hope some new digital manga site can pick up SoreMachi. I enjoyed what I read of it and JManga closing up just as this interview went up is VERY unfortunate.
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MiwaSatoshi
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Perhaps this interview might help with getting some buzz for his works so they are relicensed. So the timing might not be so inopportune after all.
Positive thoughts! 
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Vapors
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I noticed that too around the time Hotori had her haircut botched. I started rereading the older chapters once I realized this. I think its pretty neat because it allows him to craft additional stories from earlier that maybe he did not think about or have time to craft. It is a shame that its ending at where it is at Jmanga because from what I could tell, they seem to be entering Hotori's senior year. I, too, hope someone not only rereleases this on digital but maybe on print as well. |
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