Home > Features > 50 Questions for Rumiko Takahashi
- Q1
- Did you ever want a profession besides manga author?
- Q2
- Do you use your drawing tools a long time?
- Q3
- Do you get more done during the day than at night?
- Q4
- Do you have any as-yet-unannounced works?
- Q5
- Do you use the Internet?
- Q6
- Is there any particular theme you definitely do not want to include in your manga?
- Q7
- Do you always keep your desk at work neat?
- Q8
- Do you think being a manga author is your calling?
- Q9
- Do you listen to music at work?
- Q10
- Do you listen to the radio at work?
- Q11
- Do you watch TV at work?
- Q12
- Do you want to continue writing manga for shonen (and seinen) magazines?
- Q13
- Have you ever thought about quitting being a manga author?
- Q14
- Do you ever go out eating and drinking with other manga authors?
- Q15
- Is there anyone you would call your mentor?
- Q16
- Do you want to keep drawing manga the rest of your life?
- Q17
- Do you keep a notebook of ideas?
- Q18
- Do you always wear an apron as you draw manga?
- Q19
- Do you work relatively fast?
- Q20
- Do you ever get jealous when reading other authors' works?
- Q21
- Do you ever run up against a wall when crafting the story?
- Q22
- Which is harder, starting a new work, or bringing one to a conclusion? Answer Yes for the conclusion and No for starting.
- Q23
- Is there any particular time in your life you would like to return to?
- Q24
- If the worlds you've created actually existed, would you like to visit them?
- Q25
- Have you ever changed a characer's personality based on reader response?
- Q26
- Do you like to go out on your days off?
- Q27
- Did you like school?
- Q28
- Would you ever like to return to your hometown to live?
- Q29
- Were you reading Weekly Shonen Sunday before your debut?
- Q30
- Do you like to people-watch?
- Q31
- Would you rather be reborn as a man than as a woman?
- Q32
- Do you read before going to sleep at night?
- Q33
- Would you like to learn a martial art and try fighting someone?
- Q34
- Were you an energetic child?
- Q35
- Are you usually on time for meetings, etc.?
- Q36
- Would you like to be able to use yojutsu (magic)?
- Q37
- Have you ever seen any yokai (monsters) or yurei ( ghosts)?
- Q38
- If the Shikon Jewel really existed and would grant your wish, would you want it?
- Q39
- Has a historical novel ever become a motif for Inuyasha?
- Q40
- Is there a television program you look forward to watching every week?
- Q41
- Is there a particular serial manga by another author you look forward to reading every week (every month)?
- Q42
- Have you ever thought you were a genius?
- Q43
- Are you a person of clear and distinct emotions?
- Q44
- Do you have a tendency to collect things?
- Q45
- Do you get excited when you see cherry blossoms?
- Q46
- Would you say you have a lot of friends?
- Q47
- Do you easily trust people?
- Q48
- Do you have a pet?
- Q49
- Do you like children?
- Q50
- Do you line up the manga on your bookshelves in order of volume number?
