Free Talks


[chapter 40]
	Hi, it's Watsuki, it's been a long time. Well, it's all of a sudden all right, but 
below goes the character popularity poll made among my five assistants (I didn't take part
in it):

1st place: Takani Megumi 				26 points
2nd place: Shinomori Aoshi				16 points
3rd place: Nagaoka Mikio				10 points
	   Myoujin Yahiko				10 points
	   Sanjou Tsubame				10 points
	   Sagara Souzou				10 points
7th place: Udou Jin-eh					09 points
8th place: Sagara Sanosuke				08 points
9th place: Beshimi					07 points
10th place: Isurugi Raijuuta				05 points
	    Zanza					05 points
12th place: Kamiya Kaoru				04 points
(a.s.o.)

	This is very funny, since it's very different from the poll in the Shonen Jump. 
Megumi looks like everybody's beloved, everybody voted on her. Aoshi got the second place
given the anxiety about his future and Nagaoka has got everyone's support. The Zanza and
Sanosuke difference was a thing the staff adhered to. FYI, Kenshin didn't get a single vote.
Hey, hey, what's wrong with you?

[chapter 43]
	It's been a while, but in mid-April I went to Aomori thanks to J.S.A.T. It was quite 
a fun, since I had been locked indoors by then. Two things impressed me: a meeting I had with
my readers and the night sights I saw from the first airplane I've ever taken. As it looks like
being locked indoors drives me crazy and full of negative thoughts, I'll try to reach a balance
between work and rest. So, let's meet again in the next volume.