It wasn’t until I got to the final scene of the manga after seven years of work that I was able to reach the state of mind I’d been striving for the whole time. I’d tried so many times but I just couldn’t do it. But that final scene, it has what I’d always hoped for.
-Chica Umino, “Something Like Love“
連載って７年くらいかかるんですけど、
７年後に自分がたどり着きたい心境をラストシーンに、
一応設定してあるんです。
そこの境地に私がなんどか７年後までに
行かないとって、やってるんです。
ーー羽海野チカさんが『恋、みたいなもの。』の中で