Q: What was happening in your life when you wrote Tekkon Kinkreet (Black & White)?
TM: I felt like it was one of my failures. I started the series with full of confidence. But it was so unpopular in the magazines, my editor told me that it was getting cancelled. I couldnt argue because it was true that the series was unpopular.It was only later, a lot of people who are artists, musicians, or filmmakers recognized it. They had openly spoken about it, and recommended it to their fans to read it. That made me really happy. I had more plots in my mind for the series, like the battle between Fujimura and Suzuki. (laugh) I also wanted to gradually explain what Itachi was. But I barely had a time to finish it. But as Mike (Michael Arias, the director of the animated movie Tekkon Kinkreet) said though, I think it was just right the way it ended.