S O U L M A T E S (SasuNaruSasu Magazine) Soulmates Magazine Nº2 | Page 25

push besides me posting about it on Tumblr.
So, as a story it was exceptional, imo.
IS BREAK FREE STILL AVAILABLE TO
BUY?
Of course! You can still buy it on Good
Smile Shop!
No? I heard something about the event in
China, but not in Japan.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
I think I just peed my pants a little. Really
flattering. Unbelievably so. Western fans
are cool, but to have the Japanese SNS au-
dience embrace it and get what I wanted to
do… I’m honored.
IN YOUR OPINION, WAS BREAK FREE
A SUCCESS?
Yes. Oh, yes. For me as an artist, yes. It was a
strong story, strong characters. It felt like a
fic I would write, so I was proud it had my
“voice”. I was proud that my story was voi-
ced by such amazing actors. It was executed
SO WELL by the production company and
everyone involved. The edits were amazing.
It is a beautiful, well-acted story, so strong
and emotional. Did it do as well as YFAH in
terms of sales? No. YFAH, I know, like did
AMAZING, and it had some really great
marketing push, it came out on SN day in
Japan, didn’t it? And BF didn’t get a lot of
WHEN YOU KNEW THAT EVERY-
THING WAS READY TO MAKE THE
PRODUCT PUBLIC, WHAT DID YOU
FEEL?
I was really excited and nervous about how
people would receive it. I didn’t hear much
after the recording, so I wasn’t even sure
when it would be coming out. I think I was
just getting out of a movie on a trip to New
York City when Wanda sent an email that
it was out and I should spread the word.
WHICH OF ALL THE CHARACTERS
DID YOU LIKE THE MOST?
I always love every character, but Nobu
was my baby after I wrote that, and there’s
so much background for Kaito, that I love
him, as well. And I have to love Takao. I lo-
ved the girls, too. But clearly my favs are
Nobu and Kaito.
WAS THERE ONE THAT YOU DID
NOT LIKE ENOUGH?
Haha, not really. I mean, Nobu’s dad was
very Fugaku-like, but everyone has their
good and bad points, and character devel-
opment is the name of the game in Break
Free.