S O U L M A T E S (SasuNaruSasu Magazine) Soulmates Magazine Nº2 | Page 26

WAS THERE A DIFFICULT CHARAC-
TER TO WRITE?
Sometimes Kenji because I knew I wanted
him to be Kaito’s guardian so to speak, but
he wasn’t always as solid in my mind as I
wanted him to be. I didn’t give a lot of lines
to the parents, but it wasn’t really that they
were hard to write or anything.
DO YOU HAVE ANY FUTURE IDEAS
TO CONTRIBUTE AGAIN TO THE SNS
FANDOM?
I don’t think there will be another drama
CD, but I still have the full story of Break
Free and would one day like to fully edit it
and turn it into a book. In terms of SNS, I
need to update fics, repost old ones to AO3,
write some stuff for Dream maybe, and I’d
really like to work on an SNS fic in which
Naruto is transgender. I sometimes look at
the stories that are out there and if there’s
something I don’t see but want to read my-
self, I’ll write it, or, in this case, just to offer
more representation. Right now, that’s really
on my mind. I have a feeling I’ll be writing
SNS up until the day I die which… isn’t a
bad thing at all. I’ve been around for a long
time, but I still really love Naruto and Sasu-
ke, their bond, and how relatable I find their
characters.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US
ABOUT BREAK FREE? EVERYTHING
IS VALID.
Truly, Break Free is great as an original fic,
but it’s so much like my SNS fics that even
just listening to it while reading the English
script (or maybe if you know Japanese, just
the dialogue), you’ll be able to tell it’s a story
by me without even seeing who wrote it.
For me, that is kind of important because all
the love I have for SNS (and even the sei-
yuu), I put into that story. I tried to push so-
me “easter eggs” that reference things from
the Naruto universe as well as the actors’
other work. Noriaki played a character
named Junta in Oofuri, and he was a high
school baseball pitcher. Where they go for
the baseball game is Junko’s hometown, I be-
lieve. So, there are inside jokes.
Point being, this was done with a lot of love,
on my part as well as Wanda and her whole
production company Leaves and Bonds, Inc.
But… these fan-made projects truly rely on
our community’s support, so if we don’t sup-
port it enough, we won’t get more projects
like these! No other fandom has a drama CD
that’s fan produced and voiced by the sei-
yuu, so this was a big deal. But, on a smaller
scale, we just really need to keep supporting
our community’s fanartists and writers or
anyone who creates creative content that
keeps our fandom going… also, please pur-
chase a copy if you haven’t already! I think
it’s a good story, and I hope you enjoy it if
you’re able to listen to it!
Thank you for supporting the CD, and
thank you for supporting me all these years!