Manga] Slutty yet sexy…! The author of “Yotaka Futatabashi” talks about his thoughts on the heroine!

Even her sloppiness is sexy.

I wanted to portray the heroine, Yotaka, as a realistic and honest person. I wanted to portray the heroine as a real person without lying. The sloppy parts are sexy, too.

Yomitaka Futatabashi” (“Nighthawk Again”) began serialization in the November 13 issue of “Morning” last year. The heroine is a “slutty assassin” who is a “junkie, a drunk, and 33 years old (a big problem).

This work has been highly praised by Yani-kas from all walks of life, including Nyannyan Factory, author of “Yanineko” (published by Kodansha in Weekly Young Magazine), and Kaneko Kyonchii (32), a comedian and “Patee-chan.

In commemoration of the March 23 release of the first volume of the book, FRIDAY Digital interviewed the author, manga artist Izumida Yuki. The interview revealed some of the secret episodes that led up to the creation of “Nighthawk.

Izumida made his debut in 2005 with the dark fantasy “BLACK BOARD” (“Monthly Shonen Gangan” Square Enix), which stylishly depicted the revenge story of a girl whose parents were murdered, and his second work, “Madara Rumble” (“Comic DAYS” Kodansha), which depicted a young girl’s struggle for revenge against her parents, When asked about the character of “Yomitaka,” the protagonist of her third work, “Yomitaka,” Izumida said as follows.

The film is introduced on the official website as follows

The woman, “Yotaka”. Once famous in the underworld as the strongest assassin, “Yotaka” is now a smoker, a drunkard, and 33 years old (a big misfortune). She is now a junkie, a drunkard, and a 33-year-old (a big yakuza). She has lost all trace of her past and is enjoying an unemployed life in a shabby apartment. Now, Yotaka is back on the battlefield once again, this time as an assassin.　Will he return to the battlefield once again?　Mr. Nighthawk !!!!

In other words, the heroine in this work is a completely different “type” of heroine from the “cute and cool girl” of the previous two works.

Izumida’s first encounter with manga dates back to his junior high school days. He first fell in love with dark fantasy and battle-action boys’ manga such as “Fullmetal Alchemist” (“Monthly Shonen Gangan” Square Enix) and “BLEACH” (“Weekly Shonen Jump” Shueisha).

Then I read “Air Gear” (“Shukan Shonen Magazine”, Kodansha) and “Tenjo Tenge” (“Ultra Jump”, Shueisha), and I thought that girls’ action was cute and cool. Those works were the source of my ideas. Then, when I become a manga artist, I want to draw a manga that crosses what I like with what I love. …… That kind of boyishness is the base of my work. As a result, I thought, ‘I want to draw cool action with a female lead.’

A beautiful woman’s messy room is romantic.

It is true that the first two films were action films featuring a cute and cool girl, but why did a “slutty assassin” become the heroine in this film?

The first film was a revenge drama, the second was a vampire story, and the third was about an assassin. However, this time, I ignored the “royal road” and the “major sensation,” and I just wanted to make a film that was really “interesting” and “cool! I wanted to do what I really thought was “interesting” and “cool! I wanted to do something that I really thought was “interesting” and “cool! In talking with my editor, we came up with the theme of what kind of women we find attractive now that we are in our mid-30s.　I was talking with my editor, and we came up with the theme of what kind of women we find attractive in our mid-30s.

What kind of women do you think are the most realistic, beautiful, and cute, and what kind of women do you think are the most realistic, beautiful, and cute, and what kind of women do you think are the most realistic, beautiful, cute, and hopeful women who might have some sexual potential? We started seriously working on the characters from there. The first two films were fantasy works. In other words, the heroines were not realistic. So this time, we decided to raise the level of realism of the characters. The heroine is an assassin and a slutty woman, so we had to find a way to twist the theme within the genre.

The heroine who was born as a result of this process was “Jani-kasu, sake-kasu, 33 years old (a big bad year).

The scene in which Yataka first appears in the first episode of “Yataka” is truly shocking. A disheveled, overweight nighthawk lies sprawled out on a futon, a cigarette in his left hand and a smartphone in his right. Around the futon are an ashtray overflowing with cigarette butts, an empty liquor can, and a pair of underpants that he has left undressed. And even an electric massager of unknown use. …… The scene is depicted from the angle of view from the ceiling.

The setting was decided based on the idea that a beautiful woman’s messy room is romantic, and in the scene where she appears in the film, I wanted a voyeuristic view of a beautiful woman’s real life. Even if she is clean outside, her room is dirty, and when she takes off her clothes, her body lines are a little sloppy. Even if you have big, attractive breasts, if you are 33 years old and living a self-indulgent life, the lines will fall apart, and when you lie down, gravity will pull them apart and spread them apart. That may not be acceptable in a shonen magazine, but it can be depicted in a seinen magazine like Morning. That’s why I was so thorough and realistic in my depiction of the body.”

Yataka’s day job is that of a top-notch assassin. Although he has been retired for eight years, his wild instincts and physical sharpness have not diminished when he is attacked by an enemy, and he defeats them with overwhelming strength. Even in such action scenes, he says he tried to portray them in a realistic manner.

He says, “For the action scenes, I put them together in my mind. If this right hand moves like this, the left hand moves like this ……. I concentrate so hard that I think my brain might overheat. In action scenes, I naturally want to draw them in a cool way, so I can’t help but make the action scenes more defined, such as the neckline. But in the case of the current Yataka, his lower stomach would be showing even if he was hunched over, and his tank top would have wrinkles in the shape of dumplings. I paid a lot of attention to these details.

In depicting the nighthawk, was there any real-life person who served as a model?

Modeling that actress in a tank top

There is a gravure idol whose body lines and bust I use as a reference. She is very glamorous, but she is also a little sloppy. I sometimes watch her YouTube videos and use them as a reference for my drawing.

I also use Yoko Maki (43), who appeared in the TV drama “SP Keishicho Keishicho Security Division, Police Protection Section 4″ (Fuji TV), as a reference for the tank tops of women in their 30s. Her snappy action is also really cool.”

Yataka was born out of a relentless pursuit of realistic fetishism. It has been almost half a year since he began writing the series, and looking back on the past, Mr. Izumida said, “If I had continued to write about what I liked, I would have been able to write about it.

I feel as if I have arrived at this point by continuing to write about what I like. I feel that my drawing speed is faster and my commitment is easier to understand because of the accumulation I have made so far. It’s fun to draw. If I am allowed to continue, I would like to continue drawing on the theme of “women and action.

Finally, we asked Izumida about the future of “Nighthawk.

I want people to enjoy the character of the nighthawk. I want people to enjoy the character of the nighthawk, whether he has a sloppy body or eats too much, or whether he is cool or not. In the process, new characters will be introduced. How will the character of Yataka change? What will remain the same? I hope you will enjoy this part of the story as well. I heard that there were a lot of comments on the official X page from overseas fans, such as “Don’t make her lose weight” and “Need more fatter! This was a bit of a miscalculation (laughs).

Will Yataka really return to the hit squad?　Will he lose weight? …… Stay tuned for more developments!

The first volume of “Nighthawk Again” is now on sale at bookstores and online!

The rest of the story can be found on Comic DAYS!