Spoilers! So don’t ask me what the scan is saying if you don’t understand.

One Piece never fails to amaze me. The latest addition to the list of “shocks” I received would be this:

An interview of Tsugumi Ohba was posted on ZaoBao on Wednesday. There were some interesting tidbits in it that you might find interesting. The interviewer only got three of her seven questions answered.

Firstly, when asked about how Ohba works with Obata, she basically repeats what we already know – she does the story and then hands it over to Obata and he draws without her interference.

Secondly, when asked about what she felt of the movie, she was “extremely satisfied” of it. She says she felt that the actors of the two main characters gave brought the characters to life. In addition, she was extremely shocked about how “smooth and coordinated the CGI Ryuk interacted with the other actors as though Ryuk was physically there”. Lastly, you might find this a little disappointing, she says the next movie is going to “deviate from the manga core storyline” of which “she has never seen before and is very excited about”.

When asked about how she comes up with the story line in the cat and mouse game between L and Kira, she mentioned about putting herself in the shoes of L and Kira to get a feel of how each of them will think. “I am not one of those authors who have inspirations that drop down from the sky – every volume is the work of hard brainstorming”, she adds. Her particular favourite part of the story is, apparently, the part when L reveals his real identity to Light.