Thread by @vincykasa, so.. zekken posted the interview on baidu source: http://tieba.baidu.com/p/7383994339?share=9105&fr=share&unique=8EB22958F24E92A653CA636BD3766F1B&st=1622533296&client_type=1&client_version=12.4.2&sfc=copy&share

so.. zekken posted the interview on baidu

source:

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/7383994339?share=9105&fr=share&unique=8EB22958F24E92A653CA636BD3766F1B&st=1622533296&client_type=1&client_version=12.4.2&sfc=copy&share_from=post">https://tieba.baidu.com/p/7383994...

i never know how shit my chinese is until i see a whole page of chinese characters lmaooo i’ll try to translate some highlights

- EMA represents wisdom, courage and strength (not in order). Mikasa is the strength, because Yams thought it’d be interesting distributing a woman the role of “red” in a super sentai (superhero) team

- Plot about EMA had been planned out all along, but Eren’s “No, I don’t want that!” segment came to Yams when he was drawing the panels

Yams loves whiny Eren, so when he was drawing “No, I don’t want that!”, he thought to himself: “Eren is back”

- Regarding the deaths of characters: Yams thinks that from the perspective of an author, he can always show these deceased characters in panels again through memory scenes, so he doesn’t feel like “Oh these characters are dead”.

After reading chapter 50 (EM scarf scene), editors thought EM gonna kiss, but Yams felt shy drawing that, & he wasn’t certain with his ability to draw their dynamics after a kiss - looking back, Yams hoped he was more brave in drawing a kiss, cuz mikasa probably wanted a kiss

- As Yams got married and grew to gain more experience from life, he felt like he was able to express his personal growth in his work, e.g. the complexity of reiner (being tortured by guilt, yet being able to re-build relationships with jean and the others at the end)

- when Yams first got his inspiration of Mikasa from the client, he hadn’t decided on the plot nor the main characters yet. Mikasa was originally gonna be a westerner, but after meeting his client who inspired him, he set her character as an asian

*and that’s it from zekken’s leaks. i tried to do word-for-word translations, but let’s treat my thread as more of a highlights of what was being said

*sorry about the grammar!!

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥺" title="Pleading face" aria-label="Emoji: Pleading face">

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Luid huilend gezicht" aria-label="Emoji: Luid huilend gezicht">

*chinese speakers, if you spot any mistakes, feel free to correct me/make clarifications! tysm!!

also from zekken, let me try to translate this part too:

- even tho snk becomes a sensation and allows yams to earn money, he always feels like he’s a loser. to combat his inferiority complex, he would tell himself: no... i’m a genius!

- Even tho the story of EMA had been planned out from the beginning, a lot of the plot details/actions of other characters were decided along the way of release. While drawing new panels, different plot points came alive and complemented each other... this occurred naturally +

However, Yams didn’t get this feeling/inspiration while drawing Volume 4 - Yams was in pain (This feeling of losing inspiration happened only a few times for him during the releases of snk)

- Yams loves seeing the reactions of readers online. In the beginning of releasing snk, he nearly read comments from all readers. However, at a certain stage, there started to be a sharp increase in comments, so he couldn’t manage to read them all even if he wanted to

and that’s the end of this part:)

- Supplementation to my translation regarding Yams’ thoughts on the deaths of characters:

If one is to draw panels of the past/the future, main characters are either all dead or haven’t been born. so, it’s up to your own interpretation whether these characters are dead or not

Latest Threads Unrolled: