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Chainsaw Man Manga Author Live-Tweets Reactions to Episode 11

Chainsaw Man manga author Tatsuki Fujimoto live-tweeted his reactions on episode 11 of the anime, titled “Mission Start” in real-time during the broadcast. The manga creator “borrowed” the Twitter account from Koharu Nagayama, an account he created in the name of his “sister” who uses it to post about her daily life.

This is Fuzamoto. I’d like to also do it today,” the Chainsaw Man manga author appeared on Twitter four minutes before the broadcast (with the typo) and continued to inform the followers of the series’ ongoing collaborative campaign with Japanese convenience store chain Lawson. The next tweet revealed he enjoyed this week’s Yukinobu Tatsu’s Dandadan manga being serialized on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ manga service. He also mentioned that he wanted to get Japan’s “my number ID card” (similar to social security number) with Anya Forger from Spy x Family series. The individual number system recently announced its collaboration with the anime series. In the third tweet, he said a commercial video looked like the character design of Sumito Owara’s Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! series. Owara actually worked as the character designer in the commercial for Nissin’s instant noodle Donbe.

The Chainsaw Man anime starts airing at midnight in Japan. Here is a chronological list of Fujimoto’s reactions to the Chainsaw Man episode 11 made during the broadcast:

  1. It started
  2. Cute
  3. No need to go [The author had to leave for a short time to go to the bathroom during the broadcast last week]
  4. Cold [December is a winter season in Japan]
  5. I got inspiration from a scarecrow
  6. Aki-kun looks like a protagonist
  7. I remember I couldn’t go to sleep when I had to draw this scene~
  8. I had the plan to let the two from Kyoto have more scenes
  9. No need to say that
  10. You can do it, Aki~
  11. I didn’t know there is such a tool
  12. Horrible
  13. So she wanted to run away with him alone
  14. Beam-kun came
  15. I remember I liked him
  16. I wish I could let the Violence act more [the Violence Fiend]
  17. I wish I could let the Spider act more, too [the Spider Fiend]
  18. The Angel has in truth a setting as a big eater [the Angel Fiend]
  19. I like this
  20. I didn’t know he can do that
  21. Coek [typo – cool]
  22. Scary
  23. Ended with this scene?!
  24. So cool~
  25. It went by so fast! Looking forward to the next episode, too

You can check Tatsuki Fujimoto’s reactions to previous episodes from the links below:

Animation studio MAPPA is animating the Chainsaw Man anime based on Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga of the same name serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from December 2018 to January 2021 with a total of 11 volumes. The series’ second part is being published on Shueisha’s online manga service Shonen Jump +. The series surpassed 16 million circulating copies with the 12th volume’s release on October 4. The anime adaptation was chosen as Anime Corner’s most anticipated Anime of Fall 2022 by fans, and the anime also won the Google Search Awards 2022 in the Anime category.

Source: Official Twitter (Koharu Nagayama)
©Tatsuki Fujimoto / Shueisha, MAPPA

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