About Kanda saying thank you to Allen: Hoshino had no plans to make Kanda stop calling Allen moyashi but when she decided on the Alma Arc, she decided to make Kanda call Allen by his name.
She re-drew Kanda’s smile again and again. She still fusses about drawing his smile.
About Kanda returning: The Order left a bad impression because of the Alma Arc and imprisoning Allen. By having Kanda return to the Order, she wanted to make the Order look a little better (t/n: I’m not 100% sure of the ‘look better’ part).
She thinks that readers were expecting for Kanda to re-appear when Allen was in a pinch, but she’s glad she didn’t.
(Manager: Seeing Kanda helped Linalee to stop feeling hesitant)
About Kanda’s ‘crystallization’:During the storyboard phase, Kanda wasn’t smiling, but she felt so strongly for the Alma Arc that she personally wanted to see Kanda smile, so during the drawing phase she drew him smiling.
She’s worried whether it was okay to make him smile.
About Johnny:Initially she was going to make him a minor character, but since drawing him during the Alma Arc he got his current role.
She believes that if there are no roles like the ordinary Johnny, the world can’t be saved.
(Manager: Hoshino worries about the fact that Johnny and the Earl aren’t popular.)
About Lavi’s story:Lavi is currently going through misfortune but that misfortune is necessary for him to advance to the next level.
Initially, she was planning to draw more about Lavi but the Order part got priority so she wasn’t in the time to draw him for the year of the Rabbit, but she’ll return to his story in the future.
(Manager: Hearing the plot for Lavi’s story gave him goose bumps.)
The reunion with Allen:Allen will grow and change on the inside. She wants to draw those changes with care.
Also, Kanda will still call Allen moyashi in the future.
A word to the readers:She’ll draw about Lavi so the fans can relax.
But she wants to draw about the growth of the main character so Lavi’s debut might be postponed again…
Allen will face more sorrow in the future, but there will also be bright sides.
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