Volume 22

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MyLumx22 Junji Ito

The thing about Takahashi-sensei's characters is that they were very fresh.

In those days, physically, female characters in manga were depicted as the male ideal in very concrete terms- a kind and tender girl who was like a protective mother-figure, or conversely one who had an unyielding spirit, the motherly-type who would preach at a man, or perhaps a girl who was not good with words and was very dependant upon men. These kind of women who were created from the perspective of men were quite prominent.

And then came Takahashi-sensei's women, who didn't fit that mold and seemed as real as true flesh and blood women. They could fly into a rage or become jealous. If she were not a woman, I don't think she would be able to so accurately depict what is in the hearts of her female characters. After that, our concept of the "ideal woman" suddenly seemed old-fashioned and out of date.

Lum-chan and Kyoko Otonashi-san are both very fresh and charming characters. When Lum-chan fell in love with Ataru-kun, I was so envious, and in those days I was truly in love with Kyoko-san. I was quite the fool for them back then. Which brings me to my drawing, and how I wanted to try to depict Lum-chan… ah, perhaps something like that seems trite.

-Junji Ito

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