Shunju Aono was born in Ibaraki Prefecture. In 2001 he won the Young Magazine 45th Chiba Tetsuya Award in the Newcomers category, but was never published. In 2005, he won the 17th Ikkiman IKKI newcomers award and finally debuted with Somato (Kaleidoscope). His current series, I’ll Give It My All…Tomorrow, is currently in IKKI magazine.
Q: I’ve heard that your road to serialization was long. Could you tell us a little about the process you went through and what influence it had on I’ll Give It My All…Tomorrow?
A piece that ran in IKKI magazine introducing Somato (Kaleidoscope), the “pilot” story of the series.
A: Up until my debut, I was working part-time jobs and writing one-shots as hard as I could. I’m not sure exactly how, but my lifestyle during that time has had some influence on this manga.
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