Anxiety after "NARUTO" serialization: "Dilemma" between aesthetics seeking "perfection" and contradiction, and what he wants to convey

--What were some of the challenges of working on a science fiction story compared to "NARUTO"?

　Kishimoto: Thankfully, "Naruto" was a worldwide hit, and this is the second manga in the series, so I would be lying if I said I don't feel pressure, but I try not to think about it too much.

I don't want to draw manga suffering at my age, so I want to do what I want to do and enjoy drawing manga. If I draw manga in pain, the readers will also suffer, and if I have fun, they will also feel that I am having fun.

---Compared to "NARUTO," the introduction to the world was really difficult.

Kishimoto: SF works tend to use a lot of technical terms, so readers tend to be "unfamiliar" with them.

If you use three or four technical terms over several pages to explain the worldview, the reader will leave, so it is really difficult for SF works to launch off and let the reader enter the world of the work.