Higasa-sensei got an interview from Animate Times !! Here, I bring you the translation :)
Commemorating the release of the final volume of the manga “The Royal Tutor”! Interview with the original author, Higasa Akai | A compilation of past work experiences.
Commemorating the release of the final volume of the manga “The Royal Tutor”! Interview with the original author, Higasa Akai | A compilation of past work experiences.
What is the scene before the final episode that I drew while crying?
The 17th volume (final volume) of the “Royal Teacher Heine” comic drawn by Higasa Akai was released on August 27, 2021 (Friday). This work is a royal comedy in which Heine Wittgenstein, who was invited to the Kingdom of Grantsreich as an exclusive tutor to educate the prince, struggles to raise the four brothers and princes with all the musicians to become good candidates for the next king. Serialization started in 2013 in “Monthly G Fantasy” (Square Enix), and in 2017, TV animation was broadcast, and it was developed in various media mixes such as musicals and theatrical versions. This time, Animate Times conducted an email interview with the original author, Higasa Akai, to commemorate the release of the final volume of “Royal Teacher Heine”. It is a must-see for valuable stories that can be heard only because it has reached the end, such as the current candid feelings and secret stories of production!
——The serialization of “The Royal Tutor” started in 2013, but now that it has been completed, please tell us your frank feelings.
It seemed to be long and it was quick. I’m relieved that I was able to draw without any major illness or injury, and I was able to do my best, so I’m not as lonely as I had imagined. I’m really grateful that I was able to draw the story until the end, so I’m full of gratitude!
——In the final volume, Volume 17, the next king was decided, and the future of the princes that Heine had educated was also drawn. Did you envision that future from the beginning? Or did it change in the middle of drawing the work?
From the beginning I had decided who would be the king. However, while carefully picking up Ains’ past, I thought that it was different and unnatural that I could not become a king with this, so I made a big change in the development. If Ains’s personality isn’t serious and self-punishing, I’m glad he ended up becoming king. But I feel that who the king will be is the most important thing in this story … As the serialization period became longer and I was able to write each lesson carefully, I became more wondering, “Is it really the ultimate goal of the princes to become a king?” In the first place, Heine himself needs to learn from the lives of the princes regardless of succession to the throne. In conclusion, I draw the nomination of the king, but overall, I think that the princes talked about finding their dreams for the future.
Heine, who became a royal teacher, and the four princes, such as scenes that make you laugh involuntarily and scenes that are touched by Heine’s words. Please tell us what you were most conscious of and worried about when drawing the interaction between Heine and the princes.
Since the characters talk freely in their brains, it was fun to relax and write! What I was most conscious of was that in the scene where Heine reminded the princes, I always tried to put in my own feelings. Since I have no experience as a real teacher, I decided before the series started to try not to lie to the readers by using words that I thought of properly. I wrote it by incorporating what my parents said, what I was impressed by someone saying, what I was happy and hard, and what I should have done more, so I would be happy if there was anything that could be conveyed. is.
If you know Japanese, please feel free to correct any mistakes in this article. Below, in “Sources” I leave you the original page.
Twitter update: “Supplement To correct, I say Licht is the youngest, but I didn’t have enough words among the princes of Heine’s students”.
Sources: https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1629794981
https://www.etranslator.ro/japanese-english-online-translator.php
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