Pedals trivia from Watanabe-sensei’s sign event (17 April)
This is a quick translation of some trivia answered by Sensei at today’s event that I’ve seen going around on twitter. There’s probably a lot more I’m missing, so I might add to this post if something else crosses my twitter feed. For now, here we go:
Sohoku
If Imaizumi were to go pro, he would go abroad, but which country or team is undecided. Sensei said, “wherever he got his contract”.
Teshima has had one-on-one practice with Makishima in the past, and tried desperately to make conversation as they rode, but because Makishima is so bad at carrying a conversation, he only gave answers like, “Huh,” and “Really,” and Teshima was at a loss.
Makishima only replies to one of every ten messages Toudou sends him, and none of his letters.
Makishima won’t go back to England immediately after this summer’s IH is over, but will stay a short while.
Hakone Gakuen
Toudou pierced his ear.
Toudou only takes his headband off when he’s going to get in the bath at the end of the day.
As a child, Toudou was taught mainly penmanship and traditional Japanese dance.
Kuroda is an older brother (he has a younger sister).
The new HakoGaku third years are all in different classes.
Q: “It feels like Arakita is a lot more relaxed at Yonan.” A: “I think it’s like he was able to let go of something.” (Sensei literally says, “as if he was released from something”, but it’s positive).
Toudou is working part-time at an izakaya (Japanese tavern/bar). This trivia is exploding on twitter, but somebody reported that Sensei said “Toudou is working as a home tutor” to somebody else, so it might be something he came up with in that moment.
Shinkai Hayato works part-time at a café.
Yuuto’s image colors are yellow & black (hornet colors).
Yuuto can cook. His specialty is pasta. (This is so cute. When the poster asked Sensei what Yuuto’s best dish was, Sensei replied, “Hold on, I need to do a search inside my head” and thought about it while drawing their request before replying that it’s pasta.)
Ashikiba is hard for Sensei to draw, but he likes drawing him.
Kyoto Fushimi
Mizuta’s birthday is on January 3rd. (Sensei seemed to come up with it on the spot, according to the poster)
Other
The Spare Bike volumes that are planned for the future are, in order: Tadokoro, Kanzaki Tooji, Machimiya, Hiroshima, Fukutomi.
Q: “Do you draw races already knowing who is going to win?” A: “Yes, for the most part, I draw the race with that outcome in mind, but in the end, sometimes someone tries very very hard and ends up winning instead.”
