The Beyond the Sky series—especially the Final Chapter—has been taking an incredibly long time.
I started working on the rough layouts (planning the panels, dialogue, and overall flow) around September 2024, began drawing the actual pages in January 2025… and now it’s February 2026. I’m still not done 😂
But actually, from Chapter 1 through Chapter 3.5, I finished them at an almost abnormal pace.
I think I started planning Chapter 1 around April 2024. By October of that same year, the manuscript for Chapter 3.5 was already complete—and at that point, it was supposed to end there.
So about six months in total. If I remember correctly, I was finishing around two to four pages a week.
In the end, I did end up damaging my health.
But I was that absorbed in it.
Of course, I regret hurting my body. But at the same time, I treasure the fact that I was able to be that deeply immersed in something.
It hurt me a lot that, even after putting that much into it, it didn’t reach as many people as I had hoped.
But now, whether many people are reading it or not, I’m just focusing on finishing it.
And I do know now that there are people who are truly reading it.
I still waver over whether that number is “a lot” or “a little,” but the “words” I’ve received mean far more than any number. During what has probably been the hardest period of my creative life, those words brought me tremendous comfort.
Encouraged by that support, I’m almost stubbornly determined to see this through.
What this experience will ultimately mean to me… I probably won’t understand for a while.
But someday, when I read it again, I believe this passion will save me—and cleanse me.
I drew this with the highest level of skill I’ve ever put into any comic.
I might never reach this same quality again, but I’m proud of myself for having drawn this far.
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