>>1297
>i would've loved to send a fan letter to kentaro miura, he's become my role model ever since i read berserk :(
reading the Yu-Gi-Oh manga did that to me
I only started reading it because Takahashi died and goddamn. The very start is a bit rough, but once it gets into gear (pretty much once it starts having multi-chapter arcs), it's so much fun. It's very easy to see why it blew up so big, even before Duelist Kingdom starts.
the sheer hyper-pettiness of Death-T (the THEMEPARK OF DEATH) remains infinitely hilarious

this manga about black magic and evil spirits and life-or-death gambling games is also aggressively about the importance of good friends, good sportsmanship, and having fun

Takahashi died doing an ocean rescue dive -- if he had to go, at least it wasn't overwork like so many mangaka, but it's crazy to think about.
Nothing but respect. ∠(,ﾟ─ﾟ,)┐ Genuinely someone to look up to.


...as an aside, I should see about getting a letter to Go Nagai before I can't. He's 78.