Hello!
Finally 1st March is here and Senko Scramble has officially been released!
Shige's already been on the news show Catch! yesterday showing a press conference, he looked very excited.
Check the video here (credits to the uploader rinei1)
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On the first question he's asked if he ever experienced being chased by paparazzi and Shige said it never happened to him because nobody ever notice him that much, even if he goes to a crowded place like Shibuya scramble cross. "My idol aura is zero!!"
So the interviewer told me if he completely imagined the love story of the book and he said it's like that, it all comes from his fantasy because he never experienced something like that. "So you'd like to say now to paparazzi to notice you more?" "No! It's scary!!"
The tvshow hosts praised Shige a lot saying they read "Pink&Gray" and it's very good, moreover they mentioned his jweb "Wagahai wa Shige de aru" saying it was brilliant and a proof of his writing talent since the beginning.
He appeared also on Mx Check Time (credits to uploader i masaki):
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Here too they showed the first press conference held on the first sign event in Kinokuniya, where there's also the special photo exhibition. You can also see some photos of it in the video. Here we see again saying that he always wanted to write a love story: "It's all fantasy, I watch movies, read shojo manga and I imagined the story. I don't have a direct experience of this."
Then Shige commented on the half-naked poster he did for the novel: "I think I'm the only writer that bares himself for his book." The interviewer asked him if he did that for the fans he nodded but he said that the photo has its proper meaning that can be understood reading the novel. In the end he promotes the book.
Moreover check
THIS POST to read Shige's message on the release day shared on the novel's website.
And check the new
SPECIAL PAGE with official downloadable wallpapers.