Kazuya Minekura's blog again.
Sep. 29th, 2010 06:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snarpThis is her latest entry, from yesterday; she'll be putting all manga work on indefinite hiatus for health reasons.
Things I wasn't sure of are in gray; let me know if you have any corrections to make. Apologies for the quality, but since I haven't seen any full translations anywhere else, I thought I should go ahead and post it.
Edit: Thanks tostarlady for corrections.
Edit 2: Though Minekura uses the word "tumor" here, what she technically has is fibrous dysplasia. While dangerous, it's not a form of cancer. I assume that she just uses the word "tumor" because it's easier to understand, but aschomiji and smillaraaq point out, it might alarm people unnecessarily.
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[Important Announcement] This Article Will Stay At The Top
This is Kazuya Minekura. Unfortunately, I have some bad news. My manga are being put on hold for the time being.
As I've been saying for a while now, I'm suffering from a certain illness (+α). Recently, things unexpectedly got worse, and it turned out I had an unusual variant. I'm going to need surgery and regular testing, and in these circumstances, it'll be impossible for me to keep up my work schedule. To describe the situation simply, the bone neoplasm has taken root all throughout the upper part of my right jawbone. It's going to be surgically removed and replaced with bone and synthetic grafting.
...fortunately, I wasn't exactly a great beauty to begin with, so I'm unlikely to be traumatized by this (laugh), but after the surgery on my uterus a few years ago, to have to go through this again... It's honestly been pretty hard on me. I feel like, "I've been working working like mad for twenty years, so why...?" And I also think, "Other people keep working in times of even worse illness, so why can't I...?" And then I think, "But if I push myself too hard, it'll be bad for my work and my readers will be disappointed..." That's the sort of loop I get stuck in.
I feel as if my body has failed me, and also the publishers and staff waiting for my work, and most of all, my readers. I have sincerely considered on many occasions simply giving up writing entirely. But those around me have told me, "When you're as sick and upset as you are now, you shouldn't make decisions you might regret." So, for the moment I am merely putting my manga on indefinite hiatus.
I'll be working on a few small urgent things (though my batteries die during surgery and hospitalization...), while doing my best to take care of my body and heart. To all of those who have been patiently awaiting more manga, I'm really, really, incredibly sorry. Even now, I'm still wondering if I should be writing this - walking around in circles and asking myself over and over if it's okay. But regardless, when a writer doesn't have any energy, her characters, who take up part of her life force, end up becoming too hard to continue with; I just have no choice but to stop.
In terms of my work schedule going forward, I'll continue posting updates here. Because I'll be doing things very irregularly, I guess it's even more important now that I post updates... It would make me happy if people who are worried would keep checking here. Of course, the Gaiden OVA and things are still going forward, (I'm still working on some jacket art and things for it, but... there's a lot. (laugh)) so please enjoy those. And there will also be drama CDs and things coming out! (smile)
I want to thank everyone who's supported me all this time, and everyone who might help me in the future. I want to get well as soon as possible, and am going to be doing my best to make it happen.
Things I wasn't sure of are in gray; let me know if you have any corrections to make. Apologies for the quality, but since I haven't seen any full translations anywhere else, I thought I should go ahead and post it.
Edit: Thanks to
starlady for corrections.Edit 2: Though Minekura uses the word "tumor" here, what she technically has is fibrous dysplasia. While dangerous, it's not a form of cancer. I assume that she just uses the word "tumor" because it's easier to understand, but as
chomiji and smillaraaq point out, it might alarm people unnecessarily.-
[Important Announcement] This Article Will Stay At The Top
This is Kazuya Minekura. Unfortunately, I have some bad news. My manga are being put on hold for the time being.
As I've been saying for a while now, I'm suffering from a certain illness (+α). Recently, things unexpectedly got worse, and it turned out I had an unusual variant. I'm going to need surgery and regular testing, and in these circumstances, it'll be impossible for me to keep up my work schedule. To describe the situation simply, the bone neoplasm has taken root all throughout the upper part of my right jawbone. It's going to be surgically removed and replaced with bone and synthetic grafting.
...fortunately, I wasn't exactly a great beauty to begin with, so I'm unlikely to be traumatized by this (laugh), but after the surgery on my uterus a few years ago, to have to go through this again... It's honestly been pretty hard on me. I feel like, "I've been working working like mad for twenty years, so why...?" And I also think, "Other people keep working in times of even worse illness, so why can't I...?" And then I think, "But if I push myself too hard, it'll be bad for my work and my readers will be disappointed..." That's the sort of loop I get stuck in.
I feel as if my body has failed me, and also the publishers and staff waiting for my work, and most of all, my readers. I have sincerely considered on many occasions simply giving up writing entirely. But those around me have told me, "When you're as sick and upset as you are now, you shouldn't make decisions you might regret." So, for the moment I am merely putting my manga on indefinite hiatus.
I'll be working on a few small urgent things (though my batteries die during surgery and hospitalization...), while doing my best to take care of my body and heart. To all of those who have been patiently awaiting more manga, I'm really, really, incredibly sorry. Even now, I'm still wondering if I should be writing this - walking around in circles and asking myself over and over if it's okay. But regardless, when a writer doesn't have any energy, her characters, who take up part of her life force, end up becoming too hard to continue with; I just have no choice but to stop.
In terms of my work schedule going forward, I'll continue posting updates here. Because I'll be doing things very irregularly, I guess it's even more important now that I post updates... It would make me happy if people who are worried would keep checking here. Of course, the Gaiden OVA and things are still going forward, (I'm still working on some jacket art and things for it, but... there's a lot. (laugh)) so please enjoy those. And there will also be drama CDs and things coming out! (smile)
I want to thank everyone who's supported me all this time, and everyone who might help me in the future. I want to get well as soon as possible, and am going to be doing my best to make it happen.
