"My unhealthy everyday life led to me throwing up 200 cc of blood and collapsing in the midst of serialization. So at midnight, an ambulance rushed over and brought me to the hospital. If I remember correctly, that was around the time I was drawing the Pharaoh leading his priests into the fight against Bakura in the village of Kul-Elna. The stress caused me to suffer from a stomach ulcer. The doctor back then told me that at the time, I was lacking a third of the amount of blood a regular human being was supposed to have, and not only should I have been very hazy, but also unable to even stand. And now that I was told I realized it was true, I did feel rather hazy during the process of drawing. It was thanks to everyone visiting me at the hospital and buying me yakitori liver, that I secretly hid and ate at the hospital room at midnight that I made a speedy recovery after only three nights, and was able to be discharged. 日頃の不摂生な生活がたたり、連載中に２００ccの血を吐いてブッ倒れ、深夜、救急車で病院に担ぎ込まれた事がありました。たしか、クル・エルナ村での王率いる神官団とバクラの闘いを描いている頃だと記憶しています。ストレスによる胃潰瘍でした。医者の話では、当時のボクは普通の人の３分の２程度しか血液が無く、通常ではボーッとして立っていられない程だとの説明を受けました。そう言われてみると、たしかに絵を描きながら、ボーッとしていたのです。早速、入院三日目、見舞いの者に頼み、大量の焼き鳥のレバーを買ってきてもらい、深夜の病室で隠れて食べたりもしたおかげで、その後、元気を取り戻しすぐに退院する事ができたのです。"