"However, when the ambulance had rushed me into the hospital, I realized that I might end up dying. The Pharaoh’s Memory arc had reached a rather grand scale in my mind, however, due to my hospital stay, I began to have second thoughts on whether I would truly be able to completely finish the story I had envisioned, and grew worried that I might die before I could complete my manga, and the prospect of that felt very troublesome to me, not to mention the popularity of my work had dropped considerably compared to the card battle segments, so my editor had approached me, giving me another half a year for the serialization, telling me to put a closure to the manga in due time. しかし、救急車で運ばれた時は、もう死ぬかと覚悟した程でした。ボクの中で ” 王の記憶編 ” の構想は、かなり壮大なものだったのですが、その事がキッカケで 「物語を最後までキチンと描けるだろうか？完結させる前に死んだら困るしなぁ…」 などと不安になり、カードバトルを描いていた時より人気も落ちていた事もあり、編集の方に、あと半年で連載を終え、物語を完結させたいとお願いしたのです。"