Takano There's something I was going to ask you when we met today. I just can't get into Hikaru no Go or the manga of Naoki Urasawa. How come, when everyone else finds them so interesting? Am I some kind of weirdo?
Otomo No comment (laughs).
Takano My other half loves them so we always have them in he house. And I'm always keen to at least have a peruse.
Otomo I haven't read any manga at all lately. What is it that makes them so hard for you to read?
Takano I think it's the pictures.
Otomo They're both quite good in their own way, surely?
Takano They're well drawn, no doubt about that. But I find them a bit claustrophobic. They don't allow you to look away. It feels like a succession of code puzzles you have to plod through for the story to progress. You can't read them to relax, and the speed at which you read is determined for you.