In the "Days of Living Together" in New Days of Living Together , instead of portraying the innocence of first loves, it is about the tumultuous period of men and women being in love before settling in into marriage.

In Kuwada Yoishou's song he mentioned about "the deeper in love she is, the colder a crying girl's face will be." That is the time when the boy discovers the girl is no longer the dazzling princess, and when the girl wakes up to find that not all boys are a prince on the white horse. I have been trying to describe the "love" that means accepting the partner with a smile, even at this kind of realisation that he has his weaknesses and faults.

Thus, in my creations there are countless people covered in wounds, and people deviating from social norms. In fact, this is a manga where flawless heros and heroines are non-existent.

I believe expecting one's partner to be perfect is a childish kind of love. Real love should be about maturely accepting each other's imperfections and understanding them.

I have heard that recently there are a lot of people who don't want to grow up, especially the just-under-30 generation that we belong to. I think this refers to those born in the Shouwa thirties, also known as the Moratoriums.

Recently I have started to realise, instead of not wanting to grow up, this generation might actually be incapable of growing up, no matter how.

In the late-youth period in New Days of Living Together, although it lies in the boundary of the Moratoriums, the ultimate direction points to the youthful and restless adult life.

I myself, for example, am already 35, and should at the age of writing about the men and women buried in extra-marital affairs. Yet, I can never bring myself to be interested enough to do so. My thoughts are always unintentionally drifting towards the age of being innocent, naive but nonetheless full of life.

However, the story must end, it really has to end. If you can experience this kind of loneliness from the stories, that will be my pride.

- Fumi Saimon , August 3, 1991.

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