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Maeda Toshiie: The Spear of Sengoku

He is unsociable and has scary eyes… But her childhood friend, Inuchiyo, is always the one who stays close and protects her. What is the wound in his heart he is hiding behind his desire for her to be happy?

PROFILE Personality: Manly, unsociable Birthday: 15th January Height: 184cm Weight: 75kg Hobbies: Abacus, fighting Favorite food: Ohagi Dream: To ensure that she finds happiness

SECRET INFO In his rebellious years, he broke his promise to play house with his younger childhood friend and went off for a meeting, but he couldn’t stop thinking about her and couldn’t concentrate on fighting. He rushed back, only to find her sobbing hard at the dry riverbed, alone in the dusk. His delinquent friends made fun of him for it, but after that, he took care to play house with her (although he would just sit there and look sour).

ILLUSTRATOR COMMENT A character redone from scratch. He changed so much that I forgot how many times I redid his hair. Every time they asked me to make changes, I was like, ‘whatever, I don’t care anymore!’ Lol. But in the end, I think his design really did turn out very Inuchiyo-ish.

important question - what kind of meeting was he going to? a gang reunion!?