once Azuma wrote :
(translated roughly)
2003.6.21
I got invited some trouble.
Such as correction of graphs for the Tankobon.
The landscape from the shrine in Chapter 5, is that I didn't quite like.
So I decided to fix the drawing.
It would be okay to leave it to my assistant, but I got a little anxiety whether he could set up in my own image, I decided to draw by myself.
I've drawn the double-page spread that appeared on magazine.
When I calculated time back to deadline, I assumed I was running out of time,
so I drew off by myself. But I was not quite satisfied with its execution.
Consequently, I spent to redraw an entire day.
I wasn't able to work up in a day.
Ah.
Help me, Bob!
Bob is a mysterious foreigner who appeared "Bob's Painting Class" (note: The Joy of Painting) on TV.
He draw up an oil-paint in 30 minutes of the show. Awesome.
I'm wondering that show wouldn't get on the air anymore. If it come out on DVD, I have to buy.
2003.7.14
I heard Bob who I wrote about is already dead. Goodbye, Bob.
Eventually, I spent 2 whole days to redraw the landscape from the shrine. Because I got fed up of putting Tones, I let my assistant do it.
Today, I drew the back cover of Tankobon.
http://web.archive.org/web/20030801180520/http://www.geocities.jp/azyotuba/text.htm