Watsuki first launched his Rurouni Kenshin manga in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1994.
Watsuki and his wife Kaoru Kurosaki published a two-chapter prologue titled “Rurouni Kenshin Hokkaido-hen Jomaku: Ashitarō Zenka Ari” (Rurouni Kenshin Hokkaido Arc Prologue: The Criminal Ashitaro) for the manga in the Jump SQ. magazine in November and December.
In the interview, Sasaki discussed being an editor for Nobuhiro Watsuki’s Rurouni Kenshin manga, and meeting with Watsuki again for Watsuki’s upcoming Hokkaido Arc for Rurouni Kenshin.
Watsuki previously published a Rurouni Kenshin spinoff manga in 2014 titled “Honō wo Suberu -Rurouni Kenshin: Uramaku-” (Controlling Flame -Rurouni Kenshin: Hidden Chapter-) that focused on how Shishio Makoto and Yumi Komagata met.