But even those will only take you so far, and the rest seems to be shockingly long hours Takahashi puts into her craft.
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You don’t become one of the most prolific manga creators of all time without putting in some very long hours.
“If Takahashi starts drawing at 9 at night, when does she go to bed?”, you might be asking. “There’s something missing from schedule for the day, right?”