- Pedal Trivia
- Misc
Possibly September 11, 2012[]
| Fan's Question | Wataru's Comment/Reply | Materialization |
|---|---|---|
| The Sohoku High School is located in the northern part of the Boso Peninsula. |
November 2-4, 2013[]
The event was held in the Tokyo venue in the Cycle Mode International 2013. The event had the collaboration of Yowamushi Pedal and some of the activities were the talk show and the autograph sessions in which the author answered questions from the fans. At the event, Wataru possibly stated the following informations:
| Fan's Question | Wataru's Comment/Reply | Materialization |
|---|---|---|
| I did not involve myself with the production at all, but I asked them not to blur the line that it is a work for boys because it is a manga for boys. Please do not make the and cute. There are many voice actors (laughs) and but every voice is within the range of the imagination. The professional voice actors and the ones that were chosen are amazing. | ||
| I am doing my best to draw each and every time in the weekly series to make them interesting. The big plot is decided, but the ideas that came out at that time are sometimes included in the details. Recently, there is a story about the university life of a senior who graduated. It is interesting to draw that live feeling. | ||
| I get tired of drawing manga with all my might, so I go out to practice to get my blood flowing. I love mountains, because it is purely a battle with myself. I give in when it comes to the moody atmosphere in the race (laughs). I love nature, and when I ride a long distance race (Otaki), there are moments when I am alone, and I feel alive at that moment. | ||
| Will Shoukichi Naruko's brothers join Sohoku as freshmen? | There is a chance! | |
| What is the relationship between the Kanzaki family and the Imaizumi family? | Their houses are close by. |
January 4, 2014[]
This session of trivia was held in the Fukuoka's Animate Tenjin, during the sign sessions. At the event, Wataru possibly stated the following informations:
| Fan's Question | Wataru's Comment/Reply | Materialization |
|---|---|---|
| According to Wataru Watanabe's assistant, the all colored one shot (Special Chapter 4) was supposed to be 8 pages, but when he started to draw it turned out being 10 pages. He stated it was difficult, but he was glad that everyone seemed to be happy with it. | ||
| What do you (Wataru) drink while you're writing? | Water. Because I am very sensitive to caffeine. | |
| What background music you (Wataru) listen while writing? | I make storyboards in silence. When i work in other stuff, i listen to radio. |
February 1, 2014[]
This session of trivia was held in the first Pedal Night. At the event, Wataru possibly stated the following informations:
| Fan's Question | Wataru's Comment/Reply | Materialization |
|---|---|---|
| Wataru's color schemes are done using about 12 Holbein watercolors, a paper palette, and just four brushes. Light blue is used for the shadows of the clothes, followed by the base color for the skin, then vermilion to the skin to give it a better look, and finally the jersey. The yellow of Sohoku is Permanent Yellow Deep, and the light blue and blue of Hakogaku are actually the same color, Persian Blue. It takes around four to five hours to finish the painting. | ||
| Wataru has two assistants, who works from 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm. | ||
| Wataru usually draws almost everything by himself, sleeps around five hours and takes around five hours of sleep and also practices and attends to road races. | ||
| Wataru usually rides wearing his Sohoku jersey, but he was only caught once with it. |
August 9, 2014[]
This session of trivia was held in the Nagasaki's Metro Bookstore during the autograph session to premier the 35th Volume release. At the event, Wataru possibly stated the following informations:
| Fan's Question | Wataru's Comment/Reply | Materialization |
|---|---|---|
| What team you (Wataru) cheered for when you were a baseball boy? | Hmm, it was the one from my hometown, Yokohama. |
January 19, 2015[]
This session of trivia was held in the second Pedal Night, also known as "The Pedal New Year Party!. At the event, Wataru possibly stated the following informations:
| Fan's Question | Wataru's Comment/Reply | Materialization |
|---|---|---|
| Aki-chan is a small dog. |
August 29, 2016[]
The event was held in the Zepp Tokyo during the fifth and sixth Pedal Nights entitled "Summer Vacation Zepp Tokyo Special Day and Night 2 Performances! Morning Section "High Cadence" and Evening Section "Spare Bike"". At the event, Wataru possibly stated the following informations:
| Fan's Question | Wataru's Comment/Reply | Materialization |
|---|---|---|
| The Hakone Academy's dormitories have rooms for one person each and the dining room is located on the first floor. There is a bamboo forest 50 meters away from the entrance. | ||
| What about the Universities Spare Bikes? | I want to do it, but if I do it I think everyone will only look up for it (And not the other content). | Despite releasing at first the short chapter 41 focused in the Yonan University, the Universities Spare Bikes officially started in the Spare Bike Chapter 67. |
| Yowamushi Pedal: School Life color cover explanation. | After finishing the sketch, it initially looked like Jinpachi and Yusuke in a fog. When It was asked about what they were doing in the fog then the only thing in his mind was him (Jinpachi) grabbing his (Yusuke) ponytail. |
April 22, 2017[]
The event was held in Osaka's Prefectural Labor Center during in the seventh and eighth Pedal Night's entitled "Midosuzi May Be Coming Night" an "Koseki-san May Be Here Too" respectively to premier the 50th Volume release. At the event, Wataru possibly stated the following informations:
| Fan's Question | Wataru's Comment/Reply | Materialization |
|---|---|---|
| The Aomori's Inter High Tournament (39th Summer Inter High) may be explored in the future. | ||
| I get a lot of questions about who this woman is. (Woman who serves Shou Koseki a cup of coffee at the Spare Bike Chapter 30). And you may get a little angry (smiles). This person is already, you see... Right? Older sister... I guess. i don't know. |
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| Wataru is seriously planning the university story now. He wants to put it out at the right time. | The university stories officially started at the Spare Bike Chapter 67. |
June 10, 2018[]
This session of trivia was held in the tenth Pedal Night. At the event, Wataru possibly stated the following informations:
| Fan's Question | Wataru's Comment/Reply | Materialization |
|---|---|---|
| Kyofushi is the third force. While other schools value the bonds with their friends, Kyofushi's expresses the truth of road racing. It seems that the position of having a leader and being supported by an assist is a common way of road racing in Europe. | ||
| When do you (Wataru) come up with a famous line? | When i am working with the names. Some people put a note by their pillow and write it down whenever they come up with an idea, but I do not do it. I used to take notes right away. However, I started thinking that it would not be a big deal if I forgot about it after a while after coming up with it. |
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| By the way, were you influenced by that drama? | There is a lot of pressure on the stage, and the manga and the stage are similar in that it is something that can be done by borrowing everyone's imagination. |
September 15, 2018[]
This session of trivia was held in the eleventh Pedal Night. At the event, Wataru possibly stated the following informations:
| Fan's Question | Wataru's Comment/Reply | Materialization |
|---|---|---|
| A cartoonist appeared in a morning drama, but what about Mr. Wataru? | He has never missed a deadline. He gets up in the morning and draws in the morning, before noon he does other serialization names, have lunch, draw in the afternoon, Mr. Ashi comes at 3:00, practice bicycles in the evening, have dinner, and work until 11:00. That is it. |
May 11, 2019[]
This session of trivia was held in the Ikebukuro venue named "Ikebukuro Toriko" during the autograph session to celebrate the 60th and 61st Volumes release. At the event, Wataru possibly stated the following informations:
| Fan's Question | Wataru's Comment/Reply | Materialization |
|---|---|---|
| It seems that someone's brother will appear in the future. | At the Chapter 611, Honda's little brother Mitsuji Honda was mentioned and did his debut in the Chapter 614. Ryouzou Honda, the third and youngest brother of the Honda family, also did his debut later in the Chapter 721. |