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. end of act 12
. next update: 2011 JUL 18 (MON)

happy monday :)

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. next update 2011 JUL 11 (MON)

Every day I learn a new lesson. Today's was, never leave important explanations delayed for so many chapters ever again!!

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. next update Mon the 27th

Lost by a day.. On a dead serious note everyone in the real world should learn CPR as it is extremely useful! As always, thank you for reading.

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. next update 2011 JUN 20 (for reals; see below for explanation)

Note: There are some textless panels in 264-265 - you'll know when you scroll over them and no yellow box appears (not even an empty one)

Thank you so much for waiting and checking back patiently. I am taking a sabbatical from regular work to draw comics. Only in time will we find out how much of an improvement this is.. However this plan does include finishing HERO by hook or crook (on average a page a day, although assembling them and writing the script is still causing epic time paradoxes)

Also rolling with the times I have been posting (mostly Three Kingdoms/Sengoku/cat) art on tumblr, if historical/cat art feels relevant to your interests then this link may be of use.. But seriously thank you for continuing to read and find out what happens next, and I can only hope the actual results live up to your expectations. Thank you so much.

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. next update 2011 FEB 28 (MON)

Welcome back. I have no excuse for letting almost a year elapse since the last update, except that I simply could not believe in the story I had planned for the next couple of chapters and also found much happiness in drawing other things. Up to five minutes ago I was indeed still rewriting dialogue, some things never change..

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. next update 31 MAY 2010 (MON)

plodding along. sorry i've totally forgotten to reply to questions in the previous post ;_; will do that now.

thank you for reading!

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. next update 10 MAY 2010 (MON)

thanks for your kind emails and messages. i am sorry to have neglected this comic for so long. things happened, now they are over with and i want to finish this: four more chapters, we will see it through. thanks again for your kindness, concern and understanding.

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. next update 2010 FEB 15 (MON)

one of my new year resolutions was to finish HERO by the end of this year. I can hear you laughing in the back there!! also thought I had three chapters to go instead of four. never mind will do what I can.

for the record I LOVE CATS, "I Am Maru" is one of my favorite celebrity blogs.

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. next update 2009 DEC 7 (MON)

it is thanksgiving so thank you now and always for reading!! have a good weekend

ETA: now i know why fluffy cat seemed so familiar as i drew him, he is exactly the same shape as Snarf from the Thundercats. my subconscious strikes again

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. next update 2009 NOV 16 (MON)

Hideaki Sorachi, great minds think alike*!! though obviously yours is far more twisted and superior orz orz orz

ohisashiburi; sorry for the long hiatus. hope you are all doing fine.


* in the latest Gintama manga arc Gintoki and Zura turn into cats. it is fabulous