Don't you just love it when your favorite ship is drawn by the author of an official manga?

Aki Eda (SSiB) used to draw it too.

pavel94 said:

Don't you just love it when your favorite ship is drawn by the author of an official manga?

Especially when the artist tries to sneak it in IN the official manga. Dat hungry Marisa in the bottom right.....

Котенок said:

Especially when the artist tries to sneak it in IN the official manga. Dat hungry Marisa in the bottom right.....

It's not sneaking it in if it's in the manga, the only thing she's allowed to write in them is sound effects. ZUN writes all the rest, even the small text, right down to expressions and actions taken in each panel.

Aki Eda (SSiB) used to draw it too.

She was apparently a fan-artist first who did lots of shipping and then she got hired and did even more shipping. She apparently would still like to do it, she just doesn't have the time anymore.

Azuma Aya, among other artists who worked with him, has pointed out that ZUN can be quite strict with what he wants to convey. The afterword from WaHH vol.3 more or less imply that nothing happens without his approval. So yes, all the ReiMari moments and more goes back to the guy himself.

Valentine322 said:

Azuma Aya, among other artists who worked with him, has pointed out that ZUN can be quite strict with what he wants to convey. The afterword from WaHH vol.3 more or less imply that nothing happens without his approval. So yes, all the ReiMari moments and more goes back to the guy himself.

There's another Afterword where Azuma Aya says this outright, but I can't find it anymore...