(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
chief; main; principal; important
Lotte (Japanese-Korean confection company)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
illustration (e.g. book); picture
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
Okayama prefecture (Chūgoku area)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
serialization; serialisation; serial story
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)