Fuyumi Soryo (惣領 冬実)
Fuyumi Soryo (惣領 冬実 Sōryō Fuyumi, born January 6, 1959) is a Japanese manga artist from Beppu, Oita, Japan. She is a graduate of the Oita prefectural Geijutsu Midorigaoka High School.
She was born into the home of a master of the Kanze school of Noh. In her childhood she liked to draw pictures of horses and things but had no special interest in manga. While enrolled in fashion college, she happened across Shogakukan's Rookie of the Year Contest and applied to raise money for the Sōen fashion contest. There she received an honorable mention, and debuted with "Sunspot Visitor" (Hidamari no hōmonsha) published in the April 1982 edition of Bessatsu Shōjo Comic (now Bestucomi).
Her works translated abroad include Mars and Eternal Sabbath. In 1988, she was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga for Boyfriend. Currently her last manga series is Cesare which centers around the infamous Borgia family of the Italian Renaissance and Cesare Borgia himself.
“With crushes, longer doesn’t necessarily mean better.”
“People seem weak, but they’re strong. They seem strong, but they’re weak. No matter how much you cry, you still have to sleep. And you even get hungry. You suddenly realize you’re doing the same things you did yesterday. You say hi to your friends and smile just like you did yesterday. Life goes on as if nothing ever happened…I want to go somewhere… Anywhere… Somewhere where I can forget everything. …where I’ll forget everything …and be reborn.Mars Volume 18”
“In the world of love, it takes more than love to make someone happy”
“If a castle gets destroyed, you just build a new one. If you wanted me to I'd build them over and over. Let's build them together.”
“Kira: “Why did Sei choose death? Was it simply to end his pain? Or…No matter what shape he was in or how crazy it was…maybe he wanted to live on forever in Rei…”
“From MARS Volume 3 by Fuyumi Soryo:Kira: “Why do you go through all that just to race? I guess asking that is the same thing as asking why I draw….probably because I’m alive….that’s all there is to it. I sense colors in you. They’re strong and beautiful….and sad. I wondered what your colors were for a long time. They’re the colors of the sunset…the blazing shades of a sunset that burn just before the darkness sets in. You said it was nothing, but there’s no one as alive as you.”
“I don't know what lies ahead, but I want to keep going forever...”
“I'll protect you. I'll stand by you if anything happens.”
“For someone so violent, he has a gentle face, doesn't he?”
“Remember how to breathe, how to live...please!!”
“If you're dirty, what in this world isn't?!”
“People seem weak, but they're strong. They seem strong, but they're weak.”
“You all say the same thing. When something bad happens, everyone tells you to forget about it. But, I don't think you can forget that easily. You may be able to pretend you've forgotten, but I don't think anyone can completely forget.”
“It's honest to admit you'll kill someone because you hate them.”
“People forget what they want to forget.”
“There's always someone who cares. Someone whose life would simply stop. You just don't know it yet, or you haven't found them yet.”
“It's okay to cry. There's no reason to hold back.”