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In the podcast I forgot to add this:
Interviewer: "How does if feel, knowing you created a series that inspired and uplifted so many people around the globe?"
Kishimoto: In truth, it hadn't really sunk in. I had heard about how popular it was and of course the editorial staff and the situation with Toonami(?); we got fan letters from abroad etc. But it wasn't until yesterday, in fact, the autograph session after the panel, when every single person who came by would say how grateful they were, how much Naruto had impacted their lives. I really started feeling it. I'd say that the most astounding moment of the night was when a young gentleman came up and said: 'Naruto literally saved my life. I was contemplating suicide and it was when I read Naruto that I decided to turn my life around. I'm here because of Naruto.'.
Interviewer: Wow.
Kishimoto: He started crying and I almost started crying too. That's when I really felt that perhaps I did something that managed to help others. It felt really good.
Interviewer: And that was only 100 people out of millions.
Kishimoto: At the same time that it made me so happy, I felt even more grateful that something I produced is able to help others.
Interviewer: That's beautiful.
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Interviewer: Numerous fans on the SJ twitter feed wanted to thank you for making a manga that has influenced or even changed their lives. Is there anything you want to say to American fans?
Kishimoto: I touched upon this earlier. I'm the one who should say 'thank you' to my fans. I feel like my life is now fulfilled, knowing the impact that my work has had on the people out there, through the words they've given me. It's all their thanks and all their kind and warm words that I've received that has now given me encouragement. Because I'm just like everyone else. I too have had obstacles I've had to overcome and hearing how grateful and happy everyone is really gives me the will to keep going on.
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Interviewer: "How does if feel, knowing you created a series that inspired and uplifted so many people around the globe?"
Kishimoto: In truth, it hadn't really sunk in. I had heard about how popular it was and of course the editorial staff and the situation with Toonami(?); we got fan letters from abroad etc. But it wasn't until yesterday, in fact, the autograph session after the panel, when every single person who came by would say how grateful they were, how much Naruto had impacted their lives. I really started feeling it. I'd say that the most astounding moment of the night was when a young gentleman came up and said: 'Naruto literally saved my life. I was contemplating suicide and it was when I read Naruto that I decided to turn my life around. I'm here because of Naruto.'.
Interviewer: Wow.
Kishimoto: He started crying and I almost started crying too. That's when I really felt that perhaps I did something that managed to help others. It felt really good.
Interviewer: And that was only 100 people out of millions.
Kishimoto: At the same time that it made me so happy, I felt even more grateful that something I produced is able to help others.
Interviewer: That's beautiful.
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Interviewer: Numerous fans on the SJ twitter feed wanted to thank you for making a manga that has influenced or even changed their lives. Is there anything you want to say to American fans?
Kishimoto: I touched upon this earlier. I'm the one who should say 'thank you' to my fans. I feel like my life is now fulfilled, knowing the impact that my work has had on the people out there, through the words they've given me. It's all their thanks and all their kind and warm words that I've received that has now given me encouragement. Because I'm just like everyone else. I too have had obstacles I've had to overcome and hearing how grateful and happy everyone is really gives me the will to keep going on.
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