Souten no Ken Regenesis, Volume 6

With this volume, the story of Kasumi Kenshiro reaches one of its conclusions. When I finished drawing Kenshiro's final moments, alongside the sadness, I felt a certain peace, that of having carried something through to its end. If I was able to walk this far, it is solely thanks to the many people who supported me. First, to my editor Mr. Kasahara, who never ceased supporting the work on a daily basis, to the entire Zenon editorial staff and all those involved, I extend my most sincere thanks. Master Buronson, Master Hiroyuki Yatsu, thank you. To my comrades who sweated and breathed life into this work with me, the team, my deepest gratitude. Mr. Kazuo Watanabe. Artists capable of drawing gekiga backgrounds are already rare, and for the backgrounds in the Hokuto lineage, there was no one else left to ask but you. If you had not participated, even resuming serialization would have been uncertain. We would surely have run aground on a reef. Thank you for those magnificent backgrounds! Mr. Takuya Aihara. Thanks to you, the quality rose even higher. Your uncompromising attitude toward finishing impressed me. Without exaggeration, you were the foundation of this team, and the workload you had to shoulder alone must have been terrible. Thank you until the very end! And above all, to you readers who picked up this work and accompanied Kenshiro's life to the very end, I offer boundless love and my deepest gratitude. Your voices and your thoughts were the engine that drove my pen. Thank you! Finally, to my master Tetsuo Hara. I do not know if I was able to put to good use the teachings received during the roughly seven years spent on Ikusa no Ko, but my destiny changed radically the day I met you. From that moment when, as a novice who did not even know how to use a G pen, I discovered the joy of drawing on paper, you have always existed within me as a great master. Even during the hiatus, you came to see me many times in my dreams. I barely have the right to call myself your disciple... but, master, please forgive this foolish disciple who lost his way in the night. I think it anew: having had the opportunity to weave this story under the great sky of "Hokuto" that you built was for me the greatest pride and an irreplaceable learning experience. Thank you. To honor this debt, I sincerely wish that the soul of Kenshiro I drew in Regenesis continues to live in the hearts of readers. To everyone, thank you so very much!!! September 13, 2025 - Tsuji Hideki