This is one of the earliest layouts of the original scripts, when the main shift happened from describing the scene to being the scene. Before, I would convey the information in panels and dialog, but there was a distance that was only bridged when I entered the space fully in my mind, and let every nuance be expressed. I came up with the method of "one action = one panel" showing one single thing in each panel makes a very immersive and clear story telling.
This is also one of the only scenes that remained in the final book, but without Gemmei, the mother, who is now dead, and the scene focus on Kaimen and Oda only.
10:58am / Feb 18, 2010