Is Lord Hikiji a human?
(UY Vol 1, #10) Yes, Lord Hikiji is indeed a human, one of the very few that have appeared in the pages of Usagi. (WWW Board May 2000) I don’t think I’ll remove Hikiji’s appearance in UY Book 1. I still regret showing him but after 6 or 7 printings it’s a bit late to take him out. I originally depicted him as human for the shock value and for a storyline I was working on. I haven’t completely abandoned that story but it has changed as Usagi’s story has gotten much more complex. (UY Vol 2, #16) I did show Lord Hikiji as a human in the last panel of “Lone Rabbit and Child” to give the story a dramatic ending and now I regret doing it. I have since envisioned him as a Sauron-like character (from Lord of the Rings) who is never really seen but whose presence is always felt manipulating events from behind the scenes.
