Mood:FUBAR(Fucked Up Beyond All Reason!)
Song of Choice:"More than Words" by Westlife
Topic: What we all knew from the start

Animerica: What is the relationship between Heero and Relena?

Ikeda: Well, according to the story as far as I was involved in it, the girl Relena represented what was still good about earth, and I wanted her to talk to the main characters that way. Starting with Heero, all five of them are the same, but they are in a war propagated by grownups in which you go with the flow, and fire power is the deciding factor. I wanted Relena to represent something different, where people could instead resolve differences with a sincere dialogue. So rather then talk about her relationship with Heero, I think of her more as a representation of the good that's left on Earth.

Animerica: So they have no boy-girl relationship?

Ikeda: Well, you could say I was nurtured in a Ryosuke Takahashi world, that may have something to do with it. I have a hard time with female characters. Boy-girl relationships are still beyond my capabilities. So that wasn'tsomething on my mind.