RAVE
Hiro Mashima created "Rave Master" with the idea of travelling around the world. Composed of thirty-five "volumes", Mashima comments that although it was sometimes difficult to think of how to develop the storyline, he still remembers enjoying the making of "Rave Master". Additionally, he regards that the series' end was "a little sentimental, a little sad." In early chapters Mashima had multiple difficulties with the series' backgrounds. Nevertheless, across the volumes Mashima realized how the art was evolving resulting in most appealing pages. During publication, "Rave Master" was supposed to end in its ninth volume with King and Demon Card's defeat and all of the plot's mysteries resolved. This was planned since Mashima had the desire to make a new manga. In the end, he decided to continue with "Rave Master" following King's arc after finding such an ending too contrived.