Speaking at the Creative Education Exposition about the sources of creative ideas, Hirokane Kenshi, a well-known Japanese manga author who is much-loved by Taiwan bibliophiles, and whose works include A Salaryman Story, and fellow manga author Fujisawa Toru, creator of Great Teacher Onizuka, agreed that ideas come from one's surroundings, and that a little extra attention paid to one's environment would be rewarded by inspiration.
受到台灣書迷喜愛的日本知名漫畫家、《課長島耕作》作者弘兼憲史及《麻辣教師》作者藤澤亨，在「創造力博覽會」上演說創意來源時，一致認同「創意從身邊來」的說法，只要對周遭事物多一點觀察，就有靈感。