Why did you become interested in Azteca?

From I came to dA, sometimes I am asked by Mexican artists,
"When and why did you become interested in Azteca?"
Oh, senor, senora, senorita.....
Since I came to dA, I am surprised that many Mexican artists draw Japanese gods, youkai, ninja, anime, manga....
"Why?" is what I want to say.

Today, I will tell you "when".
When did I become interested in Azteca?

Long long ago......
When I was a university student, my senior of the university liked Aztecs.
We are members of TRPG club in the university.

TRPG...."Tabletop role-playing game"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabletop…

He did AZTECA-TRPG,seeing "GURPS AZTEC".
www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/az…

I wanted to know Aztecs.
And I came to like Tezcatlipoca.
Because he is the greatest god, in addition, he is a badass.
I staried to draw manga of Tezcatlipoca.
I was afraid of getting him angry about my foolish manga, .....but after all, I drew them(1997-2000).



MANGA:Tezcatlipoca 1 (20pages) in 1999. fav.me/d6kzm2v


But after this, during 10 years, I did not draw Aztecs.....
I drew vampires.
nosukuk.blog81.fc2.com/

In 2007, in Japan, there was the exhibition of Aztecs.
www.kahaku.go.jp/exhibitions/u…
I did not go it (But I got the book of the exhibition by my friend).
Many young people went the exhibition.
They became interested in Aztec culture, and they started to draw Aztec gods on the internet, on PIXIV.

nosukuk.mangalog.com/about-the…
www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mod…

I saw their works, I also started to draw Aztec gods again, 3 years ago (2011).
www.pixiv.net/member_illust.ph…

But I do not know why,.... I wonder why I like AZTECA.
Of course I like TEZCATLIPOCA. But that is not all.
I cannot express in words....

Please see my works..... Maybe, they have the answer. Maybe....

There is one final favor I would like to ask of you.
Please don't say to me, "How old are you?"...............