 He believed that Lupin and Fujiko are similar to the characters of D'Artagnan and Milady de Winter, and described them as "Not necessarily lovers, not necessarily husband and wife, but more just having fun as man and woman with each other".Inspector Zenigata was conceived as Lupin's archrival to create a "human Tom and Jerry".Monkey Punch said the appeal of drawing Lupin comes from the character being able to go anywhere without obstacles and being able to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants.