47L U K ADONCIC21 • Having a ballBY BOBAN MARJANOVICYou can’t relax on the court with
Luka Doncic. Even if you’re not
open, he can make Luka magic
at any moment— throwing a
perfect pass that somehow
lands in your hands. Every
game, he debuts a new move.
It’s crazy.
He’s just 21, but he has already
made an all-NBA First Team and
is set to earn many more honors.
I see his competitive drive off
court: even playing Parcheesi, he
wants to win. But he always wins
while smiling.
I see the infl uence he carries.
Before the pandemic, kids
would crowd arenas and team
hotels, hoping to see him. And
he always made time to sign
autographs, to share that Luka
magic with the world.Marjanovic is an NBA player for
the Dallas MavericksKoyoharu
Gotouge
ANONYMOUS
ASCENT
For almost two decades, Spirited
Away was Japan’s highest-
grossing movie of all time. That
changed last year, when the
animated fi lm Demon Slayer:
Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie:
Mugen Train logged the biggest
opening weekend in Japan’s
history and wound up grossing a
record-setting $313 million—a
surreal achievement that
only deepened interest in the
mysterious author and illustrator
at the franchise’s heart. Writing
under the pen name Koyoharu
Gotouge, the author published
the fi rst chapter of the serialized
Demon Slayer in 2016. The
manga follows Tanjiro, the
teen protagonist who trains
vigorously to fi ght against
demons—while feeling immense
empathy for these creatures
who were once human. While
Gotouge maintains anonymity in
public, Kohei Ohnishi—an editor
at Weekly Shonen Jump, the
manga magazine that publishes
Demon Slayer—says the writer’s
personality shines through the
series, in particular in Tanjiro’s
“serious nature, honesty and
strong sense of responsibility.”
And with the Demon Slayer
television series now streaming
on Netfl ix and the fi lm slated
for release in North American
theaters later this year, the reach
of Gotouge’s work promises to go
even further. —Kat Moon
Regé-JeanPageSingular performerBY SHONDA RHIMESYou might dream of him, the one
we call the Duke of Hastings.
But in reality, Regé-Jean Page
is fi ner than fi ction and better
than any dream. He is that
rare actor, one who brings an
intensity, an intelligence and a
precision to his work, providing
endless depth to any scene. His
disappearance into character
builds a vibrant world for us to
enter, making it impossible to
imagine any other actor playing
the role. Few actors craft their
moments so beautifully—
or steal our attention so
quickly. As evidenced by his
performance in Bridgerton,
Regé is a singular talent
whose prospects are limitless.
Today, he may be our duke. By
tomorrow ... not even I can
dream big enough to imagine.Rhimes is the CEO of Shondaland
and an executive producer of
Bridgerton