1983 Past Life Manga King

Thanks to that, it was mentioned frequently in TV shows and newspapers to the extent that even people who were not usually interested in comics knew the title.

Because of that, various groups in Japan were calling out to stop the serialization.

But there was also the opposite.

That was the anti-nuclear movement.

NGOs recognized the dangers of nuclear power plants thanks to the fact that even experts had already certified how well the cartoons were portrayed on TV.

– We must pass on a safe land to our descendants!

– Something like the Chernobyl accident shouldn’t happen in Japan!

– For Japan’s future, we must refrain from building nuclear power plants!

– The government must immediately stop what could be a disaster!

In fact, even in the broadcast, the government was in a situation in which the Soviet Union was shouting out to the Soviets to immediately disclose the leaked radiation level. In addition, due to the newly appeared cartoon, people’s attention was focused on the fear of radioactivity.

* * *

Weekday afternoon, lunch time.

In the employee lounge on the floor where the boy hero is located, the employees were chatting and smoking cigarettes or drinking beverages.

“Wow, these days, it’s all about persona stories of despair. It makes me wonder if there will ever be another boy hero receiving as much attention as it is now.”

“I will. Probably because what happened in the Soviet Union was so big. Well, this is Japan. Compared to other countries, there is a greater fear of radiation. I wonder if a work like Godzilla would have been popular?”

“It’s not just that. You mentioned in the past that using nuclear-related energy would become commonplace. I watched a lot of cartoons like that when I was a kid.”

“Anyway, nuclear power is high-efficiency energy, but it is dangerous.”

“Anyway, thanks to the new comics, magazine sales have increased, and the sales of other comics are also increasing, so the atmosphere is good.”

“Well, issues like this are helpful.”

Then an employee pointed to a passer-by through the glass wall of the break room and said:

“uh? This is Akagi. I haven’t had much time in the editorial department these days.”

The senior employee who glanced at him nodded his head.

“Isn’t it? These days, that friend is the busiest in the editorial department. From what I heard, even the executives seem to be called occasionally.”

At those words, the junior staff widened her eyes and trembled at her fuss.

“Eh? Really? In other editorial departments, editors rarely meet with executives.”

“These days, our department is receiving the most attention. Besides, that friend is in charge of Mr. Sunny, who is at the center of the issue right now. I heard that the other editors were desperate to meet him.”

“uh? why?”

“It’s because of Tengen. Tengen. story writer. As I have heard, the teacher has a lot of connections with her and her other famous teachers. It seems that he was directly involved in some of the works.”

“Oh, you’re a hidden strength, too.”

“right. To be honest, let’s say Samsara was good at drawing only and the contents were a mess. Maybe they didn’t know, but people from the Manga Research Society wouldn’t have looked at it, did they?”

“Well, I was completely in love with the story.”

At that, a senior employee snorted her.

“Anyway, that friend, from Tengen to Sunny… I’m lucky because it’s so good.”

An employee who was listening to their conversation rubbed off a cigarette and opened his mouth with an annoyed expression.

“Are you lucky? Do you really think so?”

“Why are you suddenly like this? What’s your relationship with Akagi?”

“It’s because I’m the third person and I get angry even if I listen to it.”

“Then why are you like this?”

When asked as if it was absurd, an employee who was a classmate frowned.

“Hey, don’t you remember the first time Akagi came in here with samsara?”

“Yeah…”

Hearing that, the junior staff member widened his eyes and asked.

“Really? Is it really that Akagi-san joined the company with samsara?”

“okay. I also heard from Mr. Yajima, that Akagi’s friend, the previous publishing house did not accept Samsara, so he moved to us. So, Akagi already met two Koreans when they were unknown, and they are friends who eventually made their debut in the Japanese comics world. So it’s not right to talk about luck or anything.”

“Wow, that’s really cool. Did something like that happen?”

“…but it’s good to be lucky. It’s not easy to meet people like Sunny or Tengen.”

“okay. That too. But recognizing such a person is a skill. The one you rejected before. It’s the same story that is doing well in boys’ magazines now.”

“·················ogue.”

“Anyway, build up your skills before you say that you can’t see it.”

“Damn, what kind of advice do you have?”

“Neither do I. But, at least I don’t gossip behind the scenes like you.”

“What do you mean nonsense?”

As the two growled, a junior employee hurriedly stopped them with a surprised expression.

“Come on, you two, calm down. Why are you doing this with your peers?”

“What is the motive?”

“That’s what I’m going to say.”

Then the break room door swung open and Yajima pushed her head in. Then she asked, looking around her with a puzzled expression.

“Uh, why are you so noisy here?”

To that, a junior staff member responded with a bewildered expression while waving his hand from side to side.

“Oh, no.”

“Sheesh.”

An employee passed by Yajima with an angry expression and went outside. When Yajima looked back at the other employees with a puzzled expression, the two men who received his gaze laughed awkwardly.

“···········?”

After a while, Yajima, who left the break room, returned to the editorial department.

But as soon as she saw Jiro being absorbed in the new manuscript typesetting, she hurried up to him. Then he waved his hand and said.

“Hey, Akagi. I’m always busy alone. But is that a manuscript of the Persona of Despair?”

I answered Yajima’s question without raising my head.

“Yeah.”(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

Seeing Jiro like that, I approached him and asked with a soft voice, sticking out his head.

“Are you busy after the typesetting work is done?”

“By the way, why?”

“Why, I wanted to help with the copying.”

Jiro stopped at Yajima’s words.

“A copy?”

“uh. Fasiencia should also be finished by the end of today.”

“It is, but why are you suddenly trying to help me?”

Jiro looked at Yajima with a suspicious expression on his face. She smiled awkwardly as Yajima made eye contact with him.

“Why, are you and I on a regular basis? They’ve been close friends since college. No one else knows, but I have to help you. Why are you asking such a strange thing?”

Yajima smirked and tapped Jiro on the shoulder.

Jiro, who was still looking at him with a suspicious expression, grinned. Then he said, with a tired look on his face, he bent his neck from side to side.

“Yeah, as senior said, these days it’s so hard. I need some help.”

“right? Seeing you these days, it’s because my heart is so salty. Am I the only one?”

Saying that and laughing, Jiro laughed as well.

“Yeah. That’s right. Anyway, seniors are like that, so please…”

“Hey, stop messing around and do your job!”

The two were startled by the sudden words. And at the same time, the head turned to the back of the sound.

In the place they are looking at, the team leader is making a strange expression with his arms crossed and his head tilted to the side.

And the team leader’s eyes were on Yajima.

Then Yajima flinched and looked back at her team leader with an expression of what was going on.

“Why all of a sudden? You’re making a craft.”

“It’s because you want to see the persona of despair right now.”

At that, Yajima was startled.

“Oh really. What do you mean? Why am I doing that? haha. It’s a joke too.”

But Jiro’s expression changed when he heard that.

I looked back at Yajima with that expression of ‘somehow’.

Yajima hid her bewildered expression and hurriedly told the team leader with a resentful expression.

“Team leader really, why do you talk useless things……”

“Wow, I wondered why they made so many typos these days, there was a reason for everything!”

A sudden, thorny voice interrupted again.

However, Yajima, recognizing the main character of the voice, was startled again.

“uh? Mu, Mukai.”

“It’s a teacher, teacher. You’re in charge, so why do you call me like that to meet?”

Having said that, Mukai suddenly greeted Jiro 90 degrees.

“Good morning. Akagi-san.”

When Mukai suddenly treated him kindly, Jiro greeted him with an awkward smile.

“Ah yes. Good morning. Mr. Mukai.”

“These days, Tengen-sensei and Sunny-sensei, are you all in good health?”

“Ah yes. Thanks.”

“These days, the new work, Persona of Despair, is so much fun. Also, the combination of the two is the best. Just ignore the crazy talk in the newspapers these days.”

“Thank you. Teacher.”

“Hey, I’d like to say hello to you two.”

“of course. Of course it is. Also, Tengen-sensei often tells me that the King of Mid-Won Cooking is so much fun.”

“really?”

Mukai raised his body upright as if it was an honor, and soon became an expression of excitement.

Seeing that, Yajima put on an annoyed expression on her face.

“Hey, I’m the editor in charge, I’m like cows and chickens, aren’t I too hospitable for Akagi?

When Mukai meets Jiman, he treats him with such kindness, so Yajima also complained of heartache.

Then Mukai put on an absurd expression on his face.

“Look at this, it’s you to the teacher in charge. That’s why I don’t get treated. Who are you to blame?”

“Really, it’s too much. You saved a dying man.”

“Who will survive? I bought it because I was good.”

At those words, Yajima shuddered.

“Hey! Humans can’t do that.”

“Okay, let’s have a meeting soon. Meeting. I’m here to discuss the story scene that Mr. James sent me this time.”

“I don’t, I don’t. What kind of glory will I get when I have been treated like this.”

As Yajima turned her head while suffocating, Mukai grabbed his arm and pulled him away.

“Hey, why again? I’ve been doing well so far. Come on, I’ll buy you something delicious today.”

“Uh-huh, that’s because it’s done.

“What do you drink? Chinese? French?”

Having said that, I led him to the conference room, and Yajima followed Mukai with an expression that he couldn’t do it.

Seeing them like that, the manager smiled.

“Mukai-sensei is also great. If you see that the squirrel Yajima is cooked well.”

“Iknow, right.”

“By the way, how about that one?”

“Is it that one?”

“It’s about Tengen-sensei. Do you know anything about this?”

“Yeah. You know.”

“Then what’s your reaction?”

“I don’t think it’s an atmosphere of great concern. Rather, they seem to be interested in such reactions.”

At that, the headmaster put on a funny expression.

“Is it interesting?”

“Yeah.”

After saying that, Jiro stopped the typesetting work and for a moment scratched his chin with a thoughtful expression. Then she opened her mouth again.

“Somehow, even if the real future Japan is like that, it seems like they are even convinced.”

“·················ogue.”

“Well, that’s just how I feel.”

Saying that, he smiled and continued his typesetting work again.

The team leader who looked at Jiro made a strange expression and then immediately shrugged his shoulders.

Tired of being famous (1)

To be honest, I admit that I was a bit impulsive when I came up with the story of ‘Persona of Despair’. However, I did not expect such a large response from Japan.

To a certain extent, I only expected to have an impact on the society of Japan.

However, in Japan, this is developing into a social phenomenon, which is a bit disconcerting.

Somehow, ‘Persona of Despair’ also keeps its serial volume at 30 pages.

As a result, more than half of the stories have already been progressed, and I heard from Jiro that he is currently the unrivaled number one in the boy hero’s reader questionnaire.

– The reaction is hotter than Samsara. It seems that the issue itself is realistic and it is a story that is difficult to ignore from the Japanese point of view. Of course, the story is good too.

“Maybe it’s because it’s a story that burns short and thick and then turns off.”

– That’s why it might be even more disappointing. To be honest, in the current atmosphere, I have hopes that it would be better if the series continued a little longer. In fact, now Samsara’s book sales are on the rise again.

I didn’t know it was that much.

However, there is nothing good about this story being left out for too long. If that happens, the original intention will be tarnished.

“It has to be over when it’s over. It’s not good to just turn it off.”

– Fortunately, fans are probably thinking that this work can replace the disappointment that Samsara is ending. However, if it ends short, the impact may be greater.

“Now that we are planning two volumes, it would be a good idea to tell us in advance.”

At that moment, the voice over the phone cut off. Then a sigh was heard, and Jiro immediately opened his mouth.

– Yeah. I think I forgot my duty as an editor. It would be better to give a notice to the extent that it will end soon.

“Do by that way.”

– Oh, and the reaction to the persona of despair has been getting hot lately, so I’ve been getting a lot of calls from newspapers and magazines as editors these days.

“Are you contacting the magazine? why?”

– Because of the interview. I would like to talk about my work with Tengen-sensei and Sunny-sensei. Because there are a lot of issues.

Well, it’s okay to know

“It’s not about the work, it’s about the nuclear power plant. How did you come to create such a work, and did you have any intentions? Being Korean, there will be some things that I will dig into.”