May 22, 2025
This manga is kinda unique in the way it's conceptualized. Tezuka is a professor in this, and he teaches his students a little about the process of drawing and publishing manga, but the majority of it is filled with 3 short stories and some comic strips. I think he did an okay job integrating the teachings with the stories, but overall it was a fun read because they are "old school" comics and were funny and absurd.
In the afterword, Tezuka mentions he made this in the fifties to help kids who wanted to become mangaka. He says some current mangaka were actually inspired by
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this work, which is pretty cool. He also shares some interesting trivia about the stories, which was nice to read.
The most interesting part of this, for me, is seeing how manga was back in the day, and it's awesome so see how Tezuka managed to grow the industry so much.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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