The big news from Japan recently besides the LDP fundraising scandal where people actually think dissolving of factions will fix corruption, is the unfortunate passing of Ashihara Hinako from suicide, the mangaka of Sexy Tanaka which I have been enjoying.
I have not read the mangas but apparently she was not happy with the differences with the manga and wrote the scripts of the last two episodes of the dorama. This is very sad because Sexy Tanaka is a positive, feel good show about hope and finding your own things to live for.
As for the dorama, I enjoyed it and liked the characters but Akari and Konishi had no chemistry and the ending was very abrupt. Kinami Haruka really did a bang up job as Tanaka as she went on this journey.
I wonder about how often mangakas are not happy with live action adaptations of their work? Attack of Titan movie was horrible but I loved the I"s dorama because it was so faithful to the manga. Sometimes things have to be changed for budget reasons and turn out fine like Gantz and Koi wa Ameagari no You ni should have been a dorama and not a movie. Rest in peace Ashihara Hinako. Thanks for Luwang for release the hardsubs.
Video in Japanese talking about the situation and talking to a lawyer about writer's rights when talking about adaptations.
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What a shame.
I wonder how the drama would turn out without Ashihara involvement
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