From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 12/13/2014 09:58 PM, Kenneth M. Lin wrote:   
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   > "Bobbie Sellers"  wrote in message news:m6cvpo$4td$1@dont-email.me...   
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   > JITSUROKU - ADACHI MITSURU MONOGATARI Manga   
   > 実録 あだち充物語   
   > Released:     Author(s):     Artist(s):     Genre(s):   
   > 1982     Adachi Tsutomu     Adachi Tsutomu     Comedy   
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   > This is the tale of how Adachi Mitsuru went from being an assistant   
   > artist on a   
   > weekly manga to the superstar manga-ka we know him to be today. But it’s   
   > told (and written by) Mitsuru’s older brother Tsutomu, who was also an   
   > assistant   
   > artist early on in their careers…   
   >      That paragraph is borrowed from MangaFox.   
   >      Google is your pal for finding this series.   
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   >      Well only 2 chapters on the net but it sure is amusing at least to   
   > my simple   
   > mind.  Sort of repetitive, though.   
   >      This is at the opposite end of the spectrum from "A Drifting Life".   
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   >      bliss   
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   > This came out in 1982?  Then it was done quite early in his career   
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   > Japan has pretty good apprenticeship program for aspiring manga artists   
   > and almost every established artist has assisted while working on their   
   > debut work on the side.  Believe it or not, many chose to assist all   
   > their life because they lack story ideas or would much rather have   
   > steady paycheck.   
      
   	Oh I believe it.  Look at Hato in Genshiken who is a marvelous   
   artist but lacks the ability at this point in his development(in the   
   story) to tell a story.  Adachi himself seems to reuse the same basic   
   plot which is very good a couple of times around.   
      
   	bliss   
      
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