Mar 27 2002
Since I started writing online, I've been told that I'm dark, negative and ailing; but don't think that just because I'm a gag mangaka I'm a bright, funny guy! Also, don't say stuff like "you are a surprisingly normal person"! People that make good stories have bad personalites.
So anyway, I'm drawing manga, but when I'm asked what job I'm doing I just have to lie. Because you'll just get asked what you are drawing. And you make the mistake of telling them the title, and then, the next time you meet they say "I read it". Isn't this the sort of thing that makes you want to die?
Also, once in a while, the police comes over and asks "what are you doing?" so stop with those anonymous phone calls saying "that place is so suspect, suspicious men come and go in the middle of the night and they buy up huge amounts of food from the convenience store", and stop suspecting that we really are a religious cult. And I can't apologize with "eeehm... yeah, it's a bit... it's like...". They come and ask really persistantly about my job. I threw tankoubon at them, while crying. Those public servants! But really, no matter how I look at it I think it's suspicious too, though.
That's the kind of job I'm doing. Maybe I should wear a suit to work, like Hirokane Kenshi. I don't really know if Hirokane is wearing a suit to work though.