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The story follows the life of a young woman with an intellectual disability who ends up involved in nighttime work, leading to a tragic outcome. Critics accuse the work of profiting from the exploitation of vulnerable people and demand that its production be halted.

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Manga artist Inio Asano, the creator of Goodnight Punpun and Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction, recently appeared as a guest on WEEKLY OCHIAI, a talk show hosted by Japanese media artist Yoichi Ochiai. In the interview, published partly on YouTube (the full version can be watched via the News Picks platform), Asano talked about the “Unreal Engine” technique for creating his manga, and touched on why he put Mujina Into the Deep on hiatus, as well as the use of generative AI in the manga scene.

To begin with, Asano says that Mujina Into the Deep ended up turning into an action manga because he wanted to create a story where he could freely experiment with 3D-modeled environments. “Initially, it was supposed to be a simple, grounded story about this hopeless middle-aged man in a shopping street. But when I created the town in 3D, I was like, I could make a manga that’s much better suited for this – and it naturally became an action manga.”

Those who follow Asano on X might be familiar with the fact that over 90% of the backgrounds in Mujina Into the Deep were made by the mangaka himself using Unreal Engine and Blender. While he uses paid assets when he can, he also models his own when needed.

Asked about whether utilizing AI could help with streamlining the process of modeling and placing all of the individual assets on such a vast open world, Asano explains that “it’s definitely possible, but there is a very difficult problem of what extent you can use AI to.”

“Right now, publishers are not in a position where they can overtly say that they allow AI use,” Asano comments. “It’s a strange situation; You’re not allowed to use it precisely because you’re a professional.” He explains that, while there are several reasons why Mujina Into the Deep was put on a hiatus until 2027, the manga scene’s current attitude towards AI is one of them.

“In the current state of things, mangaka are not allowed to use AI. But using AI actually drives up the quality by a mile. So doesn’t that mean it would be best to not draw the manga now? Maybe they suddenly lift the ban [on AI] next year, so it might be better to start drawing after that happens. I’m currently on standby in that sense,” Asano says. Though he didn’t elaborate if or to what extent he hypothetically plans to use AI, he said that using it could significantly speed up the modeling process.

As a side note, Asano says that, while he doesn’t find any particular inspiration for his stories in other forms of media, he is passionate about video games. Apparently, all of his work after Dededede, including Mujina Into the Deep, is heavily inspired by the GTA franchise. As he explains, he creates all of his stories by creating an “open world” for them first.

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A lot of doom-posting suddenly popped up about people not caring about One-Punch Man anymore, and honestly, it's affected me too. Not in the sense that I don't care about the series, but more that I just don't care to translate it anymore.

It's become a bit of a hassle, especially with the pressure I feel to get chapters out quickly. It's simply not healthy for me.

My only real solution would be to step away... but that comes with its own set of problems.

For one, I'd feel guilty leaving readers to potentially bad translations that might be entirely off-script. (Yes, I know I've been guilty of that too! Don't worry, I've fixed it so you don't have to yell at me for characters being out of character. This burnout was actually part of the reason for those mistakes).

I know it's a bit weird to post this right after releasing a new OPM chapter, but I feel this way every single time I work on it. It's been like this for the last four or more chapters. I simply enjoy working on other series a lot more, like Baki or Silent Hill F.

I still LOVE One-Punch Man it's a great manga that I enjoy reading bi-weekly – but I just don't enjoy translating it anymore. (Still love Suiko, though!)

Because of this, I'm looking for some help. I'd love to find a:

• Typesetter
• Redrawer
• Proofreader & Translator (ideally working as a pair)

The goal is to find a translator and proofreader who can gradually take over full-time. From there, we can form a team that I can potentially manage if they wish to and help out with from time to time if needed.

Anyway, love you all. Sorry for the past mistakes in my translations, and take care! -KokiKoi (Photo somewhat related)

https://kokikoi.github.io/The-Koi-Site/

I can't seem to find it anywhere, not even at Mangadex.

We're finally back from hiatus!

Next chapter in two weeks.

https://mangadex.org/title/85387db6-e010-4ac8-aa33-bc5fe3b71b6e/one-of-those-manga-where-a-girl-goes-oh-no-i-m-gonna-be-late-with-bread-in-her-mouth

Manga review: Akumetsu

https://mangaispolitical.noblogs.org/post/2025/04/30/review-akumetsu/

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Manga review: The Ghost in the Shell

https://mangaispolitical.noblogs.org/post/2025/03/30/review-the-ghost-in-the-shell-%e6%94%bb%e6%ae%bb%e6%a9%9f%e5%8b%95%e9%9a%8a/

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Book of the Dead is a Manwha that takes place entirely in the afterlife/purgatory, compromised entirely of young souls which killed themselves

This Manwha has a whole lot of Gore, Psychologically focused themes and surpassing trauma

The original Korean sources were NSFW with nudity but it has been cropped for the English translation

I had been searching for a long time for a Manwha like this, and when I originally found it, it only had 6 chapters so I felt like I had **won the lottery

if the gore and traumatic aspects are not a trigger for you, I suggest you check out the first four chapters

Personally it would be claymore, often hailed as a female centric berserk.
A story about the lowest class of a generation of engineered superhuman woman fighting monsters to save humanity.
The art gets better and better as it goes on, with stunning panels everywhere(example below). The intrigue struggle and strive the characters go through is a stellar example of simple yet effective storytelling.

Late spoooky one 👻

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A wild ride from the author of One Punch Man and Mob Psycho 100.

Big developments. Demons apparently know what actual torture is.

So after reading the latest couple chapters, and some Twitter/X Reddit posts, I don't really know what to think of this series anymore 😂

I was reading chapter 1 of chainsaw man again (Started 2 years ago) and it felt like I was reading it for the first time. Like I literally forgot that it was his father's debt or that he sold his nut or even that it was the yakuza that tried to kill him. I know the very bare skeleton story, but I easily forget details in between.

Should I go to a doctor or am I overthinking it?

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