And majority of these mangaka chose to marry after they had already written what they wanted to write.
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Would like to see a manga about a female manga artist who can work on her manga while breastfeeding or scolding her children at the same time. 
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Writing and drawing manga requires a lot of commitment and discipline. I view it as an art form—it is not different than creating and painting pottery. I have two sake bottles that look like something CLAMP would have created.
But mangakas have to take care of themselves:
A member of CLAMP (forgot which one) experienced lower back problems from sitting and drawing for so many hours. She is better.
And Naoko Takeuchi’s husband‘s problems with lower back pain appear to be severe. There was a HxH manga exhibit and he wrote some paragraphs about his work and urged everyone to take care of their backs. May he feel better and recover soon.
But mangakas have to take care of themselves:
A member of CLAMP (forgot which one) experienced lower back problems from sitting and drawing for so many hours. She is better.
And Naoko Takeuchi’s husband‘s problems with lower back pain appear to be severe. There was a HxH manga exhibit and he wrote some paragraphs about his work and urged everyone to take care of their backs. May he feel better and recover soon.
I think it's mostly social expectations, and it's by far worse than forced retirement.
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Yeah, why can't the husband take the sacrifice instead to support his wife's career (if he does genuinely love her)? (Yeah, I know that's totally unimaginable in Japan & many other parts of the world, but that's still a valid question from a sociological POV.)
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I don’t believe so.
They can take hiatuses and sometimes fans will harass them for taking too long to create more chapters. Naoko’s husband was harassed by fans and at one point he just asked people to leave him alone.
Being a mangaka, as an insider put it, is a form of voluntary enslavement; mangakas create manga because they ultimately love manga. I don’t believe they do it for the money because there are easier and better ways to build wealth. Being a successful author and building wealth is difficult. And even if you are lucky to build wealth as a mangaka, fans will always demand more content.
Look at Takeuchi, for example. Takeuchi successfully concluded Sailor Moon and Sailor V, she openly admitted her struggles while crafting the story, and yet fans continue demanding more content from her. Fans always want more. It is never “good enough.”
They can take hiatuses and sometimes fans will harass them for taking too long to create more chapters. Naoko’s husband was harassed by fans and at one point he just asked people to leave him alone.
Being a mangaka, as an insider put it, is a form of voluntary enslavement; mangakas create manga because they ultimately love manga. I don’t believe they do it for the money because there are easier and better ways to build wealth. Being a successful author and building wealth is difficult. And even if you are lucky to build wealth as a mangaka, fans will always demand more content.
Look at Takeuchi, for example. Takeuchi successfully concluded Sailor Moon and Sailor V, she openly admitted her struggles while crafting the story, and yet fans continue demanding more content from her. Fans always want more. It is never “good enough.”
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I think the same one as everyone else. I was googling it and it seems LBP in Japan is extremely common.
Without feeling the need to write a manga about it. I can't remember the name right now (I'll look it up tonight when at home) but there is a little manga by a male mangaka that is about his experience as a stay at home dad, while his wife is still working. I get it, dude, you are trying to normalize the whole Japanese working mom thing, but literally making bento to your child is something implied and expected and isn't THAT exceptional.
Without feeling the need to write a manga about it. I can't remember the name right now (I'll look it up tonight when at home) but there is a little manga by a male mangaka that is about his experience as a stay at home dad, while his wife is still working. I get it, dude, you are trying to normalize the whole Japanese working mom thing, but literally making bento to your child is something implied and expected and isn't THAT exceptional.
This happened back in 2011, I think, and they never really said which member it was, they just said one of the members was diagnosed with lumbar compression fracture and that the doctor asked them to rest for six months. That's a very, very painful condition so I'm hoping whoever it was they got better and they never overdo it again.
Was it The Way of the Househusband?
For someone like Takeuchi who seems happy to focus on her family, it's hard to say if that's genuine or if it's because of societal expectations. I'd like to think it's genuine because in her case she's still working and because her career as a mangaka came from defying social expectations anyway. It's hard to know and it could vary by individual.
Was it The Way of the Househusband?
For someone like Takeuchi who seems happy to focus on her family, it's hard to say if that's genuine or if it's because of societal expectations. I'd like to think it's genuine because in her case she's still working and because her career as a mangaka came from defying social expectations anyway. It's hard to know and it could vary by individual.
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