Last night (early morning) I found my wife was waiting for me back from lab while reading Samurai X at mangareader. After enjoying our 7 month celebration cake, I started reading the manga. Apparently I haven’t truly finished the series since there are parts I never read before. Then I found an interesting trivia:
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Yup, we can see Straw Hat Pirate’s Jolly Roger!! Well, I realized that the author of One Piece, Eiichiro Oda, was indeed one of Nobuhiro Watsuki’s assistants. And it is true that when above chapter of Samurai X was published, Oda Sensei had just been writing One Piece for around two years. So it’s plausible.
From there, I further did some background check of mentor-assistant relationship in manga world. So, let me share you what I got:
- Takeshi Obata of Hikaru no Go and Death Note is a mentor of Kentaro Yabuki of Black Cat, Nobuhiro Watsuki of Rurouni Kenshin, Yusuke Murata of Eyeshield 21
- Nobuhiro Watsuki of Rurouni Kenshin had some notable assistants: Hiroyuki Takei of Shaman King, Eiichiro Oda of One Piece, Shinya Suzuki of Mr. Fullswing
- Yoshihiro Togashi of Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter x Hunter is married to Naoko Takeuchi of Sailor Moon. She assisted Togashi Sensei with Hunter x Hunter several times.
And an extra trivia: Do you know what is the longest running manga series in history? It is Kochikame by Osamu Akimoto, a gag about a neighborhood around a certain police station.
So, is there any interesting trivia regarding mangas you’d like to share? ^__^
