Hinako Ashihara, the manga artist and creator of the popular manga ``Sexy Tanaka-san,'' which was made into a TV drama, died after revealing in January that she had a difference of opinion with the producers over the drama's script. In response to this, Shogakukan, which serializes the work, announced on its website that it is conducting an investigation.
Hinako Ashihara, the author of the popular manga "Sexy Tanaka-san," which was made into a drama on Nippon Television last year, posted on her social media in January that she had a temporary difference of opinion with the production team over the drama's script. After revealing this in a post, he was found dead in Tochigi Prefecture.
In response to this, Shogakukan, which serializes her works, published a comment on its website on the 8th.
The statement states, ``The group in charge of the drama faithfully and faithfully conveyed Mr. Ashihara's requests to the drama production side regarding the film adaptation,'' and that the current situation was not explained. The company stated that it was extremely regrettable, and that it would proceed with the investigation and work to prevent it from happening again.
Meanwhile, Tomoko Aizawa, who was in charge of the script for the drama, posted a comment on her SNS on the 8th.
In the book, she talks about the circumstances surrounding Ashihara's revelations, saying, ``It was the first time I had ever heard of it, and I was speechless when I read it.When I received the news of his death, my mind went blank.'' That's what I mean.
She also said that she "should have been more careful" when she previously posted comments about the drama's script on social media.
``While I don't know the facts, this is all I can say right now, but I sincerely hope that something like this will not happen again in the future.I am truly sorry for the delay in expressing my condolences.Hinako Ashihara. I pray for the repose of the soul of the teacher," the statement concludes.
Shogakukan editor in charge makes a statement
Shogakukan also posted a statement on its website from the editor of the department in charge of serializing the manga ``Sexy Tanaka-san.''
In a statement shared by all the editors, they said, ``As you can imagine after reading his work, Mr. Ashihara was a very sincere and kind person.Also, he was always a fair person.'' It's touching.
He added, ``There shouldn't be a situation where it takes courage to raise your voice to protect rights that should be protected.'' I regret that we, the editors, were able to make people feel this way. It will not happen.''
"Was there another cause? Is there something we could have done better? Rather than placing responsibility on individuals, we will continue to investigate this incident as an organization. And in future visualizations, we will continue to investigate this issue. We will continue to consider measures to protect the original author, and we will continue to consider ways to improve the way negotiations between the drama production side and the editorial department can be made.'' Masu.
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