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The famous Japanese manga artist Yasuharu Kumita’s work “Concealing Things” has attracted widespread attention since its animation in 2020. It tells the story of a cartoonist who conceals his work due to his vulgar and humorous style, pretending to be an ordinary office worker in his daily life, with the intention of not letting his daughter notice. However, this plot has recently been portrayed by Japanese female manga artists in real life CancerConfirmed on the body.
She attempted to disguise her social media account as a channel for her mother to communicate with friends, in order to prevent her children from discovering her true job responsibilities in the future. Many Japanese netizens are confused as to whether the plot of “Concealing Matters” reflects a common phenomenon in the Japanese manga industry. Let’s take a look at the struggles of this manga artist’s mother together.
CancerSay:The comics I create naturally won’t tell the children, but they will definitely find their parents’ accounts one day. If the children find them, I will disguise this account as my mother’s communication account, and then please pretend to be my mother’s friend
This move has sparked heated discussions on the internet.
CancerShe has been married for many years and has several children. She never talks about her comic works at home, and even her husband has different interests in her creative content. Currently, this secret has not been leaked. However, as children grow up and master various search skills, this calmness may ultimately be short-lived.
She revealed:Seeing everyone’s enthusiastic response, let me introduce my manga! This is a story about a crazy scientist who transforms a hero robot into a beautiful girl! You should understand now why I don’t want children to know
The hero and the boy changed in 20 years.
Japanese netizens commented onCancerThe methods have different reactions:
A ‘mom friend’ account with 90000 followers is a bit shocking, isn’t it
Isn’t this the real-life version of ‘Concealing Things’
Your tracker is definitely not like a friend of Mom’s
Some netizens even joked:Mom, your trackers are all forwarding some strange pictures
Got it, Mom! Wrap it around me, Mom!”
This manga artist’s mother’s dilemma raises a question:How do cartoonists hide their professional secrets at home when they have children?