Tokyo 1970: I'll draw Doraemon?

Takei Toshiki had no idea what he was thinking, but he was moved and filled with a sense of urgency.

Today there will be Jump, tomorrow there will be Magazine, and many more miscellaneous magazines.

Must we rely on Oikawa's heart?

Even the strongest belief will eventually be broken down by persistent dripping water.

“I understand, Oikawa-sensei.” He nodded firmly to Fushimikawa.

"Hmm?" Fushimikawa frowned, really wanting to ask him what he understood.

……

The second suspect in Aimi's death was named Naoki, a weak person.

When Yuko Moriguchi confronted Naoki's family, his mother could only repeat, "What a pitiful child."

This child refers to Naoki.

Yuko Moriguchi probably understands how his personality was formed.

Neither Watanabe Shuya nor Naoki showed any remorse, leaving Moriguchi Yuko with no choice but to avenge her daughter herself.

She smiled for the first time in class.

"I added something to the milk you just drank—the blood of Sakura-miya-sensei, an infected patient."

……

Osamu Tezuka was somewhat puzzled when he read this.

Can sexually transmitted infections be transmitted by drinking the blood of an infected person?

He was a PhD in medicine and worried that Oikawa might make a fool of himself due to a lack of common sense.

Comics, of course, need to be reasonable.

There was a cartoonist who, in order to make his cartoon more expressive, forcibly drew high-voltage power lines on the tracks of diesel locomotive trains.

As a result, he was ridiculed by readers and became a laughing stock, which he regretted for a long time.

It wasn't until many years later that he redrawn the trams and high-voltage power lines on his most prized comic series.

It is used to depict the growth of a young boy and the fighting spirit of a team leader.

The boy's name is Bessie, and his opponent is Bucciarati.

This manga is called "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind," and the author is Hirohiko Araki.

In response to Osamu Tezuka's concern, Fushimikawa explained with a smile: "Students, after all, don't understand anything, and once they have a reason, they'll ostracize those who are different."

The students had a wonderful time during spring break.

Apart from Shuya Watanabe and Naoki.

Naoki hid at home and never dared to come to school again.

And what about Watanabe Shuya?

Murderers and "infected patients" naturally became targets for students to vent their frustrations.

Students tormented Watanabe Shuya by throwing away his books, sending him cursed letters, pelting him with milk cartons and basketballs.

Yuko Moriguchi seems to have achieved her goal, but what she has to do is far from over.

After she resigned, her successor was a passionate teacher nicknamed Witt.

Witt idolizes Sakuramiya Masayoshi, and Moriguchi Yuko uses her identity as Sakuramiya Masayoshi's deceased wife to constantly encourage Witt to help Naoki resolve his inner conflicts and get him back to school.

Witt, who knew nothing, became Yuko Moriguchi's pawn, and each home visit tore apart Naoki's newly healed heart.

This caused Naoki to suffer a mental breakdown and gradually become insane.

He doesn't go out, doesn't wash his hair, and doesn't take a bath, yet he has become a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder about constantly scrubbing the toilet.

He was always shouting and yelling wildly.

The letter of condolence, which Witt brought along and was completed by the students, was carefully framed and hung on the wall by Naoki's mother.

The metaphor of "murderer, die" written by the students in cheers was well conveyed to Naoki.

and so……

Under intense pressure, he became the murderer of his mother.

The manga builds up layer by layer, never hesitating to express malice, which left Osamu Tezuka speechless: "He's really vengeful."

Currently, there is no protagonist with a personality like Yuko Moriguchi.

And the children are also victims.

He felt very uncomfortable watching it.

“This manga,” Osamu Tezuka said, looking at Fushimikawa, “is too extreme and scathing.”

Instead of explaining directly, Fushimikawa said, "Teacher, when you were a child, you were often bullied by other children because you were in poor health, which is why you fell in love with manga, right?"

“Yes.” Osamu Tezuka nodded. These things about him had already been known to a wide readership through his manga, so they were not secrets.

"So, it's actually quite common for children to have unprovoked malice. It's also possible for them to be unable to be reformed or to show remorse," Fushimikawa said calmly. "In typical school manga, no matter what happens, the ending is always reconciliation, which is too idealistic."

"Not all teachers are virtuous and dedicated to educating students. They can also resort to extreme measures to fight evil with evil."

"That's why 'Confessions' came about. I was just painting a reality that no one cares about."

Japan's economy had only been developed for a few years, and many social problems remained unresolved.

At a high school in Mie Prefecture called Nissho Gakuen, students are still required to get up at 4 a.m. for intense long-distance running, have their heads shaved, and scrub toilets by hand – a severe form of corporal punishment. Students who dare to run away from school are severely beaten, so no one drops out.

The news was simply hidden, and the scandal was never exposed.

Perhaps it is also related to the parents' mindset.

Schools are responsible for educating and nurturing students; whatever they do is right.

"Are all campuses beautiful? Actually, no. What is noble is the person, not the profession." Fushimikawa said eloquently, "I do not believe in the inherent goodness of human nature. The students' malice is pure and without reason."

Chapter 56, "Confession," concludes; the "Japan Manga Convention" is about to begin.

Osamu Tezuka was persuaded.

Comics should be diverse.

In his manga "Phoenix Chapter," there is a character named Akane-maru.

Akanemaru is pure and devout by nature. He is a Buddhist statue sculptor, but he does not hate the thief, Gaohama, who destroyed his right hand and ruined his sculpting career.

This mindset ultimately led to his downfall due to his lust for power, and he perished in a fire at the temple.

All beings suffer; this is true for Akane-maru, and it is also true for Watanabe Shuya.

His mother abandoned him for scientific research, causing him to develop Oedipus complex and eventually go insane, wanting to create a big news story by blowing up the entire school's faculty and students during a speech.

But when he pressed the start button, no flames ignited, and he quietly realized that the bomb he had hidden was gone.

Everything was kept behind the scenes. Yuko Moriguchi, who hadn't appeared in a long time, made a change. She discovered Shuya Watanabe's weakness and moved the bomb...

In the office of Watanabe Shuya's mother, who had just returned from her honeymoon and was now at work.

This child, who didn't care about his own life and wanted to die with everyone, valued his mother the most.

If you want to kill someone by destroying their spirit, this is the only way.

He killed Yuko Moriguchi's daughter back then, but now, everything has reversed, and she has made Shuya Watanabe blow his own mother to pieces.

Perhaps before the explosion, the mother was looking at a photo of her son and crying.

And then all the family ties that might have existed ended here.

Watanabe Shuya was initially stunned into numbness, then burst into tears and banged his head on the ground, finally breaking down completely.

He was in so much pain that he couldn't control himself.

With Yuko Moriguchi finished recounting everything, her revenge came to an end.

Three months later, "Confessions" came to an end.

It was only then that readers belatedly realized that the comic, which was originally intended as a practice piece for art style, actually told a story full of ruthless revenge.

"Shouldn't teachers be trying to comfort and console children? How can they drive a student to suicide?"

"Watanabe Shuya's mother is innocent, so why should Moriguchi Yuko hurt the innocent?"

"Oikawa's personality is too aggressive; his Doraemon is so wonderful..."

News articles and magazines began to criticize "Confessions".

For example, this commentary published in the Yomiuri Shimbun.

"Oikawa Ni took everything to extremes, creating characters that were too extreme and lacked any sense of reality. The lack of conscience among teenagers, the indifference of the class, the failure of parental education... Such morbidity is a deliberate attempt to vilify parents, teachers, and students, using these gimmicks to increase appeal."

Other comments followed suit.

"It can easily mislead students' values."

"The overall atmosphere is too gloomy; comics should bring joy."

"Weakening the law and leading people to deny the judiciary."

Hats rained down on him, but Fushimikawa remained unfazed.

He was in a bad mood for the past three months while he was working on painting "Confession".

I feel extremely depressed and uncomfortable.

"I will never draw this kind of comic again," he told his assistants.

"Uh-huh!"

The group nodded in agreement; they also disliked the atmosphere in the studio when painting "Confessions."

The air seemed to freeze, and everyone was afraid of saying the wrong thing and being sent away by Fushimi River.

“Then,” Kenji Hirokane raised his hand, “after Teacher, will you still use a realistic art style? After all, Ikkyu-san and Doraemon are both cartoonish.”

Fushimikawa immediately replied, "I can draw them, like horror manga."