Sensei Hakusho

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It's a short and cozy manga, it evokes a strong sense of nostalgia. It really makes you feel like you're transported back to the early 90s in a charming way. It gives you a good sense of what it might've been like to work in the space back then.

It's a pretty unique manga, similar to a memoir or autobiography format. It is very reminiscent of Junji Ito's Cat Diary. The reader gets a peak into little everyday life stories from the past working with Togashi. These stories are very short but impactful.

When I read it, the full manga was quite difficult to find, and ... the translations available could be hit or miss, but if you're able to find it, I definitely recommend reading it.

Overall it's very short, but something I think of fondly pretty often!

While Yoshihiro Togashi is one of the most famous mangakas of today, there is still lots of misconceptions regarding the person behind the work, besides the famous "he doesn't finish HxH because of Dragon Quest!" I remember even some people suggesting he had cancer instead of back pain!

Sensei Hakusho is not necessarily an making of regarding the author works in the early 90's, but this memori like narrative helps us understand an little regarding the famous mangaka through the eyes of his assistant, the chapters are quick and the to-the-point dialog with the big panels only helps to digest this work in one sit.

Besides ... some passages regarding the specifics of drawing lines and perspective all the other topics were super interesting to me! One can argue that we have an biased narrator here and only the good side of Togashi is displayed, but I believe that we only have here the well know dramatization of such works, and without giving "spoilers", the portrayal of the final moments between the assistant and the sensei is an indication that we have an sincere and sweet account of the manga world.

In resume, this is a super recommended story for Togashi fans!