Kodansha’s Morning editorial workers has apologized after a controversial declare concerning the protests on the US army base was included within the closing chapter of Shima Kosaku manga, which was revealed in Morning Difficulty 46 on October 17, 2024.
The difficulty included a dialogue suggesting that some protesters against the development of a US army base had been being paid to take action.
The precise line, spoken by a personality within the manga, reads: “There are a lot of individuals protesting as part-time staff. I’ve additionally been employed earlier than for a day by day wage.”
The editors responded to the criticism on their official web site, the place they defined that the road within the manga was primarily based on unconfirmed info.
Based on the assertion, the manga’s creator Kenshi Hirokane and the editor visited Okinawa in the course of the manufacturing course of to conduct analysis, primarily targeted on the tourism business. Throughout their go to, they heard from native residents about part-time jobs amongst demonstrators, which influenced the content material.
The editors acknowledged that the knowledge was rumour and had not been verified by precise members within the protests.
They additional apologized for publishing the content material in its present kind and introduced that the dialogue might be revised for the collected version (tankōbon) of the manga.
You’ll be able to learn the complete assertion beneath:
In Morning Difficulty 46, with exterior director Shima Kōsaku (written by Kenshi Hirokane), a personality made the next assertion concerning the development of a brand new US army base: “There are a lot of individuals protesting as part-time staff. I’ve additionally been employed earlier than for a day by day wage.”
Throughout the writing of this work, the creator and the editor in cost traveled to Okinawa and carried out interviews primarily targeted on the tourism sector, which had been crucial for the event of the story. Throughout this time, they heard from a number of native residents concerning the existence of part-time jobs amongst these against base building, and this was mirrored within the works. Nevertheless, this info was rumour and had not been confirmed by the precise individuals concerned.
Regardless of this, the picture was offered in a definitive method and the character was pressured to say the sentence. Consequently, the editors acknowledge that publishing this content material as is was a careless judgment, regardless that the work is a chunk of fiction.
We apologize to our readers and, after session between the editors and the creator, we’ll revise the contents of the collected version (tankōbon).
Morning editorial
Kenshi Hirokane
Kosaku Shima is a Japanese manga sequence written and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane. It reveals the expansion and profession of a fictional salaryman named Kosaku Shima.
It has been serialized in Kodansha’s Morning, beginning with the primary sequence Kacho Shima Kosaku in 1983 and is at the moment divided into eight components. The present half, Shagai Torishimariyaku Shima Kosakubegan in 2022.
Supply: Official web site
