Also runs magazine for a day
Hiroyuki Takei's manga Nekogahara: Stray Cat Samurai follows a wandering, one-eyed samurai, Nora Chiyo, as he "cuts through insolence." Nora Chiyo also happens to be a cat, but Takei's art style makes him look sufficiently badass. In real life, though, a cat like Nora Chiyo just can't quite cut it.
The real-life Nora Chiyo appears in a "gravure" spread in the May issue of Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine Edge, which carries the Nekogahara manga and is on sale now. He also worked as an editor at the magazine for a day, with less than spectacular results.
Nora Chiyo looks at a Tokai no Tom & Sawyer outline and approves it with his paw print.
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Nora Chiyo eyes a manga crow hungrily.
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Nora Chiyo takes a nap after his lunch break.
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Nora Chiyo wakes up and prepares to go to his gravure photo shoot.
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Nora Chiyo apparently forgets about editing the magazine and gears for battle.
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"What? [The bell] is bigger than in the manga? Come on, don't worry about the details, nya!"
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Nora Chiyo prepares to slink off into the night. "Clothes? Like I said, don't worry about the details, nya! See ya!"
The Shōnen Magazine Edge official website also carries these stamps for use in e-mail or texting.
Nekogahara has been running in Shōnen Magazine Edge since September. Takei promoted it at the time while wearing a strange, bulbous mask. Kodansha Comics will publish the manga in English.
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