> On Oct 24, 2017, at 1:16 AM, Cecilia Tanaka <cecilia.tan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 8:20 AM, John Newman <j...@synfin.org> wrote: > >>>> PS: - John, I love you and your messages, but I answer later because >>>> I am almost "kutabareying" - haha!! - now, sorry. Do you know the >>>> history behind the New LW&C? It's a fucking sad story, but its >> >> All I know is what was written in an intro to the >> first translated volume - Kazuo Koike, still alive after >> the artist Goseki had long passed away, at first >> was reluctant to continue the story without his >> old collaborator... but then Hideki Mori came along >> and Kazuo felt like he was the spiritual successor >> to Goseki, asked Goseki's wife for permission >> to continue the book, and that's all I know ;) >> >> Hideki Mori's art is fantastic, and does have a remarkable >> similarity to that of Goseki Kojima. > > ========== > > Hi, John! Hope you are doing amazing and reading a lot of manga! :D > > # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup > > In 2002, during the World Cup, the Brazil national football team was > the champion and Ronaldo was the Cup's top scorer, our best player. > Do you recognize his haircut? :) > > # > http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eXQkfICoets/Tkrs-OTORuI/AAAAAAAABGo/HfirB6fz5wM/s1600/ronaldo+2002.jpg > > # > http://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photos/5518637/2002.jpg?1476940945 > > # https://copa3x4.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/ronaldo2002.jpg >
That's awesome ! Daigoro, all grown up ;) > Hahaha!!! The Word Cup happened in Japan and Korea and Japanese > people are very superstitious and love the "Lone Wolf And Cub" series, > so Kazuo Koike received hundreds and hundreds of letters and e-mails > begging for Daigoro' stories after his father's death. They said that > Ronaldo's haircut was a signal of God, of Goseki Kojima to write more > stories giving Daigoro, still a toddler, a destiny. > > So Koike asked for permission to Kojima's family and got a very brave > artist, with a similar style to Kojima, named Hideki Mori. It was a > great honor, a huge responsibility, so Mori trained days and nights > like a crazy, almost becoming sick with all his efforts, giving his > best to make his drawings the most similar possible to Kojima's art. > All his drawings and paintings were revised for Kazuo Koike because he > promised it to Kojima's family and to the LW&C fans. He searched the > perfection to honor his friend and collaborator, Goseki Kojima. > Loyalty and respect until the end. <3 > > Wish you loyal and good friends, my dear. Take care. <3 > Thanks for the extra details on the story! Very touching, and Hideki's art is amazing. I've enjoyed NLW&C a lot - it's not quite as good as the original, but that's a hard one to top.. cheers John > Ceci