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Masaru Hananakajima 2 images

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Date
December 1996
Subject
Masaru, Kyosuke Usuta's hero
Magazine
Weekly Shonen Jump (late 1996)
Feature
Rensai Isshunen!! Omedetai yo!! Masaru-san (連載一周年!! おめでたいよ!! マサルさん)
Medium
Colour
Hara’s work
Original illustration
Media
Magazine, Illustration
Occasion
Anniversary
Tributes MagazineIllustrationOriginal illustration

Masaru Hananakajima

For the first anniversary of Kyosuke Usuta's series in Weekly Shonen Jump, in late 1996, Tetsuo Hara turned Masaru into a Fist of the North Star warrior.

In late 1996, Weekly Shonen Jump celebrated the first anniversary of Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san, Kyosuke Usuta’s comedy series, with messages from well-known figures. On the page devoted to manga artists, two of the magazine’s artists drew Masaru their own way, Ryu Fujisaki (Hoshin Engi) and Tetsuo Hara. Hara drew him in colour as a Fist of the North Star warrior, shouting “アタタでコンチクショー!!”. His comment, titled “「間」のはずし方が絶妙!!”, praised Usuta’s sense of offbeat timing. Under each drawing, Usuta replied with a small drawing of his own.

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The anniversary page in Weekly Shonen Jump2The anniversary page in Weekly Shonen JumpDecember 1996

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