Japanese manga artist Ashihara Hinako found dead days after protesting TV version of her work

Ashihara Hinako, a 50-year-old Japanese manga artist, has been found dead near Tokyo. Japanese media report that the police are treating the matter as a possible suicide after finding a note at her home on Monday. Ashihara was the author of the “Sexy Tanaka-san” manga, which was initially published by Shogakukan. Nippon Television began airing a 10-part live-action adaptation in October of last ye

[waaaatsuko]

相沢氏、相沢氏を攻撃するネット民、日本テレビ、いずれに対しても批判的なニュアンスを覚えた。

[toya]

「After the full show had finished airing in December, Aizawa used Instagram to explain the strange plot deviations of the final two, albeit without directly naming Ashihara.」