According to Japanese media sources, cherry (real name Miura Miyuki), author of the classic Japanese manga "Cherry Maruko", died of breast cancer on the 15th of this month at the age of 53. Many media outlets were aware of the news, but reported on it after Cherry's funeral.
As a graduate of Cherry's elementary school, FC Tokyo coach Kenta Hasegawa was once drawn as a prototype in the manga of Cherry Maruko. Last night, after hearing the news, Hasegawa mourned his former classmates through the club's official website.
The editorial board of Ribon magazine, a subsidiary of Shueisha, confirmed the news that "Cherry Pills" author "Cherry" Miura Miyuki died on the 15th
Kenta Hasegawa wrote on FC Tokyo's official website: "I was surprised to hear the obituary. May the dead rest in peace. ”
Former classmates in the 5th and 6th grades of elementary school, Kenta Hasegawa attended Irie Elementary School with Cherry at Irie Elementary School in Shimizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. It is worth mentioning that Kenta, who later grew into a well-known Japanese international and local coach, played for his hometown team Shimizu Pulse during his player years.
The teenager who left the famous saying "Because I like football" has always been remembered by Cherry, who later became a manga artist. In "Cherry Pills", the protagonist Komaruko has a soccer teenager named "Kenta" in his class, and his badge reads "Hasegawa", and its prototype is Kenta Hasegawa.
This sentence has inspired the football dreams of a generation of Japanese people
In the manga, Kenta is portrayed as a sporting teenager who loves soccer and excels in his skills. His dream is to become a professional footballer, train hard every day, and enjoy eating ramen noodles. But what is interesting is that Hasegawa, who is the prototype of this character, has no impression of Cherry as a classmate.
It is no wonder that before becoming a well-known manga artist, Cherry, whose real name is Miura Yoshiki, is a "problem student" who does not like to study and does not like to do homework, just like her little pills. Even if she later entered the society, she was so tired that she often dozed off and bumped into the table because she worked part-time to paint.
Cherry, even after becoming famous, rarely gave interviews, so there was little and precious video about her, and when the media wanted to publish her photos, she only sent an illustration
It wasn't until 1984, when Miura decided to quit her job to concentrate on painting, that her life really began to change. Using the pen name Cherry, she created the manga "Cherry Pills" based on her childhood experience, and gave the protagonist the same name, date of birth, blood type, constellation, etc.
In August 1986, the original Cherry Pills manga began serialization in RIBON magazine. Between 1990 and 1992, the first anime was launched, and at one point it set a record for anime ratings in the history of Japanese television, becoming the highest-rated anime in Japanese history since recorded.
The broadcast of the animated version allowed Xiao Maruzi to go out of Japan and land in Asian countries such as China, South Korea, and Thailand, and set off a boom in ratings and peripheral product collection. Among them, its Taiwanese version of dubbing has become a common memory accompanied by mainland children and even adults after the 80s and 90s.
In 1995, Cherry Pills was animated for the second time and has been broadcast ever since. Although the original manga was exposed, it ended on December 31, 2011. However, the original anime of Komaruko continues to be serialized at a production schedule of 150 episodes per year. As of June 24, 2018, a total of 1,155 episodes (excluding 23 special episodes).
It is a little regrettable that this work, which enjoys the reputation of sunshine manga and longevity manga in Japan, did not leave a clear ending after the death of the original author Cherry.
Little Pill has grown up with generations, and this little girl who often struggles with getting up early, exams and homework, but is optimistic, frank, and knows how to share thanksgiving, let many people see themselves in her. Not perfect but very real, as is the author Cherry Herself. After she is over fifty years old, she still wears a child flower head, and there are some shortcomings in her life, and she will want to make up for them in comics.
For example, in "Cherry Pills", the grandfather who doted on Small Pills hides. What is less known is that in reality, Cherry's grandfather is grumpy, cold, and even peeks at his granddaughter in the shower.
For example, at the age of 24, Cherry was married to manga editor Masataka Miyano, but chose to divorce because she was dissatisfied with her husband's interference in her own creation, but her ex-husband's love for the Beatles has been left in the manga.
Of course, not all shortcomings can be filled in the form of words and cartoons, and there will be exceptions. For example, at the beginning of the anime, in addition to Kodama, the friends of the protagonist Komaruko, there is also a Yumiko that everyone may have forgotten.
The gradual fading of the latter has not attracted much attention for fans, but it is said that in reality, the reason for Yumiko's disappearance is heart-wrenching. There are rumors that Yumiko committed suicide because she was bullied by her classmates, but this claim has not been officially confirmed.
Many people say that Xiao Maruzi was the first "philosopher" he met in his life. Contradictory and cute. Many people read it, and they have entered middle age...
The childish words in the animation that originally sounded a little distant and somewhat whimsical seemed to remind us of the past of childhood.
"Thank you, little pill, goodbye," said Cherry, 53, who passed away in a low profile.
But her cherry pills will always be the 9-year-old, confused little girl, and the little pills will always be happy and continue to pass on the beauty of the audience's life...