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Gekiman!

2010, Manga, 55 ch, 72%

Both have Autobiographical.

An autobiographical manga about the career of Nagai Go and how his most known works were born. How a young Nagai Go, struggling to break out of his typecasting as the go-to guy for gag manga by breaking into the sophisticated world of story manga. Note: This part of Gekiman!…

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About Insufficient Direction

2002, Manga, 22 ch, 63%

A natural match between the manga queen Moyoco Anno and the patron saint of otaku, Hideaki Anno! When Moyoco Anno, the widely successful creator of women's manga, married Hideaki Anno, creator of Evangelion and a director known to be the very model of an otaku, she held one important doubt: "Am I really ready to be an otaku's wife?" Taking up that challenge, Moyoco Anno launched herself into the deep and beautiful world of married life. This comic essay, an account of the private lives of two of Japan's most high-profile creators, is raw, unfiltered, and unforgettably hilarious

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