Mainichi Daily news reported:
A body found at the bottom of a cliff on a mountain in Gunma Prefecture has been identified as that of Yoshito Usui, author of the popular manga “Crayon Shin-chan.”
Police identified the author’s body from dental records. Gunma Prefectural Police said that Usui appeared to have fallen 120 meters from Tomoiwa cliff on Mount Arafune, which straddles Gunma and Nagano Prefectures.
Usui’s camera and his backpack, which contained his cell phone, wallet and some clothing, were found on a slope about 50 meters away.
A climber found the body on Saturday morning, and a Gunma Prefectural Police helicopter lifted it out of the area on Sunday afternoon. An autopsy conducted at Shimonita Police Station concluded that Usui likely died around Sept. 11 after his lungs were crushed from the impact of the fall.
Been engrossed completing my assignments due today that I was late when this news reached me. The last news I came across on Yoshito Usui, author of the manga "Crayon Shin-chan" aka 蜡笔小新,was through Taiwanese news reporting on his disappearance and MIA.
Sad news indeed. How ironic is it, for someone who has provided so much laughter to others, through his work, to pass away through such painful, miserable death. Again, dare I say, life is never fair. Stay positive though.
I'm not exactly an avid fan but the way he portrayed Shin-chan was creative and interesting. Like one of my lecturer previously mentioned, its like an adult's soul in a child's body. He's not dirty-minded. He's not flirty. He's simply curious and sees things a wee bit different from what would've been expected from a child of his age. Usui is a big loss and so is Shin-Chan. Shin-Chan's "butt-dance" will be missed!
R.I.P.,一路好走。
Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.
- Oscar Wilde
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Yea when my world is falling apart
When there's no light to break up the dark
That's when I, I...
I look at you
When the waves
Are flooding the shore and I can't
Find my way home anymore
That's when I, I...
I look at you
You appear just like a dream to me
Just like Kaleidoscope colors that cover me
All I need, every breath that I breathe
Don't you know
You're beautiful...
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