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Salaryman Kintaro's Hiroshi Motomiya Ends Enma Manga
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The manga centers on Ken Ōshima, a kind man who assumes the role of debt collector. He takes on everyone from gangsters to politicians to collect a total of five billion yen ($35 million) in loans.
Motomiya entered a brief hiatus in March.
Motomiya Grand Jump magazine in June 2024.
Motomiya launched in Grand Jump in December 2022. Shueisha published one compiled book volume of the manga in June 2023.
Motomiya's Takeki Ōgon no Kuni manga series was serialized in Shueisha's in July 2022.
Motomiya debuted as a manga artist in 1965. Many of his other manga — such as inspired a live-action film that opened in November 2019.
Motomiya's popular inspired two new live-action films. The first film, titled Salaryman Kintaro Akatsuki-hen (Salaryman Kintaro Dawn), opened in Japan on January 10, while the second film, titled Salaryman Kintaro Sakigake-hen (Salaryman Kintaro Vanguard), opened on February 7.
The Salaryman Kintaro manga has been running on and off in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine since 1994. He restarted the series as a web manga in April of 2005, and Arts Magic released in North America.
Source: Young Jump issue 29
