(Dan Tri) – The passing of Japanese female comic book author Ashihara Hinako a few days after she spoke out against the adaptation of the series `Sexy Tanaka-san` is shocking public opinion.
Female author Ashihara Hinako passed away at the age of 50, her body was found in a location on the outskirts of Tokyo (Japan).
Ashihara is the author of the manga Sexy Tanaka-san.
The film’s story revolves around a 40-year-old female accountant whose day and night life are completely opposite.
NTV (Japan) broadcast a 10-episode movie adapted based on the manga `Sexy Tanaka-san` by author Ashihara (Photo: Variety).
When the female protagonist’s nightlife was accidentally discovered by a colleague, the middle-aged woman’s life suddenly changed.
Although the film was successfully adapted and received good feedback from the Japanese public, author Ashihara was not satisfied.
Immediately after posting this critical content, female author Ashihara immediately deleted the above content and quickly apologized: `I had no intention of attacking anyone. I’m sorry.`
Immediately after that, relatives and colleagues could not contact Ashihara.
Female author Ashihara was known for a number of comic books such as Forbidden Dance, Bitter – Nakechau Koi Monogatari, Yubikiri and Girls Lesson.
In fact, during the process of writing the script for the TV series Sexy Tanaka-san, female author Ashihara had reactions to the film’s screenwriter.
The film’s story revolves around a 40-year-old female accountant whose day and night life are completely opposite (Photo: Variety).
After the last episode of the movie aired in December 2023, the screenwriter in charge of the script for the first 8 episodes – Aizawa Tomoko – used social networks to explain why the script suddenly had many strange features in the 2 episodes.
Immediately, debate arose in the online community.
Since the information about author Ashihara’s death was published by Japanese media, the Japanese online community has been arguing even more fiercely.
Many people criticized NTV for not effectively supporting author Ashihara, causing her to fall into a state of psychological crisis due to disagreements that occurred during the adaptation of the work.