imagine-nation S2019E17 - Manga artist Setona Mizushiro

On this episode, we're featuring Setona Mizushiro, a manga artist who is extremely popular with women. Mizushiro, who debuted in 1993, has produced numerous Shojo manga masterpieces that go beyond the conventional romance theme to include the dark and cruel side of womanhood. Mizushiro is currently serializing "I am the world's best XX" twice-monthly in "Evening," her first try at a predominantly male audience comic magazine. Outside Japan, it's also been released in Indonesia and Taiwan. It's a story about 3 males aged around 30 with completely different personalities and circumstances, who have been proposed by a mysterious agent 773 (Nanami) to compete in a game "Who will be the unhappiest after 300 days?" In the program, we'll be inviting Setona Mizushiro as our studio guest to talk about the story behind the making of first male audience manga "I am the world's best XX" and explore what makes Mizushiro's works so appealing to both male and female fans.