This a 16-page autobiographical piece showing Fujio joining Tezuka's co-tenants in 1956. Initially he is helped by Ishinomori, who takes him to the movie theater and pays for his meals. Later, when he suffers a crisis of faith, Hirou Terada helps him by selecting various gag ideas and showing him how to focus on specific storylines. Eventually he gets a shot at doing some gag manga, and is thrilled to see his works in print. There are also a couple of anecdotes, including the time when he went into the main kitchen and laid on the big sink under the water faucets to escape the oppressive summer heat. Another time, Ishinomori had returned home for the holidays, leaving Fujio with a box of mochi (dried rice cakes) and just enough money to buy a bottle of sauce for making soup to last several days. A friend, Takao Yokoyama comes to visit and consumes all the soup at one sitting, so that Fujio has to live off the mochi until Ishinomori gets back. Akatsuka ends the piece saying that if he hadn't gone to Tokiwa he'd probably never have become a manga artist.
Tokiwa Story
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Youloveme-Kun
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