Cartoonist Takeshi Obata, author of the famous "Death Note" manga series, has been arrested for illegal possession of a knife, police said.
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Followed up by here
The publisher of works by cartoonist Ken Obata, the author of the famous "Death Note" manga who is under arrest for illegally possessing a knife, said it will not withdraw his books from store shelves until it gets to the bottom of the incident.
"We are trying to get to the bottom of the incident. We are not considering immediately withdrawing his works from stores," the public relations division of Shueisha Inc. said.
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Cynically, his works are simply good cash cow to be withdrawn from public sales.
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