>>5144905Bakuman was such bullshit. They even framed the uncle dying of overwork as some kind of noble act, putting so much into his work that his body gave out. Over here in the west there are artists who put in 1/3rd of the effort (as in, they allow themselves to eat and sleep normally) and find just as much, if not more success.
>>5143199Jesus Christ. There are no 'special genes'. The only 'special genes' asians have are the ones that make them less sweaty and give them flakey ear wax. Other than that, they're just like anyone else raised in their environment. Take a baby and bring them in a culture that values them as little more than a cog in a machine while instilling a weird sense of pride for self-sacrifice, and for every 1 in a million you'll get a mangaka who chug cases of Red Bull instead of sleep and smokes themselves into lung cancer at 50 to make a comic that nerds argue over on the internet.