Drawing: The Greatest Mangaka Becomes | A Skilled Martial Artist In Another World

Kensuke Morita, hailed as the “God of Manga” for his decades of masterworks, set down his fude brush. Across the table lay the last page of his final chapter—a double-page spread with no dialogue, only the raw, kinetic fury of a martial artist’s fist meeting a dragon’s jaw. The ink was still wet.

Kensuke didn’t think. He moved as he had taught his characters to move. His right hand, the hand that had inked a hundred thousand panels, snapped forward in a palm strike. But it wasn’t a palm strike. It was the “Heaven-Piercing Stroke” —a technique he’d invented for the protagonist of his martial arts epic, Fist of the Ivory Tower . Kensuke Morita, hailed as the “God of Manga”

Kensuke stared at his hand. Then, a slow, terrible grin spread across his face. He understood. Kensuke didn’t think