Like Mishima, he was spellbound by the titanic violence and energy of pre-war and wartime Japan. For Miyaya, this was an integral part of the fascination. Just like the Japanese Empire was the loser, in the end. His fictional heroes and his real-life hero were losers in the end. Miyaya was especially drawn to the image of the downtrodden loser, desperately trying to make a comeback. The series is also a homage to his hero Mishima Yukio, the ultra-controversial, ultra-aesthetic and ultra-rightist author who shocked the world with his gory suicide in 1970. In his Nikudan Gekiga series, he explored the worlds of combat sports like boxing and wrestling, in true Fleshbomb fashion. His work takes us far beyond the narrow confines of his chosen genre. Fanatic? Extremist? Narcissist? He answered to all these descriptions and more. Miyaya Kazuhiko: A Magnificent Course to Self-Destruction
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