Body found on mountain may be missing 'Crayon Shinchan' cartoonist

Sunday 20th September, 06:53 AM JST

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timorborder at 10:28 AM JST - 20th September

Police are apparently on the lookout for a family of 4 from Saitama Prefecture called Nohara. Apparently the son was heard to tell his friends at (pre) school that he had some issues with this chap.
yomuri at 10:28 AM JST - 20th September

A man of great talent that gave many laughs to many ppl may well be dead?
hanadecaka at 12:14 PM JST - 20th September

His expression on cartoon of hiking now we can not see and why he is gone alone? Without freinds how sad life is his?
Ninjazilla at 01:26 PM JST - 20th September

Hopefully we will hear more about this man who deserves attention, as opposed to Sakai Noriko. The anime is soso,specifically the voice actor of Shinchan is quite terrible, but his manga was a funny yet biting commentary on family life in Japan.
isthistheend at 02:58 PM JST - 20th September

I wonder why the man hiked solo?
Sarge at 05:48 PM JST - 20th September

I am seriously saddened over the apparent death of the creator of Crayon Shinchan.

Shin-chan: ( upon returning home ) Okaeri!

Misae: Tadaima deshou!
simonkobe at 06:45 PM JST - 20th September

great cartoon.Obviously some problems that we don\t and shouldn't know or care about. Died peacefully the way he wanted to
lunchmeat at 09:43 PM JST - 20th September

It's him.
meguro at 10:13 PM JST - 20th September

he is a great artist I mean cartoonist .
shinjukuboy at 12:36 AM JST - 21st September

NHK news showed the mountain he fell off. It is a cliff like 200 or 300 meters high. There is dense brush and forrest, and it is hard to believe he could just have accidentally walked off.
Nessie at 01:24 AM JST - 21st September

The body will be recovered from the bottom of a steep cliff on Mt Arafune on Sunday to verify whether it is indeed Usui, 51

This use of "verify" irks me. They mean "determine."
Hurtado at 02:42 AM JST - 21st September

Defo suicide job.
chokoreitou at 04:41 PM JST - 21st September

I don't get why lots of people claims this is suicide. Why not just say good and encouragement words to those people who was left behind? I don't get why people thinks like this.

Anyways, this is a really sad news. He's one big lost in the cartoon/manga industry. Rest in peace.
SakuraLissa at 10:03 PM JST - 23rd September

sayonara Mr Yoshito Usui I will remember your manga
Nessie at 01:20 AM JST - 25th September

I was on a cliffy mountain this weekend with some Japanese friends, and they were cautioning me against pulling an Utsui. We enjoyed the peak in comemmoration of him.