The untimely passing of light novel author Tomohiru Matsu – author of Papa no iu Koto wo Kikinasai! amongst others – has naturally caused a stir in the otaku community, immediately causing fans and non-fans alike to mourn his death.
The depressing news was delivered by the editorial department of Shueisha’s DX Bunko label, announcing that the fabled writer had passed on from an unspecified affliction at the relatively young age of 43:
【訃報】５月２日、作家・松智洋先生(４３)がご病気のため急逝されました。早すぎるご逝去に、編集部、関係者は一同茫然としています。松先生のご冥福を心よりお祈り申し上げます。 集英社ダッシュエックス文庫編集部
— ダッシュエックス文庫編集部 (@dx_bunko) May 3, 2016
Tomohiro Matsu was the proud author of various works, several of which have been adapted into some rather noteworthy anime, with his most memorable pieces surely being Papa no iu Koto wo Kikinasai! and Mayoi Neko Overrun!.
Missed for creating a generic haremshit lightnovel in which a generic tsundere wins again? Modern Japan sure set the bar low.
1. p♥♥o applies to real kids, not fucking lines and polygons.
2.the papakiki ending sucked because Matsu was strongly hinting at denseman hooking up with raika and the feelings sora had for him were one sided but years later suddenly now he drops raika for the girl that beat him up for every little perverted mistake.
People can still talk about p♥♥o when mourning someone death, now I lose faith in humanity
Matsuki Miyu, Wada Kouji and now this…
Funny how beloved people in the media are falling one by one, yet the geezers in the japanese government seem to be immortal.
Obviously, because being passionate about something can easily stress you out but living the kind of decadent life with little worry about your position like our Dear Leaders do all but ensures you’ll basicly live forever.
I haven’t read this dude’s Overrun novel, but the anime version sucked. Papakiki on the other hand was a pretty good anime series, although, hearing about how it ended in the novel, i was quite disappointed. But whatever. It’s always sad when a talented novelist dies, so RIP.
It’s Cancer again isn’t it? Fucking Cancer.
Dude…. I have a co worker who I work with for the pass 6 years is passing away. He only has a few months left and he’s only 40. f♥♥k cancer…
probably stress induced heart attack considering the never ending deadlines
Can’t be helped, you get lot of cancer when living in Japan, they got nuked twice with radioactive