I recently started reading this manga, mainly because the story is by Honda Tohru, a guy who interests me (his other works include "Denpa Otoko", where he argues for the superiority of 2D girlfriends over pig disgusting 3D women; in an interview he claimed to have an entire family of 2D girls around him in the happy fantasy world he lives in, etc.)
The story is pretty bizarre: An ugly otaku accidentally falls off a building, and gets discovered by some ultra-rich celebrity woman bent on world domination. She promptly calls in a team of elite plastic surgeons to remake him into the ultimate prettyboy once his survival is no longer in question, so that he may help her attain her goal by seducing women in powerful positions to join her side while she works on their male counterparts. Hilarity frequently ensues between poignant pauses where he mourns his old otaku lifestyle.
I haven't been able to find any scanlation groups working on it, and I'm pretty tempted to take it up myself if I have the time. Volume 1 (all I own so far) can be found under ISBN 978-4063106428. Anyone else heard of this manga and/or want to talk about it?
And what is it called? I've never heard of it...
Er, the title is "Hirefushi", written in katakana as the thread title indicates. That loosely translates to "Bowing down before, prostrating oneself" according to my dictionary. I guess it's fitting for the subject of world domination ... um, heard of Honda Tohru at least? He's the guy who got mad that Densha Otoko never tried to make Hermes into an otaku instead of trying to reform himself.
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