Manga Mania

Manga Mania is a Kamurocho substory in Yakuza 3.
==Plot==
Kiryu receives a call from Taichi and asks what's wrong. Taichi says everything's fine and asks Kiryu if he can buy him the latest issue of Shonen Five while he's in Tokyo. Kiryu says that Taichi could just buy it in Okinawa, but Taichi refutes that he can't, as it's not being sold in Okinawa yet due to them not getting things as recently as the mainland does. Taichi begs for the issue and even says he'll pay him back. Kiryu accepts to buy the issue, hangs up, and buys it at a convenience store.
While walking on Taihei Boulevard, Kiryu finds a man collapsed on the ground, with books from his backpack scattered around. Kiryu helps the collapsed man off the ground and hands the books to him, noticing that all the books are the latest issue of Shonen Five. Kiryu asks the man why he's carrying all those books but the man comments he'll "get rid of them later" and makes his way toward Cafe Alps, saying he has a meeting there. Kiryu heads to Cafe Alps as well, curious of what's going on. Kiryu walks into Cafe Alps and witnesses Hirano(backpack man)'s meeting with a man. Hirano says he'll "give back the million yen" and declines the man's 'offer'. The man asks if Hirano is declining because of his parents and Hirano leaves the cafe. Kiryu walks up to the editor and asks what happened. The man explains that he's Hirano's editor and Hirano had won the Shonen Five awards, but Hirano is afraid of what his parents would think as they are famous doctors in Okinawa and they've been wanting him to also become a doctor. Kiryu mentions he lives in Okinawa, which inspires the editor to go to Okinawa and to talk to Hirano's parents with Kiryu. The editor tells Kiryu to meet him in front of the OPA building, on Ryukyu Boulevard, and leaves.
Later in Downtown Ryukyu, Kiryu finds the editor at the OPA building, just as he said. The editor mentions having seen Hirano in Okinawa and both of them are confused as to why he would be here. The editor also comments that Hirano's parents aren't famous doctors, but that they're famous pharmacists. The editor then tells Kiryu he should talk with Hirano's parents while he goes after Hirano and Kiryu agrees. In Maeda Drugs, Kiryu tells Hirano's father about how Hirano won the Shonen Five awards and that he should be proud and supportive of his son's dream and big achievement. Hirano's father realizes that he's put too much pressure on his son and tells a bit of backstory to Kiryu. When Hirano was a child, Hirano's father gave him lots of manga to read and he loved it, but when Hirano became a middle-schooler, Hirano's father threw Hirano's entire manga collection into the Kubochi River, to force Hirano to continue studying in medical school. Hirano's family has a long line of family members who have jobs in the medicinal industry, but none of them have ever been a doctor. Hirano's father shows his support for Hirano's dream and Kiryu tells the father that Hirano was recently seen in Okinawa with a backpack full of Shonen Five. Hirano's father becomes worried that Hirano is planning to throw all the manga into the Kubochi River and they leave to go stop him. Kiryu finds Hirano and his editor in front of the river and Kiryu tells him to not throw the manga in the river. The editor is shocked by this and asks why he would do this. Kiryu explains that Hirano was giving up on his dream and thinking that he could throw away the "sin" he created by throwing it in the river, similarly to how his manga collection was thrown away when he was younger. Hirano's father arrives, telling Hirano not to throw away his dream and he reveals that he wanted to be a manga artist when he was younger, but 5 publishers denied him and he gave up on his dream, not wanting his son to go through the same things he did. But Hirano's father sees that Hirano must have talent if he won the Shonen Five and tells Hirano to go for his dream. Hirano's father and Hirano then thank Kiryu and give him all the Shonen Five issues he had on him.
==Tasks==
* Buy Shonen Five in a convenience store for 320 Yen
* Talk to the collapsed man on Taihei Boulevard
* Choose to help him
* Go to Cafe Alps
* Go to Okinawa and talk to the editor at the OPA building on Ryukyu Boulevard
* Go to Maeda Drugs and talk to the cashier
* Go to the river on Kitaryu Street
* "He's giving up on his dream"
==Gallery==
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Category:Yakuza 3 Substories