Manga Artist Daichi Banjou Says Cancer Has Returned
Banjou's posts lay out a choice between treatment and the energy to keep drawing, and he frames the decision in the terms of his own trade: a life, like a serialization, that he will not let be canceled partway through.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Daichi Banjou, the artist behind the golf manga DAN DOH!!, said on social media last Wednesday that a PET scan found several cancerous recurrences after his surgery. Banjou wrote that further surgery is not practical and that he must decide on chemotherapy. He said he is less afraid of dying than of the pain he felt after his cancer surgery.
Banjou had announced his cancer diagnosis on social media in May 2020, prompting Shogakukan's Shonen Sunday S to put his Gundam manga, Mobile Suit Gundam Aggressor, on hiatus while he underwent treatment. He resumed the series that September. His post this week says the disease came back after surgery, and that chemotherapy is the option left to weigh.
A second post thanked fans for messages of support, which he said helped his spirits recover after the diagnosis.
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- Anime News Network Interest Dan Doh!! Artist Daichi Banjou Discusses Struggle with Cancer