The last page of “Ashita no Joe” is well known. Japanese people sometimes use this posture to express “burnt-out” even today, and the discussion about Joe’s fate hasn’t stopped. However, in fact, there is a different original ending, which the readers at the time of publication did not know about. The author created the first draft, but the artist rejected it.   Contents1 Joe was supposed to live in Shiraki residence2 Chiba decided to change the ending3 50 years later Joe was supposed to live in Shiraki residence “Ashita no Joe” was created by two artists. The story was made by the author Takamori Asao, and the cartoonist Chiba Tetsuya … Continue reading A different original ending of Ashita no Joe