April 20th, 1973, Tokyo Once the issue of the magazine featuring the final episode of “Ashita no Joe” was released, all telephones in the editorial department began to ring at once. “Did Joe die?” “Does Joe live?” The chief editor repeated all through the day, Never say ‘dead’. Never say ‘alive’. You can only answer ‘as shown in the picture’.” The last page of “Ashita no Joe” is so famous that a child who does not read the original comic even knows. Ashita no Joe (20) P259 (c)TakamoriAsao ChibaTetsuya 2012   We, in Japan, discuss it even today despite everyone knows that no one knows it.   It is unknown … Continue reading Did Joe Yabuki die? It’s unclear but there are some comments by creators