I was curious about this story being the inspiration for Death Note but wasn’t able to find it in full online anywhere. Apparently Ohba stated he was not aware of this story (first published in 1973 in Comic Mystery Magazine) and that Death Note had no particular inspiration, although I can’t find this interview for reference anywhere.
I also couldn’t find the comic in full online anywhere either, including the one translation it had into Chinese.
I did find a printed volume of Mizuki’s short stories on Yahoo Shopping, and have just received my copy.
I have a beginners grasp at Japanese at best, so I do not feel confident enough to try and translate this for anyone besides myself.
The book is THICC and the page margins are small so I had some trouble trying to scan this. The pages have some shading where the spine is. The link is below for anyone else who is curious.
Link to PDF
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Then go back to Other Privacy Settings> Google location history> Turn off Location History &/or Turn-on Auto-Delete (you can set a time period of how long to keep it)
Then, staying on Other Privacy Settings, go to ’+ See all activity controls’> Web & App activity> Turn off (you can also turn-on Auto-Delete for here too) Then Scroll down to Personalized ads> My Ad Center> Turn Off Personalized Ads.
Google has no business knowing/storing everything you do online, and knowing/storing where you go everyday. Turn it off.
These instructions are for an Android phone, IOS might be different. If you have IOS or another operating system feel free to add on with your own map to where they’ve buried these settings in your phone to help others.
which one of u was going to tell me that tea tastes different if u put it in hot water?
“ummmmm ur bra strap is showing :/ ”
they:
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etc