Drawing Tokusatsu in Bubble-Era Tokyo

In a parallel world, Japan's history has unfolded almost exactly as it did in our own—with one glaring exception: tokusatsu was never born. When Kitamura Eiji awakens the memories of his past life, he also awakens the Tokusatsu Manga System, which not only turns his daily progress into concrete, measurable data, but also grants him the tokusatsu works of his former world each time he completes a system mission. Armed with nothing but his pen, Kitamura Eiji sets out to recreate the lost classics of his past life one by one: King Kong vs. Godzilla, Ultraman, Kamen Rider, Super Sentai... With one outstanding work after another, he climbs from an unknown rookie mangaka to a blazing supernova of the manga world, and gradually grows into a generation-defining legend of the Japanese manga industry. By the 21st century, Kitamura Eiji has graced the cover of TIME Magazine numerous times and gathered an impressive list of titles: King of Manga, Father of Tokusatsu, Creator of the Monsterverse, and one of the 100 Most Influential Figures in Japanese Art.