Division Chief Shimazaki Kousaku (1992)
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Division Chief Shimazaki Kousaku (部長 島耕作), Kenshi Hirokane's continuation of the Shimazaki Kousaku salaryman series, was serialized in Kodansha's Morning beginning in 1992, following Shimazaki's promotion out of the earlier Section Chief installment. It follows Shimazaki Kousaku navigating corporate politics, transfers, and office romance as he rises through a large Japanese electronics maker. (Wikipedia)
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- Omega Constellation
- In vol. 1, realizing the candles on girlfriend Kumiko Ōmachi's birthday cake are one short of her actual age, Shimazaki takes her to a spot overlooking Tokyo Tower and blows toward it just as its lights cut out at the midnight lights-out, timing his breath to look as though he extinguished it himself; the scene is credited with inspiring Tokyo Tower's later "light-down legend" as a real-world romantic tradition. Begin magazine's manga-watch feature identifies Shimazaki's watch in this scene as an Omega Constellation, though it hedges the specific vintage piece under an older "Constellation C" name distinct from the modern Globemaster it recommends as today's closest equivalent; no source claims a legible reference from the panel, only the Constellation name itself. (Division Chief Shimazaki Kousaku, vol. 1; Begin)Scene image neededSubmit a scene still!