#Chōjin Rokku

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Yuki Hijiri sensei Died.

I found out about it just now>The  author of “Locke the Superman”,Yiki Hijiri sensei (超人ロック, Chōjin Rokku),passed away  from pneumonia on 30 October 2022, but it has just been announced today. He was 72.

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Alongside Locke the Superman, he also had affiliated with Tadao Nagahama, being the character designer for all three Nagahama Robot Romance Trilogy entries (Combattler V, Voltes V, Daimos) as well as Daltanious.

Family name (in kanji): 聖

Given name (in kanji): 悠紀 Date of birth: 1949-12-21

His long running ,complicate manga series “Locke the Superman”  is something quite hard to have a match series.

Premise

“A quiet, charismatic, lonely and Mysterious immortal esper called "Locke the Superman",but often denies being so.His hair in natural green. It’s unknown where or when he was born, and if asked, Locke will say he does not remember. It is entirely possible this is true. The military seeks him to deal with,where a woman is ordering an army of psychics against him.

When he asked by Cornelia Prim in "Millennium of the Witch" which star Locke was from, he replied "Toa." However, it was just the name of the planet where he lived in before.

He has appeared at various times throughout the history of the galaxy, either as a direct influence, an indirect influence, or a simple observer”.*1

Fellas,examine thoughly his glare and his mouth.He’s Serious,Smart and Determined! Sensei Hijiri had put Great effort to make this manga!

*1:Using his esper abilities, Locke can learn and do most things more quickly than a normal human. His power also allows him to remain eternally young, or even turn himself into a child again to be adopted by kind-hearted families. This is called "waka-gaeri". It could be said it keeps him young at heart. It is speculated he retains a youthful appearance as an excuse not to take responsibility for whatever cause he is approached for, since no one expects youths to have such responsibilities. Locke is capable of teleportation over a range of distances, including light-years, telekinesis, rapidly healing himself and others, telepathy in the short and long range, and creating barriers and "spears" of energy.

Below: Fighting General Daimos

Below: Future Robot Daltanious

Japanese poster for the film Locke The Superman

My say about this:

I had watched,as a teenager,an anime based on the manga.I guess I was stunned by the intricate story and the whole way of such science fiction.All this is manga of 101 tankobon!! Rest in Peace sensei. Likely you didn’t finish it off,however you’re leaving from us having your head Up and Clear,Prideful:)