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Japanese violinist with cerebral palsy becomes manga star bit.ly/2Edlmb1
The life of a Japanese violinist born with cerebral palsy has been turned into a manga comic book. Mizuki Shikimachi, 23, was diagnosed with the condition aged three, and took up the violin a year later in an effort to improve his brain function. Manga writer Rin Saito has taken Shikimachi’s life as inspiration for his work, which follows a violin student through his time at school, his friendship with a young pianist, his problems with bullying and eventually his success as a pop violinist. The work is currently being serialised in the manga magazine Be-Love.