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Detective Conan's Gōshō Aoyama, Major's Takuya Mitsuda Illustrate Pro Baseball Player Shohei Ohtani

Home security company Secom's X (formerly Twitter) account revealed on Tuesday illustrations of Japanese Major League Baseball phenomenon Shohei Ohtani, of the Los Angeles Dodgers, by manga creators Gōshō Aoyama (Detective Conan) and Takuya Mitsuda (Major baseball series) to commemorate Ohtani playing in the World Series. The post states that those who participate in a home security quiz will have a chance to win the illustrations.

Japanese news outlet Comic Natalie received comments from Aoyama and Mitsuda regarding the illustrations. Aoyama said, "When I was asked to draw an illustration of Ohtani in collaboration with Mitsuda-sensei, I thought, 'What? Are you sure, me? I'm a rom-com murder manga creator?' I thought I'd never have this opportunity again, so I put my soul into the illustration!"

Mitsuda, in turn, stated, "It's a great honor for me as a manga creator to draw the greatest baseball star, Ohtani, in collaboration with Aoyama-sensei. I'm happy I drew Major."

Ohtani is currently leading the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Toronto Blue Jays in the MLB World Series. As of press time, the teams are tied 2-2 with the Blue Jays winning the first match up 11-4. Ohtani and the Dodgers bounced back for games 2 and 3 beating the Blue Jays 5-1 and 6-5 respectively. The latter was a long 18-inning game. Toronto came back in the fourth game of the series winning 6-2. The LA Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays are set to finish out the series on October 29 and 31, and, if necessary, November 1.

Sources: Secom's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie