{"rewrite":{"id":"r_88b2ae2dc3e5f85df3262ba5","clusterId":"c_fa4b7edf80e53d1cfbd0a064","slug":"manga-artist-daichi-banjou-says-cancer-has-returned","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Manga Artist Daichi Banjou Says Cancer Has Returned","summary":"Daichi Banjou, the artist behind the golf manga DAN DOH!!, said on social media last Wednesday that a PET scan found several cancerous recurrences after his surgery. Banjou wrote that further surgery is not practical and that he must decide on chemotherapy. He said he is less afraid of dying than of the pain he felt after his cancer surgery.","whyItMatters":"Banjou's posts lay out a choice between treatment and the energy to keep drawing, and he frames the decision in the terms of his own trade: a life, like a serialization, that he will not let be canceled partway through.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eBanjou had announced his cancer diagnosis on social media in May 2020, prompting Shogakukan\u0026#39;s Shonen Sunday S to put his Gundam manga, Mobile Suit Gundam Aggressor, on hiatus while he underwent treatment. He resumed the series that September. His post this week says the disease came back after surgery, and that chemotherapy is the option left to weigh.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA second post thanked fans for messages of support, which he said helped his spirits recover after the diagnosis.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Daichi Banjou's scan found several recurrences, and he says further surgery is not practical. The decision left is chemotherapy, which he frames against pain he fears more than dying.","twitterPost":"Daichi Banjou says surgery is no longer practical and chemotherapy is the choice left. He wrote that the pain after surgery frightens him more than dying.","threadsPost":"Daichi Banjou's post says the PET scan found several recurrences and that another surgery is not practical, leaving chemotherapy as the decision. The part that stays with you: he wrote he fears the pain after surgery more than dying.","newsletterBlurb":"Daichi Banjou, the artist of DAN DOH!! and Mobile Suit Gundam Aggressor, reported on social media that a PET scan found several cancerous recurrences after his surgery, and that further surgery is not practical. He said he must decide whether to undergo chemotherapy, and that he is less afraid of dying than of the pain he felt after his cancer surgery. A second post thanked fans for their messages, which he said helped his spirits recover.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-10-13/dan-doh-artist-daichi-banjou-discusses-struggle-with-cancer/.242674\",\"title\":\"Dan Doh!! Artist Daichi Banjou Discusses Struggle with Cancer\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4699,"outputTokens":578,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791955331,"createdAt":"2026-10-14T05:16:59.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-14T05:21:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-14T05:21:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_fa4b7edf80e53d1cfbd0a064","canonicalTitle":"Interest\nDan Doh!! Artist Daichi Banjou Discusses Struggle with Cancer","representativeArticleId":"a_f3c4e94ef9e04e79cda2b15f","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Dan Doh!!\",\"Mobile Suit Gundam Aggressor\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Daichi Banjou\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-14T03:59:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-14T03:59:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-14T05:21:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-10-13/dan-doh-artist-daichi-banjou-discusses-struggle-with-cancer/.242674","title":"Interest\nDan Doh!! Artist Daichi Banjou Discusses Struggle with Cancer"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Dan Doh!!","Mobile Suit Gundam Aggressor"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Daichi Banjou"],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}