a publisher heard about komiya and requested a draft for a ri. through manga imes theompany nted to ma hh scho students think about abuse. >> translator:ow can we ve abused children? how do we make sure we're not letting abuse happen over and over again? weave to thorougy examine the cases of the abused children we couldn't save. >> reporter: komiya researched by interviewing adults who had been abused as children. he met a man in his 20s who escaped from his single parent family and now lives on his own. his father spent all his money on alcohol. >> translator: my father told me to buy ten kilograms of flour and make it last for a month. >> translator: what did you do with it? >> translator: i made noodles. i sometimes added chives from the garden. it was rough. i can't trust adults, ev now. >> reporter: komiya also spoke with a young woman whose mother had abused her. >> translator: if i was holding chopsticks wrong, my mother would hit me or burn me with her cigarette. i thought she was abusing me because i was a bad child. >> translator: adul

komiya also spoke with a young woman whose mother had abused her. if i was holding chopsticks wrong, my mother would hit me or burn me with her cigarette. i thought she was abusing me because i was a bad child. >> translator: adults must learn from the appalling stories told by these young people and think about what to do. >> reporter: on this day, komiya meets with the editorial staff. >> reporter: the team agrees the abused child in this story must be rescued. the manga shows concrete ways of resolving the issue. they also decide not to show shocking scenes of abuse. >> translator: in one scene, the child draws on all his strength to tell an adult, my dad beats me up. we thought it better to stress the child's words instead of the bruises on his face. >> reporter: in the second series, komiya shows how a child is rescued from his abusive stepfather. komiya use information he learned from youngsters he interviewed. for example, abused children can't always ask for help. they want adults to notice something is strange and take action. >> translator