

In _Hunter × Hunter_ (2011, not sure about 1999), there is a character named
Dwun (pictured below, red shirt) who appears in the Greed Island arc.

[![Dwun's
room](https://i.stack.imgur.com/g9y6Um.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/g9y6U.jpg)

Today, I was exposed to this image of Yoshihiro Togashi, the _Hunter × Hunter_
mangaka ([from this much larger image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QkbSi.jpg)):

[![Yoshihiro Togashi playing "Dragon
Quest"](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pxfvGm.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pxfvG.png)

I couldn't help but notice some remarkable similarities: The TV and games, the
lack of a chair, his hairstyle, and clearly, the gargantuan mess of garbage.

Is this character, Dwun, based on Yoshihiro Togashi himself?


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Is Dwun (Wdwune) based on Yoshihiro Togashi?


There is a high likely hood that this is indeed a reference to Yoshihiro
Togashi playing dragon quest. But it has never really been confirmed.

It seems the original picture comes from
[CapsuleComputers](http://www.capsulecomputers.com.au/2013/04/hunter-x-hunter-
returning-from-hiatus-togashi-checks-out-of-rehab/) with the following quote.

> After a long an arduous battle with addiction, Yoshihiro Togashi, the man
> behind the popular manga series Hunter x Hunter has finally checked out of a
> Dragon Quest rehabilitation facility and has made clear that he plans to
> resume his Hunter x Hunter manga after more than a year on hiatus.


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