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I rarely have seen this guy in other manga. First time i saw it in _The World
God Only Know_ manga, volume 2, chapter 13 and in
[_Kunimitsu_](https://myanimelist.net/manga/11353/Kunimitsu_no_Matsuri) manga,
chapter 4. Does anyone know where is this guy come from ?

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JdY0Lm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JdY0Lm.jpg)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/p6lQDm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/p6lQDm.jpg)


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Who is this person from commercial break "The World God Only Knows" manga?


The image you posted is from volume 2, chapter 13 of _The World God Only
Knows_.

While not by any means a concrete answer, [this
blog](https://nyarth.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/the-world-god-only-knows-07-09/)
mentions that it could be the mangaka [Tamiki
Wakaki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamiki_Wakaki):

> This advert too happened in the manga but was advertising the first tankobon
> volume release of the series, supposedly the old man is Wakaki-sempai
> himself, otherwise some old Japanese veteran…

I couldn't find a real photograph of Wakaki to compare this drawing, but here
are some other self-depictions of him:

[![Wakaki self-
depiction](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tUV2X.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tUV2X.png)[![Second
self-depiction of
Wakaki](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vjBbu.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vjBbu.jpg)


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That is a famous **_advertisement for Oronamin C_**. The advertise ment is
very iconic and most readers would know where it is from, similar to the Uncle
Sam ads in the United Stats. In the World Only God Knows, the ad is being
parodied, advertising the book instead of the drink.

In Kunimitsu no Matsuri, it is just an advertisement in the background. I am
not familiar with the story of Kunimitsu no Matsuri, but I do believe it takes
place in relatively recent years, so I'm assuming the ad was placed in the
background to show the area is old and dead (because that ad campaign ended in
the early 70s).

FYI, the man in the ad is [Kon
Oomura](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E6%9D%91%E5%B4%91), a comedian
and actor. While most Japanese people know the advertisement, many probably
don't know exactly who the man is, since it is such an old ad.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oRBP1.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oRBP1.jpg)


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