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Biography

During elementary school, Furuya enrolled in the

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Manga Correspondence Course and by the time he reached high school he had discovered a darker, more underground style. He graduated from

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, where he majored in

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and developed an interest in

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and

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dance. During college his work evolved from figurative to eventually dealing more with abstract shapes. In 1994, Furuya published his debut series ''Palepoli'' in the renowned

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magazine ''

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''. After graduating from college, he initially planned to work as a full-time artist while doing illustrations on the side, but his success in manga shifted his focus. Soon after, he published the gag manga Short Cuts in the mainstream

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magazine ''

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''. He was a regular contributor to the alternative manga magazine ''

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