Coremix is collaborating with Shibaura Institute of Technology to conduct research into the "biological reactions caused by manga."
As part of this research, a paper presented by Sota Kurihara (left, photo), a second-year master's student in the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering at the Shibaura Institute of Technology Graduate School, won the Best Work-in-Progress Paper Award at APRIS2024, an international conference in the Asia-Pacific region.
The purpose of the study is to clarify the positive effects (stress reduction) that reading manga has on people.
Kurihara investigated the stress-reducing effect of having similar personalities between the protagonist of a manga and the reader. The results of the study suggest that similarity in personality produces the above-mentioned effects, and that the effect is greater when there is personality similarity than when there is no personality similarity. Four works published by Coremix were used in the study.
Kurihara's paper can be found here
[Core mix publications used in the study]
『Record of Ragnarok』
『Seriously in love with a clingy beast - I want to be the girlfriend of an online streamer』
『Arte』
『Chiruran: Requiem for the Shinsengumi』
What is APRIS2024?
An international conference on robot IoT systems and related development and platform technologies in the Asia-Pacific region.
The purpose of the conference is to encourage young researchers to continue their research and present solid technical results. In addition to papers that are expected to be presented at academic conferences, the conference was held with the policy of actively accepting and evaluating papers that contain useful information even if they are not final reports. The conference will be held from November 2nd to 6th, 2024.
http://www.sigemb.jp/APRIS/2024/