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Cafe owner spends four months drawing artwork for comic-themed restaurant

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These pictures show the inside of a comic-themed restaurant covered in black and white pictures - that the owner spent four months drawing by hand.

Creative Chris Lui, 32, decided to open Waku Waku in Manchester city centre after being inspired by Manga cafes, where visitors can read Japanese comics.

He was also inspired by 2D cafes in Hong Kong, South Korea and Dubai, which is where cafes look like they are in a comic book.

Landmarks on the walls include places such as London Bridge while it also features a fake bookshelf and paintings of people.

Chris drew every cartoon on the walls himself and used around 150 pencils, despite having no artistic experience.

He said: "I was drawing every single day until midnight, or sometimes even until 2am."

"I had to look at what I was going to draw, then I would do up a draft and then I would do it on the wall."

"It was very hard because if I messed up, then I would have to go back in and use a white pencil to cover up any mistakes that I made."

"This is the first time I've ever done something like this - I don't know how to draw at all. "

"Before this, I worked at the bank HSBC for over ten years, so it was different."

The restaurant opened today (Tues) and will serve a range of Japanese food.

Speaking before the opening, Chris said he was 'very excited' about 'bringing a new concept to Manchester.'

Chris, who is originally from Hong Kong, said: "I feel very excited and I hope people will love the concept and come and try some Japanese food."

"Some people don't want to try new things but I just wanted to bring a new concept to Manchester and I hope people will like it."

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