Manga like Shissou Nikki

Genjitsu Touhi Shitetara Boroboro ni Natta Hanashi

Also known as My Alcoholic Escape from Reality.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life

Nagata Kabi’s downward spiral is getting out of control, and she can’t stop drinking to soothe the ache of reality. After suffering from unbearable stomach pains, she goes to the hospital, where she is diagnosed with pancreatitis—and is immediately hospitalized. A new chapter unfolds in Nagata Kabi’s life, as she struggles to find her way back to reality and manga creation in the wake of her breakdown.



Note: Includes the prologue.

Tags: Autobiographical , Rehabilitation , Non-fiction , Disability , Female Protagonist , Medicine , Josei , Drawing , Drugs , Philosophy

Shissou Sengen

Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological , Slice of Life

Ayumi Sakamoto, a 24-year-old office worker. She is serious, quiet, and simple spends her days working. Just working, eating then sleeping, with nothing to do on her days off; nothing new, just those repeating days. However after a reunion with an old classmate, she makes a decision. A manga about a woman who doesn't have a single fun thing in her life.

Tags: Seinen , Work , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Office Lady

Showa-Shi

Also known as Showa: A History of Japan.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

When the Showa Era began, Mizuki himself was just a few years old, so his earliest memories coincide with the earliest events of the Era. With his trusty narrator Rat Man, Mizuki brings history into the realm of the personal, making it palatable, and indeed compelling, for young audiences as well as more mature readers. As he describes the militarization that leads up to World War II, Mizuki’s stance toward war is thoughtful and often downright critical – his portrayal of the Nanjing Massacre clearly paints the incident (a disputed topic within Japan) as an atrocity. Mizuki’s Showa is a beautifully told history that tracks how technological developments and the country’s shifting economic stability had a role in shaping Japan’s foreign policy in the early twentieth century.



Tags: Historical , Autobiographical , War , Politics , Educational , Non-fiction

1F: Fukushima Daiichi Genshiryoku Hatsudensho Annaiki

Also known as Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

On March 11, 2011, Japan suffered the largest earthquake in its modern history. The 9.0-magnitude quake threw up a devastating tsunami that wiped away entire towns, and caused, in the months afterward, three nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant. Altogether, it was the costliest natural disaster in human history.

This is not the story of that disaster.

This is the story of a man who took a job. Kazuto Tatsuta was an amateur artist who signed onto the dangerous task of cleaning up the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, which the workers came to call “Ichi-F.” This is the story of that challenging work, of the trials faced by the local citizens, and of the unique camaraderie that built up between the mostly blue-collar workers who had to face the devious and invisible threat of radiation on a daily basis. After six months, Tatsuta’s body had absorbed the maximum annual dose of radiation allowed by regulations, and he was forced to take a break from the work crew, giving him the time to create this unprecedented, unauthorized, award-winning view of daily life at Fukushima Daiichi.

“I drew this manga because I wanted people to see what day-to-day life at the nuclear power plant is like. Because I believe that’s essential to the future of our country.”
-Kazuto Tatsuta



Tags: Non-fiction , Work , Educational , Seinen , Autobiographical , Historical

Hoero Pen

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

The truth about the mangaka: Moyuru Honoo will show how hard and dangerous this job is. But his passion for drawing and for the supreme art of mangas can't be stopped, even by blonde assassins, alien writers, and unhappy editors!

Tags: Drawing , Seinen , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic

Gekiman!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

An autobiographical manga about the career of Nagai Go and how his most known works were born.

How a young Nagai Go, struggling to break out of his typecasting as the go-to guy for gag manga by breaking into the sophisticated world of story manga.

Note: This part of Gekiman! mostly focuses on Devilman.

Tags: Seinen , Autobiographical , Work , Writing

Manga Shin-Shirakawa Genjin: Uupa!

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Slice of Life

An autobiographical manga about Shin Morimura, who decides to live in the woods after 30 years of working as a manga artist. From building a house to finding food, all kind of difficulties awaits him!

Tags: Seinen