Manga like Jitsuroku Adachi Mitsuru Monogatari

Seishun Shounen Magazine 1978-1983

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

To celebrate Weekly Shounen Magazine's 50th anniversary Makoto Kobayashi was tasked with telling the story of his rookie years at the magazine. A year after the 19 year old moved from Niigata to Tokyo to pursue his manga dreams he makes a submission for Shounen Magazine's rookie award, and wins the grand prize of 1 million yen!! He soon debuts with his first hit serial Ichi Ni no Sanshiro. In this short manga he tells the story of a whirlwind serialization filled with of ups and downs, and close friendships with his peers Shinji Ono and Natsuki Oowada.

Nominated for the 2nd Manga Taisho Award (2009).

Tags: Autobiographical , Shounen , Drawing , Primarily Male Cast

Hinemosu no Tari Nikki

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

After a long carrier and satisfyine life, Chiba Tetsuya only desires tranquility and peace. Through flash-back scenes, the 1939-born author remembers the big moments in his life, his youth under the U.S. bombings, the exile from Tôkyô, his recklessness in those times, but also his carrier, his beginnings, the hard moments, Tezuka's death... an extraordinary life tale filled with a refreshing positivism. A rare testimony by a master storyteller.

Tags: Autobiographical , Full Color , Historical , Seinen , Drawing , War

Rensai Shuuryou! Shounen Jump Ougon-ki no Butaiura

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

An autobiographical manga detailing Kouji Maki's struggle in the manga industry during the 80s, the "Golden Age of Shounen Jump."

Tags: Autobiographical , Drawing , Work , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Meta

Adachi Tsutomu Monogatari: Adachi Mitsuru wo Mangaka ni Shita Otoko

Status: Finished
Genres:

It is the early 1970s; The eve of manga’s golden age. Mitsuru Adachi, 19 years old. Tsutomu Adachi, 22 years old. Takeshi Arima, 16 years old. The wild, shared life of three young manga enthusiasts, who were still nobody at the time, was about to begin.
Centered on Tsutomu Adachi—the man who made Mitsuru Adachi a manga artist and his older brother— Takeshi Arima, author of Ren-chan Papa, depicts a coming-of-age ensemble drama about men who staked their lives on manga! An unprecedented, true-to-life story of manga artists’ youth.



Tags: Seinen , Autobiographical

Sensei Hakusho

Also known as Sensei Hakusho.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Manga creator Yoshihiro Togashi is famous for making huge Shonen Jump hits Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter × Hunter, among others. He’s also known for taking many, many hiatuses and his love of video games. Without much media coverage or social media presence, though, few people know what he’s really like. However, now there is a new manga, Sensei Hakusho—compiled in a book written by Kunio Ajino—a former assistant of Togashi who was with him from the beginning of the serialization of Yu Yu Hakusho in 1990 until the end of Level E in 1997.



Tags: Work , Male Protagonist , Drawing , Autobiographical