A Drifting Life
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Over four decades ago, Yoshihiro Tatsumi expanded the horizons of comics storytelling by using the visual language of manga to tell gritty, literary stories about the private lives of everyday people. He has been called "the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics" and has influenced generations of cartoonists around the world. Now the visionary creator of "The Push Man and Other Stories" and "Good-bye" has turned his incisive, unflinching gaze upon himself. Over ten years in the making, "A Drifting Life" is Tatsumis' most ambitious, personal, and heart felt work: an autobiographical bildungsroman in comics form. Using his life long obsession with comics as a frame work, Tatsumi weaves a complex story that encompasses family dynamics, Japanese culture and history, first love, the intricacies of the manga industry, and most importantly, what it means to be an artist. Alternately humorous, enlightening, and haunting, this is the masterful summartion of a fascinating life and a historic career.
(Source: Drawn & Quarterly)
(Source: Drawn & Quarterly)
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Chapters List
49.1
Chapter 49.1
Appendix
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Chapter 49
Epilogue
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Chapter 48
"Fueled By Anger"
47
Chapter 47
"The Quick Dissolution of the Gekiga Workshop"
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Chapter 46
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Chapter 45
"Passion for Gekiga Dwindles"
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Chapter 44
"The Vampire Killer Becomes a Vampire"
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Chapter 43
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Chapter 42
"The Birth of the Gekiga Workshop"
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Chapter 41
"Reaching Towards Gekiga"
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Chapter 40
"Drawing From Turmoil"
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Chapter 39
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Chapter 38
"The Boom Continues"
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Chapter 37
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Chapter 36
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Chapter 35
"Drunk With Power"
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Chapter 34
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Chapter 33
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Chapter 32
"The Fall of Hinomaru Bunko"
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Chapter 31
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Chapter 30
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Chapter 29
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Chapter 28
"Escape From Camp"
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Chapter 27
"In The Balance"
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Chapter 26
"Summer Training Camp"
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Chapter 25
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Chapter 24
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Chapter 23
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Chapter 22
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Chapter 21
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Chapter 20
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Chapter 19
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Chapter 18
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 14
"Desert Traveler"
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Chapter 13
"The Sun Sets on Highschool Days"
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Chapter 12
"Debut"
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 9
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Chapter 8
"Torn Apart"
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 6
"Tezuka Vanishes"
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 3
"The Journalist from Mainichi Shinbun"
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Chapter 2
"Manga Obsession"
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