A review by aughadan
A Drifting Life by Yoshihiro Tatsumi

4.0

I've read all of Tatsumi's works that have been translated into English at this point (which isn't even a lot) and they always strike a chord with me. This one is no different. I almost always read during my morning train commute, and on the day I started this, I very nearly missed my stop because I so engrossed. Yes, there are shortcomings. The pace is fairly slow, and it doesn't touch much on Tatsumi's personal life, but I loved reading about how he got started writing manga and I can identify with his struggles about feeling unsure and unconfident about his work and talent and how to express his new ideas. I wouldn't really recommend this one to anyone who wasn't interested in Tatsumi in particular; a general interest in manga isn't enough to make it worthwhile.