A review by ainiali
A Drifting Life by Yoshihiro Tatsumi

4.0

Using an avatar, Hiroshi Katsumi, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, a renown mangaka (manga author/artist) tells the story of his creative life from when he was a teenager in 1945, right after WW2 ends thru to 1960 when he was around late 20's to early 30's. What I really enjoyed about this memoir is the way things work in those day in manga industry and slowly changing throughout the years because of various influences. I've read [b:Bakuman, Vol. 1: Dreams and Reality|7327286|Bakuman, Vol. 1 Dreams and Reality (Bakuman, #1)|Tsugumi Ohba|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1297207160l/7327286._SY75_.jpg|6931373], another manga series that tells the story of how two young mangaka able to published their work and it felt great to know the story of earlier days of manga. The author also the one that coined the term 'gekiga', a term that defined by google as 'dramatic pictures' which to differentiate between manga for adult and children. His works also had been mentioned quite a few times in books and tv series that I consumed which make me want to read about him.

I enjoyed reading this but the way they ended the book was a bit abrupt(?). In the end, Hiroshi

Spoilerrealized how important gekiga to him
and that's it? Oh, well. Goodreads had been recommending this book from the day I found the recommendation feature and finally, I put it out of misery of telling me to read it (LOL)