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.
A Drifting Life has finished publishing and it has 48 Chapters. It is also Known as: 劇画漂流, Gekiga Hyouryuu
Genres: Comedy , School Life , Historical , Slice of Life , Drama , Romance , Psychological
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Top 5 Manga Like A Drifting Life (Gekiga Hyouryuu) [2026 List]
- 5. Taisho Roman Porno
- 4. Ten Ten Shiro Shiro
- 3. Veil
- 2. Melancholia
- 1. Gekiga Hyouryuu
5. Taisho Roman Porno
It is the end of the Taisho era. Kinuko is blind and falls in love with a young man who wants to be a novelist.
However, the young man grows frustrated, and asks her to commit suicide.
Taisho Romance Porn has finished publishing and it has 4 Chapters. It is also Known as: 大正ロマンポルノ, Taishou Roman Porno, Adabana (ASOU Mikoto), Apprentice Flower, Taisho Romantic Porn, Taishou Roman Poruno, 徒花, 花ゆめAi 徒花
4. Ten Ten Shiro Shiro
Masato, adoptive son of the Kuwabara household, has always been surrounded by prosperity... Until one day the head of the family brings home a child named Kenta. Drowning as he is in the despair of having outlived his purpose, Masato still doesn't fail to notice the undue attention the master has started paying Kenta...
has finished publishing and it has 9 Chapters. It is also Known as: 天点白城, Ten Ten Shiro Shiro
3. Veil
"He", a police officer. happened to meet "her" in the city while on duty.
"She", walking with a cane, was a runaway daughter who grew up in a mansion in a distant city. "He" invites "her" who is looking for a job to become the telephone operator of the police station.
From there started "their" everyday life and the delicate professional distance they must maintain.
Veil is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: VEIL, Veil 1 - Body temperature of Orange, Veil 1 - Orenji no Taion, Veil 1 - Température Orange, Veil 1 - オレンジの体温, Veil 2 - Calme Noir, Veil 2 - Calming Noir, Veil 2 - Naida Nowāru, Veil 2 - 凪いだノワール
2. Melancholia
An omnibus collection of short stories.
Melancholia has finished publishing and it has 26 Chapters. It is also Known as: メランコリア, Melancholia
1. Gekiga Hyouryuu
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.
A Drifting Life has finished publishing and it has 48 Chapters. It is also Known as: 劇画漂流, Gekiga Hyouryuu
