A Drifting Life

An autobiographical manga about Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s journey to becoming a manga artist and being a leader in the gekiga-style manga movement.

I finally checked out this wonderful book recommended by our co-host Seamus. I’m a huge fan of Manga Michi and other memoirs about the golden age of manga creators in the 1950′s to 1960′s. However I wasn’t aware of how the gekiga style was popularized in western Japan so this really entertaining to read through.

The only part that bothered me was Tatsumi’s relationship with a young high school girl. While I appreciated his honesty about what happened it still wasn’t great to read about.

If you have any interest in how the greats like Takao Saito started then I highly recommend this series.

~dakazu