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Published April 2009
Cover Price 29.95 USD; 36.95 CAD
Pages 860
Editing Adrian Tomine (editing; design)
Notes ISBN: 978-1-897299-74-6

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14 page A Drfiting Life story "The Birth of Manga"

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20 page A Drfiting Life story "Manga Obsession"

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18 page A Drfiting Life story "The Journalist from Mainichi Shimbun"

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20 page A Drfiting Life story "Enter Tezuka"

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20 page A Drfiting Life story "Sibling Rivalry"

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Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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20 page A Drfiting Life story "Tezuka Vanishes"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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20 page A Drfiting Life story "Beloved Manga"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
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20 page A Drfiting Life story "Torn Apart"

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20 page A Drfiting Life story "Summertime Dreams"

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Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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20 page A Drfiting Life story "The Con Artist"

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Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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20 page A Drfiting Life story "The Road to Success"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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20 page A Drfiting Life story "Debut"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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20 page A Drfiting Life story "The Sun Sets on High School Days"

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Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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20 page A Drfiting Life story "Desert Traveler"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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20 page A Drfiting Life story "A Dream Fulfilled"

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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Cold Calling"

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Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Hinomaru Bunko, Rental Manga Publisher"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Nom de Plume"

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Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "An Infinitely Free World"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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Letters Adrian Tomine
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "The Manga Monster"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Searching for a New Method"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Shadow"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Experimental Work"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Life Drawing"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Masami Kuroda's Past"

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Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Summer Training Camp"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "In the Balance"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Escape from Camp"

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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Passion and Seduction"

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Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "A Time for Good-Bye"

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Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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Letters Adrian Tomine
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "The Joy of Creation"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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Letters Adrian Tomine
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "The Fall of Hinomaru Bunko"

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Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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Letters Adrian Tomine
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Managing Editor"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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Letters Adrian Tomine
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "The Short Story Boom"

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Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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Letters Adrian Tomine
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Drunk with Power"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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Letters Adrian Tomine
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16 page A Drfiting Life story To Tokyo, and "Gekiga"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Kotobukiso Days"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Inks Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Letters Adrian Tomine
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "The Boom Continues"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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Letters Adrian Tomine
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Rental Manga Wars"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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Letters Adrian Tomine
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Drawing from Turmoil"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Inks Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Letters Adrian Tomine
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Reaching Towards Gekiga"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Inks Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Letters Adrian Tomine
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "The Birth of the Gekiga Workshop"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Inks Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Letters Adrian Tomine
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Pros and Cons"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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Letters Adrian Tomine
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "The Vampire Killer Becomes a Vampire"

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Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Passion for Gekiga Dwindles"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Jealousy and Frustration"

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Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "The Quick Dissolution of the Gekiga Workshop"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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Letters Adrian Tomine
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16 page A Drfiting Life story "Fueled by Anger"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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4 page A Drfiting Life story "Epilogue"

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Script Yoshihiro Tatsumi; Taro Nettleton (translation)
Pencils Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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