Gyakutai Chichi ga Youyaku Shinda - Recommendations

• Vol: 1; Ch: 11
• 2017

Mariko Kikuchi tells the painful story of her father’s alcoholism, and her own journey through guilt and self-blame to understand her father’s illness. She rejects the common belief that family members can and should be forgiven for anything they do, no matter how much harm they cause. This powerful, self-contained autobiographical manga began as a web series that went viral, and went on to inspire a 2019 film in Japan. Now this groundbreaking work about the ripple effects of addiction will be released in English for the very first time.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 13
• 2015

• Vol: 1
• 2013

The autobiographical story follows Azuma when he is admitted into a hospital for alcoholism. The manga depicts the addicted patients, doctors, and the caring yet strict nurses that Azuma encountered in the ward.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 4
• 2013

• Vol: 1; Ch: 8
• 2022

In this new autobiographical manga following My Wandering Warrior Existence, Nagata Kabi has quit drinking in an attempt to get healthier–or she’s trying to, anyway. Her former struggles with alcohol led to pancreatitis and a serious hospitalization, and now she has no choice but to give it up. Follow the author as she details the quest to improve her health during a global pandemic.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 3
• 2005

Hideo Azuma is a mangaka with a varied and oft troubled past. Between penning new works for the masses he struggled with alcoholism, homelessness and odd jobs, amongst other things. From the late 80s to the late 90s, Hideo will ponder the finer points of food, hold a construction job and even drink expired wine - that is, in addition to his commitment to manga!

• Vol: 7; Ch: 47
• 2015 - 2020

An autobiographical manga focusing particularly on the author's tumultuous childhood as the daughter of Yasumi Yoshizawa, the author of the Dokonjo Gaeru manga for which this manga is named after. In the manga, Ōtsuki shows how unstable their family situation was even as her father garnered fame for the manga.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 12
• 2019

Nagata Kabi’s downward spiral is getting out of control, and she can’t stop drinking to soothe the ache of reality. After suffering from unbearable stomach pains, she goes to the hospital, where she is diagnosed with pancreatitis—and is immediately hospitalized. A new chapter unfolds in Nagata Kabi’s life, as she struggles to find her way back to reality and manga creation in the wake of her breakdown.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 10
• 2020

• Vol: 1
• 2021