Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri
| Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri |
絶望に効くクスリ
(Medicine for Despair) |
| Genre |
Non-fiction, Interview |
| Manga |
| Written by |
Reiji Yamada |
| Published by |
Shogakukan |
| Demographic |
Seinen |
| Magazine |
Weekly Young Sunday |
| Original run |
2003 – ongoing |
| Volumes |
10 |
| Anime and Manga Portal |
Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri (絶望に効くクスリ?, lit. "Medicine for Despair") is a Japanese non-fiction manga by Reiji Yamada. Each volume is a collection with interviews describing how the subjects overcame hardship, or how they are working to make the world a better place.
Interview Subjects by Volume
Volume One
- Reiji Yamada (manga artist)
- Jun Miura (manga artist)
- Ryuji Akiyama and Mihoko Abukawa (Haneru no Tobira members)
- Sumiko Kurihata (fortune teller)
- Takehiko Inoue (manga artist)
- Shiraishi Kojiro (ocean adventurer)
- Ryuichi Nanami (host)
- Kazuyoshi Nagashima (politician, mayor of Zushi, Kanagawa)
- Ikuo Nakamura (photographer)
- David Kinoshita (surfer)
- Yoshiharu Sekino (anthropologist)
Volume Two
Volume Three
- Shoji Jo (former player for the Japan soccer team)
- Mio Sato (doctor)
- Taro Gomi (picturebook writer/illustrator)
- Sakana-kun (fish expert)
- Tokiko Kato (singer)
- Yoshiaki Ito (former head of Coca-Cola Japan's environmental group)
- Sokyu Genyu (Buddhist priest, writer)
- Yotaro Hatamura (failure expert)
- Masahiro Hidaka (smash)
Volume Four
- Shigesato Itoi (copy writer)
- Kimikazu Iwase and Koichi Okita (Japanese space program)
- Jun Imamiya (motor sports journalist)
- Kazumi Oguro (editor, Sotokoto)
- Takumi Terakado (chiropractor)
- Kensuke Onishi (founder, Peace Winds Japan)
- Show Aikawa (actor)
- Yuji Kishi (community leader)
- Shigeru Mizuki (manga artist)
Volume Five
- Yoshiyuki Tomino (anime director)
- Yukiko Nishihara (suicide prevention center founder)
- Reiko Chiba (yoga instructor)
- Tsuyoshi Mori (mathematician, philosopher)
- Akira Ito (psychiatrist)
- Yoichi Watanabe (battlefield cameraman)
- Kiyomi Tsujimoto (politician)
- Takuma Sato (F1 Driver)
- Kiyoshi Shigematsu (writer)
- Tsuyoshi Oshikawa (convincer - hikikomori specialist)
- David Bull (artist)
Volume Six
Volume Seven
- Bobby Valentine (baseball manager)
- C. W. Nicol (writer, adventure)
- Reshad Khaled (doctor)
- Mieko Osanai (tv writer)
- Kenji Ōtsuki (rock star)
- Yasuyuki Fujimura (inventor)
- Hiroshi Iijima (environmentalist)
- Ken Terawaki (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)|MEXT)
- Bau Yamada (Open Japan)
Volume Eight
Volume Nine