Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri

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

• Kiyoshirō Imawano (band man)
• Kankurō Kudō (screenwriter, actor)
• Yōko Sakamoto (foster parent)
• Masashi Kimura (former head of Greenpeace Japan)
• Akiko Tanabe (accessory designer)
• Toshihiko Hanawa (doctor)
• Kō Machida (writer)
• Takumi Hayashi (writer)
• Hiroshi Aramata (writer, translator, researcher)

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

• Hayao Kawai (psychologist)
• Banana Yoshimoto (writer)
• Minoru Shimomura (aquarium director)
• Kazuhiko Tei (nutritionist)
• K Dub Shine (rap artist)
• Tentsuku Man (movie director/roadside poet)
• Takashi Tsujii/Seiji Tsutsumi (poet/author)
• Tomoka Mita (cheerleader - Dallas Cowboys)
• Terukichi Nagata (agriculture)

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

• Reiji Yamada (again)
• Eriko Rowe (journalist, writer, translator)
• Kyoji Nishi (cram school operator)
• Lee U-Fan (artist)
• Yukihide Takekawa (singer-songwriter)
• Saya Takagi (actress)
• Masahiko Kanie (WFP)
• Yoichi Haga (Tokyo University Medical Research)
• Koichiro Kimura (designer)
• Yoko Ono

Volume Nine

• Hosshan. (comedian)
• Haruki Kadokawa (publisher)
• Ei Takami (singer, children's television star)
• Tsuyoshi Takashiro (screenwriter)
• Toshio Okada (Gainax founder)
• Boo Takagi (musician)
• Yoshio Kusama (orphanage director)
• Yoshiyuki Takagi (world village)