Anopfuura makumi mana emakore apfuura, Yoshihiro Tatsumi akawedzeredza iwo mahwindo enyaya dzekunyora achishandisa mutauro wekuona wemanga kuti ataure zvine hungwaru, zvinyorwa zvekunyora nezve hupenyu hwakavanzika hwevanhu vezuva nezuva. Iye akadaidzwa kunzi "sekuru vemaJapan mamwe ma comics" uye akafurira mazera evatambi vemakatuni kutenderera pasirese. Iye zvino muoni anoona we "Iye Push Man uye Dzimwe Nhau" uye "Wonekana-zvakanaka" atendeuka iye asinganzwisisike, asingatarisi kutarisa kwake. Anopfuura makore gumi mukugadzira, "A Drifting Life" ndiTatsumis 'ane chinzvimbo chakanyanya, chega, uye nemoyo akanzwa basa: autobiographical bildungsroman mune comics fomu. Achishandisa hupenyu hwake hurefu hwekunyengedza nemakomiki seye furemu basa, Tatsumi anoruka nyaya yakaoma inobatanidza masimba emhuri, tsika dzechiJapan uye nhoroondo, rudo rwekutanga, kuomarara kweindasitiri yemanga, uye zvakanyanya kukosha, zvazvinoreva kuva muimbi. Zvimwe zvinoseka, kuvhenekera, uye kuvhundutsa, uku ndiko kugona kukuru kwehupenyu hunonakidza uye basa rekare.
Tarira: Won iyo Tezuka Osamu Cultural Grand Prize muna2009, Rakanakisa Rechokwadi-Rakavakirwa Basa uye Yakanakisa US Edition yeInternational Material - Asia yeiyo Eisner Mubairo muna 2010.
