Zaka zopitilira makumi anayi zapitazo, Yoshihiro Tatsumi adakulitsa chidwi cha nthabwala pogwiritsa ntchito mawu owonera a manga kuti afotokozere zachinyengo, zolemba za moyo wamasiku onse wa anthu wamba. Amatchedwa “agogo aamasewero ena achijapani” ndipo wasonkhezera mibadwo ya ojambula m'mabuku padziko lonse lapansi. Tsopano wopanga masomphenya wa "The Push Man and Other Stories" ndi "Good -bye" tsopano wayang'ana yekha mopupuluma, osadziyang'ana yekha. Kupitilira zaka khumi pakupanga, "A Drifting Life" ndiye chidwi chachikulu kwambiri cha Tatsumis, chaumwini, komanso chamtima: wolemba mbiri yakale wa bildungsroman wokhala ngati nthabwala. Pogwiritsa ntchito moyo wake wokonda kwambiri nthabwala ngati chimango, Tatsumi adalemba nkhani yovuta yomwe imakhudza zochitika zamabanja, chikhalidwe ndi mbiri yaku Japan, chikondi choyamba, zovuta zamakampani opanga manga, ndipo koposa zonse, tanthauzo la kukhala waluso. Zoseketsa, zowunikira, komanso zopatsa chidwi, uku ndikumapeto kwa moyo wosangalatsa komanso ntchito yakale.
Chidziwitso: Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Grand Prize in 2009, the Best Reality-Based Work and the Best US Edition of International Material - Asia for the Eisner Award in 2010.
