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42-year-old Takayuki Utsumi works for Second Division of Hinode Advertising's Planning and Sales Department. He was transferred from the General Affairs Department one year ago, but he keeps delivering the worst sales performance. Utsumi is not eloquent, poor at dealing with things, and is a pushover too. He always gets reprimanded by his boss Shouko Douzono. His only pleasure is skipping work, going to the public bath in the day on a weekday, and gulping a beer down his dry throat after that. Utsumi cannot resist the temptation when he sees a public bath during working hours despite his sense of guilt. On this day too, he calls his company with the excuse that he has urgent business and walks through the door of a public bath in high spirits. When he pays the fee, takes off his suit and enters the bath, the best moment awaits him. (Source: MyDramaList)

After a messy break-up, the heart-broken shoujo manga artist Hirara Natsume unexpectedly meets a German man in Japan. They fall in love, live together in Japan for a few months and ultimately decide to build a life together in Germany. The adventure begins—because of the linguistic and cultural differences, Hirara is in for a culture shock and repeatedly gets into strange but also funny situations. A fulfilling comic essay that will make you laugh, teach you about some differences between Japan and Germany, and make you feel a little more positive about relationships and work. (Source: Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, translated)

Mineo Maya's daughter, Marie Yamada's autobiographical manga about growing up as a fujoshi and her father's influence on her life.

In celebration of Mitsuru Adachi's 55th anniversary of becoming a mangaka, Gosho Aoyama and Rumiko Takahashi contribute a manga essay about their friend and colleague.

Kaneichiro Yamagata (45) is a novelist with a wife and children. He always aims for a "chic" way of life and is devoted to sake, gourmet food, and hobbies. The cheap apartment where Yamagata works is filled with eccentric residents. Together with one of them, Naoji Satake, he rode a classic car (Triumph TR3A, made in England) and headed for Yamanashi. Satake had been thinking about committing suicide due to the failure of his business, but as he listened to Yamagata's way of life along the way, he began to think again about living. (Source: Goma Books, translated)

Satsuma and Owner is a collection of real life stories of a Japanese mangaka and his Northern White Faced Owl, Satsuma. It is a collection of comic strips that follow the adorable daily struggle of owning a quirky bird.

Author Keiichi Tanaka and his assistant Piyoko interview several mangaka in order to learn about their favorite dishes.

Risa Ito, who considers herself an urban manga artist, actually grew up deep in the mountains! Food, vehicles, events, dialects, customs, Jomon pottery... The strongest Deep Japan is here! A heart-wrenching autobiographical comic brought to you by "Native Countryside" Risa! (Source: Futabasha, translated)

Otousan Monogatari is a collection of thoughts where the author reveals is intimacy, his lifestyle to his readers. Being a man with his own convictions and a true personality, he addresses many topics with humor in this straight and inflexible philosophical biography. (Source: Delcourt, translated)

An autobiographical manga about the author's struggles with panic disorder.

Saredo Itoshiki Otsuma-sama is an autobiographical story about Daisuke Suzuki, who worked as a reporter but had a stroke at age 41. The story follows his rehabilitation and recovery, and his wife, who supported him. (Source: ANN, edited)

An autobiographical account of when the publisher lost a portion of the manuscript for the 3rd volume of Sekai no Owari no Mahoutsukai.

A comic account of Rina Fujita's travels through England, France, and Belgium.

This is the story of Kumiko, granddaughter of the last Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. She was born in the year before Great Kanto Earthquake, and survived the turbulent times of 3 different periods Taisho, Showa and Heisei. (Source: Akita Shoten, translated)

I hated school. I hated myself. This is the story of my family, my friends, and my "trajectory" from the time I was a truant to the time I went to school again. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)