Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri

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Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri
絶望に効くクスリ
Manga
Written by	Reiji Yamada
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Weekly Young Sunday
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2003 – 2008
Volumes	10
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Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri (絶望に効くクスリ, lit. "Effective 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)
• (manga artist)
• and (Haneru no Tobira members)
• (fortune teller)
• Takehiko Inoue (manga artist)
• (ocean adventurer)
• (host)
• (politician, mayor of Zushi, Kanagawa)
• Ikuo Nakamura (photographer)
• (surfer)
• Yoshiharu Sekino (anthropologist)

Volume Two[]

• Kiyoshirō Imawano (band man)
• Kankurō Kudō (screenwriter, actor)
• (foster parent)
• (former head of Greenpeace Japan)
• (accessory designer)
• (doctor)
• Kō Machida (writer)
• (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)
• (fish expert)
• Tokiko Kato (singer)
• (former head of Coca-Cola Japan's environmental group)
• (Buddhist priest, writer)
• (failure expert)
• (smash)

Volume Four[]

• Shigesato Itoi (copy writer)
• and (Japanese space program)
• (motor sports journalist)
• (editor, )
• (chiropractor)
• (founder, Peace Winds Japan)
• Show Aikawa (actor)
• Yuji Kishi (community leader)
• Shigeru Mizuki (manga artist)

Volume Five[]

• Yoshiyuki Tomino (anime director)
• (suicide prevention center founder)
• Reiko Chiba (yoga instructor)
• (mathematician, philosopher)
• Akira Ito (psychiatrist)
• (battlefield cameraman)
• Kiyomi Tsujimoto (politician)
• Takuma Sato (F1 Driver)
• Kiyoshi Shigematsu (writer)
• (convincer - hikikomori specialist)
• David Bull (artist)

Volume Six[]

• Hayao Kawai (psychologist)
• Banana Yoshimoto (writer)
• (aquarium director)
• (nutritionist)
• K Dub Shine (rap artist)
• (movie director/roadside poet)
• Takashi Tsujii/Seiji Tsutsumi (poet/author)
• (cheerleader - Dallas Cowboys)
• (agriculture)

Volume Seven[]

• Bobby Valentine (baseball manager)
• C. W. Nicol (writer, adventure)
• (doctor)
• (TV writer)
• Kenji Ōtsuki (rock star)
• (inventor)
• (environmentalist)
• (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)|MEXT)
• (Open Japan)

Volume Eight[]

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

Volume Nine[]

• (comedian)
• Haruki Kadokawa (publisher)
• (singer, children's television star)
• Tsuyoshi Takashiro (screenwriter)
• Toshio Okada (Gainax founder)
• (musician)
• (orphanage director)
• (world village)