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Life Lessons With Uramichi Oniisan 1 by Gaku Kuze

Life Lessons With Uramichi Oniisan 1

Gaku Kuze

Kodansha Comics · Paperback · December 8, 2020

How did the cynical Uramichi end up hosting a TV show for small children?

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Who it’s for
Kids’ show routines meet Uramichi’s sardonic take on the exhaustion of adult working life.
Themes
Adulthood's hardships, Misery of working life, Cynical humor
Genres
Funny Comics, Slice-of-Life Comics, General Manga

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About this book

How did the cynical Uramichi end up hosting a TV show for small children? And how long is the studio going to let him keep teaching the kids the sorrow and exhaustion of life instead of, say, the ABCs? This dark comedy manga started as a webcomic and became a bestseller across Japan -- with an anime coming soon! Uramichi is a 31-year-old host on a kids' show who leads exercise routines and teaches life lessons colored by one main theme: Adulthood sucks.

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Alongside mascots played by a couple of bushy-tailed twentysomethings and a singing duo whose music embodies the notion of being kicked while you're down, Uramichi wades through the misery of working life, one sardonic comment at a time...

Cheerful Misery

Kids’ show routines meet Uramichi’s sardonic take on the exhaustion of adult working life.

Come here for

  • Dark comedy built around cheerful children’s television
  • A host whose life lessons keep circling back to adulthood’s woes

Expect

  • Sardonic comments threaded through exercise routines and life lessons
  • Mascots and a singing duo sharing the show’s bleakly comic mood

Where it sits

General Manga74%
Funny Comics71%
Slice-of-Life Comics52%

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Publisher categories

  • General Manga
  • Tie-In Comics
  • Funny Comics
Authors
Gaku Kuze
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Published
December 8, 2020
Format
Paperback
Theme
Adulthood's hardships · Misery of working life · Cynical humor
Reading lane
General Manga