I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow

Plot

Shizuo Ōguro is a forty-year-old salaryman going through a midlife crisis. He quits his job of fifteen years to find himself, despite being a single parent living with his teenage daughter and elderly father. Ōguro embarks on a hapless journey to achieve his dream of becoming a manga artist.

Characters

;Shizuo Ōguro : ;Suzuko Ōguro : ;Shirō Ōguro : ;Osamu Miyata : ;Miyata's wife : ;Aya Unami :

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by , I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow was first published as a one-shot chapter in Shogakukan's ja mangs magazine Monthly Ikki on January 25, 2007; the manga began its serialization in the same magazine on March 24 of that same year. In November 2008, the manga entered on hiatus due to Aono's health issues. It resumed publication on September 25, 2009. The manga finished on June 25, 2012. Shogakukan collected its chapters in five ja volumes, released from October 30, 2007, to September 28, 2012.

In North America, Viz Media announced the English language release of the manga in May 2009. The five volumes were released from May 18, 2010, to July 16, 2013.

A spin-off series, titled Ore wa Motto Honki Dashitenai Dake was serialized in Monthly Ikki from December 25, 2012, to April 25, 2013. Shogakukan compiled its chapters into a single ja volume, published on May 30, 2013.

Volumes

Live-action film

A live-action film adaptation was announced in June 2012. The film is directed by Yūichi Fukuda, starring Shinichi Tsutsumi as Shizuo Ōguro. The acoustic guitar duo Gontiti scored the music and the all-female band Scandal performed the film's song theme "Awanai Tsumori no, Genki de ne". The film was distributed by Shochiku and premiered on June 15, 2013.

Explanatory notes

References

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