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“Stubborn ex-manga artist clings to hopeless stone-selling business despite poverty and family strain.”
The Man Without Talent
無能の人
7.53
3,072 rank · 5,022 readers · 128 favorites
Drama
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Stubborn ex-manga artist clings to hopeless stone-selling business despite poverty and family strain.
Unable to find a proper job, former manga artist Sukezou Sukegawa has been reduced to running a doomed business venture of his own design: selling stones on the very riverside from where he collects them. Refusing to sacrifice his artistic integrity and re-enter the manga industry, and with numerous failed schemes under his belt, Sukezou firmly entrenches himself into a position of destitution. Despite having a family to care for—including his breadwinner wife, whose opinion of him is ever-souring—he stubbornly refuses to abandon his stone trade. With one misadventure after another, Sukezou attempts to make a profit in a profitless situation, firmly believing that success is simply a stone waiting to be turned.
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9.0
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 0.71
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σ 0.71 · scores cluster tight
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Running avg · Nov 2020 → Dec 2022
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “I went to this manga thinking that was gonna be some depressing story about failure and nihilism, but i was greatly surprised!! We have this two elements in the story but they are not exaggerated...”
- 9 “Yoshiharu Tsuge shows why he's a powerhouse when it comes to gekiga and serious storytelling. Munou no Hito is a sincere and delightful portray of life in its simplest form, creating with its down...”
- 8 “This is the first time that I’ve heard of Yoshiharu Tsuge. Apparently, he’s a cult figure in Japan for his Gekiga works. This story— The man without talent has 6chapters that deals with the worth...”
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Short · 50%
Medium · 25%
Long · 25%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 6 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 48m approx
- Published Jun 1985 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M12556 catalog