is a manga by

Hideo Azuma was a Japanese manga artist. Azuma made his professional debut in 1969 in the Akita Shoten manga magazine '' Manga Ō''. He was most well known for his science fiction ''lolicon''-themed works appearing in magazines such as '' Weekly Shōnen ...

and published by East Press in Japan in March 2005. The manga is a somewhat-fictionalized autobiography of part of the author's life and of his

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problems. It has received multiple awards inside and outside Japan. In addition to being published in Japan, this book has been licensed and published in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian and Polish.

Reception

*2005: Grand Prize, Manga Division, 9th Japan Media Arts Awards *2006: Grand Prize, Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize *2008: Selection,

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*2009: Nominee,

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, Outstanding Graphic Novel,

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's Deb Aoki lists ''Disappearance Diary'' as the best new one-shot manga of 2008 along with ''

Solanin is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Inio Asano. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Young Sunday'' from 2005 to 2006. In North America, the manga was licensed for English language release by Viz Media. The manga w ...

''.

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