Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri

Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri (絶望に効くクスリ) 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.

Volume One

 * Reiji Yamada (manga artist)
 * Jun Miura (manga artist)
 * Ryuji Akiyama and Mihoko Abukawa (Haneru no Tobira members)
 * Sumiko Kurihata (fortune teller)
 * Takehiko Inoue (manga artist)
 * Shiraishi Kojiro (ocean adventurer)
 * Ryuichi Nanami (host)
 * Kazuyoshi Nagashima (politician, mayor of Zushi, Kanagawa)
 * Ikuo Nakamura (photographer)
 * David Kinoshita (surfer)
 * Yoshiharu Sekino (anthropologist)

Volume Two

 * Kiyoshirō Imawano (band man)
 * Kankurō Kudō (screenwriter, actor)
 * Yōko Sakamoto (foster parent)
 * Masashi Kimura (former head of Greenpeace Japan)
 * Akiko Tanabe (accessory designer)
 * Toshihiko Hanawa (doctor)
 * Kō Machida (writer)
 * Takumi Hayashi (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)
 * Sakana-kun (fish expert)
 * Tokiko Kato (singer)
 * Yoshiaki Ito (former head of Coca-Cola Japan's environmental group)
 * Sokyu Genyu (Buddhist priest, writer)
 * Yotaro Hatamura (failure expert)
 * Masahiro Hidaka (smash)

Volume Four

 * Shigesato Itoi (copy writer)
 * Kimikazu Iwase and Koichi Okita (Japanese space program)
 * Jun Imamiya (motor sports journalist)
 * Kazumi Oguro (editor, Sotokoto)
 * Takumi Terakado (chiropractor)
 * Kensuke Onishi (founder, Peace Winds Japan)
 * Show Aikawa (actor)
 * Yuji Kishi (community leader)
 * Shigeru Mizuki (manga artist)

Volume Five

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

Volume Six

 * Hayao Kawai (psychologist)
 * Banana Yoshimoto (writer)
 * Minoru Shimomura (aquarium director)
 * Kazuhiko Tei (nutritionist)
 * K Dub Shine (rap artist)
 * Tentsuku Man (movie director/roadside poet)
 * Takashi Tsujii/Seiji Tsutsumi (poet/author)
 * Tomoka Mita (cheerleader - Dallas Cowboys)
 * Terukichi Nagata (agriculture)

Volume Seven

 * Bobby Valentine (baseball manager)
 * C. W. Nicol (writer, adventure)
 * Reshad Khaled (doctor)
 * Mieko Osanai (tv writer)
 * Kenji Ōtsuki (rock star)
 * Yasuyuki Fujimura (inventor)
 * Hiroshi Iijima (environmentalist)
 * Ken Terawaki (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)|MEXT)
 * Bau Yamada (Open Japan)

Volume Eight

 * Reiji Yamada (again)
 * Eriko Rowe (journalist, writer, translator)
 * Kyoji Nishi (cram school operator)
 * Lee U-Fan (artist)
 * Yukihide Takekawa (singer-songwriter)
 * Saya Takagi (actress)
 * Masahiko Kanie (WFP)
 * Yoichi Haga (Tokyo University Medical Research)
 * Koichiro Kimura (designer)
 * Yoko Ono

Volume Nine

 * Hosshan. (comedian)
 * Haruki Kadokawa (publisher)
 * Ei Takami (singer, children's television star)
 * Tsuyoshi Takashiro (screenwriter)
 * Toshio Okada (Gainax founder)
 * Boo Takagi (musician)
 * Yoshio Kusama (orphanage director)
 * Yoshiyuki Takagi (world village)

絶望に効くクスリ