In the Pursuit of Paradise

A comedian, gone, leaved behind his wife, Kyoko, and his daughter not yet a year old. Determined to hold what remains of his brother's family together, the older brother Shouji moves in with them, under one roof. But Shouji carries something invisible with him: a mind pulled between two extremes. The restless, frenzied heights of mania, and the slow, suffocating weight of depression. Eat. Work. Sleep. Wake. Even the most ordinary rhythms of daily life become a mountain to climb. And yet, the three of them reach toward something worth living for. A stepfamily story from an author with bipolar disorder. (Source: Comic Days, translated)