Otoko No Joken

Author: Noboru Kawasaki, Ikki Kajiwara

Run: 1968–1969

Chapters: 19

Genres: Slice of Life

``A Man's Conditions'' is a Japanese manga written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Noboru Kawasaki. It was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha) from issue 10 in 1968 to issue 19 in 1969. It is a ``masterpiece that supported the early days'' of the magazine. A story about a boy who works as a lathe worker and aspires to become a boy manga artist. A novel of the same name by Kajiwara was published in 1970. In 2013, to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Weekly Shonen Jump, the book was republished along with Isamu, the Boy in the Wilderness.