Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri

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.

Interview Subjects by Volume

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)
* Sho 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)