Disappearance Diary

Disappearance Diary (Japanese: 失踪日記, Hepburn: Shissō Nikki) is a manga by Hideo Azuma 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 alcohol dependency 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.

Disappearance Diary
Cover of English language adaptation
失踪日記 (Shissō Nikki)
Genre	Slice of life story
Manga
Written by	Hideo Azuma
Published by	East Press
English publisher	NA: Fanfare, Ponent Mon
Published	March 2005
Volumes	1

Reception

• 2005: Grand Prize, Manga Division, 9th Japan Media Arts Awards^[1]
• 2006: Grand Prize, Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize^[2]
• 2008: Selection, Angoulême International Comics Festival^[3]
• 2009: Nominee, Ignatz Award, Outstanding Graphic Novel, Small Press Expo^[4]

About.com's Deb Aoki lists Disappearance Diary as the best new one-shot manga of 2008 along with Solanin.^[5]