I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow

I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow^[a] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shunju Aono [ja]. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from January 2007 to June 2012, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes. It was adapted into a live-action film released in June 2013. In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Viz Media.

I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Shizuo Ōguro
俺はまだ本気出してないだけ (Ore wa Mada Honki Dashitenai Dake)
Genre	Comedy[1] Slice of life[2]
Manga
Written by	Shunju Aono [ja]
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Imprint	Ikki Comix
Magazine	Monthly Ikki
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	January 25, 2007 – June 25, 2012
Volumes	5
Manga
Ore wa Motto Honki Dashitenai Dake
Written by	Shunju Aono
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Ikki Comix
Magazine	Monthly Ikki
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	December 25, 2012 – April 25, 2013
Volumes	1
Live-action film
Directed by	Yūichi Fukuda
Written by	Yūichi Fukuda
Music by	Gontiti
Studio	Shochiku
Released	June 15, 2013 (2013-06-15)
Runtime	105 minutes

Plot

Shizuo Ōguro is a forty-year-old salaryman going through a midlife crisis. He quits his job of fifteen years to find himself, despite being a single parent living with his teenage daughter and elderly father. Ōguro embarks on a hapless journey to achieve his dream of becoming a manga artist.

Characters

Shizuo Ōguro (大黒シズオ, Ōguro Shizuo)

Portrayed by: Shinichi Tsutsumi^[3]

Suzuko Ōguro (大黒鈴子, Ōguro Suzuko)

Portrayed by: Ai Hashimoto

Shirō Ōguro (大黒志郎, Ōguro Shirō)

Portrayed by: Renji Ishibashi

Osamu Miyata (宮田修, Miyata Osamu)

Portrayed by: Katsuhisa Namase

Miyata's wife

Portrayed by: Miki Mizuno

Aya Unami (宇波綾, Unami Aya)

Portrayed by: Rino Sashihara^[4]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Shunju Aono [ja], I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow was first published as a one-shot chapter in Shogakukan's seinen mangs magazine Monthly Ikki on January 25, 2007;^[5][6] the manga began its serialization in the same magazine on March 24 of that same year.^[7] In November 2008, the manga entered on hiatus due to Aono's health issues.^[8] It resumed publication on September 25, 2009.^[9][10] The manga finished on June 25, 2012.^[11][12] Shogakukan collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from October 30, 2007,^[13] to September 28, 2012.^[14]

In North America, Viz Media announced the English language release of the manga in May 2009.^[15] The five volumes were released from May 18, 2010,^[16] to July 16, 2013.^[17]

A spin-off series, titled Ore wa Motto Honki Dashitenai Dake (俺はもっと本気出してないだけ, "I'm Not More Serious") was serialized in Monthly Ikki from December 25, 2012,^[18][19] to April 25, 2013.^[20] Shogakukan compiled its chapters into a single tankōbon volume, published on May 30, 2013.^[21]

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	October 30, 2007[13]	978-4-09-188377-3	May 18, 2010[16]	978-1-4215-3365-0
2	April 26, 2008[22]	978-4-09-188414-5	December 21, 2010[23]	978-1-4215-3387-2
3	February 25, 2009[24]	978-4-09-188427-5	May 17, 2011[25]	978-1-4215-3388-9
4	June 30, 2010[26]	978-4-09-188520-3	December 20, 2011[27]	978-1-4215-4022-1
5	September 28, 2012[14]	978-4-09-188520-3	July 16, 2013[17]	978-1-4215-5481-5

Live-action film

A live-action film adaptation was announced in June 2012.^[11] The film is directed by Yūichi Fukuda, starring Shinichi Tsutsumi as Shizuo Ōguro. The acoustic guitar duo Gontiti scored the music and the all-female band Scandal performed the film's song theme "Awanai Tsumori no, Genki de ne" (会わないつもりの、元気でね, lit. 'I Don't Plan on Seeing You; Take Care'). The film was distributed by Shochiku and premiered on June 15, 2013.^{[3][28][29][30]}

See also

• Million Yen Women, another manga series by the same author

Explanatory notes

1. Japanese: 俺はまだ本気出してないだけ, Hepburn: Ore wa Mada Honki Dashitenai Dake, lit. 'I'm Not Serious Yet'