Kenkō de Bunkateki na Saitei Gendo no Seikatsu

Kenkō de Bunkateki na Saitei Gendo no Seikatsu (健康で文化的な最低限度の生活; "A Minimum Healthy and Cultural Life"^[a]) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruko Kashiwagi. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits since March 2014. A ten-episode television drama adaptation, known as Caseworker's Diary – Constitutional Rights, was broadcast on Fuji TV from July to September 2018.

Kenkō de Bunkateki na Saitei Gendo no Seikatsu
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Emiru Yoshitsune
健康で文化的な最低限度の生活
Manga
Written by	Haruko Kashiwagi
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Weekly Big Comic Spirits
Original run	March 31, 2014 – present
Volumes	13
Television drama
Caseworker's Diary – Constitutional Rights
Directed by	Keita Motohashi
Written by	Kōichi Yajima
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	July 17, 2018 – September 18, 2018
Episodes	10

In 2019, the manga won the 64th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category.

Characters

Emiru Yoshitsune (義経 えみる, Yoshitsune Emiru)

Portrayed by: Riho Yoshioka^[3]

China Kurihashi (栗橋 千奈, Kurihashi China)

Portrayed by: Rina Kawaei^[3]

Ryuichi Shichijo (七条 竜一, Shichijō Ryūichi)

Portrayed by: Yūki Yamada^[3]

Masao Akuzawa (阿久沢 正男, Akuzawa Masao)

Portrayed by: Kenichi Endō^[3]

Media

Manga

Kenkō de Bunkateki na Saitei Gendo no Seikatsu, written and illustrated by Haruko Kashiwagi, started in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits on March 31, 2014.^[4] Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on August 29, 2014.^[5] As of November 12, 2024, 13 volumes have been released.^[6]

Volumes

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	August 29, 2014[7]	978-4-09-186357-7
2	January 30, 2015[8]	978-4-09-186746-9
3	January 29, 2016[9]	978-4-09-187435-1
4	August 30, 2016[10]	978-4-09-187810-6
5	May 30, 2017[11]	978-4-09-189513-4
6	January 30, 2018[12]	978-4-09-189786-2
7	August 30, 2018[13]	978-4-09-860064-9
8	June 28, 2019[14]	978-4-09-860320-6
9	June 30, 2020[15]	978-4-09-860643-6
10	March 30, 2021[16]	978-4-09-860871-3
11	February 28, 2022[17]	978-4-09-861209-3
12	August 30, 2023[18]	978-4-09-862548-2
13	November 12, 2024[6]	978-4-09-863096-7

Drama

A ten-episode television drama adaptation, known in English as Caseworker's Diary – Constitutional Rights, was broadcast on Fuji TV from July 17 to September 18, 2018.^[19][20][21] The series' opening theme is "Tomorrow", performed by AAA.^[22]

Reception

As of May 14, 2018, the Kenkō de Bunkateki na Saitei Gendo no Seikatsu manga had 500,000 copies in circulation.^[23]

The manga was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 19th and 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival in 2015 and 2020, respectively.^[24][25] In 2019, the manga, along with Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō, won the 64th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category.^[26] It was also nominated for the 23rd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2019.^[27]

Notes

1. The series title comes from Article 25 of the Constitution of Japan: "All people shall have the right to maintain the minimum standards of wholesome and cultured living."^[1][2]