Tokyo These Days

Tokyo These Days (Japanese: 東京ヒゴロ, Hepburn: Tokyo Higoro) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original Zōkan [ja] from June 2019 to June 2023, with its chapters collected in three wideban volumes.

Tokyo These Days
Cover of the first volume
東京ヒゴロ (Tokyo Higoro)
Genre	Drama[1]
Manga
Written by	Taiyō Matsumoto
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Magazine	Big Comic Original Zōkan [ja]
Original run	June 12, 2019 – June 12, 2023
Volumes	3

Publication

Written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto, Tokyo These Days was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original Zōkan [ja] from June 12, 2019,^[2][3] to June 12, 2023.^[4] Shogakukan collected its chapters in three wideban volumes, released from August 30, 2021,^[5] to October 30, 2023.^[6]

In June 2023, Viz Media announced that they have licensed the manga for an English release in North America.^[7] The first volume was released on January 16, 2024.^[8]

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	August 30, 2021[9]	978-4-09-861117-1	January 16, 2024[8]	978-1-9747-3880-9
2	September 30, 2022[10]	978-4-09-861450-9	May 21, 2024[11]	978-1-9747-4349-0
3	October 30, 2023[6]	978-4-09-862642-7	September 17, 2024[12]	978-1-9747-4889-1

Reception

Tokyo These Days ranked fifth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2022 list of best manga for male readers.^[13] The manga placed first on "The Best Manga 2022 Kono Manga wo Yome!" ranking by Freestyle magazine;^[14] it ranked fifth on the 2023 edition;^[15] and third on the 2024 edition.^[16] It was nominated for the 27th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2023;^[17] it was also nominated for the 28th edition in 2024.^[18] The series won in the Graphic Novel/Comic category of the 45th Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2025.^[19] The manga won the Eisner Awards's Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia category in 2025.^[20][21]

Writer and editor Kazushi Shimada ranked it second on his top 10 manga of 2021.^[22]