Graphic memoir of the author's experience after she almost drinks herself to death. Style-wise this book reminds me a bit of zine comics such as the Invincible Summer collection of Nicole Georges's. Not sure what that says about Manga's influence on the homemade zine comics of the late 90s. The way some of the actions & figures are labeled also kind of reminds me of American political comics. Not sure if this is a common to Manga, or to a certain style of autobiographical comics in general. I'm intrigued by various little things from Japanese life, such as Shochu being sold in cartons, Calpis (I had to look it up), the varieties of fish paste, & 3% chuhai. Nagata's experience reminds me of a couple people I know of who died the way she was going. In one case, the guy didn't even realize he was dying when he was in the hospital. So in that way, the ending feels like a bit of a cliffhanger, since she does not seem to have her drinking under control. I am a sucker for graphical memoirs, so I'll have to check out all of Nagata's other books.