{{Short description|Japanese manga series}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Plot missing|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox animanga/Header | image = Tokyo Higoro 1.png | caption = Cover of the first volume | ja_kanji = 東京ヒゴロ | ja_romaji = Tokyo Higoro | genre = Drama<ref>{{cite web|title=The Official Website for Tokyo These Days|url=https://www.viz.com/tokyo-these-days|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=January 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116081213/https://www.viz.com/tokyo-these-days|archive-date=January 16, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per MOS:A&M). --> }} {{Infobox animanga/Print | type = manga | author = Taiyō Matsumoto | publisher = Shogakukan | publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Viz Media}} | magazine = {{ill|Big Comic Original Zōkan|ja|ビッグコミックオリジナル増刊}} | first = June 12, 2019 | last = June 12, 2023 | volumes = 3 | volume_list = }} {{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}
{{Nihongo|'''''Tokyo These Days'''''|東京ヒゴロ|Tokyo Higoro|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto. It was serialized in Shogakukan's {{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga magazine ''{{ill|Big Comic Original Zōkan|ja|ビッグコミックオリジナル増刊}}'' from June 2019 to June 2023, with its chapters collected in three {{Transliteration|ja|wideban}} volumes.
==Publication== Written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto, ''Tokyo These Days'' was serialized in Shogakukan's {{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga magazine ''{{ill|Big Comic Original Zōkan|ja|ビッグコミックオリジナル増刊}}'' from June 12, 2019,<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Taiyo Matsumoto Launches Manga About Manga Editor's Life After Early Retirement|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-04-12/taiyo-matsumoto-launches-manga-about-manga-editor-life-after-early-retirement/.145618|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 8, 2021|date=April 12, 2019|archive-date=December 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208014953/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-04-12/taiyo-matsumoto-launches-manga-about-manga-editor-life-after-early-retirement/.145618|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:松本大洋の新連載「東京ヒゴロ」オリジナル増刊で開幕、元マンガ編集者が主人公|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/335248|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|access-date=December 8, 2021|date=June 12, 2019|archive-date=December 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208014952/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/335248|url-status=live}}</ref> to June 12, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ビッグ オリジナル 2023年 7月増刊号|url=https://shogakukan-comic.jp/magazine?cd=2747607123|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=July 23, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230723193826/https://shogakukan-comic.jp/magazine?cd=2747607123|archive-date=July 23, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> Shogakukan collected its chapters in three {{Transliteration|ja|wideban}} volumes, released from August 30, 2021,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:松本大洋が描くマンガ家マンガ「東京ヒゴロ」1巻、理想の雑誌求める編集者が主人公|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/442961|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|access-date=December 8, 2021|language=ja|date=August 30, 2021|archive-date=December 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208014953/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/442961|url-status=live}}</ref> to October 30, 2023.<ref name="vol3JP"/>
In June 2023, Viz Media announced that it had licensed the manga for an English release in North America.<ref>{{cite web|last=Saabedra|first=Humberto|title=One Piece: Ace's Story and More Announced in VIZ Media's Spring 2024 Slate|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/06/09-1/one-piece-aces-story-and-more-announced-in-viz-medias-spring-2024-slate|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=June 9, 2023|date=June 9, 2023|archive-date=June 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609225331/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/06/09-1/one-piece-aces-story-and-more-announced-in-viz-medias-spring-2024-slate|url-status=dead}}</ref> The three volumes were released from January 16 to September 17, 2024.<ref name="vol1EN"/><ref name="vol3EN"/>
===Volumes=== {{Graphic novel list/header |OneLanguage = no |Language = Japanese |Width = 70% }} {{Graphic novel list |VolumeNumber = 1 |OriginalRelDate = August 30, 2021<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:【8月30日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/442619|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|access-date=December 8, 2021|language=ja|date=August 30, 2021|archive-date=August 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830000406/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/442619|url-status=live}}</ref> |OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-861117-1 |LicensedRelDate = January 16, 2024<ref name="vol1EN">{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 14–20|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-18/north-american-anime-manga-releases-january-14-20/.206584|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118223749/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-18/north-american-anime-manga-releases-january-14-20/.206584|archive-date=January 18, 2024|date=January 18, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> |LicensedISBN = 978-1-9747-3880-9 }} {{Graphic novel list |VolumeNumber = 2 |OriginalRelDate = September 30, 2022<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:【9月30日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/495092|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|access-date=February 20, 2023|language=ja|date=September 30, 2022|archive-date=October 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028115933/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/495092|url-status=live}}</ref> |OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-861450-9 |LicensedRelDate = May 21, 2024<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 19–25|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-22/north-american-anime-manga-releases-may-19-25/.211011|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 16, 2026|date=May 22, 2024|archive-date=May 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523015536/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-22/north-american-anime-manga-releases-may-19-25/.211011|url-status=live}}</ref> |LicensedISBN = 978-1-9747-4349-0 }} {{Graphic novel list |VolumeNumber = 3 |OriginalRelDate = October 30, 2023<ref name="vol3JP">{{cite web|script-title=ja:【10月30日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/544932|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|access-date=January 2, 2024|language=ja|date=October 30, 2023|archive-date=November 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121100231/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/544932|url-status=live}}</ref> |OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-862642-7 |LicensedRelDate = September 17, 2024<ref name="vol3EN">{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 15–21|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-20/north-american-anime-manga-releases-september-15-21/.215677|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 16, 2026|date=September 20, 2024|archive-date=September 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240921014452/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-20/north-american-anime-manga-releases-september-15-21/.215677|url-status=live}}</ref> |LicensedISBN = 978-1-9747-4889-1 }} {{Graphic novel list/footer}}
==Reception== ''Tokyo These Days'' ranked fifth on Takarajimasha's ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi!'' 2022 list of best manga for male readers.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『このマンガがすごい!2022』1位に『ルックバック』『海が走るエンドロール』 藤本タツキ氏は2年連続|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2216603/full/|website=Oricon News|access-date=December 8, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211207091815/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2216603/full/|archive-date=December 7, 2021|language=ja|date=December 7, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> The manga placed first on "The Best Manga 2022 Kono Manga wo Yome!" ranking by ''Freestyle'' magazine;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「このマンガを読め！」1位は松本大洋「東京ヒゴロ」|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/458218|website=Comic Natalie|access-date=March 25, 2023|language=ja|date=December 20, 2021|archive-date=January 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130061132/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/458218|url-status=live}}</ref> it ranked fifth on the 2023 edition;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「このマンガを読め！」今年の1位はいしいひさいちのストーリーマンガ「ROCA」|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/505819|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|access-date=February 13, 2023|language=ja|date=December 20, 2022|archive-date=January 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129051540/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/505819|url-status=live}}</ref> and third on the 2024 edition.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「神田ごくら町職人ばなし」がフリースタイル「このマンガを読め！」今年の1位に|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/554351|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|access-date=December 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222073829/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/554351|archive-date=December 22, 2023|language=ja|date=December 22, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> It was nominated for the 27th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2023;<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=SPY×FAMILY, Takopi's Original Sin Nominated for Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-02-19/spy-family-takopi-original-sin-nominated-for-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prizes/.195092|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 20, 2023|date=February 19, 2023|archive-date=February 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220024532/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-02-19/spy-family-takopi-original-sin-nominated-for-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prizes/.195092|url-status=live}}</ref> it was also nominated for the 28th edition in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Oshi no Ko, Ikoku Nikki Nominated for Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-18/oshi-no-ko-ikoku-nikki-nominated-for-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prizes/.207737|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 19, 2024|date=February 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219040908/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-18/oshi-no-ko-ikoku-nikki-nominated-for-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prizes/.207737|archive-date=February 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The series won in the Graphic Novel/Comic category of the 45th Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2025.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Taiyo Matsumoto's Tokyo These Days Manga Wins LA Times Book Prize|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-05-09/taiyo-matsumoto-tokyo-these-days-manga-wins-la-times-book-prize/.224295|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 9, 2025|date=May 9, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250509174559/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-05-09/taiyo-matsumoto-tokyo-these-days-manga-wins-la-times-book-prize/.224295|archive-date=May 9, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> The manga won the Eisner Awards's Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia category in 2025.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Ashita no Joe, Kagurabachi, Tokyo These Days, More Nominated for Eisner Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-05-15/ashita-no-joe-kagurabachi-tokyo-these-days-more-nominated-for-eisner-awards/.224488|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 16, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250516040103/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-05-15/ashita-no-joe-kagurabachi-tokyo-these-days-more-nominated-for-eisner-awards/.224488|archive-date=May 16, 2025|date=May 15, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Taiyo Matsumoto's Tokyo These Days, Yuna Hirasawa's My Journey to Her Manga Win Eisner Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-07-26/taiyo-matsumoto-tokyo-these-days-yuna-hirasawa-my-journey-to-her-manga-win-eisner-awards/.227041|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 26, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250726112759/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-07-26/taiyo-matsumoto-tokyo-these-days-yuna-hirasawa-my-journey-to-her-manga-win-eisner-awards/.227041|archive-date=July 26, 2025|date=July 26, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> It was nominated for the Harvey Awards in the Best Manga category in the same year.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Harvey Awards Nominate The Summer Hikaru Died, Wind Breaker, Tokyo These Days, More Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-08-13/harvey-awards-nominate-the-summer-hikaru-died-wind-breaker-tokyo-these-days-more-manga/.227614|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 13, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250813225447/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-08-13/harvey-awards-nominate-the-summer-hikaru-died-wind-breaker-tokyo-these-days-more-manga/.227614|archive-date=August 13, 2025|date=August 13, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
Writer and editor Kazushi Shimada ranked it second on his top 10 manga of 2021.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shimada|first=Kazuki|script-title=ja:漫画ライターが選ぶ「2021年コミックBEST10」島田一志 編 『ルックバック 』という収穫|url=https://realsound.jp/book/2021/12/post-918677.html|website=Real Sound|publisher=Blueprint Co., Ltd.|access-date=December 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207032415/https://realsound.jp/book/2021/12/post-918677.html|archive-date=December 7, 2021|language=ja|date=December 6, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{cite web|last=Shimada|first=Kazuki|script-title=ja:“『東京ヒゴロ』松本大洋が描いた情熱 漫画編集者にとっての財産とは？|url=https://realsound.jp/book/2021/10/post-877056.html|website={{ill|Real Sound (website)|lt=Real Sound|ja|リアルサウンド (ニュースサイト)}}|publisher=Blueprint Co., Ltd.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208014847/https://realsound.jp/book/2021/10/post-877056.html|archive-date=December 8, 2021|language=ja|date=October 9, 2021|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|last=Ito|first=Kazuhiro|script-title=ja:松本大洋が追いかけた土田世紀 松本大洋「東京ヒゴロ」（第１２８回）|url=https://book.asahi.com/article/14467661|website=Good Life with Books|publisher=The Asahi Shimbun|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105074718/https://book.asahi.com/article/14467661|archive-date=November 5, 2022|language=ja|date=October 29, 2021|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|last=Davidson|first=Danica|title=Tokyo These Days Is More Avant Garde Work from Master Taiyo Matsumoto|url=https://otakuusamagazine.com/tokyo-these-days-is-more-avant-garde-work-from-master-taiyo-matsumoto/|website=Otaku USA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126223005/https://otakuusamagazine.com/tokyo-these-days-is-more-avant-garde-work-from-master-taiyo-matsumoto/|archive-date=January 26, 2024|url-status=live|date=January 26, 2024}} * {{cite web|last=Silverman|first=Rebecca|title=Tokyo These Days Volume 1 Manga – Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/tokyo-these-days/volume-1/.206689|website=Anime News Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310165110/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/tokyo-these-days/volume-1/.206689|archive-date=March 10, 2024|date=March 10, 2024|url-status=live}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://bigcomicbros.net/work/6440/|Official website at ''Big Comic Bros''}} {{in lang|ja}} * {{Anime News Network|manga|27171|noparen=true}}
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