Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan

In Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan, Kodansha USA presents a darkly comedic manga series (2020–present) that follows the perpetually exhausted Uramichi, a former Olympic gymnast now working as a fitness instructor on a children's TV show. Written and illustrated by Gaku Kuze, the series contrasts Uramichi's cynical, adult-oriented monologues with the cheerful facade he must maintain for his young audience. Over its five issues, it offers a sharp, relatable satire of millennial burnout and the gap between public persona and private despair.