The Man Without Talent

The Man Without Talent
1988 collected edition cover
無能の人 (Munō no Hito)
Genre	I-novel,[1] dark comedy[2]
Created by	Yoshiharu Tsuge
Manga
Written by	Yoshiharu Tsuge
Published by	Nihon Bungeisha
English publisher	New York Review Comics
Magazine	Comic Baku [ja]
Original run	1985 – 1986
Volumes	1
Live-action film
Nowhere Man
Directed by	Naoto Takenaka
Written by	Toshiharu Maruichi
Music by	Gontiti
Released	1991
Runtime	107 minutes

The Man Without Talent (Japanese: 無能の人, Hepburn: Munō no Hito, alternately titled in English as Nowhere Man) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshiharu Tsuge, originally serialized in the manga magazine Comic Baku [ja] from 1985 to 1986. The series is an I-novel (a genre of semi-autobiographical confessional literature) focused on the exploits of an impoverished former manga artist who attempts to support his family through a variety of odd jobs and failed schemes. The Man Without Talent was the final major work published by Tsuge prior to his retirement from manga.

While The Man Without Talent did not enjoy particular commercial success during its original serialization, the release of a live action film adaptation of the series in 1991 led to renewed critical recognition for both The Man Without Talent and for works by Tsuge generally. The collected edition of The Man Without Talent would go on to become a bestseller, and became Tsuge's most popular work. An English-language translation of the manga was published by New York Review Comics in 2020, making it the first book by Tsuge to be released in English.