Since I Could Die Tomorrow

Age: 📚 13+ | 4 Volumes | Paperback | Creator: Sumako Kari | Awards: 🏆 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award | Nominated for 2020 Manga Taisho Award

 

🏆 Winner of the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award

📚 Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award

 

Since I Could Die Tomorrow is a groundbreaking slice-of-life manga from creator Sumako Kari that dares to explore what so few stories do: the quiet terror and unexpected freedom of midlife. Raw, relatable, and deeply human, this award-winning series has resonated with readers who've ever wondered, "What happens to me now?"

 

Sawako Honma is 42, single, and works at a film promotion company. Her life is busy but stable—until one night when her heart suddenly races, her body goes cold, and a single thought cuts through the panic: Is this it?

 

It's not a heart attack. It might be menopause. But that moment becomes a turning point. Suddenly, Sawako can't ignore the questions she's been avoiding: What will happen to her tomorrow? Next year? In twenty years? With no partner, no children, and a body that's beginning to change in ways she doesn't recognize, she's forced to confront the mental and physical realities of entering her forties.

 

Since I Could Die Tomorrow doesn't shy away from the uncomfortable truths of aging. Sumako Kari tackles menopause, chronic fatigue, shifting career dynamics, financial anxiety, and the existential weight of realizing you're closer to the end than the beginning. But this isn't a story about despair—it's about recalibration. About asking hard questions and finding unexpected answers. About discovering that "what comes next" might be the most exciting chapter yet.

 

Since I Could Die Tomorrow is the manga you didn't know you needed—a story that looks midlife straight in the eye and refuses to blink.

 

Perfect for readers who love: Slice-of-life drama, josei manga, stories about women's health and aging, realistic portrayals of midlife, narratives that tackle taboo topics with honesty and heart.

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Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 1
Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 1
Paperback
$13.99
Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 2
Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 2
Paperback
$13.99
Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 3
Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 3
Paperback
$13.99
Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 4
Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 4
Paperback
$13.99
Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 2
Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 2
eBook
$7.99
Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 1
Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 1
eBook
$7.99

Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 1

$13.99
Sawako Honna, 42, single; she works hard at a film promotion company. One night, all of a sudden, her heart palpitates, and her body goes cold... Could it be that she's going through menopause!?

Not as hard-working as in your 20s. Not as flippant as in your 30s. The mental and physical changes, and the obstacles you face in your 40s. Sudden illness, menopause, fatigue you can't get rid of, changes in working patterns, money worries, life plans for the future...

"What will happen to me tomorrow?"

23rd Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award winner. Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 1

Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 2

$13.99
Sawako Honna is 42 years old and single, working a high-pressure job at a film promotion company. One night, she wakes up shivering as her heart squeezes tight in her chest... is she going through menopause?

Navigating your forties is hard. You can't work as hard as you did in your twenties, and you're not as flippant as you were in your thirties. There's a grief that comes from being too set in your ways, and realizing that your dreams have slipped away. When she learns about a new colleague's terminal diagnosis, Honna decides that she needs to start making some changes in her own life — but it's easier said than done. What sorts of dreams does she still have left?

23rd Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award winner. A poignant, relatable story about approaching middle age and navigating the challenges, difficulties and joy that life brings.
Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 2

Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 3

$13.99
Sawako Honna is 42 years old, single, and gearing up to get the hell out of her high-pressure job at a film promotion company. Dealing with burnout, menopause, and the growing sense of life passing her by, she's ready to start making some changes — and her peers and friends are increasingly finding themselves in the same boat. But between health challenges, romantic tension, personal failures, and aging parents, navigating your forties is hard. When her involvement in the dream project of a colleague diagnosed with terminal cancer results in them growing closer, Honna finds herself thinking more and more about what it means to have a life well-lived...

23rd Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award winner. Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 3

Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 4

$13.99
Sawako Honna is 42 years old and taking life into her own hands by striking out on her own as an independent consultant for film promotion. Working for yourself has its ups and downs, but she's finally making the effort to improve her work-life balance, even through menopause and unexpected health scares. Life is looking up, her romantic relationship with Arioka growing deeper despite the looming specter of his terminal illness. As the ordinary days pas by — some good, and some bad — she finds herself more and more grateful to realize that it's never too late to choose to make the most out of each and every day.

23rd Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award winner. Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 4

Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 2

$7.99
Sawako Honna is 42 years old and single, working a high-pressure job at a film promotion company. One night, she wakes up shivering as her heart squeezes tight in her chest... is she going through menopause?

Navigating your forties is hard. You can't work as hard as you did in your twenties, and you're not as flippant as you were in your thirties. There's a grief that comes from being too set in your ways, and realizing that your dreams have slipped away. When she learns about a new colleague's terminal diagnosis, Honna decides that she needs to start making some changes in her own life — but it's easier said than done. What sorts of dreams does she still have left?

23rd Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award winner. A poignant, relatable story about approaching middle age and navigating the challenges, difficulties and joy that life brings.
Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 2

Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 1

$7.99
Sawako Honna, 42, single; she works hard at a film promotion company. One night, all of a sudden, her heart palpitates, and her body goes cold... Could it be that she's going through menopause!?

Not as hard-working as in your 20s. Not as flippant as in your 30s. The mental and physical changes, and the obstacles you face in your 40s. Sudden illness, menopause, fatigue you can't get rid of, changes in working patterns, money worries, life plans for the future...

"What will happen to me tomorrow?"

23rd Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award winner. Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
Since I Could Die Tomorrow, Volume 1