The life of a Japanese salaryman or OL (office lady) can be a thoroughly depressing one. Waking up early, working all day, staying out late for (mandatory) drinks with clients and coworkers, and then catching a few hours of sleep if you’re lucky, only to repeat it again and again and again until you finally hit retirement age.
Japanese Twitter user @black9arrows managed to capture this lifestyle perfectly in comic form. While many of the comics are funny, most of them are so dead-on you’ll cry right along with the poor OL protagonist.
Here’s the compilation of all of @black9arrows‘s “Single OL” comics, in the order that they were posted on the Twitter account:
▼ No sugar-coating here, we start off right with a teary-eyed bang:
“A single OL who’s just had it with everything.”
何もかもがいやになってしまった一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/2eMD0hGw6b
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) March 28, 2015
▼ “A single OL wishing she could charge her own batteries as easily as her smartphone’s.”
スマホを充電して寝る一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/S9x9CrpLIt
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) March 28, 2015
▼ “A single OL enjoying some sushi on a Sunday afternoon.”
日曜日の午後にたのしいおすしやさんをする一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/huyiS33fAK
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) March 29, 2015
▼ “A single OL trying to put off Monday just a little bit longer.”
なんとかして月曜日にあらがう一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/EyKVhVED8s
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) March 29, 2015
▼ “A single OL trying to gain a few more seconds of weekend by posting something to Twitter before bed.”
寝る前にツイッターで何かを呟こうとする一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/l2QFAf9Xb4
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) March 29, 2015
▼ “A single OL coming back from work with a tub of Häagen-Dazs.”
仕事帰りにコンビニでハーゲンダッツを買って帰ってきた一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/OcALfNpQi3
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) March 30, 2015
▼ “A single OL changing her calendar, counting down the days to nothing.”
カレンダーを剥ぎとっている一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/LRX3cBxc2k
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) March 31, 2015
▼ “A single OL who just wants it all to be a lie, some kind of mistake.”
すべてが嘘であってほしかったと願う一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/6jh6YE00t1
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) April 1, 2015
▼ “A single OL trying to keep the weekend around a bit longer by drinking juice upside down.”
変なかっこうでジュースを飲んで月曜日に抵抗する一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/sLb21amGbN
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) April 5, 2015
▼ “A single OL putting together a Zoids figure on a Saturday evening.”
土曜日の夜にゾイドを組み立てる一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/yOs6ScqCtd
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) April 11, 2015
▼ “A single OL too tired to do anything but stare at the dust illuminated by the window light.”
日光にライトアップされたちりやほこりを眺める一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/FNBehxKXDb
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) April 19, 2015
▼ “A single OL who just woke up from a nightmare.” (Most likely involving overtime.)
という夢を見た一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/2q2L3Sdag0
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) April 19, 2015
▼ “A single OL playing with a bug in bed.”
春とたわむれている一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/mu5KM9eTzg
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) April 22, 2015
▼ “A single OL trying not to think about how she has to go to work on the day with the nicest weather all year.”
こんなにいいお天気なのに会社へ行くためのエネルギーを蓄えている一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/Vvh0Dj665d
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) April 25, 2015
▼ “A single OL who thinks she can’t keep going on like this, so she attends a college reunion.”
このままではいけないと思いおしゃれして大学の同窓会に出席している一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/4zoj0sgUM1
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) April 30, 2015
▼ “A single OL who realizes she made a mistake and goes to sleep in a corner until some guy wakes her up for her to pay her part of the bill.”
どうしようもなく宴会場の隅で寝てたら集金する段になってミリオタのゲイラッパーに起こされる一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/9nzfJZaSXF
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) May 1, 2015
▼ “A single OL who is mistaken for being drunk instead of just horribly depressed.”
ミリオタのゲイラッパーに酒を飲み過ぎて立てないんだと勘違いされている一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/sOWMw7lwV4
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) May 2, 2015
▼ “A single OL who came home right afterward and didn’t stay out with everybody.”
一次会だけで帰ってきた一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/R6bOQTEtyb
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) May 1, 2015
▼ “A single OL who checks Facebook after she gets home and doesn’t see herself in any of the pictures.”
一次会だけで帰ってきたあとフェイスブックを見てしまった一人暮らしのOLの絵を描きました pic.twitter.com/kp5iAI64OJ
— 黒川依 (@black9arrows) May 2, 2015
I don’t know about you, but I think someone must be chopping onions nearby, because my eyes are all watery. If you enjoyed @black9arrows‘s work, then be sure to give her a follow on Twitter. And don’t forget to give her a quick tweet of support; she needs all the love she can get!
Source: Twitter (@black9arrows) via Togetter, My Game News Flash
Featured/top images: Twitter (1, 2) (Edited by RocketNews24)
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