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★ A masterwork by a freelance mentor, this comic breaks down a replicable survival roadmap from 0 to 1 to ∞.
★ Worried AI is stealing your job? The author has already taken the lead by using AI as an assistant, helping you effortlessly master the core skills for landing freelance gigs. This comprehensive guide covers every dimension, including marketing, income growth, branding, and personal well-being.

Even without any special talents, you can build a stable career in 20 years! This book offers highly practical, real-world strategies to help you navigate an uncertain era by relying solely on your own strengths. It’s designed for anyone who dreams of becoming a freelancer but worries about the future—or who feels lost in the AI-driven age, unsure how to thrive. Whether you lack connections, a track record, or standout talent, you can still remain a stable and active freelancer for 20 years or more. The book presents these proven, “ultra-practical” insights in an accessible, easy-to-understand comic format.

The author has successfully guided over 200 people onto the path of professional freelancing. Drawing on a wealth of real-life case studies and trial-and-error experience, they’ve distilled a highly replicable growth roadmap: “0 → 1 → ∞.” Presented entirely in comic form, the book is not only engaging to read but also straightforward to put into practice. It accompanies every reader who hesitates, asking, “Can this really work?” and shares, without reservation, the skills you need to earn a steady income.

The book systematically lays out four core competencies that every freelancer needs:
1. **Marketing skills for sustainable income**: Learn how to use crowdsourcing platforms and agents to secure consistent work—even if you’re not naturally skilled at marketing.
2. **Strategies for building a stable income as a “professional”:** Focus on cultivating trust to land recurring B2B work rather than relying on one-off big contracts.
3. **Skill development and brand building in the AI era:** Rather than rushing to define a specific title, the key is to let your personal brand emerge organically through your actual results.
4. **Long-term persistence strategies:** Covering how to stay motivated, maintain your health, and manage low-energy periods when you can’t devote yourself fully to work.

The book is packed with pragmatic insights, such as:
- “You can survive steadily by taking on 10 projects worth 100,000 yen each month.”
- “It’s okay if you’re not an ‘artist’—there are opportunities hidden in B2B work.”
- “Failing to say ‘no’ can be dangerous; you have to stop being a ‘nice guy’ to survive.”
- “Compared with putting on a polished show on social media, hard work and steady progress matter far more—your results are the best marketing tool of all.”
- And even this blunt truth: “Physical stamina is the strongest business skill of all.”

This book encapsulates the author’s own successes and failures, as well as the shared challenges faced by countless freelancers, and distills them into a comprehensive “freelancer survival strategy” that anyone can replicate.

Motoki Takada

An illustrator and manga artist currently based in Berlin, born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1976. He began working as a freelancer in 2004 and has developed a flexible working model unbound by geographical or industry conventions, thanks to his fully digital workflow. In 2012, he moved to Germany with his wife. He continues to share his work methods, life hacks, and reflections on life on his blog and social media.