Oizumi Essay Boku ga Tsuzutta 16 Nen (Kadokawa Bunko)

[Machine Translation] This collection of 108 essays written by Yo Oizumi since 1997, when he was a university student, as well as 4 essays written while reflecting on his 40th birthday, are all included in one volume. The paperback edition includes a large number of new essays on the theme of "Family" and a dialogue with Mitsuru Adachi, who also did the illustrations for the book. The "talkative essays," such as behind-the-scenes stories about "Wednesday Night Live" and monologues about "The Way of Yo Oizumi," have been described as "like Yo Oizumi talking," and are full of laughter and heart-warming stories from the world of Yo Oizumi.

大泉洋が大学在学中の1997年から雑誌連載で綴ってきた幻の原稿108編と、40歳になった自身を振り返りつつ執筆した4編を一挙収録した大人気エッセイ集。文庫版では「家族」をテーマに大量書き下ろし、装画を手掛けたあだち充との対談も追加収録。「水曜どうでしょう」裏話や「大泉洋の在り方」についての独白など、「大泉洋が喋っているよう」と評された“饒舌なエッセイ”は爆笑必至、そして胸が熱くなる大泉ワールド全開の一冊。