Josee, the Tiger and the Fish is a tender, emotionally grounded romance drama manga that focuses on connection, disability, and the quiet courage it takes to let someone into your world, following Tsuneo Suzukawa, a college student whose life changes after meeting Josee, a sharp-tongued young woman who uses a wheelchair and lives sheltered by her grandmother, as the story unfolds through small everyday moments, creative dreams, and relationship tensions that explore independence, vulnerability, hope, and the fear of being left behind, delivering intimate character growth and bittersweet realism that helped make it a beloved modern tearjerker and inspired a well-known film adaptation, also known as Josee, the Tiger and the Fish manga, Josee to Tora to Sakana-tachi, ジョゼと虎と魚たち, Jozē to Tora to Sakana-tachi, Josee manga, Tsuneo Suzukawa manga, disability romance manga, emotional slice of life manga, and bittersweet romance drama manga.