A Whore Diary by Akira The Hustler is, shockingly enough, a diary by Tokyo hustler Akira. He writes about his clients, his boyfriend and his thoughts on sexworker-rights. There is a new subject each page, sometimes it is a small anecdote or almost poem like thought and sometimes it is a long contemplation on the Japanese man or the negative view on the profession. But most of the time when you turn a page you are greeted with a wonderful little slice of life story the customers share or a comment by Akira's mellow boyfriend. Akira's view on his work is serious but laid back, it is a very sex-positive book with some hard topics handled with a refreshing personality, honesty and ease.

Afterwards, as we were having tea, he was telling me about how completely exhausted he gets at his desk job.
"When that happens to me I get on my bike and pedal aimlessly around town. What do you do?" I inquired.
"I come to you" he replied sheepishly, and laughed.

The book design is very clean, it is a small and slim book with rounded edges that gives a lighthearted feeling. It is bilingual with Japanese and English text side-by-side and the translation feels very natural. The book is 50/50 text and monochrome pictures, the pictures are all romantically just out of focus and look like they were originally intended for private use rather than for a book. There are no chapters or page markings, instead the book is divided into four colored sections: blue, pink, green and purple. The color replaces black so in the pink colored section the text is pink and the photos are pink and white.