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Synonyms: Last Hero Inuyashiki

Japanese: いぬやしき

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 10

Chapters: 85

Status: Finished

Published: Jan 28, 2014 to Jul 25, 2017

Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi

Theme: Gore

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Evening

Authors: Oku, Hiroya (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.59¹ (scored by 25,458 users)

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Ranked: #2391²

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Popularity: #264

Members: 60,591

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Aug 8, 2017

FunkySpider

Recommended

Writing a review for Inuyashiki is hard because my feelings for the story have warped so much since the days I first began reading it a few years ago. It starts out so strong and ends up spiraling out of control midway focusing too much on what I essentially consider "despair porn" chapters and moments.

What drew me into this series was the idea of an elderly protagonist. It's rare in manga to see something like this, as many writers tend to gravitate towards highschool students to try and appeal to their target demographic. Instead what we got was a fascinating view of the life of ...

Jul 3, 2015

Acrobation

Recommended

Preliminary (Unknown/85 chp)

I've never written a manga review before, and this one will be brief--I just felt that I had to write SOMETHING after reading the reviews for Inuyashiki on here. At the time of posting this, there are only two other reviews, and they use words like "hilarious" and "heartwarming" to describe this series that is "recommended for everyone". Having read that, I went into this thinking that it was a lighthearted action-comedy. It is definitely none of the above.

Once you get past the exposition and into the midst of the story, this is an extremely dark manga with many parts that the ...

Jul 27, 2017

InfiniteEvil

Recommended

What it means to be human is a topic that has been discussed and explored throughout many works of science fiction. I've seen this idea and concept brought up so many times, I've lost count. Inuyashiki brings up this concepts but twists it in a way that I haven't really seen before.

I'll get to that when I can but first, an overview of this manga.

Story: 8
The premise of Inuyashiki isn't too horribly complicated. A man by the name of Inuyashiki is living a very boring, unfulfilling life. His family doesn't care all that much for him, he doesn't do a whole lot throughout the day ...

Oct 14, 2017

Starisametaphor

Mixed Feelings

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD.

The thing about this manga is that it started out pretty interesting.

We have Inuyashiki, a man who hasn't aged as well as you'd hoped. Burdened by the responsibility of being the main breadwinner of the family, a wife who is no longer affectionate with him, a daughter who introduces him as her ''grandpa'' because she's ashamed of how he looks and a son who harbors resentment towards his father because he's being bullied at school (i.e. bullies take his lunch money and pick on him because he doesn’t have enough of it. Though his father is unaware of what his son is dealing ... with), has left this family man an awkward, shivering and borderline anxious mess. But despite how unfavorable his family treats him, he still loves them very much.

One day, Inuyashiki is diagnosed with stomach cancer and whatever light he still had in his life, quickly went out once he realized he wouldn't be able to be there for his family anymore. Naturally, he had to tell his family about his dire situation, but their continued blatant disregard kept Inuyashiki from sharing the news; too afraid to have confirmed that they wouldn't care whether he lived or died. In tears, Inuyashiki ran away from home and that's where our story picks up pace.

Caught in an explosion from an alien invasion together with the charming young high schooler, Shishigama, Inuyashiki's and Shishigama's human bodies are destroyed. The aliens, realizing that they had just killed two people and might have a war on their hands if anyone found out, tried to fix their mistakes by putting them back together. But without any human flesh left, they were forced to transform them into machines.

Inuyashiki decides to use his new found abilities for the greater good. Shishigama decides to use his powers for evil. You might think this would end up in an interesting clash between a unconventional old superhero and a charming young villain, while Inuyashiki attempts to also retain his humanity and live up to be the husband and father his family might love. And perhaps we might also get to learn about these suspicious aliens that suddenly showed up on earth.

But you're only half right. That's what the story was going for. Most of the story is dedicated to showing us the good things Inuyashiki has done and the bad things Shishigama has done. And don't get me wrong, that was pretty interesting to read about. We get to see how saving people gives meaning to Inuyashiki’s life, and with the old guy being treated pretty unfairly at home, you can’t help but feel for him and smile when you see how fulfilling his life has become. On the other hand, you get to see Shishigama’s warped and downright psychopathic tendencies; killing for the heck of it, and yet he still loves his mother and later on a high school girl. But what had seemed like a solid story line, quickly changed course. We were almost supposed to feel sorry for Shishigama because everyone found out that he had gone on a crazy killing spree, simply because his mother ended up taking her own life after she found out that her son was a mass murderer. He became an outcast and wandered around, running from the police and not doing anything worth mentioning. When he fell in love with the high school girl, I was left to wonder what Shishigama’s deal was. Why did he like killing people, but was he able to fall in love so quickly at the same time? What drove him exactly, what was the reasoning behind his actions? Sometimes you’d see him cry in grief over losing his mother, be a good and kind friend to one of his closest friends and treat the girl he likes with love—and all of that was genuine. And yet, he could also indiscriminately murder hundreds of people—and for what? I didn’t understand the balance. I could never grasp how both of those opposing feelings could live side by side inside of him without any reasoning. What exactly drove Shishigama? We never find out.

The clash between Inuyashiki and Shishigama was anti-climactic too. It was wrapped up quickly and Shishigama was once more left to wander the world, and finally decided to save the planet alongside Inuyashiki, because the girl he loved and his good friend were still there.

Which brings me to another point. The way this story ended.

Donald Trump—yes, you read that right, Donald motherfucking Trump—shows up nearing the end of the story, calling Shishigama the greatest terrorist ever. And the next time Trump shows up, he’s talking about how a meteorite is about to fall on the earth and wipe out the entire civilization so now everyone is free to rape, steal and kill whoever they want (don’t get me wrong, Trump is crazy as hell and I don't like him, but was that really necessary to put inside this story?).

And yes, you read that right. Donald Trump called for the purge.

I’m confused as well.

So I thought, hey, maybe that part was put in there to show us how quickly people change when all rules are stripped from them? Will this turn into a philosophical question? With the veil of standards and morals stripped away, are people actually that warped inside? Leaving you to wonder whether Shishigama was really that crazy compared to the rest of the human population.

But none of that was ever explained. Again. Seriously. Inuyashiki and Shishigama end up saving the day in the way every tragic hero does (and apparently in Shishigama’s case, unexplained evil guy who does something good for once?) and the story ends. Everyone just goes back to their daily lives in the span of about 5 chapters nearing the end. We don’t get to find out anything about the aliens, we don’t get to understand Shishigama, we don’t get to see Trump ranting about Shishigama on his twitter, but hey, at least Inuyashiki’s family ended up giving him the love and respect he had always deserved... except for the rest of humanity. From being known as a godlike superhero with videos of him healing people everywhere, people sure forgot about Inuyashiki quickly.

I have to give props to the art, though. It was very detailed. Very beautifully done. Though it seems opinions vary on this matter. I personally enjoyed how realistic it looked and the details that had been put in the background scenes. Well, to each their own, I suppose. But all in all, what started off interesting and had a good plot line, wasn’t executed very well and ended as though the author had ran out of ideas.

Jun 3, 2015

MangaGreat

Recommended

Preliminary (Unknown/85 chp)

This manga...is something else.

I was drawn into it entirely by the cover and the synopsis, but I was expecting something like a slice of life where an old man becomes young again and gets a second chance to achieve a happier life with a family who actually cares for him. Instead, I got something quite unexpected.

You know that concept where a senior protagonist is presented in an environment with a bunch of thuggish, unruly teenagers and the work sort of presents as if modern days is getting more dangerous and reckless? Imagine if a mangaka gets a hold of that idea and you'll get Inuyashiki.

In ... this manga, our protagonist, Ichirou, gets killed accidentally and rebuilt into a metal body. He looks exactly the same, but is now, well, a robot and has all the perks that comes with that. What would you do in his situation? Because he decided to become the Japanese robocop.

His environment is FULL of unruly and thuggish teenagers who goes around seemingly attacking adult men. Inuyashiki appears just in time to save them and punishes the young evil-doers. However, he has a nemesis with the same capabilities who is committing crime. The nemesis is, of course, a teenager and it is up to our hero to save the good people of Japan from the unruly teenager! Can he do it?

How is the story, though?

It is genuinely appealing. For one, there is a lot of humor, but it is the kind of humor that comes from the sheer absurdity of the situation. You'd see Ichirou taking his shirt off in the park in order to use his jetpacks, punch the lights out of some reckless hoodlums that is twice his size, and use the video recorder in his head to ruin some kids trying to murder a homeless guy.

That doesn't end it either. At times, things that are happening are so bizarre (or perhaps daring is a better word?) that you're left wide-eyed wondering if you're actually seeing this. Here's an example: In a typical battle manga, how would the author pump up a new villain to be someone strong? Something along the lines of have him beat a known powerful character and have other characters talk about how strong he is, right?

Want to know how the author of Inuyashiki, Hiroya Oku, does it? Well, I won't reveal it, but I'll say this: try not to gag.

Moving on, though, another great part of what makes the manga really good is that it's genuinely heart-warming. Ichirou is the kind of 'down-on-his-luck' person you can really get behind to wish him a second chance. The way he bumbles about trying to figure our his new powers and trying to use it to help people simply to feel as if he did something wonderful in his life really makes one smile at times and adds greatly to his 'ordinary person' persona.

Another thing to note is that the art is something to be appreciated. It inclines towards the 'realistic' to begin with, but at times, it will intersect drawn images with real life shots, which lends a strange feeling when reading the manga. I suppose it's to help make the manga even more realistic (and do it inexpensively). Does it work, however? To be honest, it doesn't blend in well as it's always immediately noticeable, but it doesn't become distracting either so it's not necessarily a bad thing.

Overall, though, I rate Inuyashiki as a great read and highly recommend it. I've stumbled onto it by luck and I'm thankful to be able to read it.

Apr 17, 2015

reizenchuu

Recommended

Preliminary (29/85 chp)

this could be considered as the most hilarious/unique manga of all time.
imagine with me.........when you become an adult, your life is boring, your family doesn't like you, your wife is ugly....and to top it of you still have only 3 months to life because of a stomach cancer....but one day you wake up and you find out that you became a machine ( jetpack - invincible - your life is not in danger anymore....)...yeah i don't know what you would do in a case like this, but this manga manages to answer this stupid fantasy question:
Inu Yashiki is an 50 years old but looks like ... an old geezer, he already have backache, he have a wife, too kids,and passing with the same situation i mentioned before. of course he is the MC for this story. after realizing that he's life is at the border in the same night he is already killed in a crash landing of aliens (you probably didn't expect that). next moring, he wakes up not realising he's already dead, but soon after the accident he discovers that he was rebuilded by those aliens and now he became a machine.
here is a little idea about how strong he got.....you can say he is far more stronger than the terminator ^^.
so how will his life change now that he is a machine?
ok then, the arts here are the kind of realistic and suited for everyone arts. the characters are not that beautiful.. actually they get really ugly sometimes, so it's clear that the manga here tries to approach he's drawing to reality. i personally like this kind of style since it does a great job at emulating human facial.
charcters:
this is where the manga really shines, while the drawing try to approach the reality from one side, the characters do the same from another side. you got your main protagonist geezer who is very emotional hate violence and does his best to erase it.
the normal reaction.....or should i say, the real reaction of his kids to their old father, it almost brings me to tears in the 2 first chapters.....wait right now you're thinking about whether there is an antagonist with the same power or not...well yes there is one. Hiroshi Shishigami is high schooler with the same superpower became a serial killer rather than been a hero like our MC.
this is not a comedy manga but still there are some scenes that don't give you a choice other than laughing so hard especially those double pages scenes where an old men is beating up a other people, a gang , or even yakuza!

overall i enjoyed reading Inu Yashiki, it was a quick read since there's only 29 chapter and still on going but hey you don't see a manag with an old man beating up people with a super machine fist right ?
story: 8
art: 9
characters: 9
enjoyment: 9
aaaand an overall of 9/10 year! definitely recommended to everyone for a change of pace :)

Oct 18, 2017

D1SC0

Mixed Feelings

TL;DR with a brief, spoiler free comment on the ending: the initial premise is very solid and gripping, the art is alright, the characters are unappealing except for one, the pacing is somewhat grueling at times and the ending genuinely made me feel like this whole affair was a waste of my time. Read this series only if you deeply enjoyed Gantz for whatever reason, or if you're curious to find out why I hated the ending as much as I did.

As for the review itself:
I initially decided to pick up this series upon seeing some out of context panels floating around on ... the Internet. The art style looked vaguely similar to one of my not-so-favorite manga, Gantz. And as it turned out, they were indeed made by the same author, Hiroya Oku. I was willing to overlook his past transgressions and give him another chance with this story. It started out quite good, with an original premise that I hadn't really seen before, some decent art (compared to the early days of Gantz, at least) and one very unconventional protagonist, both visually and in the context of other manga that I have read.

Story: 8
The plot has a great hook, that of a gentle but dying old man and a psychotic teenager being accidentally killed by aliens, only to be recreated by the aliens as super powerful machines with godlike powers. A showdown between these two characters will obviously happen at some point since their ideals are completely opposite from one another, and it really shows as almost every chapter focuses on fleshing out these two characters as they continue living their day-to-day lives and attempt to cope with the changes made to their bodies in their own ways, using their new powers for both good and evil things in accordance to their own respective morality. It's a very dualistic set-up, kinda like Jonathan and Dio from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Speaking of which, there's some slight body-horror in this work, like a character opening up their body like you would do with a computer case only to reveal the complex machinery that's inside it, with nothing human or even organic remaining. The idea of what makes someone ''human'' came up in my mind a lot as I read this manga. Overall, pretty interesting concept that I've no problem with at all.

Art: 6
I'm not a very huge fan of Hiroya Oku, truth be told. Without getting into too much detail, I find his style of drawing to be very bland and inorganic, since he relies a lot on his assistants creating 3D models for him to trace over with a pen in order to create a scene. Characters often looked very rigid and samey-looking in Gantz because of this. And I was happy, for a while, when I realized his art had improved since Gantz. Characters have way more variety in their facial expressions, there's a lot more motion going on a lot of times and it generally looks pretty appealing, with a nice coat of realism in a lot of places. I'm giving the art a 6 because some panels look very similar to others for no reason, and could be positioned more appropriately to create a better flow and a less repetitive reading experience. Some assets aren't ''drawn over'' either, being left as their original 3D models, like airplanes and certain objects in the environment, for instance. Things like these looked particularly ugly and jarring since they obviously aren't 2D objects like the rest of the things on the page. I've seen this sort of ''2D mixed with 3D'' technique applied before, especially in Asano Inio's works like Oyasumi Punpun, and seeing it being done so poorly here only makes Oku seem more like an unskilled artist to me.

Characters: 5
The plot had me deeply invested in the titular character, Inuyashiki. I couldn't recall reading any other manga that featured such a relatable character, that of an old family-man who has one foot in the grave and whose family isn't very fond of him because of his frail nature. He had me interested in the plot until some cracks started showing in the character department; some characters behaving in rather jarring ways that felt unnatural, which broke my immersion at times. That's one of my main issues with this manga, the characters suck, safe for Inu. There's barely any progression going on for them.

One very early example of this that I can think of are the aliens that accidentally kill Inuyashiki and a nearby youth called Shishigami in the beginning of the story by crash landing on Earth with their spaceship. Immediately upon realizing they killed two earthlings, they begin to swear and curse each other out like teenagers in a VERY uncharacteristic manner (maybe a creepier portrayal would've been more effective) and proceed to revive the two men using alien technology, turning them into two incredibly powerful machines with godlike powers. It just so happens that Inuyashiki is a very kind person who intends to use his new powers to help humanity, while the young Shishigami happens to be the edgiest, most brutal psychopath on the planet.

Although Inuyashi felt relatable and grounded, like someone that could really exist, Shishigami just doesn't. He's a cold-blooded, cruel monster who kills other people for pleasure with his powers and uses those he doesn't kill for his own personal gain. But at the same time he's also a loving son who cares deeply about his mother and would do anything for her happiness... These two contradicting elements just don't add up, but I'll admit they probably could've worked if Shishigami had been written better as a character, like Guts from Berserk, who can simultaneously be portrayed as a murderous demon and a caring, protective person on the inside, with both traits pertaining perfectly to his character. The rest of the cast is quite forgettable. Overall, Inu is the only one worth paying any attention to.

Enjoyment: 5
Started off strong. Weakened in the middle part. Turned into complete disgust by the time the final chapters rolled out. Never seen a story go south this quickly in terms of enjoyment. It had some pretty whacky moments of intense escalation that raised my eyebrows, but it's all ruined by how the story ultimately ends.

Overall: 5
Only read if you've enjoyed Gantz, any of Oku's other works, or if all the negative things I said in this review don't sound all that bad to you. Just remember to enjoy yourself. Cuz by the time I finished this, I wasn't enjoying myself anymore.

Mar 30, 2019

IcarusxIcarus

Recommended

Explaining the appeal of Inuyashiki, taken from my instagram:

Inuyashiki is a manga from the mangaka behind Gantz and is important as it shows that Oku (the mangaka) has the capability to create not one, but two fantastic works of fiction. He took some of the best and often underused elements from Gantz and put a lot more focus on them. This gives Inuyashiki its own identity despite coming after the massive success that was Gantz.

Unlike Gantz, Inuyashiki is a story that focuses more or less exclusively on the two main characters and those who they interact with. There are still the occasional side stories that ...

Aug 18, 2022

Beatnik

Not Recommended

Hiroya Oku's follow-up to Gantz continues his exploration of nihilism in a hyper-real Japan, with an enticing premise and promising protagonist. There's not enough older folk utilised as main characters in manga, and Oku relishes the chance to shove Mr Inuyashiki into excruciating scenarios and to pull him out in cathartic fashion. He's joined by a malevolent antagonist who has a heavy presence all throughout the tale.

Which is a problem. But more about that later. Let me get some positives out of the way.

Oku really nails the banal cruelty of internet comments that you see everywhere online, from 2chan to reddit to MAL itself. We ... saw this in Gantz, and he continues his skewering of 21st century online discourse to entertaining effect here.

I sometimes see people complain about the backgrounds in his manga, because they seem traced, but the realistic backgrounds serve to immerse you in the story that feels very familiar, despite all the outrageous shit going on. When the antagonist of this story goes on a killing spree, it's all the more horrific to witness when it's set against mundane realistic backgrounds.

The antagonist is so menacing, so obscene in his nonchalant method of dealing death to everyone around him, that Oku himself becomes mesmerised by him, sacrificing the protagonist of his own story. Mr Inuyashiki is relegated to the background at a certain point and becomes super passive, even disappearing entirely from the narrative.

Oku establishes some rules to how technology works in this story, how Mr Inuyashiki can hear people in trouble. And yet, during one of the many shocking massacres in the story, for some baffling reason, Oku decides not to include the protagonist in the ensuing sequence. There is no in-universe reason for why our elderly protagonist would not have heard the cries of dozens of people being shot to death, and rushed to do something about it. But for whatever reason, Mr Inuyashiki is not involved at all.

Mr Inuyashiki himself is sorely missing for a substantial portion of this manga and it's infuriating.

So much mayhem happens, so much misery, and the entire time you'll be wanting to scream at the manga "where the hell is the protagonist?". The antagonist is so fascinating, it makes you wonder if Oku should have made the entire story about him to begin with. To have a tale about an antihero, like Light Yagami, up against the world, to see his rise and fall.

Anyway, at some point Oku remembers his protagonist and gets him involved again, but his passivity never really goes away, he has to be pushed by exterior circumstances or people in order to do anything remotely meaningful. The last half of the manga is disaster porn, populated by useless characters doing nonsensical things within repetitive and inefficient panels. It's like Oku forgot how to be a mangaka.

The climax of the story is also insulting and without coherent thematic meaning.

Inuyashiki is unfortunately a narrative failure and a disappointing follow-up to Oku's magnum opus Gantz.

Dec 5, 2017

Chinaz

Recommended

Can Hiroya Oku do anything better than "Gantz"?

I have commented in previous posts on social media, but I repeat: I have a routine to know absolutely nothing before reading a title. Synopsis? What's that for? I like to analyze a work without external influences and, from time to time, I rely on notes to see if the time spent was rewarded or not.

With "Inuyashiki" it was no different. In fact, this one, which is part of Hiroya Oku, author of "Gantz", was an even more extreme case: I didn't remember that it was a heavyweight author, because ... I didn't read "Gantz" either (and the ... anime was shit, so) I only understood what it was because in the series there is a character who is a fan of the work (very cool part, including)! And to conclude, it is still seinen, a demography of which I am not assiduous. He had everything he didn't like, did he? But it turned out to be an amazing read, with social criticism and still working with stereotypes in a very interesting way. And, of course, in this review, I comment on everything!

Now the Synopsis. Ichiro Inuyashiki has a family, a wife and two children, none of whom care about him. When he learns that he only has three months to live, he realizes that the only one who will miss him is his dog. Shortly after this realization, he is killed in a landing of aliens. Then he is rebuilt by them as a machine with a human exterior. How will his life change now that he is not human?

Hiroya Oku's work was released in the Seinen Evening magazine by Kodansha in January 2014. The original series won a live-action film adaptation that will debut in 2018, as well as an anime adaptation by the MAPPA studio scheduled for October (airing by the time of this review). The manga will be finished with 10 volumes.

We are accustomed to a kind of stereotype for heroes and villains; we have a vision that for both there is the involvement of special abilities and powers, and how they are so different from ordinary people. In "Inuyashiki", the author approaches the subject in an interesting and critical way. The introductory chapter serves to situate the type of world in which the protagonist lives, a Japan that is full of violence and that there is no shadow of a possible altruism. The weak are oppressed and the strong dominate. But contrary to what might be assumed, the "villains" of this plot are ordinary people, teenagers or even adults, without any mythical power. And the "hero" of the plot? Well, he's just an old man, who has no one to really call him, who is weak and is in his last days of life.

Unlike One Punch-Man (for example; something mainstream in today's standards), who has all a comic content up the bald protagonist who defeats all his enemies with a single punch, in that title sense of humor is something rare. The mood of the manga is tense and in many cases, it becomes annoying, not by visual means, but by the way it approaches the situation. Your hero and his unusual villains serve to shock. Don't expect a happy reading, much of the first volume was either with pity on the protagonist or another similar to it.

Recently I made a kind of "clean" in my collections of manga and I was deciding minutely what would continue and what would drop. Honestly, I had thought of reading "Inuyashiki" to do a review for the site ... until I start reading it.
I understand that the topics covered are different, but here what I am evaluating is the way the authors unroll the plot; this series is more concise while the other types of manga are just average/good, but you would probably need to lean on more chapters to win over the reader. Certainly a great surprise - and I will certainly collect it.

Hiroya Oku's trait is very realistic and detailed. In order to see these characteristics, it is only necessary to observe the protagonist: the author has a whole concern with wrinkles of expression, the design of the whole body, hair, etc. In addition, the details of the "machine character" are incredible, with various props, cannot put defect.

The debut book brought me right away. The introduction is strong, but well done, development is also not to be desired and that finale still arouses curiosity enough to want a continuation. But I must point out one thing: Inuyashiki's theme, focusing on the part involving aliens, is a subject that if not working right can end up being disappointing. I confess that I have high expectations, but it is a theme that from beginning to end needs to be thought, a bad explanation for the paranormal situation would compromise the entire manga, even if it only appeared on the last page of the last chapter; in addition, the author still has to deal with his two protagonists, Ichiro Inuyashiki and Hiro Shishigami - the teenager who also suffered the same "accident" that Ichiro - knowing how to measure the importance of his roles for the plot - something that complicated for a work that will end with ten volumes.

Funny how easy it is for audiences to accept a character with the characteristics of Saitama, but it is difficult to visualize in Ichiro the potential of a hero. It may even be the "fault" of the stories we consume - most of which insist on putting young characters because their target audience is also new, have a question of identification - but there is the view that the elderly are those who should be protected, not those who protect, or worse, those who are pushed aside just because of their age. Hiroya Oku brings a strong social critique here, coming from a country that today has an age structure with a higher percentage for the elderly than for children and pre-adolescents, the same country that in 2013 had a minister who declared that "the elderly should hurry and die".

At first, it may be strange to have a oldish as the main character and of course, it is unusual. But the author creates a favorable scenario for him to be welcomed by those who accompany him; of all the characters that appear, Ichiro appears to be the only one to bother with the injustice around him and what shows to have feelings. The character can be a machine, but it is the most realistic of the plot.

Story: 10 | Art: 9 | Character: 10 | Enjoyment: 9
Score: 9/10

I don't have a personal note for this one because all my main reasons are justified in the context of this review.

Jun 30, 2022

Canary_Supremacy

Recommended

I actually watched the first episode of the anime, But got bored. I saw there was a manga and decided to give it a try and god.. It was so good. It’s basically about this old man, just wanting to do everything for his family- But they are very selfish.. One day he goes on a walk with his dog and gets hit by some white light. As a ‘sorry’ to whoever hit him lmao they repay him with a superhero like body. He’s become all machines, And can do unspeakable things.

He finds that his new destiny is to save people around Japan.. But ...

Oct 29, 2017

Otaku58

Recommended

I love this and totally recommend it. I heard about the anime coming soon and the story interested me so much, i read it. The story, the character, everything is so unique from the usual. I mean the MC is an old man. That's pretty unusual. The first few pages were boring cuz it was about a sweety old man and his family who doesn't seem to like him. Btw this is the first manga i completed. I've watched over 300 anime, but this my first manga and i love it. Got me totally hocked. Give it an 8. I was mostly ...

Jun 3, 2017

Ryodaname

Recommended

Preliminary (81/85 chp)

Inuyashiki is a Sci-Fi seinen manga by Oku Hiroya published in Evening magazine.
The manga tells a story of Ichirou Inuyashiki,a 52 years old grandpa who has a hard life - he has a badly paid job, his family ignores him and he's been diagnosed with cancer. One night Inuyashiki is killed in a alien crash and becomes a machine. He realizes he in not human anymore and wants to help other people as much as possible.
This may sound like a bad superhero story but the further you are into it the darker it gets. The art is amazing. The best part about this manga are ...

May 27, 2021

Brooklyn_0

Recommended

so yes,basically there is absolutely no way you wont enjoy reading inu yashiki, it being a simple narrative yet handling the things of the story pretty well
inu yashiki in my perspective is the best dynamic of a antagonist and protaginist with beautiful contrast between them
being out of the the normal shounen or seinen demographic,the protaginist is rather an old man,who is super wholesome whom you cant possiblly hate,and the antagonist being a young kid,is very hateful,yet it is what that is defining his character.
the story is a super fast read and being bored reading it isnt an option,every chapter helps in the progression of ...

Feb 3, 2022

acloudwithfeet

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Hiroya Oku is a very unsubtle man when it comes to his work. He wants to state his opinions through his art, and so he does so with the thinnest line of subtext possible. He sees the people he hates killed or punished through his work, and he portrays the suffering of innocents through the cruelest and most brutal ways possible. This makes him a very polarizing writer, so I understand why many come to view his work unfavorably. However, I think this is what makes his work so interesting to read.

While Inuyashiki may be categorized as edgy or torture porn, I don't think that's ...

Aug 7, 2021

BruhFunny69

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Inuyashiki is a heartwarming story about family, what it means to be human, and androids shooting people through computer screens. It's short and simple, yet well-executed and I recommend it to anyone that isn't too disturbed by gore or the occasional infanticide.

Story - 10

Inyuashiki's story is simple and to the point. Ichirou Inuyashiki is a kindhearted 58 year old salaryman with a crumbling family life. When he's diagnosed with terminal cancer, he's too scared to tell his family as he's worried they won't care if he dies. Overwhelmed with emotion, he takes his dog and runs to a nearby park in the middle of ... the night. There he comes across Hiro Shishigami, a psychopathic 17 year old otaku, staring off in the distance.

And then an alien spaceship accidentally crashes into them and they die.

The aliens realize how much they fucked up and need to get the hell out of there before anyone realizes they killed two sentient beings on this planet. After realizing that they have no way of repairing them, they go with the next best thing: replace them with two androids that share their appearance, personality, and memories.

Ichirou and Hiro, after realizing what happened in the park that night, are understandably bothered by their situation. Are they the same people they were before? Can they even be considered human anymore? Both these characters find their answers to these questions through their newfound powers. Ichirou manages to learn that he's human by helping the helpless. He stands up for the homeless. He saves people from housefires. He heals the sick and injured. Hiro, likewise, also comes to realize his humanity through his powers. But instead of helping those around him, he becomes a serial killer. The rush of emotion he gets from seeing someone's suffering with his own eyes reminds him that yes, he is human.

Character - 9

Ichirou and Hiro are both fantastic characters, for completely different reasons.

Ichirou is a kindhearted, timid old man who is able to find himself by helping those around him. Given that this is a manga by Hiroya Oku, humanity is portrayed in a very (admittedly overdone and unrealistic) pessimistic light. We see teenagers beating homeless people death. We see Yakuza bosses get away with raping and murdering whomever they please. You know, that sort of thing. But as Ichirou faces this darkness in society, he's able to inspire other people around him. He's a great guy, and it's impossible not to want the best for him.

Hiro is by all accounts a fucking monster with just enough humanity in him that he feels real. He's a kid who deeply cares about his family and friends, but he ONLY cares about his family and friends. Everyone else, be they young or old, male or female, are nothing more than meatbags to him. He's a textbook psychopath with the powers of a demigod. He commits atrocity after atrocity, yet he has just enough humanizing moments that remind that audience that at the end of the day, he's still a human being with emotions. He's a character that's both interesting and deeply disturbing, and hats off to Hiroya Oku for writing him the way he did.

Art - 3

For all the praise I've given this manga, if there's one thing I don't like about it, it's the art. I know that a lot of people love Hiroya Oku's art style, and while I can understand the appeal to some degree, I don't think it works here. If you're familiar with any of his other work, you'd know that he likes to use digital processing in his backgrounds. That means you'll have 3D models and photos being traced over and serving as the background in a number of panels. On one hand, this allows environments to feel detailed and realistic, but on the other hand, when the characters in those environments don't have that same level of detail or realism, the whole image ends up looking bizarre. Again, while there are some people that like this art style, I am not one of them.

Enjoyment - 10

Overall, Inuyashiki is enjoyable, it has a compelling story, engaging characters, and some heartfelt moments, but it's also a Hiroya Oku manga, which means a lot of violence and a lot of gore. Now it's definitely not as gory as say, Gantz, but it definitely has its moments. Oku has a talent for depicting every last vein and speck of brain matter flying from a man's obliterated skull as a bullet makes its way out of his skull. Now, I wouldn't say this bothers me too much, but I know that there are certainly people who aren't good at seeing gore in media, and if you're one of them, you might want to consider skipping this one.

Jul 3, 2022

ZangBang

Mixed Feelings

Inuyashiki is just so... bland. The premise is interesting, but that's about it.
Characters are alright: the two main ones are fairly multifaceted and engaging, but not enough to provide any interesting moral struggles or to clash with each other in ways that aren't extremely unsurprising, while the supporting cast exists only to be narrative devices whose job is to highlight the main characters, and they do that job efficiently.
The story goes exactly like you'd expect after reading the premise, down to the ending. This linearity isn't necessarily a bad thing, since there are still many interesting fun scenarios that are cool to witness, but not ...

Jan 29, 2020

69thStreet

Mixed Feelings

What? That's just my review for this manga lmao, it starts out with a good premise, but after a few more chapters you just want it to calm down and slow the pace down. Like dude, they introduce new characters and the author obviously wants you to care about them but the pace is too f**cken fast for anyone to give a flying sh*t, and the part that had me intrigue the most was about the aliens and how they crashed down to Earth and killed our two main protagonists and made them into basically weapons.... well guess what, the only time you'll ever hear ...

Nov 18, 2017

moozooh

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Inuyashiki, the latest action manga from the author of Gantz... which will remind you of Gantz in many ways. (Not kidding, it actually shills—er, I mean references Gantz on multiple occasions to ensure you don't forget about it.)

This relatively short manga—you can finish it in an evening—immediately stands out thanks to its unconventional protagonist, CGI-heavy backgrounds the author is known for, and some thriller/body horror elements that may and probably will disturb the squeamish.

So, is it actually good? I would say it's almost there. It's rather captivating, fast-paced, well-drawn, and can be touching at times, so I would give it a very soft recommendation. Could ...

Apr 5, 2023

Zerofuku_

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"Inuyashiki" is a science-fiction manhwa series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. The story revolves around two men - a middle-aged salaryman named Ichiro Inuyashiki and a high school student named Hiro Shishigami - who both gain extraordinary abilities after being caught in a strange explosion.

One of the biggest strengths of "Inuyashiki" is its exploration of complex themes such as morality, humanity, and the consequences of power. The series raises thought-provoking questions about what it means to be human and how our actions can have ripple effects on those around us. The characters are complex and well-developed, with nuanced motivations that make them feel like ...