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Kizu

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Wounds
Japanese:


Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 4
Status: Finished
Published: Jul 10, 2007 to Dec 10, 2007
Genres: Drama Drama, Supernatural Supernatural
Theme: Psychological Psychological
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Ace
Authors: Otsuichi (Story), Kiyohara, Hiro (Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.421 (scored by 29572,957 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #36622
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #3843
Members: 5,339
Favorites: 48

Reviews

Filtered Results: 3 / 3
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Preliminary Spoiler
Dec 13, 2009
Kizu or Wounds as it's know with it's 4 chapters would really touch something in you.It's a great peace of work despite it's size.

Story : The story is about a special class in which all the troubled kids are grouped.The main character Keigo has suffered a lot through his life and after a fight with another school boy who was bullying him he is sent to this class.There he meets a strange boy called Asato.At the beginning he could not understand him why Asato is so quiet and why he is always standing aside from the others.But after one day when Keigo cuts his arm ...
Feb 26, 2017
I like to read sad stories and Kizu is one of the saddest stories I've ever read. It's about friendship and love. That sounds a little bit cliche, right? Maybe it is. But Kizu has a very interesting premise and I found myself pretty involved in discovering this premise while the main character, Keigo, told me about his life. Here are the reasons why I appreciated this manga so much:

Story - I don't want to give spoilers to anyone, so I'll just say that Kizu made me think of the meanings of cruelty and kindness. How can some people suffer profoundly, I thought to myself, ...
Dec 27, 2020
Mixed Feelings
Note: the following comes from a video review, links on my profile page.

Kizu holds a certain premise, but, probably due to the author's self-professed reluctance in writing it, doesn't quite follow up to its possible potential. It introduces dark themes, but doesn't very much counteract them with a kind of release or catharsis, and in some instances seems to be illogical (e.g. in suggesting anything positive might happen, at the end, when proof wasn't forthcoming).

It is, in this sense a bit like Narutaru the anime, in that it is unfinished, but also presents a case of negativity with no definite conclusion. On the other ...