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Japanese: ヒミズ


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Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 43
Status: Finished
Published: Jan 29, 2001 to Mar 11, 2002
Genre: Drama Drama
Theme: Psychological Psychological
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Young Magazine (Weekly)
Authors: Furuya, Minoru (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.401 (scored by 47614,761 users)
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Ranked: #38372
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1272
Members: 16,198
Favorites: 296

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Synopsis

Every day in Japan, 2500 people die due to any number of causes. Do you think you'll be one of the ones to die? No, of course not. Do you think you'll win the lottery? You'd like to think so, we all would. But Sumida is different. He wants the status quo to remain in every way; live a normal life, get a normal job, have normal kids, never to be anyone fortunate or unfortunate, content in normalcy. Anyone who doesn't agree is foolish, doomed to live their life scraping up a mountain that they can never conquer, fated to die in despair wishing things had been better.

When his mother kicks his father out of the house and onto the streets, he thinks he'll be fine. When his mother leaves him to live with her boyfriend, he makes the best of it. When he realizes that he's no longer average, he strives to make his life worthwhile the only way he knows how. When the demons in the back of his mind speak to him, he tries his best to ignore them.

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Himizu was adapted into a live-action film directed by Sion Sono which was screened in 2012.

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Sumida, Yuuichi
Sumida, Yuuichi
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Akada, Kenichi
Akada, Kenichi
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Chazawa, Keiko
Chazawa, Keiko
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Shozo, Yoruno
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5 Recommended
4 Mixed Feelings
1 Not Recommended
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Dec 28, 2020
ketaminez
Recommended
I'm going to avoid doing a large summary; the story is extremely straightforward and basically goes the way you expect it to.

As a seinen, everything that happens is expected to happen. There are no surprises here and maybe that's for the best. But for the sake of enjoyment, it isn't worth too much more than any other seinen. The story and characters are pitiful, even when the main character despises being pitied (in my eyes at least, it doesn't seem like something he would enjoy). Most of the characters are strongly unlikeable, but I do believe that's all apart of the story, so it ...
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Dec 28, 2022
Tcw3002
Mixed Feelings
I don't really know how to feel about this manga.

It's really a low mental state messed up manga, feels like the mc has Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder with the creatures he sees.
Which may not be the only "mental illness/disorder" he has.

Its both a mind numbing (Not in a boring way, moreso a dissociative way) read and also thought provoking at points.

Kinda makes you question the headspace the mangaka was in during the writing of this.
I'd recommend as I enjoyed but also maybe I'm just in a weird state at this moment afyer reading it.

Definitely not for everyone, but if you enjoy works like Homonculus and ...
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Mar 16, 2025
NicholasMCF
Not Recommended
If Oyasumi Punpun was a bad manga, it would be Himizu.

If you read Punpun, I don't have to elaborate much more, however MAL doesn't allow me to post a 1 sentence review. In fact, I didn't know that until writing this. So, I will summarize even more:

Story - Not interesting for the most part, it has glimpses of something good, but that's it. Since Himizu is a short manga, it is actually surprising how there is so many discarded characters and plots. I have the impression that 25% or something of the chapters are irrelevant when you reach the end.

Characters - Sumida is as edgy ...
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