Jigokuhen: Aru Jigoku Eshi no Kokuhaku (Panorama of Hell)

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Japanese: 地獄変ある地獄絵師の告白

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 1

Chapters: 7

Status: Finished

Published: 1983

Genre: Horror

Theme: Psychological

Serialization: None

Authors: Hino, Hideshi (Story & Art)

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MangaHino, Hideshi (Story & Art)

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Volumes: /1

Chapters: /7

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Panorama of Hell is a shocking, tortuous journey into the depths of one man's postnuclear Hell. Through the confessions of a fiendish Hell painter born in the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima, Hideshi Hino tells a nightmarish story, creating a manga masterpiece of black humor, stunning vision, and unflinching imagery.

(Source: Blast Books)

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Jigokuhen: Aru Jigoku Eshi no Kokuhaku was first published in English as Panorama of Hell by Blast Books on July 12, 1990, and again on January 29, 1993, and by Star Fruit Books in 2023.

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Hino, Hideshi

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Painter's Wife

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Krazy Boy

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Hino's Brother

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Hino, Mother

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Aug 24, 2025

bizarreparadox

Recommended

horrorcore ass manga… do the insane clown posse know about hideshi hino? i think they’d like him.
note: my review says ‘recommended’ and i gave it a rating BECAUSE myanimelist forces you to add one if you want to post a review (which is why i usually don’t do them) only recommend this to you if you’re That Kind of person, you know what i mean? also the number is functionally meaningless to me.
i don’t usually leave reviews but felt compelled to leave one here to say WOW he really just keeps going and going and going and going. every, and i mean, every single insanely ...

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Mar 3, 2021

WindCharger

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This comic is probably one of my favorites from Hino Hideshi, he keeps the creepy and shocking vibe throughout the whole thing which is why he's one of my favorite mangakas. The story is clear in the first chapter, an artist describes his hellish works that consist of grotesque imagery using his favorite color, the color of blood. Throughout the chapters, we see his point of view of gory things, along with his family who commit atrocious acts. The characters are really good when it comes to them telling the story from their perspective. The art is great, as seen in other Hideshi mangas it's ...

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Dec 3, 2016

Paraturtle

Mixed Feelings

This is one of those works that I'm having a lot of difficulties comprehending. I don't exactly know if I can respond to this work with my usual format. I'll give it a try, though.

Story:
There isn't so much a story as it is a conversation. It's a dialogue started by a painter who paints horrific images that are absolutely petrifying. I felt like this was a mix between Dante's Inferno and Eraserhead, where everything is symbolic and cruel. Does it make for a good story? Not necessarily, since there isn't a shred of hope, but there is a lesson, that lesson being that the world ... is cruel. I don't really agree with that, considering one person's life can suck and another's can be great, but even so, there are people with sucky lives who enjoy life nonetheless. So, just in that, I can't exactly connect with the mangaka's intentions.

However, one theme that is consistent is death and how indifferent it is. This I can sympathize with. Death is the great equalizer, the final occupation. The ending definitely reinforces the fact that regardless of what path is taken in life, death will arrive at your doorstep when you least expect it.

Art:
I really loved the classic, cartoony look of the art. It looked disgusting and horrid but it didn't look realistic. In that sense, this is where I feel the most 'Eraserhead' from the narrative. Everything was as if it were symbolic to the one telling the story, the painter. Everything he talked about was a painting he worked on, so every image was how he saw events as they unfolded. To this end, I found the artwork breathtaking.

Character:
There isn't much character but there's representations throughout. There isn't much else to discuss here. Again, it's all a conversation, a dialogue the reader is having with the painter. I suppose you learn a lot about the painter and it's all well and good but because of the format, we're introduced to other characters who are just disgusting human beings who have no purpose other than to make you feel disgusting.

The real focus here, as mentioned, is the painter. His character is quite strong, but some of the content is too archaic to be understood on the first read (at least for me). Does this make it bad? Not necessarily, but considering the whole work is likely a metaphor, there needs to be some grounding. If not in the setting, if not in the narrative, then at least the characters, right? Well, not so much.

Enjoyment:
I don't exactly enjoy watching people suffer. I don't think any sane individual would. However, the narrative starts out with black humor and then devolves into a dialogue of symbolism, so the suffering that takes place is... well, it's brutal, but it's bearable in the sense that there's a purpose. Is the purpose worthwhile in the end? I'm not so sure.

((If you liked this review, check out my other reviews by going to my profile and clicking the 'reviews' tab. I review virtually all anime and manga I find!))

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