Homunculus

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Japanese: ホムンクルス

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 15

Chapters: 166

Status: Finished

Published: Mar 17, 2003 to Feb 21, 2011

Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Supernatural

Theme: Psychological

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Big Comic Spirits

Authors: Yamamoto, Hideo (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.34¹ (scored by 31,804 users)

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Ranked: #233²

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Popularity: #119

Members: 89,371

Favorites: 4,821

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MangaBig Comic SpiritsYamamoto, Hideo (Story & Art)

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Susumu Nakoshi is a middle-aged man who spends his days between a lavish first-class hotel and a park full of homeless people. One day, an eccentric young man approaches Nakoshi in search of subjects willing to partake in trepanation—the procedure of drilling a hole in the skull.

This mysterious person claims that Nakoshi is the perfect man for the experiment. Initially rejecting the offer, he doubles back on his decision after his car gets towed off. Nakoshi agrees to let Manabu Ito, a 22-year-old medical student, drill a hole in his skull in exchange for 700,000 yen. The procedure bears no results at first, with Nakoshi showing no abnormalities. This normalcy comes to an abrupt end, however, when Nakoshi begins seeing the homunculus in every person. With his perception distorted, how will Nakoshi face these homunculi?

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Homunculus was published in Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics from April 2008 to April 2014.

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Nakoshi, Susumu

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Ito, Manabu

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Yukari

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Ita

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Ken

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Nanase, Nanako

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Apr 15, 2013

166 of 166 chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

Veronin (All reviews)

283 people found this review helpful

An individual knows that it is not status that defines who they are, but how they perceive the world around them.

Such is the case for Nakoshi Susumu: former-salaryman turned vagrant. Homeless he may be, but he does not think or act as one normally would. Living life in the comfort of his cheap car, he is ostracized by the homeless men that he interacts with.

An intimidating young man appears before him with an offer — 700,000 yen in return for an experiment involving trepanation, the drilling of a hole in one's skull. While initially reluctant (and for good reason, one might add!), Nakoshi eventually read more

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Oct 31, 2021

166 of 166 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

Jolly_is_here (All reviews)

34 people found this review helpful

Reading this manga sometimes makes me feel like i was drowning in the endless ocean of emotion and memory. A truth is sometimes being blocked by thousands waves of lies and only when u show all of ur true feelings , the ugly side of urself , u will may able to find it.

SPOILER ALERT!!!

Homunculus is not just some of ur ordinary tragedy slice of life story , it cuts deep on many problems about this modern society like sexual harassment , bad parenting ,gender inequality , disorders , the dark face of capitalism... The main character is the result of this society... he is what society decides for him and in the end , he has been thrown away by it... and being hallucinated by "Homunculus"... A tragic story...

I love how wonderful the author is on conveying the ideas and contents behind every single page of story , the disorders of every single person has been drawn with both somewhat cartoonist but also realistic , the regret they have , the pain they are suffering... all translated wonderful through not only words but also art . I have always been interested in Surrealism and this manga is perfect for me , the real alternate with the surreal... the fake in front of the real , the ugly absorb the beauty , the lie destroys the the truth ,...

Everyone in the story all have their own voice and none of them are wasted , that is also a big point why i really like about the story . I really don't like nowadays manga at all , they are industrialized , they are just milking , they are not creative , they are just a big lie... and their authors are also lying while writing those cheap story for their manga , so i mostly read 2000s manga and before that , rarely read 2010s but when i do find 1 , they are surely unique or great.

U know why many people nowadays are feeling depressed and empty? This manga has explained some of the reasons why through its surreal voice... many people are like sand , they always change their shape to fit in different environments , and when u do that for so long... u start to lose ur own self and become "faceless"... that is what the society nowadays do to u , all lie , and the manga has criticized that fact throughout this whole manga , all above the problems is the finding ur real self....

Reading to this , u will probably guess my enjoyment , yea , my enjoyment is always 100% hooked throughout this whole manga... I have been learning about human and philosophy for 2 years now and i'm still shocked about the things author has described in his manga , i learn more things from this manga , about emotion , disorders and how someone can turn into a criminal... This manga is like a trailer for someone who wants to learn philosophy and human's mind .

Anyway , what do i think? I think this manga is amazing , it's not long , which is amazing , It's characters are almost flawless on their act... almost perfect to their blink... , It's art is surreal alternative with real , it's sometimes make u dream while reading it ( probably only me) . Another great manga i have found.

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Mar 6, 2017

166 of 166 chapters read

Overall Rating: 6

The-Third-Kira (All reviews)

95 people found this review helpful

I wouldn't call this work "pretentious" because I don't think Hideo Yamamoto is a good enough writer to be called pretentious. I would, however, call it a rambling, messy attempt at philosophising.

The art in Homunculus is fantastic, and the story is intriguing, but the manga loses itself when Yamamoto slows everything to a grinding halt to have two characters repeat lines of nonsensical dialogue to each other in an attempt at driving home some "deep" message. "We get it. We got the message 10 chapters ago. There's no need to repeat yourself." I found myself saying that (in my head) nearly every chapter.

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Jun 23, 2021

166 of 166 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

tanmoy_2003 (All reviews)

35 people found this review helpful

This manga is not for everyone, but even so I hope anyone reading this review decides to read this manga. An absolutely phenomenal piece of fiction with some of the most thought-provoking conclusions in manga ever.
I'll start off with the best part of Homunculus, the main character.

Nakoshi, what a character. He is lost. He has no notion of who he is. At the outset, Nakoshi regards his left eye to be a mere illusion, as pointed out by his acquaintance Ita. Take note the left eye is his unconscious, his right eye being his initial "truth", his initial reality. However, Nakoshi comes to realize read more

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