Reviews

This is what real anxiety looks like. 25-Year Old Izumi Sumi Doesn't Know Why She Lives is an excellent look into the realities of living with anxiety/depression and covers some existential crisis of wondering "why do I even exist?" The manga starts off gloomily introducing our protagonist and titular character Izumi Sumi, at first I was personally worried this would just be a cheap sob story, if you feel the same way, don't stop reading, it's actually much better.

The story is overall a very simple look into the life of living with anxieties. It deals with this well and includes harsh realities and reflections on many events and covers many sides of the topic.

The art style was great and fitting and memorable.

Characters is where Izumi Sumi really stands out, it's a deep analysis of the main character dealing with every day life, covering her backstory and other characters' backstories as well. It's something to be experienced and important we remember these feelings exist and to help people experiencing them as ignorance of these topics causes more anxieties in these people experiencing them.

Overall this was an outstanding manga in terms of enjoyment. It is extremely important to take the feelings shown in this manga to heart and to make the world the better for it. Definitely give this manga a try.