Homunculus 11

ホムンクルス [Homunculus] #11

by Hideo Yamamoto

Susumu rivela il proprio passato! Dopo una vita di menzogne e apatia, Susumu decide di affrontare di petto la situazione e scavare nel proprio passato, alla ricerca della verità e della redenzione. Ma proprio quando sta per cominciare il proprio percorso salvifico, le visioni degli homunculus lo abbandonano. Ora che ha compreso il valore di quelle sorprendenti e rivelatrici emanazioni della psiche, Susumu non può e non vuole più farne a meno. Come reagirà quindi a questa perdita? Il medico Manabu potrà forse risolvere il problema con una nuova trapanazione? Un viaggio sorprendente negli inesplorati territori dell’anima!

Genres: Manga, Comics, Horror, Seinen, Comics Manga, Fiction, Graphic Novels

240 pages, Paperback

First published December 26, 2009

About the author

山本英夫 Yamamoto Hideo , is a Japanese manga artist best known for the manga series "Ichi the Killer" (which was adapted into a live-action film in 2001) and the series, Homunculus (manga).
Recurring themes in his manga are crime, sexual deviations, and psychology.

Reviews

[Keiko, the manga enthusiast ♒︎ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I put this one on-hold for like months! Anyway, the thrill's still there. I was on the edge of my seat!

This is a really good volume to tie all of the loose ends the previous volumes created, although it was easily predicted, but we still need it in print because this is the official confirmation of our never-ending theories and hunches. I was kinda emotional on the course of this volume! I mean, this was heavy and the shadow symbolism really slapped me good! Now, on to the wider field of labyrinth-like story.

I might said on the previous volume that that was the best one so far... but I'm changing my mind. This is it!! And the story's just getting better and better.

[Alice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Uneventful, more of a psychological voyage.

[Dhia Nouioui · Rating 4 out of 5]

That homeless man has wisdom for the masses. And I hate that Ita is non-stop gaslighting Nako into thinking everything is just his imagination, it's infuriating.

[Alitzel Altamirano · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dejó de ver homúnculos.

[Alo ★ · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

martillazo en el an0 pum pum pum

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty awesome manga, one of the best Psychological manga’s I’ve read! Great/interesting and exciting art and pretty great story😻👌😁

[LopaShoqjaIme · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kriz identiteti, ok.

[Mustakim · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5/5

[⋆୨୧⋆ anniesmu ⋆୨୧⋆ · Rating 5 out of 5]

sto leggendo homunculus con una cadenza imbarazzante ma, nonostante questo infimo particolare, credo ogni volume sia più sconcertante di quello precedente

[daph pink ♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Character development and breakdowns are among the best I've seen in any manga. Struggles, passions, joys, and despair were all perfectly depicted.

[Cristhian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nakoshi pierde la habilidad de ver Homunculus.

Esto conlleva a tomar medidas drásticas y desesperadas, ya que ya no puede vivir en el mundo normal "falso" que le llama.

[Shannon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Draaaaaagging.

[Met · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inizia l'arco finale: l'analisi definitiva di Susumu e la resa dei conti col suo passato. Anche questo volume è stupendo!

[47Time · Rating 1 out of 5]

Boy, this manga never fails to entertain, does it? We get life lessons, old shoe smells, more revelations than you could shake a stick at. It's a full roller coaster ride per second. And if you run out of ideas, but still need that page count to go up, then reuse an old idea. Sure, the readers love repetition. Or maybe, if you're lucky, the readers will even forget it's a thing they already saw in the same story. More holes in everybody's heads! Whoopee!

Seriously, now. This story had exactly zero reasons to be stretched up to this point. It's flat out boring and, dare I say it, leaning on stupid. Four more volumes?!?! How?

We begin with a homeless friend of Susumu's complaining to the guy that he keeps looking down on the ground. He advises the younger man to raise his gaze to really see the world around him. This part is fine. It's a good life lesson. Sure, it comes from a homeless person. That's like an alcoholic telling you drinking is bad for you. Do what I say, don't do as I do, I guess.

Then Susumu is drawn to old shoes. A street vendor watches in shock as Susumu plunges his nose into the worn shoes on display, jubilating about the smell. He runs back to his car where he has several more pairs he smells with glee. One of them has the last picture he kept of his former self. He then remembers that he has always craved the attention of others, but was ignored because of being ordinary-looking. 'Boo-hoo, women don't like me! I'ma gonna change my face. Then I'll get the poon-tang.' Which he did, but since this is that kind of story, he still wasn't happy because he didn't feel anything. Only one woman ever saw the real man inside him - or rather his homunculus.

Out of the blue, like several other events in this story, Susumu finds he can't see homunculi any more. In a fit of originality, the creators of the manga decide on the radically inspired solution that was totally not used more than once in the same story - drilling a hole in the guy's head. Boy, that sure was unexpected! But get this: he wants it bigger. Cause size matters, right? (Wink, wink)

[Elisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

《If you look down, then you won't be able to see ahead, behind, up, or to the side. It's still too early for you to be cutting off everything but yourself. [...] No one wants to see anything, and no one wants to be seen by anyone... they don't want anything to happen, don't want to feel anything.
Nothing.
If you cut off everything around you and look down at your feet like that, you won't even know where you are anymore and won't even be able to tell whether you still exist... then you'll suddenly get worried about whether or not you still exist and want to look at yourself for confirmation, but you won't be able to muster up the courage to look at your full self in the mirror... all you can do is walk, knowing that, at the very least, your feet are still connected with the ground...
It's too early for you to be looking down》

[Elysa · Rating 3 out of 5]

This manga series is about a homeless man, Nakoshi, who has trepanation surgery and can see homunculi. As the reader, we aren't sure yet if these are real representations of a person's inner heart and shown through the sixth sense, or if these are all an illusion. We are given hints that it is real but also are given doubts due to the deteriorating mental health of Nakoshi and his compulsive lying.

In Volume 11, we follow Nakoshi as he struggles to remember a past he buried deeply. He can't remember his former face and can't remember the face of the only woman who made him feel "seen." We end the volume with his sixth sense seemingly gone.

[Razor · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars
this volume was mostly talk and little to no action which I don't mind because the subject was interesting and amusing but then it started getting a little more to the repetitive side.

so the hole in Nakoshi's forehead is closed and he can't see homunculi anymore? that sucks but I doubt it'll last long. I can't bring myself to root for the protagonist because he's a very morally grey character or even somewhat dark grey. his actions aren't moral at all but it's nice to see a protagonist that isn't a hero for once.

[Stas Samar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked the idea and questions this volume brings up (what is human is always good stuff) but felt to straight-forward and into face as long as other volumes were pretending to be not what they were. This might also appear later about this one but separately, still it feels the most light from others with no huge shocking plot twists or changing the story upside down (until the cliffhanger). Kinda the volume for some nostalgy and calming down from the craziness of previous

[nu41 · Rating 4 out of 5]

me cago en dios que preciosidad. la estética del bosque 10/10 y una vez más están jodiendo con mi mente, necesito que esto acabe. lo veo mucho más como un cap de introspección de nakoshi y que jebi. sólo espero que al final la solución no sea sencillamente que esta enfermo de la cabeza. sé que no es una conclusión muy valida que sacar de este cap, pero me sigo planteando la trepanación…

[Shin Donghae · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yamamoto sensei mencoba memberikan sedikit konflik lewat Nakoshi kehilangan kemampuan untuk melihat Homunculus. Cukup menarik, mengingat ini mengarah pada tindakan Nakoshi yg drastis dan putus asa, karena dia tidak bisa lagi hidup di dunia normal "palsu" yang memanggilnya.

[Garima · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5
The repetitiveness gave me time to think, so I don't think I'll have to Google "Homunculus ending explained" anymore.

Or maybe I will, because there are still 5(?) volumes left. If the slowburn isn't worth it, I'll shed actual tears.

[Samantha Pinazza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Malinconico e avvincente, questo volume ci fa scendere un ulteriore gradino nell’inconscio di Susumu. Le risposte non sono ancora arrivate ma ci sono nuovi elementi su cui meditare. Non vedo l’ora di proseguire con questa perla horror.

[Sophia Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

oh this man is LOST. i also am starting to wonder like... is this dude seeing things or am i being gaslit by ito a well like... this story is so tripy i am starting to question MYSELF wild reading it. i hope we are able to find the only person who has made him feel like anything.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was also good.

[Siraa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ceritanya masih gak kemana2 😒

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Psicologico horror.

[Eikichi Oniibazuka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Altro volume introspettivo sul protagonista e il suo passato (come il 10), che fa crescere sempre più la voglia di leggere i volumi successivi.

[Alice Greco · Rating 5 out of 5]

Volume in cui si inizia a svelare il vissuto di Nakoshi. Meraviglia.

[Elisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

deep as fuck

[Claudia Medina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Súper uwu