Homunculus 13

ホムンクルス [Homunculus] #13

by Hideo Yamamoto, Monika Hammond (Translator)

Susumu è un senzatetto. Vive ai margini di un parco, residenza fissa di un gruppo di clochard, e sebbene spesso si unisca a loro, ne mantiene le distanze, dimostrando diffidenza verso chiunque. L’unica cosa a cui è legato è la sua automobile, una specie di ventre materno. Per guadagnare i soldi necessari a riscattare il veicolo, Susumu accetta di sottoporsi a un intervento chirurgico al cranio teso a destare i sensi sopiti dell’uomo. L’esperimento lo rende in grado di percepire grottesche visioni, che comprende essere la proiezione della psiche delle persone con cui spartisce qualcosa. Queste esperienze psicosomatiche risvegliano i fantasmi di un doloroso passato. Affrontarli è l’unica soluzione che ha per smettere di tormentarsi.

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

224 pages, Paperback

First published July 30, 2010

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

[Alo ★ · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

watefack loc0

[Dhia Nouioui · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mans life is a permanent acid trip at this point. I don't know what to say.

[Cristhian · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mi volumen menos favorito, el hecho de la aparición de Nanako como un hail mary/ deus ex machina ya era tonto. Darle tanta importancia y orillar a Nakoshi a alejarse de su mundo de autoexilio se me hace innecesario.

[Alitzel Altamirano · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lo sentí más flojo en comparación a los anteriores.

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 4 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]

Re.
Bosh.

Ito tha "Sheesh".
Ito tha "Sheesh".
Ito tha "Sheesh".

[Serban Noodle · Rating 4 out of 5]

2 more volumes, I don't want to finish this😭😭

[47Time · Rating 1 out of 5]

The story has become the definiton of stupid. It had a good run, but every interaction now is plain senseless. Susumu doesn't have a direction like before, Manabu doesn't have interesting revelations, the new chick in the cast is completely unnatural in both behavior and dialogue (and the way she runs is ridiculous). The well of ideas has run dry. Why don't they just end a series on a high note? No, they have to get paid, so they dilute their solid premise with crap filler.

Manabu heals Susumu, once again proving, if we needed more proof, that he is in fact the saner, more likeable character. Susumu, with his new aperture fully healed in 2 days (Manabu does wonders, apparently), follows the many-faced Nanami to the 47th floor of the hotel. Yes, I noticed the reference to 47, duh! I see what you tried to do there, creators. Sadly, it won't cut the mustard.

Nanami brings Susumu a ton of hamburgers. The originality is startling. Manabu again engages Susumu without anybody asking him to. Why he doesn't forget about the bum with holes in his head is beyond me. Nanami keeps coming back into the picture and even invites Susumu in her apartment for some nonsensical dialogue about clouds and lying and kissing. But nothing else, you sickos. She is a lady. Susumu then talks with Manabu who wants to look into Nanami's past for no discernable reason. Doesn't this guy have cross-dressing to do?

[Elysa · Rating 2 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. At the end of the last volume, Nakoshi had gone to very dangerous lengths to get back his sixth sense.

In Volume 13, Ito and Nakoshi investigate the woman with the face-changing homunculus. Nakoshi believes she could be his ex-girlfriend, the only one who saw him when he was "ugly." However, she looks and acts nothing like his ex.

[daph pink ♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Humanity is obsessed with celebrating deception and lies. It's all a deception about money, wealth, and so on. Empty. Nothing. We lie because the truth can be the most terrible thing in the world at times. We lie to protect ourselves emotionally. We lie to protect ourselves from the harsh realities of life. The reality about us. Isn't everything a lie? Where can you find the truth? What distinguishes me as a human being? What keeps me going every day. I won't know the answer since you are the only one who can. You hold the key to the solution. But who are you if not you? Where can you go if you don't have yourself? Never lose sight of who you are. Be the person you've always wanted to be.

A few words of wisdom by daph.... This manga is fucking with my mind.

[Met · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dopo l'arrivo di Nanako, solo montagne russe in questo volume. Con quella faccia vuota, quanto cavolo è inquietante?! Ho amato tantissimo l'associazione della chirurgia plastica alla "falsità" di Nanako.

[nu41 · Rating 4 out of 5]

menudo final más jebi. todo el arco de nanako es una puta paranoia y sinceramente ya no sé ni qué pensar. es todo una locura y están perlando jebi. sin más muy bien pero necesito más para poder hablar en condiciones.

[Samantha Pinazza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ci stiamo avvicinando alla verità. Non so se quella ragazza è chi credo che sia ma lo spero tanto: ho bisogno di sapere, di scavare nel passato del protagonista per darmi pace. La storia continua a essere elettrizzante.

[Sophia Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

he is trying... i think. he is really trying to look at himself but also figure how his past and who he really was. i do feel bad for this woman because is she the woman he is looking for or ... is he just fucking crazy. IDK. ITS WILD AND CONFUSING BUT GOOD

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one was alright.

[Nada]

😕

[Siraa · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's getting boring *Sight*

[Juli · Rating 3 out of 5]

É um capítulo okayzão

[Shin Donghae · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tidak terlalu menyukai volume ini hhe. Fakta penampilan Nanako sebagai deus ex machina malah terkesan konyol :p

[Shannon · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.75

[Asty Annisawati · Rating 5 out of 5]

aduh ini yang ketemu si cewek itu ya? seru banget ini final arc paling negangin dan bingung

[kotunia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nakoshi-san, it seems, I've been wanting to get to know you better after many chapters

[Baguette Bread · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dissapointing after the last one

[Esmeralda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me gustaría mucho más si dejaran de sexualizar a los homúnculos femeninos.

[IPSHITA♡︎ · Rating 2 out of 5]

That was just not it

[Princess Keziah · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story is finally making a wee bit sense. I can’t wait for the final revelation!

[Shizeh]

Nanako :3

[Felix Zilich · Rating 2 out of 5]

Правила игры снова поменялись, но теперь это начало конца. Центростремительного и все более камерного.

[Bouilloire · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ça y est ça sent la fin approchante. Enfin.

[Razor · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars