ヒミズ 2

ヒミズ / Himizu #2

by Minoru Furuya

クズな両親に捨てられて、底辺を生き延びる中学３年生・住田。ひたすら“普通に生きたい”と渇望するが、自分を嘲笑する「他人には見えないバケモノ」に悩まされる。それは、彼ひとりの問題のはずだった。しかし……。スリ常習犯の夜野は、親友・住田の借金600万円をサプライズ清算してあげるべく、とんでもない犯罪の片棒をかつぐことに!!　そして、住田までも……!!　ひたすら「普通の人生」に憧（あこが）れる――ちっぽけな願いがブレるとき。心の闇が、まわりの人間に“伝染”していく!!

Genres: Manga, Seinen

210 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 26, 2001

About the author

Minoru Furuya (古谷実; FURUYA Minoru, born March 28, 1972) is a Japanese manga artist from Saitama Prefecture.

His debut work was Ike! Inachū takkyū-bu, known in English as Ping-Pong Club, published in Young Magazine. It was adopted into a 26 episode anime in 1995. In 1996, he won the Kodansha Manga Award for Ping-Pong Club.

Two of his series have been adapted to the big screen, namely Himizu in 2011, and Himeanoru in 2016.

Reviews

[Aapeli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sion Sono's film adaptation of this 4 volume manga is obviously my favorite movie, so I had to pick its origins as my first manga. I'm really enjoying it in how different it is to the film. It's said that Sono drastically changed his script because of a flood that damaged much of Japan just before filming started and that comes to show mostly in the differences in characters and environments. The school friends of Sumida were changed to old homeless people, the boathouse into a very damaged one with a shack floating in a nearby lake. The differences are what make the film more depressing, yes, but they also change the message about loss of innosense in a very deep way. I think the robbery plotline in this second volume highlights that fact. Here it's done by a kid, who wants to help his friend survive and let me tell you, it's some powerful shit.

Highly recommend checking out this very simple, short manga. It's not nearly as visually extravagant as the beautifully shot film, but the plot is still truly amazing.

[Sharath Hiremath · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vol 1 was full of life and students life! This vol 2 broke my heart, as it took a 360 turn!!

Oh my!! What’s in the store in next 2 volumes!! Excited, yet feeling sad to continue this!! 😔

[evangelinegrace · Rating 4 out of 5]

This manga series is actually extremely depressing. Infamously one of the most depressing mangas I heard, the media wasn’t wrong.