ヒミズ 4

ヒミズ / Himizu #4

by Minoru Furuya, 古谷実

Sumida est au bord du gouffre. Désemparé, il ne comprend plus comment fonctionnent le monde et la société. La rédemption lui est-elle seulement encore accessible ? Ne trouvant plus comment remonter la pente, il s’éloigne de plus en plus de ses proches… Soucieuse, Chazawa part à sa rencontre, mais n’est-il pas trop tard pour lui venir en aide ?

Genres: Manga, Seinen

194 pages, Paperback

First published July 3, 2002

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

[Vaikhari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Man, this was hella depressing, borderline nihilistic to be honest. The reality that someone can be surrounded by all the right people, try to really change for the better but that still won't be enough is quite perturbing. Sometimes the demons win, sometimes the pain from the past has an unruly grip that never loosens no matter how much time has passed.

[Aapeli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very different and interesting ending. Kind of loved it but at the same time, it's not even close to what Sono did.

[Bismah · Rating 5 out of 5]

A story about a boy who wanted to be normal, but ended up anything but that. I wish the story was fleshed out a bit more especially the ending, but nonetheless, I still felt it was a very compelling story about a boy struggling and ultimately losing against the hands of fate.

[Zach · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was such a bummer. loved it though. very depressing and just felt very hopeless most of the time for me. sumida just wanted to be a normal, good person. the ending surprised me but i think we all know what was going to happen. very short and easy to get through series if you enjoy seinen

[Becky]

「...什麼十年後就會笑著說...」
「我連三天後要幹什麼都不知道。」
「我也想靜靜地等待黎明...也想好好地過日子啊...」
「...但是卻變成這樣了。」

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the best mangas I've ever read. Minoru Furuya is a genius when it comes to depict the hardships of ordinary people and the sad lives of unusual creatures and minorities.

[fonz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Parece un remake sórdido de "El hombre sin talento" pasado por el filtro de Inio Asano y sus historias de jóvenes lánguidos buscando su camino en la vida, aliñado con unas gotas de tebeo de terror psicológico.

Me ha resultado un manga interesante pero bastante extraño que confieso no he entendido en absoluto, supongo que por que la brecha cultural es demasiado amplia en este caso. Parece que hay un subtexto sobre el compromiso o integración del individuo con la sociedad, y las consecuencias funestas que se producen cuando este vínculo no se establece, o se rompe ya sea por fallo de una parte, de la otra, o de ambas, aderezado con el conflicto entre fatalismo, determinismo y puro azar en el devenir de la vida y, sobre todo, la muerte.

La narración comienza como una sórdida historia coral de chavales de instituto, donde las inverosímiles acciones de los secundarios (p.ej: un tipo pilla a un quinceañero desconocido que pasa por ahí, le ofrece tirarse a su novia y luego se van juntos a atracar al encargado de un pachinko, sale mal, claro) apenas influyen en el conflicto del personaje central. Más aún, en el tercer tomo estos secundarios del principio prácticamente desaparecen y la narración se centra en el conflicto del protagonista, un adolescente apático y depresivo al borde del suicidio, producto de una familia desestructurada, bordeando la esquizofrenia, incapaz de distinguir la fantasía de la realidad y con unas curiosas ideas de bombero (sin ningún objetivo en la vida se dedica a pasear por ahí en sus ratos libres con un cuchillo en una bolsa buscando malas personas para matarlos "y hacer algo bueno por el mundo"). Ni siquiera el amor desinteresado de su compañera de instituto y la promesa de una "vida normal" conseguirán sacarlo del pozo de la depresión, la apatía, quizá también la cobardía y el egoísmo, y al final el fatalismo impone su implacable ley.

[Evangeline · Rating 4 out of 5]

An astronomically beautiful yet depressing manga and film, yet that might be why it expresses such beauty? What the Himizu manga and film does incredibly well, is it exemplifies what clinical depression looks like in such a brutal and realistic way. Moreover, this manga successfully portrays an brutal and gory representation of depression which contrasts against the majority of other forms of media that romanticises depression.

[Alessia Mumu]

Alla fine ho pianto.

Finito in due giorni, iniziato ieri sera e finito stamattina.

Inizialmente volevo vedere il film ma poi ho deciso di leggere prima il manga.

Mi chiedo se l’autore di Shingeki no kyojin si sia ispirato a questo manga per quanto riguarda il design (?) dei giganti.

Definirei quest’opera un horror psicologico.
Potente.
Terrificante.