Homunculus 8

ホムンクルス [Homunculus] #8

by Hideo Yamamoto

Susumu mette alla prova Manabu, sfidandolo ad abbandonare completamente lo studio degli homunculus, e al tempo stesso lo coinvolge descrivendogli la visione psicofisica che lo riguarda. Manabu, vince un po’ alla volta i propri timori, e si lascia guidare da Susumu alla scoperta di sé. Il solo fatto che Susumu veda un homunculus in Manabu, significa che qualcosa lega i due uomini, ma la verità è tutt’altro che semplice da afferrare. Che cosa coglierà l’occhio dell’anima? Quale patimento unisce due personalità all’apparenza così distanti?

Genres: Manga, Comics, Horror, Seinen, Comics Manga, Fiction, Drama

224 pages

First published June 29, 2007

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]

Nakoshi is embracing the world of illusions by asking pierced guy to sew his enhanced eye shut. Also, so what does pierced guy's homunculus mean in the simplest words? Is he gay or what? Because I'm really convinced now. I've been figuring him out for how many volumes now and all my theories were rejected. One hell of a guy, as slimy as his fish—so hard to catch. Just keeps on slipping through my fingers.

[Dhia Nouioui · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just found out that Guppy is not only a fish type but also means a rich gay person lol okay I mean as long as the say "no homo"

[daph pink ♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Within the confines of the narrative, there is very little time for readers to digest and think about the issue before the author tries to introduce new imagery/symbolism or revoke existing thoughts/misconceptions in order to form'more accurate' ones.

[Met · Rating 5 out of 5]

Non può fermarsi sul più bello, cacchio!!! Non so come commentare senza fare spoiler, fatto sta che l’indagine su Manabu mi ha inchiodato, devo sapere altro!

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

So this volume barely brought the story half an hour ahead from where the last left us off. And with very little more to come of it. Just an increase in my usual confusion thanks to a really long discussion that might not even have been real but just a mere illusion.
So thanks for nothing Mr Yamamoto.

[Yza · Rating 4 out of 5]

Idk what is happening 😭

[kaatyane · Rating 3 out of 5]

véi…

A cada volume, na minha perspectiva, a situação se torna cada vez mais e mais confusa.

Quando penso que a razão de tudo vai ser revelada, aparece outra situação que complica ainda mais o meu entendimento.

Nem adianta criar expectativas de ser surpreendida no próximo volume, porque a tendência é que a situação piore! 😒

[Shannon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dude only wants to see out of his left eye so has his right eye sewn shut ... You know eyepatches exist, right?

1.5

[Alo ★ · Rating 3 out of 5]

no ps ta kbron

hasta yo me lo besaría después d casi tener un ataque jjjajsj m dio miedo a mi tmb la intensidad con la k se acercaba

[R. · Rating 3 out of 5]

"این حقیقت که تو میخواستی درباره انسان ها بیشتر بدونی به این معنی بود که میخواستی خودتو بیشتر بشناسی."

[Luis Angel Razo · Rating 5 out of 5]

cóseme

[Michael Sorbello · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like that the protagonist sealed his normal eye permanently shut so that all he could see are the psychological illusions, but the plot has gotten a bit too convoluted.

[Sakib · Rating 4 out of 5]

The mystery between Mr. Nakoshi and Itoh has started to unravel by being more complicated ...

I don't really understand why Mr. Nakoshi has decided to dive into the disfigured realm almost permanently, shutting out the normal way of seeing and judging things; he always wanted to get back to the way things were before...

Itoh and Nakoshi both agreed to try to undo the operation, but what happened then?

A glimpse of another unfathomable? The temptation of being in close quarters with the supernatural? Or is it, that among all these illusions and disfigurements you see bits of yourself spread and assigned among them like particles?

When does a man get so desperate to know himself? Mr. Nakoshi was never "normal", and so here we are...

And are things really illusions?

With the only thing that worked as a divider now closed shut, it's now more like a one-way ride now, and that's what he chose...

[Razor · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars
okayyy this is really tripping me out. I'm not sure how I feel about him stitching his right eye because prior to that, everytime he would close his right eye, I would just scream internally for him to close it. I get that it's just in his nature to be curious but he really overdid it.

now that the right eye is sealed forever, I doubt we'll ever get to see somebody normal again. I don't get the fish in the tank thing and the volume ended directly in the middle so I hope the next explains things better.

[El retrato de Ari Sama · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finalmente, lo que estaba esperando desde que el protagonista descubrir "su poder": conocer el supuesto trauma de Ito.
A comparación de un inicio, los dibujos han mejorado enormemente y, aunque no haya escenas "turbias", mantienen ese encanto terrorífico.
Bueno, admito que las 5 estrellas es por ese descubrimiento que me veía venir y al mismo tiempo no... y lo vale, la verdad.

[47Time · Rating 2 out of 5]

On top of wanting the hole in his head filled in, Susumu also asks his right eye to be sown shut. Then the two have a debate that is made impossible to follow by all the chaotic dialogue and reference to homunculi and links between them and the Yakuza boss and Yukari. Susumu has Manabu on the ropes, but I can't for the life of me figure out why.

[Elysa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This manga series is about a homeless man who underwent a surgical procedure called trepanation to activate his sixth sense. So far, the manga has been becoming increasingly complicated and repulsive.

[Shin Donghae · Rating 4 out of 5]

Meski terkesan datar, namun saya masih tetap tertarik mengikuti Susumu Nakoshi. Kali ini Manabu yg jadi "pasien" Nakoshi :))
Well, agak bingung juga bagaimana berkomentar tanpa membuat spoiler, faktanya investigasi Manabu telah membuat terpaku, cukup memukau utk membuat membaca lanjutannya.

[Alma · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,5⭐
El tomo en si me ha gustado, pero a veces se vuelve tan surrealista que tengo que releer la página dos veces para comprender todo.
Aún así me sigue gustando mucho la historia.
Veremos a ver el tomo siguiente!

[Lump · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok so he sewed his eye shut so that he only sees people as their homunculi….I kinda get that he’s trying to get the flashy guy to admit that he tries to make himself fit the mold of his father while hiding his true self and sexuality, but it’s just getting rly confusing

[nu41 · Rating 4 out of 5]

va durísimo. no sé dónde va a parar el debate entre nakoshi e ito pero es una puta fumada mental del copón. no sé muy bien hasta que punto lo stoy siguiendo bien pero creo que capto la mayoría de cosas importantes. por lo que veo muchos traumas sexuales y familiares jeje, como freud.

[Samantha Pinazza · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sconvolgente come sempre ma un po’ meno coinvolgente dei precedenti: si gira tanto attorno a una rivelazione che ancora non abbiamo ottenuto ma che vogliamo assolutamente avere! E quindi si passa al prossimo volume.

[Sophia Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

i dont know where the story is going but i am getting scared. or have been?? beanie guy is a fucking freakbob but seeing him trying to unravel all of these people's fears and trying to make them "them" again is very interesting and seeing him try and solve the piercing dude's problems???

[Elle · Rating 4 out of 5]

what is going on. extra star for the medical gore lol

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Crazy and I like it.

[Tayyaba (Tubz) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yeh this isn't for everyone. Super disturbing

[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😻👌😁

[Siraa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Whats going on here?

[Queer Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cada vez más enamorada de la profundidad de los personajes y su filosofía

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thriller horror.