Himizu

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Japanese: ヒミズ

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 4

Chapters: 43

Status: Finished

Published: Jan 29, 2001 to Mar 11, 2002

Genre: Drama

Theme: Psychological

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Young Magazine (Weekly)

Authors: Furuya, Minoru (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.40¹ (scored by 5,039 users)

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Ranked: #3996²

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Popularity: #1281

Members: 17,272

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7.40

Ranked #3996Popularity #1281Members 17,272

MangaYoung Magazine (Weekly)Furuya, Minoru (Story & Art)

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Every day in Japan, 2500 people die due to any number of causes. Do you think you'll be one of the ones to die? No, of course not. Do you think you'll win the lottery? You'd like to think so, we all would. But Sumida is different. He wants the status quo to remain in every way; live a normal life, get a normal job, have normal kids, never to be anyone fortunate or unfortunate, content in normalcy. Anyone who doesn't agree is foolish, doomed to live their life scraping up a mountain that they can never conquer, fated to die in despair wishing things had been better.

When his mother kicks his father out of the house and onto the streets, he thinks he'll be fine. When his mother leaves him to live with her boyfriend, he makes the best of it. When he realizes that he's no longer average, he strives to make his life worthwhile the only way he knows how. When the demons in the back of his mind speak to him, he tries his best to ignore them.

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Himizu was adapted into a live-action film directed by Sion Sono which was screened in 2012.

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Sumida, Yuuichi

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Akada, Kenichi

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Chazawa, Keiko

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Shozo, Yoruno

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Nov 19, 2025

Truly_Tariq

Recommended

Damn. If you want to feel pain, read this manga.
I just finished the final chapter and I genuinely feel broken in a way I didn’t expect. Himizu hits with a kind of emotional weight that creeps up on you. It’s not dramatic for the sake of being dramatic, it’s this slow, sinking feeling that gets under your skin.

The atmosphere is something so unique you don’t get in your average manga. It feels like being outside at night, where everything is quiet except the soft buzz of a mosquito trap and the distant sound of crickets. That lonely, empty, slightly surreal mood, Himizu just lives in ...

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Dec 28, 2022

Tcw3002

Mixed Feelings

I don't really know how to feel about this manga.

It's really a low mental state messed up manga, feels like the mc has Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder with the creatures he sees.
Which may not be the only "mental illness/disorder" he has.

Its both a mind numbing (Not in a boring way, moreso a dissociative way) read and also thought provoking at points.

Kinda makes you question the headspace the mangaka was in during the writing of this.
I'd recommend as I enjoyed but also maybe I'm just in a weird state at this moment afyer reading it.

Definitely not for everyone, but if you enjoy works like Homonculus and ...

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Mar 16, 2025

NicholasMCF

Not Recommended

If Oyasumi Punpun was a bad manga, it would be Himizu.

If you read Punpun, I don't have to elaborate much more, however MAL doesn't allow me to post a 1 sentence review. In fact, I didn't know that until writing this. So, I will summarize even more:

Story - Not interesting for the most part, it has glimpses of something good, but that's it. Since Himizu is a short manga, it is actually surprising how there is so many discarded characters and plots. I have the impression that 25% or something of the chapters are irrelevant when you reach the end.

Characters - Sumida is as edgy ...

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