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》191 Chapters.

》Ongoing.

》Author: Hanazawa Kengo.

》Genres: Drama Horror Mature Psychological Tragedy Seinen.

》Mature content.

》I was pretty bored on day and decided to look up if there was any decent zombie manga series. Kinda rare I actively look for a horror series but meh. Anyway this was one of the series to come up on a list, and the dude gave it some good words. Lets just say its been interesting.

Also want to readvise the warning, the manga contains a lot of violence, sexual references etc, nudity, and some images that some will probably find disturbing.

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》Synposis: Hideo Suzuki is an assistant for a eroge manga series despite still trying to create his own his series to break back into the industry. At least he has his supportive girlfriend.

Poor Hideo though, he suffers from delusions that become scarier at night. Then again, reality soon dons something more terrifying then any of his delusions.

Time to be a hero Hideo.

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》Now, I can't remember where but I had read that it takes a bit for this manga to kick it, and if you've tried it and thought it was kinda lame at least try up to chapter 15.

We have a slow start, just observing Hideo's daily life, whether its his work or seeing his girlfriend, so I understand how after a while people can get put off the series when it feels like it'll nothing but a weak slice of life. It's worth it if your preserver however. The slowness just shows how blissfully unaware Hideo and others were about what was really happening.

Then ironically the manga really comes alive.

As soon as shit hits the fan, the story gripped me and I wouldn't loosen for a little while. You will need to get used to however, the fact that it'll never let the series hit a standstill, someone will reluctantly (well actually that's 50/50) die before that happens.

Saying that, the series isn't just a string of action, of course something emotional needs to come stir some drama or provoke some questions in the reader. Which for me at least adds something to the series. I enjoy seeing the different types of emotions that come across in the series because a situation where zombies are attacking bring our either the best or worst in most people.

In reality maybe I should have guessed but the manga manages to get really bloody weird. If we bear in mind that most the zombies end up being pretty disgusting/deformed as well it pretty much adds to the 'what the fuck am I reading?' I know I've read worst but meh.

Babies have never been so creepy.

The focus likes to switch from time to time away from our main group to look at how other people or countries are fairing in this world wide epidemic. I have no doubt though the NEET group will end up playing a major part in the series though, so their group is one you want to keep an eye on, along with another possible hint.

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》Our main man himself is pretty interesting alone. It becomes a running gag in the series to see Hideo constantly bring up gun laws whenever someone wants to handle his gun, despite the constant threat of zombies. His existence can be an utter cringe-fest at times, and just because you're used to it in other series, don't expect Hideo to develop an ultra cool personality. Though he does at least develop a backbone in the series.

I'm still unsure on how much I like Hideo as a character, I find it fitting that like the characters he designs he doesn't exactly fit a stand out protagonist role but his social awkwardness can just be off putting at times. But then I feel like if he became completely badass it would just ruin him so I'm conflicted.

Hideo's best quality is probably the fact he can reload a shot gun fast. Otherwise it's a poorer choice of weapon.

Other characters are from all forms of life, some more mentally unstable from the next. I feel only a handful to me are realistic because, granted the situation, some are either not functioning correctly or a classic selfish extreme. But that also may be me not feeling like I can or particularly want to relate to the characters.

The zombies.. Well I guess they develop alongside the story but anything more could be considered a spoiler so :I

There's always one person who wants to understand the zombies. Always.

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》I'm almost in a love hate relationship with the artwork. Well hate is a bit strong and it's just a personal gripe. I'm just not a fan of the faces at times, you can throw words at me like realism etc but just for me there's something off putting about them in genral, obviously you can make your own mind up. Thinking about it though it can be a proper contrast compared to le zombos.

Where the art really shines though is on those double page spreads which crop up a lot. I mean look at all the detail, you can clearly see the hard work that went into it. Oddly making a shitty world look beautiful at times.

And not to mention all the zombies have a good level of detail to them, probably more so than our mains at times. Not going to lie for some reason the style does remind me of PunPun :I

I said about my gripe but the artwork does get better throughout the chapters.

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Patch for gta san andreas. 》I managed to read it pretty quickly once I picked it up, only really a couple of days but to be honest it hasnt really stuck in my mind since. Granted I could easily give a thought/opinion on the series if prompted but yeah.

Zombie series to be honest can only try out so many things to be original anyway, and maybe if you're not so used to zombies yet you should pick this up.

Talking of Heores I'm just going to ignore manga and keep on at Dragon Quest Heores.

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I Am a Hero
アイアムアヒーロー
(Ai Amu a Hīrō)
GenreAdventure,[1]horror,[2]psychological thriller[3]
Manga
Written byKengo Hanazawa
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
DemographicSeinen
MagazineBig Comic Spirits
Original run2009 – 2017
Volumes22
Live-action film
Directed byShinsuke Sato
Music byNima Fakhrara
StudioToho
Licensed by
Released13 October 2015
April 23, 2016
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I Am a Hero (Japanese: アイアムアヒーローHepburn: Ai Amu A Hīrō) is a Japanese zombiemanga by Kengo Hanazawa.

A live actionfilm adaptation directed by Shinsuke Sato and starring Yo Oizumi, Kasumi Arimura and Masami Nagasawa, premiered at the Sitges Film Festival on October 13, 2015, was released commercially on April 23, 2016.[4]

There are three spinoff manga written by the same author and set in the same universe called, I Am a Hero in Osaka (Japanese: アイアムアヒーロー in OsakaHepburn: Ai Amu A Hīrō in Osaka), I Am a Hero in Ibaraki (Japanese: アイアムアヒーロー in IbarakiHepburn: Ai Amu A Hīrō in Ibaraki) and I Am a Hero in Nagasaki (Japanese: アイアムアヒーロー in NagasakiHepburn: Ai Amu A Hīrō in Nagasaki).[5][6][7]

  • 1Plot
  • 3Manga

Plot[edit]

Stage of the beginning of the story,
Miharadai Nerima-ku, Tokyo

I am a Hero[edit]

The story begins with Hideo Suzuki, a 35-year-old manga artist assistant, whose life seems to be stuck around his exhausting but low-paying job, unfulfilled dreams, strange hallucinations and unsatisfying relationships. He sees himself as a supporting character in his own life, and has low self-esteem, resulting in frustration.

One day, the world as Hideo knows it is shattered by the presence of a disease (nicknamed ZQN) that turns people into homicidal maniacs who resemble and behave like zombies, and whose first instinct is to attack and devour the nearest human. Armed with only his sporting shotgun, he runs for his life, meeting strangers along the way. For a while, he and his companions struggle to stay alive, while questioning their moral choices. In the end, only three of them remain and drive all the way to the top of Mt. Fuji to be saved.

I am a Hero in Osaka[edit]

I am a Hero in Osaka is set at the beginning of the ZQN outbreak in Osaka. This manga is centered around a part-time manager named Tatsuo with a love for motorcycles and his gasoline-fueled journey to rescue his girlfriend Kozue, stranded on an airplane at Kansai International Airport, as well as Kozue's fight for survival in an increasingly hostile environment. Against sinking odds, the couple do their utmost to reunite with the other.

I am a Hero in Ibaraki[edit]

I am a Hero in Ibaraki is set at the beginning of the ZQN outbreak in Ibaraki. The focus of this story is about an isolated high-school student and his dog struggling to survive, not only against the ZQN, but also that of his infected family and childhood friends.

I am a Hero in Nagasaki[edit]

I am a Hero in Nagasaki is set at the beginning of the ZQN outbreak in Nagasaki. The manga consists of the story of Yamada, a high-school dropout turned photographer who suffers from vivid hallucinations brought upon by a form of Anthropophobia and Nirei Aya, a Kyūdō national champion and Yamada's former classmate. The story documents their journey to Hashima Island, a perceived place of safety. However, their journey will not only be threatened by simply the ZQN, but also from their fellow humans.

Characters[edit]

  • Hideo Suzuki: A down-on-his-luck manga artist struggling to publish his own work while maintaining both a day job as another artist's assistant and a strained relationship with his girlfriend. Hideo is slightly paranoid and mentally disturbed, often having conversations with an imaginary figure named Yajima, hallucinating the presence of faces around him, and fantasizing about how conversations with his co-workers and girlfriend should proceed. Though he was bitten on the hand by his girlfriend, the bite did not break the skin and draw blood, narrowly avoiding infection. He seems to have gained the mysterious ability to manipulate the movements of the infected like a puppeteer. After Hiromi leaves, Hideo travels into the city and gets involved in a four-way standoff between himself, the Kurusu Cult, a group of survivors, and the giant creature that Hiromi joined with.
  • Hayakari Hiromi: A teenage girl who is empathetic towards the undead, shown to apparently be able to kill them by giving them closure with their life. Later, she is infected but still retains most of her personality. Post infection, she loses all the superficial symptoms of the infected (protruding black veins, bloodshot eyes). She eventually has sex with Hideo before allowing the infection to take her and joins the infected hivemind, allowing herself to be consumed by a massive building sized creature, whereupon her more base desires take control and she aids the creature in its attempt to murder Hideo, since he refuses to willingly join the infected. At the last second before devouring him, however, Hiromi's original self fights its way back to the surface and she convinces the creature to let Hideo live, under the pretense of allowing him to suffer more.
  • Yabu Oda: A former nurse who was reduced to the role of a sex slave for the group staying at the Gotemba Premium Outlets. She escapes with Hideo and Hiromi, and she understands the significance of Hiromi's condition in potentially understanding and curing the disease. She and Hideo have sex, whereupon she discovers that she is pregnant with the child of one of the men from the outlet. She was subsequently infected by an infant and forced Hiromi to kill her and the child by crushing them in a nearby garbage truck. However, it is revealed after Hiromi joins the infected that she was subconsciously glad that she was allowed to kill Oda, since she was jealous over her and Hideo having sex.
  • Kurusu: The main human antagonist. A young adult who gained superhuman strength, regeneration, and speed following his infection by his mother, whom he beat to death in an online video to display his powers and how to kill the infected. He rallies disenfranchised youths via a message board to 'create a new world'. He was assumed to have been killed in a three-way fight with a fellow immune person known as the 'Naked Emperor' and a member of his cult named Takeshi, who had gained powers similar to his own. He later appears to Hideo after Hideo is partially swallowed by a zombie. He reappears with his cult in Tokyo trying to overthrow a surviving group, having survived his fight with Takeshi and the Naked Emperor. Before he gained his powers, Kurusu had spent most of his life in a comatose state, unable to communicate yet fully aware of the world around him.
  • Kurusu's cult: Disenfranchised youths who communicate on message boards and worship Kurusu. They mostly stay at home until are recruited by Kurusu himself and survived the outbreak by virtue of being shut-ins.
  • Other than the major characters, two characters have been used to display the ZQN epidemic in other parts of the world as they and the people around them fall to the infection. Kazu, Hideo's colleague, experiences the outbreak in Taipei and is infected together with his girlfriend. Jan, a Belgian, went back to Brussels to find his son, where he suddenly lost his memory inexplicably. After travelling around, seeing several zombies and a mutated one, he ends up in the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, and his fate is left unknown when the church is presumably destroyed by airstrikes as he begins to show signs of infection. Another sidestory follows an immune little girl in Italy who is trapped in a belltower with a group of zombies, only to be rescued by another immune man, who eats the flesh of the infected, and who takes it upon himself to protect and raise the little girl.

Manga[edit]

The manga is serialized in the Japanese manga magazine Big Comic Spirits published by Shogakukan starting in 2009. Shogakukan has compiled the chapters into 21 volumes so far starting from August 28, 2009.[8] It is also published in Italy by GP Manga,[9] in France by Kana,[10] in Spain by Norma Editorial,[11] in Mexico by Panini Manga,[12] in Germany by Carlsen Manga,[13] and in Indonesia by Level Comics.[14]Dark Horse Comics acquired the U.S. rights, with plans for a 2-in-1 omnibus release starting in 2016.[15]

Junji Ito wrote a one-shot spinoff of the series titled 'She Is A Slow Walker' for Big Comic Spirits in February 2016.[16]

Volume list[edit]

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBNEnglish release dateEnglish ISBN
01 August 28, 2009[8]ISBN978-4091825803April 13, 2016[17]ISBN978-1-61655-920-5
One day, after returning from work late in the evening, Hideo witnesses a car crash into a nearby pedestrian, killing the victim instantly. However, despite severe injuries, the victim stands up and walks away. Hideo questions whether this is another one of his hallucinations, but strange events begin happening around him which he blames on his stress and over-time work. The next morning Hideo goes to his girlfriend Tetsuko's apartment (after having a falling out earlier) to apologize. When peering through the mail slot, he finds that she has transformed into a monstrous, zombie-like creature, and she lunges at him.
02 December 26, 2009[18]ISBN978-4091827791April 13, 2016[17]ISBN978-1-61655-920-5
After a brief struggle with Tetsuko in which he is bitten on the hand (which didn't break the skin), Hideo manages to watch news about an outbreak where people start to bite each other. After some contemplation, Hideo performs a mercy killing on the zombified Tetsuko, then sets out to his manga studio. Along the way, he witnesses many scenes of zombies attacking people. As he reaches the studio, Hideo sees Mitani clubbing one of their colleagues to death and they work together to kill another zombie colleague. Upon learning that there are more zombies in their district, and that their numbers are rapidly increasing, Hideo follows Mitani out of Shakuji towards Nerima Train Station to escape Tokyo and head for Hanno. Mitani is overwhelmed by zombies and then decapitated by the landing gear of a crashing airplane. Narrowly escaping zombies, Hideo manages to board a train before it leaves.
03 May 28, 2010[19]ISBN978-4091831576October 12, 2016[20]ISBN978-1-50670-019-9
A zombie infects a passenger, and soon almost all the passengers in the car are infected. After the train screeches to a halt, Hideo hails a taxicab and shares it with a couple and an African American foreigner, who are all infected. The foreigner is dropped off at Yokota Air Base and is shot by a guard. The signs of infection begin to manifest in the couple and the cab driver (who was infected by his grandson). Hideo kicks the couple out and the cab driver succumbs to the infection and attacks him, but Hideo is protected by the plastic taxicab partition. The taxi collides head-on with a vehicle driven by another zombie. Running off the highway, Hideo comes across an abandoned amusement park near Mt. Fuji and passes out in the underground entrance. After waking up, Hideo decides to traverse the nearby woods. He begins to lose his courage after his cellphone he is using for light loses charge, and experiences various hallucinations before falling asleep. The next day, he wakes up unharmed, and discovers that he is in the Sea of Trees near Mount Fuji. While urinating, he finds another survivor: a student named Hiromi Hayakiri.
04 August 30, 2010[21]ISBN978-4091833778October 12, 2016[20]ISBN978-1-50670-019-9
Hiromi is in the Sea of Trees during a field trip. After she lost at rock-paper-scissors with her friends, they send Hiromi into the woods as a test of courage. While wandering around, she saw Hideo, whom she thought was a suicidal person, and comforted him (although he didn't know it at the time). Hiromi decides to travel with Hideo. Along the way, they witness peculiar events one after another, such as an apparent awareness in the infected (Hiromi's friends killing one another due to a vendetta) and the public's lack of awareness.
05 December 25, 2010[22]ISBN978-4091835345April 05, 2017[23]ISBN978-1-50670-145-5
They soon find out a crowd of people who heard of a rumor that the thinner air of the mountain will repel the infected. They also meet Araki, a middle-aged man who informs them about Kurusu. Kurusu is a man who claimed he couldn't kill his mother no matter how many times he brutally beat her. In desperation, netizens begin to form a cult centering around Kurusu, declaring him as the leader of the new age that will emerge from the disaster. Hideo tries to research further, but is soon discouraged by false rumors.
06 May 30, 2011[24]ISBN978-4091838278April 05, 2017[23]ISBN978-1-50670-145-5
Hiromi soon falls prey to a bite from an infected baby, but she only becomes partially infected and is able to retain aspects of her humanity. Hideo is able to communicate with her, forging a bond between the two. Though skeptical at first, Araki decides to allow Hiromi to travel together with Hideo and him. They continue further until they come across a small community camping atop a mall, the Gotemba Premium Outlets. The leader, a young adult called Sango, invites the group to stay with them.
07 September 30, 2011[25]ISBN978-4091840509August 16, 2017[26]ISBN978-1-50670-349-7
Sango is the apparent leader of the group, though he is actually controlled by Iura. When the group begins to run low on food, Sango and Iura begin to formulate a plan to seize Hideo's shotgun (the only firearm they have access to). In the process, Hiromi is shot with a nail on her head (though she survives) After they succeed, Hideo is forced to join a search party.
08 January 30, 2012[27]ISBN978-4091842466August 16, 2017[26]ISBN978-1-50670-349-7
The search goes awry, and most of the group, including Sango, are killed. Iura becomes infected, and Araki sacrifices himself to protect a young child. Hideo manages to retrieve his shotgun and escape, along with Hiromi and Yabu Oda, a former nurse who understands the significance of Hiromi's condition in potentially understanding and curing the disease.
09 May 30, 2012[28]ISBN978-4091845122January 10, 2018[29]ISBN978-1-50670-350-3
Yabu finds a hospital for the unconscious Hiromi, but when Hideo scouts it he finds that it is infested with zombies and flees. The group finds a souvenir shop and Hideo searches for food, killing a pregnant zombie in the process.
10 October 30, 2012[30]ISBN978-4091847294January 10, 2018[29]ISBN978-1-50670-350-3
After surgically removing the nail from Hiromi's head, and seeing her recover from the infection, the group is last shown reaching Hakone in order to restock on ammunition and firearms. The story shifts from Hideo's viewpoint to that of a teenager, Takashi Ezaki, who posted a message in a forum, requesting membership in Kurusu's group. He is soon rescued by Kurusu, Kowashi and Danieli. During their escape attempt, Takahashi witnesses the tactics and weaponry used by the group, including flares used to divert attention and crossbows fired by unknown members. Kowashi and Takashi decides to rest under a bridge to spend the night, and Danieli is killed by Kurusu after becoming infected.
11 February 28, 2013[31]ISBN978-4091848802May 09, 2018[32]ISBN978-1-50670-396-1
The next day, Takashi is brought to the group's base, where he meets Tomabechi (the group's weaponsmith and researcher), Kizuki and Haruki (two students), and 'Auntie' (the group's caretaker). Tomabechi discusses the Gotemba group's wipeout (the same group Hideo, Yabu, Araki and Hiromi were in), and shows Takashi his research on the zombies' behavior day by day, while Kowashi teaches him how to fight. He also meets Hanyuu and Fuki, the crossbow users, when he was sent by Takashi to bring food and ammunition. Hanyuu, trusting Takashi, decides to tell him his plan: he will escape through a nearby river, together with Fuki, using a boat.
12 June 28, 2013[33]ISBN978-4091852403May 09, 2018[32]ISBN978-1-50670-396-1
After a brief invasion by a zombie and the subsequent infection of a group member, more zombies begin to swarm the house. Takashi distracts them and makes a last stand near a river, falling into it after being overwhelmed and bitten by the zombies. The group near the school is split into two. The crossbow users point their weapons at Tomabechi in order to seize the car and escape, but are killed by Kurusu. Takashi, unexpectedly surviving his apparent death, heads to the school, where he meets a man similar to Kurusu called the 'Naked Emperor'. The Naked Emperor talks about how he and Takashi have 'risen above human beings'. They fight (Takashi's physique has improved significantly) until Kurusu interrupts them. He throws Fuki's severed head to the field, enraging Takashi and starting a fight between the three. The next morning, Kurusu's group, with an addition of survivors found in the school, contemplate where to go next. Takashi is shown to be victorious in his fight with Kurusu and the Naked Emperor, donning Kurusu's name, clothing, and sporting long hair, directing the group to Tokyo.
13 October 30, 2013[34]ISBN978-4091855749August 01, 2018[35]ISBN978-1-50670-702-0
The story then switches back to Hideo and his companions. Hiromi has returned to her normal self and Yabu is starting to show signs of being attracted to Hideo, who (along with Hiromi) is now implied to be the same kind of human as Kurusu, the Naked Emperor, and Takashi. The group makes its way to a secluded cabin where Hideo and Yabu have sex. The trio eventually settle for the night and eat heartily as a memorial to the friends that they've lost. The next day, the group decides to visit a local hot spring to clean up.
14 February 28, 2014[36]ISBN978-4091858771August 01, 2018[35]ISBN978-1-50670-702-0
On the way, the group scavenge a burnt out gun shop where Hideo acquires an MSS-20 bolt-action shotgun and ammunition. They eventually make it to a hot spring in Hakone-Yakumo and Hideo holds off the zombies while the girls bathe. Hideo is partially swallowed by a mutated zombie with four hands and four feet. He meets Kurusu in a dream-like sequence and runs for his life, with the zombie mirroring his imaginary movements.
15 June 30, 2014[37]ISBN978-4091862846November 07, 2018[38]ISBN978-1-50670-750-1
The mutated zombie escorts the girls to a truck and releases Hideo, then holds off the attacking zombies. The group make their way to a hotel to rest. In the morning, Hideo shows Hiromi how to shoot his shotgun and the girls encounter another double-left-handed zombie while on their way to the beach. While looting a nearby house, Yabu takes a pregnancy test and discovers that she is pregnant, but the father is unknown. That night, Yabu leaves detailed medical instructions for Hideo and Hiromi, and then leaves, not wanting to burden them once her pregnancy advances.
16 December 26, 2014[39]ISBN978-4091866684November 07, 2018[38]ISBN978-1-50670-750-1
When Hideo and Hiromi try to stop Yabu from escaping in a garbage truck, an infected baby bites her and Hiromi is forced to kill her. Meanwhile, a gigantic mass is forming and growing larger by consuming the infected. Hideo and Hiromi head towards Tokyo on bicycle.
17 May 29, 2015[40]ISBN978-4091870209February 20, 2019[41]ISBN978-1-50670-830-0
In Tokyo, Korori, a former manga artist, is the captain of a unit living in a building (Sunshine 60) headed by Asada, a cultist. When running into infected, the unit is forced to abandon their weapons and fights an especially strong infected. Korori's subordinates, discontent with Asada's use of the group, discusses a potential coup. Returning to retrieve the weapons, Korori's unit gets sidetracked.
18 November 30, 2015[42]ISBN978-4091873095February 20, 2019[41]ISBN978-1-50670-830-0
Hideo and Hiromi stop at a fisherman's hut, they drink alcohol, and he takes her virginity. They spot a boat's light and when they get chased by the mass of infected, they manage to jump onto the boat.
19 March 15, 2016[43]ISBN978-4091874702——
The fisherman who saves them agrees to take them to Tokyo in exchange for one of Hideo's guns. Two of Asada's men are led into a trap by Kursu's group. They use one of them to infiltrate the building and the infected start storming it. Kurusu telepathically communicates with Hiromi, telling her that the infected are waiting for her. Upon interacting with the fisherman's infected son, Hiromi realizes that she can control the infected and wanted Yabu to die, making the baby bite her. Hiromi meets the mass, says goodbye to Hideo and leaves with it.
20 April 12, 2016[44]ISBN978-4091875303——
Chasing the mass, Hideo makes it to Tokyo and is given a kayak by the fisherman, trading his shotgun. Hiromi is integrated into the mass, communicating with the people inside. Korori's group starts the building's emergency generator, using the reactivated elevator to get to the roof, which has a helicopter. After obtaining a manga from Korori, Asada plans to escape the building using the helicopter.
21 October 28, 2016[45]ISBN978-4091892218——
Asada is surrounded by Kurusu's group, which forces him to lead them to the helicopter. Hideo is chased by an infected and runs up an under-construction building near Asada's building. As more infected chase him, he desperately makes it up a construction crane. Hideo finds out that one of the infected promised Yabu to protect him, and she fends off the other infected. Asada kills a mass of his followers using the building's emergency carbon dioxide and orders his insurgents to the roof. Hideo shoots the mass' eyes, enraging Hiromi.
22 March 30, 2017[46]ISBN978-4091893796——
Part of the mass starts moving towards Hideo. Asada survives and makes it to the roof, getting on the helicopter with Tomei, a member of Kurusu's group with a pilot's license. Korori's group attacks Kurusu, and Hideo, mistaking them as bullies, shoots Korori. However, one of Hideo's manga absorbs the impact. Korori's getting shot makes one of his members, who is like Kurusu, lose control and she absorbs Kurusu, helping to fend off the advancing infected. Asada is killed by one of his subordinates, whom he abandoned. Korori and a child manage to escape on the helicopter, along with the auntie they met, and they head towards the Izu Islands. Hideo is nearly suffocated by the mass, but Hiromi spares him, hoping to make him suffer more by staying alive. After the incident, Hideo is left alone in Tokyo. The infected have all been absorbed by the mass, which is completely dormant. Nature starts taking over Tokyo, and Hideo, who is getting lonely and hoping for rescue, starts running out of food and a garden he starts fails. However, Hideo discovers a looted gun shop with tools to make buckshots and succeeds, using it to hunt.

Reception[edit]

It was nominated for the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Manga Taishō awards[47][48][49] and won the 58th Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category.[50] In a list of '10 Great Zombie Manga', Anime News Network's Jason Thompson placed I Am a Hero at number 1, considering it 'probably the greatest zombie manga ever'.[51]

As of November 30, 2015, the series had sold 4 million copies.[52]

References[edit]

  1. ^'I Am a Hero Omnibus Volume 1 TPB'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  2. ^'I Am a Hero Manga Resumes With Final 7 Chapters'. Anime News Network. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  3. ^'I Am a Hero Manga Gets Osaka-Based Spinoff'. Anime News Network. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
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  5. ^花沢, 健吾 (2016-02-29). アイアムアヒーローinOSAKA. 優貴 本田. 小学館. ISBN9784091875662.
  6. ^花沢, 健吾 (2017-02-28). アイアムアヒーロー in IBARAKI. 一矢 富士沢. 小学館. ISBN9784091893178.
  7. ^花沢, 健吾 (2017-02-28). アイアムアヒーロー in NAGASAKI. けんすけ にしだ. 小学館. ISBN9784091893185.
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  9. ^'I am a hero'. GP Publishing (in Italian). Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  10. ^'Bibliographie de Kengo Hanazawa'. Kana (in French). Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  11. ^'Standard Catalog Editorial - I am a Hero'. Norma Editorial (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  12. ^'I Am a Hero 1' (in Spanish). Panini Comics. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  13. ^'I am a Hero'. Carlsen (in German). Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  14. ^'I Am a Hero - Kengo Hanazawa'. Elex Media (in Indonesian). Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  15. ^'Dark Horse Adds Giganto Maxia, RG Veda, Danganronpa, I Am a Hero Manga'. Anime News Network. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
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External links[edit]

  • I Am a Hero (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
  • I Am a Hero on IMDb
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