Hideout (manga)

Hideout
Volume cover
GenrePsychological horror[1]
Manga
Written byMasasumi Kakizaki
Published byShogakukan
MagazineWeekly Big Comic Spirits
DemographicSeinen
Original runJune 14, 2010August 23, 2010
Volumes1

Hideout (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masasumi Kakizaki. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2010, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volume.

Plot

Seichi Kirishima, a former aspiring writer, plans to murder his wife Miki during their vacation on a remote island. Trapped by heavy rainfall in the island's interior, he resolves to commit the act. His life deteriorated rapidly after losing his publishing contract, marking the beginning of his psychological decline. The story unfolds through fragments of what appears to be his final manuscript.

Characters

  • Seichi Kirishima: A former writer and the husband of Miki Kirishima. After losing his son, he brought his wife on a vacation on which he planned on murdering her.
  • Miki Kirishima: Seichi's wife. She is angry at her husband after their only son's death.
  • The Old man: He is deprived of sunlight as he lives inside a dark cave for his life, takes women as prisoners and consumes the flesh of male stragglers.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Masasumi Kakizaki, Hideout was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from June 14 to August 23, 2010.[2][3] Shogakukan collected its nine chapters in a single tankōbon volume, released on November 30, 2010.[4]

Chapters

No. Release date ISBN
1 November 30, 2010[4]978-4-09-183613-7
  1. "Wicked Eyes"
  2. "Nightmare"
  3. "Everybody Dies"
  4. "Help Me"
  5. "Reversal"
  1. Buried Alive"
  2. Dead or Alive"
  3. New Family"
  4. Death Spiral"

References

  1. ^ 'Batto', David J. (July 13, 2015). "Hideout". Ramen Para Dos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on November 9, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  2. ^ 「RAINBOW」の柿崎正澄、スピでサスペンスホラー新連載. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. June 14, 2010. Archived from the original on February 13, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Fin d'Hideout". manga-news.com (in French). August 21, 2010. Archived from the original on September 2, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  4. ^ a b HIDEOUT (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2021.