''Hideout'' (stylized in
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) is a Japanese
manga
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series written and illustrated by
Masasumi Kakizaki. It was serialized in
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.
Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hit ...
's
''seinen'' manga magazine ''
Weekly Big Comic Spirits
is a weekly Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on October 14, 1980. Food, sports, romance and business are recurring themes in the magazine, and the stories often question conventional va ...
'' in 2010, with its chapters collected in a single ''
tankōbon
is the Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or cultur ...
'' volume.
Plot
On a supposedly idyllic vacation island, Seichi Kirishima and his wife Miki Kirishima are pinned down by a heavy rain somewhere in the island's interior. But this does not deter Seichi, it determined him, his decision is clear: Tonight, he will kill his wife.
Just a year ago, he was a happy man - an aspiring writer, a contented husband, and a father of a young boy... at that time, everything was going well for him. But such happiness came to end. The day his editor put an end to their collaboration, darkness seeped into his life faster than a bullet. A terrifying descent into hell commences, page by page of what it seems to be his last novel...
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
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.
Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hit ...
's
''seinen'' manga magazine
''Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' from June 14 to August 23, 2010.
Shogakukan collected its nine chapters in a single ''
tankōbon
is the Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or cultur ...
'' volume, released on November 30, 2010.
Chapter list
References
{{Weekly Big Comic Spirits
Psychological horror anime and manga
Seinen manga
Shogakukan manga