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地獄変 ある地獄絵師の告白
7
1
Finished
1983
7.3/10
Average Review Score
75%
Recommend It
4
Reviews Worldwide
I really liked this manga because of how, although it was rather strange, alot of it was possible and I could really see it happening. To be honest, the art wasn't all that great, but the story and the characters were really awesome. If gore offends you at all, this really isn't for you. It was really hard to find. Something about this story just entranced me, which is really the only reason I read it to the end, because it started off kinda boring and slow. Really I have found all of the Hino Hideshi manga I've read to be entrancing to some point,and most of them have very...strange? art, not really typical manga style at all. Anyway, if you like gore, I would say you should give this manga a chance, although it's definitely not for everyone.
Panorama of Hell is a shocking, tortuous journey into the depths of one man's postnuclear Hell. Through the confessions of a fiendish Hell painter born in the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima, Hideshi Hino tells a nightmarish story, creating a manga masterpiece of black humor, stunning vision, and unflinching imagery. (Source: Blast Books)
This is one of those works that I'm having a lot of difficulties comprehending. I don't exactly know if I can respond to this work with my usual format. I'll give it a try, though. Story: There isn't so much a story as it is a conversation. It's a dialogue started by a painter who paints horrific images that are absolutely petrifying. I felt like this was a mix between Dante's Inferno and Eraserhead, where everything is symbolic and cruel. Does it make for a good story? Not necessarily, since there isn't a shred of hope, but there is a lesson, that lesson being that the worldis cruel. I don't really agree with that, considering one person's life can suck and another's can be great, but even so, there are people with sucky lives who enjoy life nonetheless. So, just in that, I can't exactly connect with the mangaka's intentions. However, one theme that is consistent is death and how indifferent it is. This I can sympathize with. Death is the great equalizer, the final occupation. The ending definitely reinforces the fact that regardless of what path is taken in life, death will arrive at your doorstep when you least expect it. Art: I really loved the classic, cartoony look of the art. It looked disgusting and horrid but it didn't look realistic. In that sense, this is where I feel the most 'Eraserhead' from the narrative. Everything was as if it were symbolic to the one telling the story, the painter. Everything he talked about was a painting he worked on, so every image was how he saw events as they unfolded. To this end, I found the artwork breathtaking. Character: There isn't much character but there's representations throughout. There isn't much else to discuss here. Again, it's all a conversation, a dialogue the reader is having with the painter. I suppose you learn a lot about the painter and it's all well and good but because of the format, we're introduced to other characters who are just disgusting human beings who have no purpose other than to make you feel disgusting. The real focus here, as mentioned, is the painter. His character is quite strong, but some of the content is too archaic to be understood on the first read (at least for me). Does this make it bad? Not necessarily, but considering the whole work is likely a metaphor, there needs to be some grounding. If not in the setting, if not in the narrative, then at least the characters, right? Well, not so much. Enjoyment: I don't exactly enjoy watching people suffer. I don't think any sane individual would. However, the narrative starts out with black humor and then devolves into a dialogue of symbolism, so the suffering that takes place is... well, it's brutal, but it's bearable in the sense that there's a purpose. Is the purpose worthwhile in the end? I'm not so sure. ((If you liked this review, check out my other reviews by going to my profile and clicking the 'reviews' tab. I review virtually all anime and manga I find!))
This comic is probably one of my favorites from Hino Hideshi, he keeps the creepy and shocking vibe throughout the whole thing which is why he's one of my favorite mangakas. The story is clear in the first chapter, an artist describes his hellish works that consist of grotesque imagery using his favorite color, the color of blood. Throughout the chapters, we see his point of view of gory things, along with his family who commit atrocious acts. The characters are really good when it comes to them telling the story from their perspective. The art is great, as seen in other Hideshi mangas it'ssort of cartoony and unique compared to other horror mangas. Overall, I enjoyed this manga a lot and if you are a fan of Hino Hideshi or horror then give this one a read!
horrorcore ass manga… do the insane clown posse know about hideshi hino? i think they’d like him. note: my review says ‘recommended’ and i gave it a rating BECAUSE myanimelist forces you to add one if you want to post a review (which is why i usually don’t do them) only recommend this to you if you’re That Kind of person, you know what i mean? also the number is functionally meaningless to me. i don’t usually leave reviews but felt compelled to leave one here to say WOW he really just keeps going and going and going and going. every, and i mean, every single insanelynasty thing a person could think of, ever, rendered in hino’s grotesque art style. one thing i’ve always enjoyed about this art style is it’s complete and utter rejection of looking appealing or nice to the eyes. if hino’s gonna draw some gross and nasty things, he’s gonna make the characters cartoonishly weird looking as well. which i appreciate, i’ve always felt horror manga with styles that lean more towards looking nice have less of a chance of truly shocking me. by the last chapter it’s all spiraling into the craziest shit hino can think of complete with surreal imagery winding towards the end like a cataclysmic explosion of nonsense (the explosion part being slightly literal here, lol). it’s more stream of consciousness than anything, especially with the repeated allusions to events in hino’s actual real life (although i’d hesitate to call the main character a self-insert because i’d like to think he isn’t doing any of the shit the protagonist does in this manga lol) i don’t really “rate” manga, or anime, or movies, or anything really. so i don’t know if i “recommend this” or where i’d rank it on the scale of quality of whatever, but what i have to say is that hino makes very successful grotesque horror manga, it truly will succeed at getting under your skin. however, i almost hesitate to call it edgy because of it’s sense of humor about itself is so obvious, too. like, it knows how over the top it is and that’s kind of part of its charm? still wouldn’t recommend to most humans with a pulse (mostly due to the ever-present pulse of aggressive, depressive nihilism that runs through this whole ‘story’, basically being just a slideshow of suffering) but if you wanna see some gross, gory shit then yeah, open basically anything made by hino. and this one really goes some places, let me tell you. i appreciate the audacity of its existence