Hiromi soon falls prey to a bite from an infected baby but only becomes partially infected. [52], An anthology series by various manga artists, containing 8 short stories, titled I Am a Hero Official Anthology: 8 Tales of the ZQN (アイアムアヒーロー　公式アンソロジーコミック８　ＴＡＬＥＳ　ＯＦ　ＴＨＥ　ＺＱＮ, Ai Amu A Hīrō Kōshiki Ansorojī 8 TALES OF THE ZQN), was serialized in Big Comic Spirits from February 15 to April 4, 2016. Driving by several car wrecks and noticing all the trains have stopped, the cab driver interprets that the road to the hospital ahead may be blocked. Resuming back to current time (the morning of May the 4th), trying to introduce himself, Hiromi cuts him off trying to convince him that suicide is a bad idea; flabbergasted, Hideo explains he's not trying to commit suicide, then he states, "I Am A Hero". He also meets Hanyuu and Fuki, the crossbow users, when he was sent by Takashi to bring food and ammunition. 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. [47] A second spin-off, titled I Am a Hero in Ibaraki (アイアムアヒーロー in Ibaraki, Ai Amu A Hīrō in Ibaraki), written and illustrated by Kazuya Fujisawa, was serialized in Yawaraka Spirits from March 24 to August 25, 2016. Mangaka-shoku Kikō, Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror, All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Am_a_Hero&oldid=999027695, Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Japanese-language text, Anime and manga articles with malformed first and last infobox parameters, Articles with Japanese-language sources (ja), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The teacher was hospitalized and possibly "canned" for her actions. She tries to make a call, only to find out the phone is dead. The driver still unable to understand him is told by the man in the back the same. In the end, only three of them remain and drive all the way to the top of Mt. As more infected chase him, he desperately makes it up a construction crane. Running through the rain and off the highway, Hideo comes across an amusement park nearby to Mt. While looting a nearby house, Yabu takes a pregnancy test and discovers that she is pregnant, but the father is unknown. Later, a connecting door on the train opens releasing a zombie that soon begins to spread the plague, causing the passengers to start panicking. I Am a Hero (アイアムアヒーロー, Aiamuahīrō) is a Japanese horror manga by Kengo Hanazawa. As the train screeches to a halt Hideo finds himself in an unfamiliar part of Tokyo called Irumonshi. On the way, the group scavenge a burnt out gun shop where Hideo acquires an MSS-20. Kengo Hanazawa, born January 5, 1974, is a Japanese manga artist known for his seinen works. Meanwhile, Kurusu and his cult scout for members on the message boards, aiming to form their own country from the ruins of Japan. Hiromi meets the mass, says goodbye to Hideo and leaves with it. Kengo Hanazawa, born January 5, 1974, is a Japanese manga artist known for his seinen works. Demographic Manga, I Am a Hero (アイアムアヒーロー, Aiamuahīrō) is a Japanese horror manga by Kengo Hanazawa. Hideo is able to communicate with her, forging a bond between the two. Kengo Hanazawa is a Japanese manga artist known for his seinen works. Hideo rushes to the platform and boards the train before it leaves, panting as the doors shut he listens to the other passengers who have yet to comprehend what is happening. Wondering what to do while Hideo natters on, he starts talking about the people in his life and that he is scared, Hiromi comforts him by putting her hand in his (to which he then passes out). The next morning Hideo goes to his girlfriend Tetsuko's apartment (after having a falling out earlier) to apologize. Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25. One day, after returning from work late in the evening, Hideo witnesses a traffic accident in which a car crashes into a nearby pedestrian, killing the victim instantly. Buy a cheap copy of I Am a Hero Omnibus, Volume 3 book. Checking his phone that has no service or video link, he uses it as a flashlight as he journeys further into the woods; when Hideo hears rustling from somewhere else in the woods. Kengo Hanazawa (花沢健吾 Hanazawa Kengo, born January 5, 1974) is a Japanese manga artist known for his seinen works. As the group continues their journey, they watch Japanese national broadcasts and YouTube videos, where the trio find hints to the beginning of the zombie infestation with a psychotic man named Kurusu who claimed he couldn't kill his mother no matter how many times he brutally beat her. 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. Fuji erupted, it left a natural path made from volcanic gravel, to which Hideo states that he is somewhere in The Sea of Trees. She hears a voice again. Cleaning up his stuff, then eating a snack, Hiromi worries about the curfew. I Am a Hero, written and illustrated by Kengo Hanazawa, was serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits from April 27, 2009 to February 27, 2017. They continue further until they come across a small community camping atop a mall, the Gotemba Premium Outlets. She attacks Hideo, who is easily put into submission by slamming his head through the door; his temporary incapacitation in the doorframe leads to him being bitten on the hand by Tekko (Tetsuko's nickname), although he does not become infected due to her first biting the door (causing her to lose all her front teeth). I Am A Hero provides examples of the following tropes: The Ace: Nakata, who has obscenely rich parents, but loves to draw manga for a living.He is unattractive, socially awkward and speaks with a lisp. After taking directions from a sign and singing a song, Hiromi finds her phone has no cell reception. Trying to find a way out, he tells the cab driver he is a manga artist, and he is planning on doing a manga about a taxi driver while in reality he wants to escape the vehicle. Kengo Hanazawa (花沢健吾 Hanazawa Kengo, born January 5, 1974) is a Japanese manga artist known for his seinen works. Email Address. This page was last edited on 8 January 2021, at 04:06. However, one of Hideo's manga absorbs the impact. Hello Select your address All Hello, Sign in. The infected individuals are referred to as "ZQN," a play on the 2ch parlance of DQN (Dokyun), meaning a delinquent or idiot. Plot [edit | edit source]. Kengo Hanazawa is a Japanese manga artist known for his seinen works. Suddenly, an airplanes landing gear knocks Mitani's head clean off, then crashes in a fiery explosion. I Am a Hero Omnibus Volume 8: Hanazawa, Kengo, Hanazawa, Kengo, Sivasubramanian, Kumar: Amazon.sg: Books Sae, the girl from the woods, and two other girls talk about how the teacher was acting strange all day. Asada is surrounded by Kurusu's group, which forces him to lead them to the helicopter. The foreigner is dropped off at, Hiromi is in the Sea of Trees during a field trip. Hideo and Hiromi discover something else that connects the two of them, as they head to Tokyo with a new ally. Talking to himself to try and come to terms with the situation he begins to realize that Tekko, even though she was zombified, protected him by losing her teeth. [3][46] Shogakukan released a compiled tankōbon volume on February 29, 2016. He formerly worked as Osamu Uoto's assistant. The story follows Hideo Suzuki, a down-on-his-luck … After some contemplation, Hideo performs a, A zombie infects a passenger, and soon almost all the passengers in the car are infected. [68] It was nominated for the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Manga Taishō awards[69][70][71] and won the 58th Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category. He manages to escape when the landlady is hit by a truck and turns her attention from Hideo to the driver. Frightened and sick, he once again crawls into the turtle position and states the title. He sees himself as a supporting character in his own life, and has low self-esteem, resulting in frustration. The couple sit in the back with him when an African American tourist rushes up as well speaking English, which most of the group (except the man in the back) does not understand, the word hospital is heard. The leader, a young adult called Sango, invites the group to stay with them. Checking his watch that says 13 minutes till 7 o'clock, Hideo looks around and finds his gun equipment stacked in a pile and cleaned, as well as a jacket on his back (which he unknowingly used as a blanket). Yabu finds a hospital for the unconscious Hiromi, but when Hideo scouts it he finds that it is infested with zombies and flees. Hideo is chased by an infected and runs up an under-construction building near Asada's building. When Sae says that they can have their own test of courage, the two other girls say yes immediately without knowing what it is; Sae explains that the class had gone to see the ice caves and that the guide had said The Sea of Trees by Mt. He won the Topic Award of the 2005 Sense of Gender Awards for Ressentiment and was nominated for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Manga Taisho for I Am a Hero.His series Boys on the Run was adapted into a live action film in 2010. Resuming his dash through the neighborhood, he reaches the studio/apartment where he works with four other manga artists; when peering through the peephole, he spies one of them who is soon clubbed to death with a baseball bat by Mitani (the eldest manga artist of the group). Killing some time until she gets reception, she begins reading her incoming texts from a boy name Shinji Oguri. Fuji and the nature park that surrounds it. The group near the school is split into two. Soon afterwards Hideo realizes that the other passengers have all been bitten. Upon escaping Tokyo, Hideo and Hiromi join a large crowd of people fleeing on foot up Mt. [67], As of November 2015, the manga had 4 million copies in circulation. He formerly worked as Osamu Uoto's assistant. Sango is the apparent leader of the group, though he is actually controlled by Iura. Other strange incidents also appear to be happening in the background, such as increased police presence and people biting each other, but the citizens of Tokyo continue on with their day, unaware of these abnormal events. Armed with only his sporting shotgun, he runs for his life, meeting strangers along the way. 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. They meet up with a middle aged camera man named Araki, all of them trying to survive in the apocalyptic environment where one bite from the "infected" will induce a zombie-like state. Following the path with the moon clouded over again, Hiromi forges ahead; she states she wouldn't want to die in a place like this, then she hears someone singing a vulgar song. Animanga Wiki is a FANDOM Anime Community. Korori's group attacks Kurusu, and Hideo, mistaking them as bullies, shoots Korori. [4][5] Shogakukan has compiled the chapters into twenty-two tankōbon volumes, released from August 28, 2009 to March 30, 2017. Questioning the driver in this way he finds out the unlock lever is by the cab driver's seat. Iura becomes infected, and Araki sacrifices himself to protect a young child. Hiromi's last name is Hayakari, 2. Still in disbelief of the situation, Hideo starts to leave. In 2013, I Am a Hero won the 58th Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category. Korori's group starts the building's emergency generator, using the reactivated elevator to get to the roof, which has a helicopter. 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. *FREE* shipping on eligible orders. [8] The first volume was published on April 13, 2016. Jan, a Belgian, went back to Brussels to find his son, where he suddenly lost his memory inexplicably. Thee other girls continue to complain also stating that it is Golden Week, and one of them says they want to spend the last day of Golden Week (May the 5th) at the amusement park (the same one that Hideo was sleeping by) because it is supposed to have the ultimate test of courage. [16], A spin-off, titled I Am a Hero in Osaka (アイアムアヒーロー in Osaka, Ai Amu A Hīrō in Osaka), written and illustrated by Yuuki Honda, was serialized in Shogakukan's Yawaraka Spirits online magazine from January 26 to December 26, 2015. 10 is available in comic stores June 19th from Dark Horse Comics. 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. The story documents their journey to Hashima Island, a perceived place of safety. Continue to read the remaining texts she laughs, when the moon comes back out she thinks she hears a voice, and while she stretches she sees a payphone. Leaving the tunnel and soon afterwards catching a cold, Hideo heads into the woods nearby the amusement park; while noticing a sign about gun prohibition he sneezes and the only tissue he can find on him is the one with Tekko's teeth to which he soon drops a few, and then again saying he's sorry. The tired zombie apocalypse genre gets a refreshing shot in the arm in Shinsuke Sato’s I Am a Hero, ... Screenwriter: Akiko Nogi, based on the manga by Kengo Hanazawa As the infection spreads through the crowd they barely escape the stampede with their life. 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. Hanyuu, trusting Takashi, decides to tell him his plan: he will escape through a nearby river, together with Fuki, using a boat. He formerly worked as Osamu Uoto's (Kasai no Hito) … Together with Araki they're forced to relocate from one hiding place to another until they come across a team of homicidal bandits who promise to keep them safe until they all can find a solution to the on-going zombie apocalypse. The group make their way to a hotel to rest. One day, after returning from work late in the evening, Hideo witnesses a car crash into a nearby pedestrian, killing the victim instantly. He then leaves a notice under Tekko's prior note that says he is turning himself in. In North America the manga has been licensed for English language release by Dark Horse Comics. Kengo Hanazawa is a Japanese manga artist known for his seinen works. He won the Topic Award of the 2005 Sense of Gender Awards for Ressentiment and was nominated for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Manga Taisho for I Am a Hero. They soon find out a crowd of people who heard of a rumor that the thinner air of the mountain will repel the infected. I Am a Hero Omnibus, Volume 1 | The zombie apocalypse has never been more surreal A mentally unhinged manga artist witnesses the beginning of a zombie outbreak in Tokyo, and he's certain of only two things: he's destined to be the city's hero, and he possesses something very rare in Japan--an actual firearm Kengo Hanazawa's award-winning series comes to Dark Horse, and … Believing they are the kings of mankind they agree to protect the remaining humans, helping to fend off the advancing infected. After a brief invasion by a zombie and the subsequent infection of a group member, more zombies begin to swarm the house. Upon learning (via television) that there are more zombies in this part, and their numbers are rapidly increasing, Hideo follows Mitani out of Shakuji towards Nerima Train Station to escape Tokyo and head for Hanno. Above all, he sees himself as the hero of a manga, despite all appearances to the contrary. In Tokyo, Korori, a former manga artist, is the captain of a unit living in a building (. He formerly worked as Osamu Uoto's assistant. Part of the NMB starts moving towards Hideo. Encamped on top of the Gotemba outlet mall, the bandits wish to lead a revolution and take control of a new society in the wake of the zombie outbreak. YouTube videos display attacks from infected North Koreans on the South Korean border. He throws Fuki's severed head to the field, enraging Takashi and starting a fight between the three. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Zombies , Epidemic  The story features protagonist Hideo Suzuki, a 35-year-old assistant manga artist, or mangaka, who lives an unfulfilling and unrewarding life in Tokyo. The ending has divided readers—understandably so—as it leaves many questions unanswered, but I don't believe it's as open as it seems. I am a Hero Omnibus (Volume 3) by Kengo Hanazawa. The story follows Hideo Suzuki, a down-on-his-luck manga artist in Tokyo struggling to publish his own work while maintaining both a day job as another artist's assistant and a strained relationship with his girlfriend. Fuji for the imagined safety of thinner air at higher elevations. Making a symbolic circle of protection around himself with his gun equipment, Hideo starts talking about food and an idea for a story. Mitani has already killed another co-worker turned zombie, then along with Hideo kills a third, a girl named Mi (who was seen dead earlier in a bathtub full of water), now a bloated zombie, with her killing accomplished by using an aerosol can as a flamethrower. 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). He sits in the front with the driver. Skip to main content.ae. Takashi distracts them and makes a last stand near a river, falling into it after being overwhelmed and bitten by the zombies. Tag He won the Topic Award of the 2005 Sense of Gender Awards for his graphic novel Ressentiment and was nominated for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Manga Taisho for I Am a Hero. Hiromi continues walking even after the song stops, listening for the voice again only to hear the sounds of the woods. He won the Topic Award of the 2005 Sense of Gender Awards for Ressentiment and was nominated for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Manga Taisho for I Am a Hero. When peering through the mail slot, he finds that she has transformed into a monstrous, zombie-like creature (though originally thinking she was drunk). Everyday low … The story shifts point of view to the currently unnamed girl by a flashback that follows the story of the girl and how she ended up in The Sea of Trees. 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