A lot of the narrative is a slow-burn with no zombies to be seen until later on, focusing instead on Hideo’s frustration and his intense commitment to his creative endeavors even though they are not ‘mainstream.’ ![]() He has a volatile relationship with a dominating, unstable girlfriend and while he hates most of the people he works with, he has a small childlike imaginary friend who sometimes follows him around. ![]() The book’s titular ‘hero’ is a reclusive manga artist named Hideo Suzuki, who soon establishes himself as both misogynistic and insane, almost to the point of being making the reader wonder how he hasn’t been institutionalized by now. In a cultural landscape where stories about zombie apocalypses have become increasingly pedestrian and paint-by-numbers, this bizarre narrative is a much-needed breath of fresh air. Even though I’m not a big manga reader at all, the synopsis of this book immediately grabbed my interest.
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