God help Himenospia, and God help us all. Could there be any better example of a manga that nearly reaches the "So bad it's good" highs of some of the greatest cult-hits in film, literature, games, or manga, and manages to stumble and fall flat on its face so hard that it becomes almost physically painful? It's not The Room. It's just a goofy sideshow of schlock that doesn't ever give you enough to say "I hate it but I can't help but keep reading".
All the pieces were there. Initially the story is intriguing, as the mystery of the wasp power and the power dynamics
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 Alternative TitlesJapanese: ヒメノスピア InformationType: Manga
Volumes: 8
Chapters: 41
Status: Finished
Published: Mar 1, 2017 to Apr 16, 2021
Demographic:
Seinen
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Monthly Hero's Statistics Ranked: #196652 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #4418
Members: 5,006
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May 19, 2021
Overall just a very strange manga
I picked it up about 2 years ago, dropped it because it stopped getting translated, looked through my drop list and noticed this was finished, and decided to just close it out. The story starts off pretty well and interesting. I genuinely enjoy how the story ties in the actual behaviors of insects as an allegory for society, even if having a literal bug doctor exposit these behaviors to you was a little overt. The premise in general had a weird lack of identity that i Cant quite explain, but it just seemed to be unable to decide if it wanted ... 
Jul 9, 2023
I hate when a good enough set-up uses its premise well for only 1/4 of the series.
Briefly, Endou is a girl whose life is horrible. Bullied (to a very illegal degree, which cartoonishly shouldn't be possible), abused at home (that one is pretty realistic and disturbing), but with a very positive outlook to endure. You got your suffering character, boom, let's give them POWERS. How will they use them? How will everything turn out? Evil? Good? Stupid? The limit is the sky. We've seen it before, it can work, it can make use of it in interesting ways. Even if it's one of those power fantasies. ... 
Aug 23, 2022
"Himenospia" is rather jarring at first sight. From its opening panels, the manga is absolutely clear about highlighting unspeakable human obscenities, which, for many, is the initial pull into reading this niche manga. What is commendable about this manga is how much thought was given into inconspicuous events early on factoring into the foundation for an intense climax. Even though the legitimacy and logic implemented throughout is not credible to justify every roundabout measure taken, there is no doubt there was deep consideration into the foil of characters that shape the ultimate end of the story. The selective use of bug-orientated information to justify the
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