Hirayasumi

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Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Apr 26, 2021 to ?

Genre: Slice of Life

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Big Comic Spirits

Authors: Shinzou, Keigo (Story & Art)

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MangaBig Comic SpiritsShinzou, Keigo (Story & Art)

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Living in Asagaya, 29-year-old Hiroto Ikuta spends his days working at his part-time job and chatting with the locals. He likes visiting Hanae Wada most, a grumpy yet kind elderly woman whom Hiroto calls "Granny." Hiroto's time with Granny is sadly cut short when she passes away from a heart attack. To his surprise, Hiroto inherits Granny's house as she never married or had children.

Three months later, 18-year-old Natsumi Kobayashi moves from her hometown to attend art school. With nowhere else to go, she stays with her cousin Hiroto, whom she has not seen in years. Despite their opposing personalities, the pair begin living under the same roof as they struggle through their seemingly mundane lives.

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Hirayasumi was nominated for the 15th Manga Taisho Award in 2022. The series ranked 18th in the 2023 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! for the Male Readers Division.

The manga has been published in English by VIZ Media under the VIZ Signature imprint since May 21, 2024. It has also been published in French by Le Lezard Noir since March 8, 2023; in Italian by JPOP since October 24, 2023; in Spanish by Milky Way Ediciones; and in Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics since August 29, 2024.

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Ikuta, Hiroto

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Kobayashi, Natsumi

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Wada, Hanae

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Tachibana, Yomogi

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Noguchi, Hideki

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Yokoyama, Akari

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Ishikawa, Ryou

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Jun 6, 2024

Fryth

Recommended

Preliminary (11/? eps)

TLDR; Finding beauty in the mundane.

Some quick backstory on the author Shinzo Keigo and Hirayasumi. The manga author recently just overcame cancer during the pandemic. Keigo's experience in the hospital at the time was described as boring and uneventful. Keigo missed being able to just "live" his life outside. After overcoming his battle, Keigo was inspired to write Hirayasumi on his way home from the hospital by simply looking outside his window in his parents' car. A central theme of Hirayasumi is enjoying the present or basking in the moment. That moment isn't necessarily epic or grand in scale, but just like us, the ...

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Apr 1, 2022

yukisoiu

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Well-written

Preliminary (24/? eps)

At the expense of rising in popularity, both the manga and the anime industries started to grow a bit convoluted in recent years. It doesn't necessarily mean it's bad, but due to its growth, most authors are fixated on the competition and ever so slightly forget the significance of their individual expression.

Hirayasumi is a rare find in these conditions. With modest yet charismatic art drawn over straightforward yet engaging dialogues, it's the author's love letter for the things we take for granted in our lives. It's a love letter for the lonely old lady next door who loves to cook warm food for a complete ...

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Nov 11, 2022

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Preliminary (35/? eps)

That's the kind of manga that makes me like this genre. I like pretty much everything about it, from its story to the character, to the interactions they have. Simple yet so well executed and wonderfully portrayed.

Art (8) : Nothing much to say, it's a simple art but it is enough to emphasize the feelings the author wants to tell us, no need to have extravagant or handsome character design (not that i don't like pretty cd) because well, it's just talking about everyday life.

The story (10) : to put it simply, our protagonist, Hiroto, is doing part-time jobs left and right, is enjoying his ... life, meets a grandma, they become friends, and at her death she leaves her house to Hiroto, and then he welcomes his cousin to the house for her studies. And then his life goes on , encountering new people and facing everyday life's problems.

"Live each moment to the fullest" is an important key to the manga, as well as "what is happiness ?", is it being free to do whatever you want ? Is it owning expensive things? Is it having a family, friends or a good job ?

An easy example would be his best friend, Hideki. Unlike our protagonist, Hideki can be considered as successful by our society standards. He has a stable job where he works hard, a place to live, a wife and a kid that he tries to make happy. What could be better, right ? Yet he always thinks about the good old days he spent with Hiroto, while having hard times dealing with his job and family, especially his wife. He seems to not find happiness contrary to what's expected, he is even jealous of Hiroto, "why can a guy that does nothing but fooling around get to be happier than me who does everything and works hard, it's unfair."
So here instead of enjoying moments he can have with his family, instead of making things clear with his wife, instead of living each moment to the fullest, instead of reaching his happiness, he prefers to dwell in the past and run away from his responsibility, as we can sometime see him going to Hiroto's house whenever he argues with his wife. Which is clearly not the best solution to reach his happiness, because I believe that everyone has their own happiness and rather than chasing other people's happiness, you should focus on yours.

And almost every character has their own happiness, and like us they encounter problems or people that stand between them and their goal.
Like the cousin, who is trying to reach it by diving into the harsh world of manga and having troubles sharing her passion to her friends or even parents. "Living each moment to the fullest" can also be applied to her as she didn't realize how lucky she was to be living with her cousin until she had to live alone for a week. Don’t take anything for granted, enjoy every moment, even though it’s something you do on a daily basis, like eating without having to cook and washing the dishes, or going to bed without worrying about chores. You only start to truly realize how blessed you were until you can’t have it anymore. It might sound stupid, but I guarantee you this is not as easy as you might think.

There are also a lot of things to say about the other characters but there are just 37 chapters so far so I prefer to wait until this ends before writing any more because I think this manga has the potential to become something unique.
Overall 9/10

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