"A person can't exist alone. What makes a person is the relationships they have with others... Those people reflect your true nature. It means that a person alone can't prove they exist.
That's why people hurt themselves, and hurt others just to prove that they exist. Screaming "Someone please notice me! I'm right here!" They're all running away, trying not to be swallowed up by the dark nothingness."
Shi ni Itaru Yamai, which roughly translates as Sickness Unto Death, is a 2 volume long psychological manga that started in 2009. The story is about a young man who has just started college, studying clinical psychology. He stays
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 Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Shiniitarubyou, Terminal Illness Japanese: 死に至る病 More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 2
Chapters: 19
Status: Finished
Published: Mar 13, 2009 to Dec 11, 2009
Theme:
Psychological
Demographic:
Seinen
Serialization:
Young Animal Statistics Ranked: #59152 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #3891
Members: 5,805
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Feb 10, 2014
Following a young man as he studies to become a Psychologist and his attempts to cure a beautiful young girl of her crippling depression, Shi ni Itaru Yamai is a Psychological drama with mild horror undertones. Be warned, it's a sappy romance.
As any Psychological series should, it gets you thinking about society, humanity and your own moral values. While it has it's errors (for one, the heroine's hair is whitish blue because she's stressed by her life), for some the manga may serve as educational on the topic of mental disorders, as the Protagonist explains each of the disorders the woman he is treating is ... 
Sep 2, 2024
Overall, it feels especially contrived. There's some enticing commentary on psychological medical practice, plus some crisp artwork which is always appreciated. The scene setup and narrative flow don't leave much to the imagination, though - leading to the outcome of the chapters to be overtly predictable. The main character is some brooding girl with clear emotional neglect and the guy just seems like a convenience to make it a (seemingly forced) romance. The setting is the classic Western-style 'haunted mansion.' It fits the story, but feels so tiresome to see yet again.
It's worthy of a try for the nods to psychiatry, but not much else ... 
Jan 9, 2019
tldr: A manga that is truly interesting when it gets to its actual substance, but it takes too long to get there and is rushed past it after it arrives.
The main story isn't fully revealed until pretty far into the manga, and it's not really possible to talk about it without discussing that, so this will have spoilers, be warned. This manga ultimately leads into a story centered around what value alternate personalities have, whether they're people, and how they should be treated, as well as the effects such treatment would have on those around them. I don't know much about dissociative identity disorder, so I'm not sure how realistic it is, ... |
