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If Oyasumi Punpun was a bad manga, it would be Himizu.

If you read Punpun, I don't have to elaborate much more, however MAL doesn't allow me to post a 1 sentence review. In fact, I didn't know that until writing this. So, I will summarize even more:

Story - Not interesting for the most part, it has glimpses of something good, but that's it. Since Himizu is a short manga, it is actually surprising how there is so many discarded characters and plots. I have the impression that 25% or something of the chapters are irrelevant when you reach the end.

Characters - Sumida is as edgy ... as you can get, the others could be good, they get some development, but VEEEEEEEEEEEEERY little development. The best moment of this manga is by a Yakuza who appears like 3 or 4 times, which I think tells a lot about the characters.

Art - Ok. Disgusting sometimes, but overall ok.

Just to conclude, something I utterly hate in any story is the "edgyness", terrible and shocking scenes without purpose, except for just trying to be shocking. When I ask myself "why did the author do that?" and the only answer I can think is "because yes", that feeling settles the case. That happens A LOT in this manga for the most violent and disgusting scenes you can think of.

JUST RUN AND DON'T COMMIT THAT MISTAKE!

This is LITERALLY the worst manga I've ever read. It just take 3 chapters for you to know how bad this manga is, but I'm not the smartest person in the world, so I kept reading and it was just getting worse!

The story is about SOMETHING, I'm still trying to figure it out. But we have a boy who is fanatic about Papico, a porn actress with bigger breasts than a hentai character, and jerks off every single day watching one of her movies. Oh, he also wants to be a director but that doesn't matter at all! Well, ... he meets her by the end of the first chapter and they start one of the most bizarre relationships I've ever seen. The worst part about these "characters" (if I can use this word to describe them) is that they are NOTHING alike a human being! They act like anything but a proper human being, the scenes by the restaurant and the bath made me regret learning how to read. So, I think this manga is about their relationship, which is terribly written and doesn't have proper development at all.

The art may look pretty at the beginning, but it's nothing special. Actually, it gets even worse, since the author uses a computer to repeat THE SAME DRAWING over and over again! He didn't even tried a different angle or composition, it's literally the same picture copied and pasted. And it's not even beautiful, I honestly don't know why people think Oku's art is that great, it may be good, but nothing special.

But the worst part must be the author referencing his other works throughout the manga. He makes his characters say: "Hey, have you ever read Gantz or Inuyashiki? IT'S REALLY GREAT!". This scene insulted me as a thinking creature, it's one of the most shameful things I've ever seen...

So, plot? There isn't any;
Characters? Terrible, they act like the author wants them to act, not like people would act in those situations. In fact, they just REACT to things happening around them, and not even this they do it properly;
Narrative? Horribly written, there is neither sense of progression nor evolution between the "characters";
Antagonist? THERE ISN'T ANY.

If you really hate yourself and wants to make your soul feel violated, this is the manga for you!