I Am a Hero

Description

Hideo Suzuki is a thirty-five-year-old mangaka assistant struggling to be the hero in his own life by breaking back into the limelight with a new serial all the while juggling his relationship with his girlfriend and his own delusions. However, as hard as Hideo may try, the world seems to have a different set of plans for him; sinister and dark machinations that completely overturn his reality as he knows it.

Note: Was nominated for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Manga Taishō and won the 58th Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category in 2013.

Type

Manga

Related Series

I Am a Hero in Osaka (Side Story)

8 Tales of the ZQN (Side Story)

I Am a Hero in Ibaraki (Side Story)

I Am a Hero in Nagasaki (Side Story)

Associated Names

Ai emu a Hiiroo

Ben Bir Kahramanım

Я — герой

ข้าคือฮีโร่ I am a HERO

アイアムアヒーロー

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Latest Release(s)

v.22 c.265 (end) by Death Toll 3 years ago

v.22 c.264 by Todome! 8 years ago

v.22 c.263 by Todome! 8 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

22 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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Forum

4 topics, 8 posts

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User Rating

Average: 7.9 / 10.0 (701 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.83 / 10.0

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Last Updated

January 14th, 2025 2:46pm PST - 3 months ago

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Genre

Action Drama Horror Mature Mystery Psychological Seinen Supernatural
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Category Recommendations

Trese

I Am a Hero in Osaka

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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Shogakukan

Serialized In (magazine)

Big Comic Spirits (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Dark Horse (11 Omnibus Volumes - Complete | Print)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #746

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Monthly Pos #1353

(-265)

3 Month Pos #2511

(-199)

6 Month Pos #3180

(-16)

Year Pos #3423

(+734)

List Stats

On 2388 reading lists

On 1523 wish lists

On 1006 completed lists

On 121 unfinished lists

On 523 custom lists

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Forum Posts Click to view the forum

I Am A Hero Approaches 'Climax'

9 years ago

I Am a Hero Manga Gets Osaka-Based Spinoff

10 years ago

Why!?

12 years ago

Puh! (v06)

13 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

Good Slow Manga

by wuhugm
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Oh man....

The 1st volume of this manga is actually only an introduction
U can see in the background somekind of sickness going around but the zombie thing only revealed on the last page of the volume! And zombie is supposed to be the plot of the story!

The story is progressing soooooo slowly, even after zombies are introduced. You also can find some Gantz feeling there as u witness people dying and other people are just watching and don't give a crap.

The final thing u might want to know is, the characters are FUGLY, it seems that the characters drawn to be realistic, but they're FUGLY. Sometimes u just wanna vomit when u see these characters, even those whom supposed to be beautiful are FUGLY

But the Idea and artwork (aside from the characters) are beautiful, and talking about realistic, the characters' thought are very realistic

... Last updated 14 years ago

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It's..... such a....

by Uruner
14 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

Someone kept recomending this to me so i started reading it.... but this series is SOOO~~~~~~~~ bad at the beginig that i just rolled over and dropped reading it ..... then had to take a breather and after a week i started to read it again... to drop it again.... and after a month when i picked it up again it AT LAST started to get good... and kept me pinned up to it. And it's not that this psyhologigal stuff was bad or anything... it's just that the main charachter just kept pissing me off....

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I need to post a subject

by jamie1990
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

There is a level of sophistication and maturity in the storytelling that you rarely ever see in manga.

I would not be surprised if it was inspired by Shaun of the Dead but in my opnion that does not deminish the achievment of this manga.

I am one ovlume through as of writing this comment btw.

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Definitely good

by Leosten
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Hell this is one good manga, the beginning was very psychological, I thought it was one of those society-describing manga, but the sudden turn at the end of Volume 1 completely changed my mind, and everything made sense. It's very psychological and very addictive, a very well-thought and very well-paced horror manga, with deep characters, great, realistic art, it's a page turner.

I definitely want to see what will happen next.

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A Slow Burn

by JotaroRaido
15 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

A very well-done psychological horror story so far. There's lots of gruesome zombie violence, of course, but just as unsettling are the sometimes chapters at a time when the main character is dealing with his own personal demons. The art is clean, realistic, and quite detailed, and the pacing is ace. Copious two-page spreads used to great effect. I'm just waiting for Hideo to finally use that shotgun he's toting around!

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