Download I am a Hero Manga by Kengo Hanazawa (.CBR)

I am a Hero Manga by Kengo Hanazawa
Requirements: CBR Reader, 1.6 GB.
Overview: Hideo Suzuki is a thirty-five year old mangaka assistant struggling to be the hero in his own life by breaking back into the lime light with a new serial all the while juggling his relationship with his girlfriend and his own delusions.

In a list of "10 Great Zombie Manga", Anime News Network’s Jason Thompson placed I Am a Hero at number 1, considering it "probably the greatest zombie manga ever".

Genre: Comics, Manga, Horror, Thriller, Psychological, Mature Reader, On Going.

I am a Hero Manga

Kengo Hanazawa

Shogakukan, 2009-now….

I Am a Hero is a Japanese horror manga by Kengo Hanazawa. It was nominated for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Manga Taishō and won the 58th Shogakukan Manga Award in General category. It is published in Italy by GP Publishing, in France by Kana and in Spain by Norma Editorial.

The next morning Hideo goes to his girlfriend Tetsuko’s apartment (after having a falling out earlier) to apologize. When peering through the mail slot finds that she has transformed into a monstrous, zombie-like creature (though originally thinking she was drunk). After a brief struggle with Tetsuko and watching her fight another infected person, Hideo manages to watch news about an outbreak, where people start to bite each other. The SDF is shown engaging these people. After some contemplation, Hideo performs a mercy killing on the zombified Tetsuko, then sets out to his manga studio.

Along the way, he witnesses many scenes of zombies attacking people. As he reaches the studio, through the peephole he saw Mitani (the eldest manga artist of the group) clubbing one of their colleagues to death. They then work together to kill another zombie who emerged from the bathroom, using an aerosol can as a flamethrower. Upon learning (via television) that there are more zombies in this part, and their numbers are rapidly increasing, Hideo follows Mitani out of Shakuji towards Nerima Train Station to escape Tokyo and head for Hanno. After running through the rain towards the station platform, Mitani falls behind and is soon overwhelmed by zombies, but is then decapitated by an airplane’s landing gear.

Narrowly escaping zombies from every direction, Hideo manages to board a train before it leaves, panting as the doors shut. It is here that he finds out that not all people are aware of the situation. A zombie from another car manages to board Hideo’s car. He breaks down and crouches in a turtle position (though he brifely had an imagination of wielding his gun to attack the zombie), evading the zombie who manages to infect almost all passengers in the car. As the train screeches to a halt Hideo finds himself in an unfamiliar part of Tokyo called Irumonshi.

After escaping the Irumonshi Train Station, Hideo calls a taxicab. He shares the cab with a couple and an African American foreigner. The foreigner whishes to be dropped at a hospital near Yokota Air Base, and talks about bio-terrorism. To Hideo’s horror, all the other passengers are already infected, but the foreigner is safely disposed when he is shot in front of the air base. However, the signs of infection begin to show up in the couple, and unexpectedly, the cab driver (he was infected by his grandson). Hideo kicks the couple out, but the cab crashes when the cab driver attacks Hideo. Running through the rain and off the highway, Hideo comes across an amusement park nearby to Mt. Fuji that is now abandoned. He walks through the underground entrance, states "I survived", and soon afterward passes out from stress and exhaustion. He escapes to an underground tunnel beneath an abandoned amusement park and collapses.

After waking up, Hideo decides to traverse the nearby woods. He begins to lose his courage as his phone died (leaving him without light), and experiences various hallucinations before collapsing. The next day, he wakes up unharmed, and discovers that he is in the Sea of Trees near Mount Fuji. While urinating, he finds another survivor: a student named Hiromi Hayakiri.

Hiromi was lost in the Sea of Trees during a field trip. She was sent there after she lost at rock-paper-scissors with her friends, who decided to send Hiromi as a test of courage. While walking across the woods, she saw Hideo, whom she thought was a suicidal person. In order to talk him out of suicide, she took care of him when he passes out.

Hiromi decides to travel with Hideo. Along the way, they witness peculiar events one after another, such as an apparent awareness in the infected (Hiromi’s friends killing one another due to a vendetta) and the people’s lack of awareness. They soon find out a crowd of people who heard of a rumor that the thinner air of the mountain will repel the infected. They also meet Araki, a middle-aged man who informs them about Kurusu. Kurusu is a man who claimed he couldn’t kill his mother no matter how many times he brutally beat her (which implies that she is infected). In desperation, netizens begin to form a cult centering around Kurusu, declaring him as the leader of the new age that will emerge from the disaster. Hideo tries to research further, but is soon discouraged by false rumors.

Hiromi soon falls prey to a bite from an infected baby; strangely, she only becomes partially infected and is able to retain aspects of her humanity. Hideo is able to communicate with her, forging a bond between the two. Though skeptical at first, Araki decides to allow Hiromi to travel together with Hideo and him, and continues further until they come across a team of homicidal bandits, who promise to keep them safe until they all can find a solution to the on-going zombie apocalypse.

Encamped on top of the Gotemba Premium Outlet, the bandits wish to lead a revolution and take control of a new society in the wake of the zombie outbreak. Sango is the apparent leader of the group, though he is actually controlled by Iura. When the group begins to run low on food, Sango and Iura begin to formulate a plan to seize Hideo’s shotgun (the only lethal weapon in the group). After succeeding, Hideo is forced to join a search party. The search goes awry however, and most of the bandit group, including Sango, are killed. Hiromi is shot with a bolt on her head (though she survives), Iura becomes infected, and Araki sacrifices himself to protect a young child. Hideo escapes, along with Hiromi and Yabu, a former nurse and member of the bandit group, who understands the significance Hiromi’s condition may play in potentially understanding and curing the disease. After surgically removing the bolt from Hiromi’s head, and seeing her recover from the infection, they are last shown reaching Hakone in order to restock n ammunition and firearms.

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