Hideout (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masasumi Kakizaki. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2010, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volume.

Hideout
Volume cover
GenrePsychological horror[1]
Manga
Written byMasasumi Kakizaki
Published byShogakukan
MagazineWeekly Big Comic Spirits
DemographicSeinen
Original runJune 14, 2010August 23, 2010
Volumes1

Plot

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On a supposedly idyllic vacation island, Seichi Kirishima and his wife Miki Kirishima are pinned down by a heavy rain somewhere in the island's interior. But this does not deter Seichi, it determined him, his decision is clear: Tonight, he will kill his wife.

Just a year ago, he was a happy man - an aspiring writer, a contented husband, and a father of a young boy... at that time, everything was going well for him. But such happiness came to end. The day his editor put an end to their collaboration, darkness seeped into his life faster than a bullet. A terrifying descent into hell commences, page by page of what it seems to be his last novel...

Characters

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  • Seichi Kirishima: A former writer and the husband of Miki Kirishima. After losing his son, he brought his wife on a vacation on which he planned on murdering her.
  • Miki Kirishima: Seichi's wife. She is angry at her husband after their only son's death.
  • The Old man: He is deprived of sunlight as he lives inside a dark cave for his life, takes women as prisoners and consumes the flesh of male stragglers.

Publication

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Written and illustrated by Masasumi Kakizaki, Hideout was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from June 14 to August 23, 2010.[2][3] Shogakukan collected its nine chapters in a single tankōbon volume, released on November 30, 2010.[4]

Chapter list

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No. Release date ISBN
1 November 30, 2010[4]978-4-09-183613-7
  1. "Wicked Eyes"
  2. "Nightmare"
  3. "Everybody Dies"
  4. "Help Me"
  5. "Reversal"
  1. Buried Alive"
  2. Dead or Alive"
  3. New Family"
  4. Death Spiral"

References

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  1. ^ 'Batto', David J. (July 13, 2015). "Hideout". Ramen Para Dos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on November 9, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  2. ^ 「RAINBOW」の柿崎正澄、スピでサスペンスホラー新連載. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. June 14, 2010. Archived from the original on February 13, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Fin d'Hideout". manga-news.com (in French). August 21, 2010. Archived from the original on September 2, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  4. ^ a b HIDEOUT (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2021.