The first half of the manga is generally more about establishing our lead, Hideoi, and his state of mind instead of dealing with anything creepy or scary. Frankly, if you were to walk into this manga without reading the backcover and knew nothing about the series, the whole zombie outbreak might have more impact and surprise to it than other series due to how it was built up. Sure, you catch a glance of one in the sixth chapter, but given Hideo’s psychological issues, it’s hard to tell whether or not that may have been real at first.
Any and all zombie related activities are merely hinted at or alluded to for the first half of the book. Story-wise, I Am A Hero starts off is a slowburn and build before kicking it into overdrive. However, the more I read, the more the manga grew on me and now, after reading the first omnibus collection, this has easily become one of the best new manga series to debut this year for me. Then reading the first chapter, I was felt unsure about the whole experience, given how strange the story was playing out and the behavior of the main character. Going into this manga, I wasn’t sure what to expect since I haven’t really heard much about the series. However, life is about to change for him as a series of mysterious incidents and deaths start taking place around the country. He basically feels like a supporting character in his own life story and doesn’t know how to escape it. He’s stuck working at a low-paying manga artist assistant job, suffers from insecurity issues and hallucinations of strange figures, and has a rocky relationship with his girlfriend.
Hideo Suzuki is not in a good place in his life.
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