In the beginning it felt so exaggerated and lacking any subtlety that it almost felt a bit comical at times, like the author was just stacking awful things on more awful things for shock value.Īnd it keeps escalating from there. These first few chapters are so insistent on being as abhorrent as possible that I found it hard to take seriously. He is a painter who uses his own blood to paint, and the world he lives is horrible in many ways: from his window he sees an execution platform operating non-stop, a stream full off trash and corpses runs next to his house, he lives in the smell of burning bodies because of the next-door crematorium… One the other hand, it feels a bit redundant when you are already familiar with his work, especially if you have read Lullaby from Hell, as both manga are very similar.Īs the title suggests, Panorama takes place in a hellish setting, described in great details by the main character. It is therefore is a very good entry point for anyone interested in Hino’s stuff. It displays all his favorite themes and even blatantly recycles ideas from his previous works. When he draw Panorama, he thought it would possibly be his last horror manga (he didnt actually stop after that, though). Panorama of Hell is one of Hino’s most famous and acclaimed manga, and represents in many ways the quintessence of his style. Hideshi Hino is a very big name of horror manga. Neighborhood, his family members and family history are presented to paint a bleak and violent picture of hell on earth. In Panorama from Hell, a painter obsessed with depicting hell takes the reader on a journey to discover his life. (warning for spoilers and disturbing topics)
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