Downfall
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- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Inio Asano
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Summary
From the Eisner-nominated， best-selling author of Goodnight Punpun and solanin， a dark look at what happens when living the life of your dreams becomes your downfall。
Selling copies is the only thing that matters。
So what if your first series just ended and you have no idea how to start the next one， your marriage is breaking up， your pure love of manga has been destroyed by the cruel reality of the industry and nothing seems to fill the sucking void inside you…
Find the secret combo for a new hit manga series and everything will be okay。
Right？
Selling copies is the only thing that matters。
So what if your first series just ended and you have no idea how to start the next one， your marriage is breaking up， your pure love of manga has been destroyed by the cruel reality of the industry and nothing seems to fill the sucking void inside you…
Find the secret combo for a new hit manga series and everything will be okay。
Right？
Reviews
klodyn
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3。5
Kimberley T
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This manga gave me a weird feeling all throughout and the main character was just such a distasteful person。 Not once did I feel bad for him he was just such a whiny cry baby and blamed others for his lack of success。 What exactly was the point of that young character？ She just used him and he knows it。 The ending did make feel some type of way but it wasn’t enough to make up for the whole manga。 He truly was a monster。
Ericka Cortés
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Realmente tenía muy altas mis expectativas， tanto que al terminarlo estaba molesta。No sólo la escena del abuso sexual pasa como si nada， y es que no estoy segura de cuál era la intención。 Pudimos haber asociado al protagonista con un "monstruo" tan sólo con su actitud posterior a esta escena。También me pareció una transición de desarrollo del personaje demasiado abrupta。 Un dia le tienes lástima y al otro lo quieres matar， no te da oportunidad de empatizar y no estoy muy segura si esa era la int Realmente tenía muy altas mis expectativas， tanto que al terminarlo estaba molesta。No sólo la escena del abuso sexual pasa como si nada， y es que no estoy segura de cuál era la intención。 Pudimos haber asociado al protagonista con un "monstruo" tan sólo con su actitud posterior a esta escena。También me pareció una transición de desarrollo del personaje demasiado abrupta。 Un dia le tienes lástima y al otro lo quieres matar， no te da oportunidad de empatizar y no estoy muy segura si esa era la intención。Pero bueno， me dejó insatisfecha la historia， sin embargo como todo trabajo de Asano el dibujo es espectacular。 Una pena la verdad。 。。。more
Francesca
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Inio Asano’s messages are so powerful
María
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（TW: Violación）3。5 （？）Tengo dudas， debatiendo con mi amigo hemos llegado a muchas conclusiones que me han hecho valorar más esta obra。La verdad es que en muy pocas páginas se hablan de muchos temas y el dibujo es espectacular， creo que ganará en relecturas。
Lacazane
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As every Inio Asano manga， this one is hard to read but in the best way posible， with moments that made me hate the main character but at the same time empathise with him
off_pendragon
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Portrayal of an artists ambivalent relationship to his craft and success。 He found success producing art he doesn't like for people he doesn't respect。 He looks down on his audience because they like his work。 And yet he craves success， he craves validation。 He cannot stop， even though this is clearly hurting him。 It seems like the only possible path forward。 No matter the cost， he cannot change。 He is stuck producing Mangas he doesn't like for readers he doesn't like。 Portrayal of an artists ambivalent relationship to his craft and success。 He found success producing art he doesn't like for people he doesn't respect。 He looks down on his audience because they like his work。 And yet he craves success， he craves validation。 He cannot stop， even though this is clearly hurting him。 It seems like the only possible path forward。 No matter the cost， he cannot change。 He is stuck producing Mangas he doesn't like for readers he doesn't like。 。。。more
Hikaoru
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I am beyond annoyed that I can't find my review for this。I know I hate it enough that I definitely rant about it here but lo and behold it was empty。This is just a reminder for my future self。The book contains adultery and a depressed mangaka who handled his gradual loss of passion for his job by sleeping with many prostitutes。 I don't know why the mangaka chose to draw ugly girls as prostitutes， maybe for authenticity。 I dunno。It also has marital rape。 Joy。 I am beyond annoyed that I can't find my review for this。I know I hate it enough that I definitely rant about it here but lo and behold it was empty。This is just a reminder for my future self。The book contains adultery and a depressed mangaka who handled his gradual loss of passion for his job by sleeping with many prostitutes。 I don't know why the mangaka chose to draw ugly girls as prostitutes， maybe for authenticity。 I dunno。It also has marital rape。 Joy。 。。。more
Kieran Westphal
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should’a called this one “Diary of an Oxygen Thief”！ it’s a much more worthy bearer of that fantastic title than the unfortunate heap that wound up with it first。 chilling and dark and precision targeted at stupid artist/opinion-havers like myself。 i will probably die a monster if i continue to care so much about sharpening my critical voice while also attempting to make art。 an unfulfilled， self-centered monster。 this is something I will return to many times。 it has claimed a bookshelf spot for should’a called this one “Diary of an Oxygen Thief”！ it’s a much more worthy bearer of that fantastic title than the unfortunate heap that wound up with it first。 chilling and dark and precision targeted at stupid artist/opinion-havers like myself。 i will probably die a monster if i continue to care so much about sharpening my critical voice while also attempting to make art。 an unfulfilled， self-centered monster。 this is something I will return to many times。 it has claimed a bookshelf spot for introspective rereads for at least the next few years。 。。。more
Lorryn Woodward
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Honestly I'm surprised I finished it。 Didn't like anything about it。 CW : RAPE /SEXUAL ASSAULT Honestly I'm surprised I finished it。 Didn't like anything about it。 CW : RAPE /SEXUAL ASSAULT 。。。more
Rubén Moragues。
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[3。75]De nuevo， Inio Asano logra hacer una brutal disección de la sociedad japonesa。 En este caso se centra en la industria del manga， retratándola como la escaramuza comercial que es。 Quizá algo repugnante en algunos momentos， pero por lo general， una obra más que notable。
Paolo D'Alessandro
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Can’t decide if it was a character-study or a critique disguised as a character study but it was extremely compelling。
Iago
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Me gustó mucho desde el dibujo hasta el formato más grande de lo habitual。 El dibujo es bellísimo。 Y la historia gana bastante después de leer el diario de un mangaka de Inio Asano。 Es que estás viendo a Inio Asano ahí， y Tomita no es Tomita pero sí es Tomita， y ya me entendéis los que hayais leído las dos obras。 Y luego está el tema de la crisis identitaria y todo ese rollo con destellos realmente brillantes。 La frustración está ahí todo el tiempo aporreando， y es que a veces no entedemos muy b Me gustó mucho desde el dibujo hasta el formato más grande de lo habitual。 El dibujo es bellísimo。 Y la historia gana bastante después de leer el diario de un mangaka de Inio Asano。 Es que estás viendo a Inio Asano ahí， y Tomita no es Tomita pero sí es Tomita， y ya me entendéis los que hayais leído las dos obras。 Y luego está el tema de la crisis identitaria y todo ese rollo con destellos realmente brillantes。 La frustración está ahí todo el tiempo aporreando， y es que a veces no entedemos muy bien la vida， muy bien donde estamos， que carajo hacemos aquí， este manga va un poco de todo eso。 Si que es verdad que el guión no es de lo más brillante， pero pasas un buen rato entretenido， absorto， una pequeña piecita sin pena ni gloria， pero que se agradece leer。 。。。more
Ruby Giles
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Three stars mainly for the artwork， which was incredible。 The drawings were cinematic， hyper-detailed and engaging。 The plot however。。。 maybe this is on me as I struggle to engage with introspective male characters with a history of sexual violence。 The main character was lethargic， sexist and I had no empathy for him。 I didn’t care what happened to him， and felt disdain for him the entire book。 The manic pixie dream girl trope at the end was the final straw for me！ 1 star for the writing imo。
Vertdeau
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Pour être totalement honnête， arrivée à la moitié du manga， j'étais lassée du sujet， un mangaka qui pâtit de son manque de succès et de reconnaissance， qui connait une vie privée en péril 。。。 J'ai eu la sensation de lire la même mélancolie que dans 23 prostituées de Chester Brown， avec l'étrange impression d'un personnage complétement coupé de tout un tas d'aspects de la vie。 Alors certes， le dessin était magnifique， extrêmement bien cadré， mais j'avais déjà mon opinion en tête。 Et puis， la suit Pour être totalement honnête， arrivée à la moitié du manga， j'étais lassée du sujet， un mangaka qui pâtit de son manque de succès et de reconnaissance， qui connait une vie privée en péril 。。。 J'ai eu la sensation de lire la même mélancolie que dans 23 prostituées de Chester Brown， avec l'étrange impression d'un personnage complétement coupé de tout un tas d'aspects de la vie。 Alors certes， le dessin était magnifique， extrêmement bien cadré， mais j'avais déjà mon opinion en tête。 Et puis， la suite a transformé ma lecture。 Ce personnage n'est pas naïf， il est très lucide justement。 Il ne veut pas raconter de romance， embellir une réalité。 L'auteur dessine cette histoire avec brio je trouve， et l'image du mangaka et de l'homme au centre est très humble et humaine。 La fin est empreinte de cette poésie japonaise si particulière， douce amère。 。。。more
Tavo
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Si tuviera que definir este libro sería: El ego de tu profesión。 La deconstrucción de un trabajador que llegó a la cima y lo está perdiendo todo。 Que te inspira a trabajar cuando ya llegaste a dónde querías y aún así no disfrutas lo que haces。No entiendo cómo alguien puede escribir y dibujar así。 Las expresiones， los paisajes， las páginas dobles。 Es absurdo lo bueno que es。
Camilo Guerra
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Un autor de manga acaba una obra que le llevo 8 años， y termina cansado， sin saber que hacer， deprimido。。。y o acompañaremos。LO BUENO: Inio es una maquina， en unas paginas tee sumenrje en una historia que te coge el corazón y te hace temblar， te muestra a un personaje con el que no te obliga a empatizar， aunque lo entindes y quieres saber mas de el， sabes que le duele， pero el no sabe que， y solo puedes acompañarlo， y lo hace d euna manera densa y asesina， además， puede que tenga a un pabellón de Un autor de manga acaba una obra que le llevo 8 años， y termina cansado， sin saber que hacer， deprimido。。。y o acompañaremos。LO BUENO: Inio es una maquina， en unas paginas tee sumenrje en una historia que te coge el corazón y te hace temblar， te muestra a un personaje con el que no te obliga a empatizar， aunque lo entindes y quieres saber mas de el， sabes que le duele， pero el no sabe que， y solo puedes acompañarlo， y lo hace d euna manera densa y asesina， además， puede que tenga a un pabellón de artistas pero su nivel artistico es increible， hy e roba la vida en cada viñeta。LO MALO: Deprimente， te deja un poco frio， pero uno ya lo sabia， es Asano。 。。。more
Starr Elliott
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⭐️⭐️I’m honestly not to sure what the hype was about this book。 I personally think it sucked。 I just started reading Manga， and this is the worst one I’ve read so far。 I don’t recommend it at all。 Not worth the money。I almost couldn’t finish it。 And the rape part wasn’t needed。
Caitlin Theroux
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Hey， you ever want to trigger a depressive dip？ Feel like being weighed down by the gloominess of an unhappy life？ Like stories that devolve from Cliffs of Woe into the Abyss of Despair？ Have I got the manga for you！2。5 smudged gray stars out of 5
Marion
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That story filled me with dread; probably should have seen it coming given the title， but even so， it is really hard to evaluate xD I loved the drawing and sense of anguish， but what a hateful character。
Brittany
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3。5 stars rounded down。
Sandra
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Well this was depressing as fuck。
Arbor Rivera
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I really tried to like this but it keeps falling flat for me。 I had to read it twice to even truly try to understand the whole plot and it just disappointed me。 Without going into detail， I lost respect for the protag several times over and I understand that that is the point but truly， I feel as if this was a complete waste of my time。 Decide for yourself， though。 Perhaps we like different genres and have different tastes。
Jon
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 The art is great and everything works well， but a lot of the bleakness dries up very quickly when you’re clearly expected to sympathize with the protagonist。 The main character would not be in half of his situations if he would actually make an effort to do anything himself instead of relying on others to change for his bizarre and whiny expectations。 For example， he clearly has more than enough time to fix his relationship with his wife， but assaults her when she doesn’t want to change for his The art is great and everything works well， but a lot of the bleakness dries up very quickly when you’re clearly expected to sympathize with the protagonist。 The main character would not be in half of his situations if he would actually make an effort to do anything himself instead of relying on others to change for his bizarre and whiny expectations。 For example， he clearly has more than enough time to fix his relationship with his wife， but assaults her when she doesn’t want to change for his bullshit？？ I get that the story is somewhat biographical and I should not be too critical of the character as a result， but in general the guy is simply nothing more than a pathetic wimp。 All of his criticisms are complete double standards， and as a result you feel nothing but annoyance to the protagonist。 Although I was fairly harsh， the book as a whole is fairly good and gets its message across - but when the message revolves around a single character， you have to be critical of that one character in specific。 The entire message of the book involves artists， but a lot of the message seems reduced to the main character being an asshole。 As a whole， the book clearly warrants four to five stars， but I simply cannot bring myself to give it that rating because of the character （just a personal preference）。 。。。more
tess ☂
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very very dark
Rosa Rodriguez
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Different than what I was expecting。 It was kind of sad to see that this story could be someone’s life， yes the story is fictional but it can happen。 I mean I I stood perfectly at some points what Fukazawa was going through。 I mean he worked hard to write a series for 8 years and when it finally finished he just felt depressed。 And went into this huge art block depression phase for months not knowing what he wanted to do or if he should continue。 I get it completely。 As an artist I get it， thoug Different than what I was expecting。 It was kind of sad to see that this story could be someone’s life， yes the story is fictional but it can happen。 I mean I I stood perfectly at some points what Fukazawa was going through。 I mean he worked hard to write a series for 8 years and when it finally finished he just felt depressed。 And went into this huge art block depression phase for months not knowing what he wanted to do or if he should continue。 I get it completely。 As an artist I get it， though I’m not really a known artist and I’m still young， it’s just I understand the feeling of not knowing where I want to be， the feeling of wanting to be free but not knowing how to get there。 It was a good story， I related to it， I understood where he was going from， kind of just wish there was a bit more sadness to it。 Basically the story was depressing， but not in a sad depressing way。 In the way of “I feel bad for everyone else that surrounds him because they just watch him hit the bottom， and I feel bad for him because he has no clue how he wants to get to the top again”。 。。。more
Kay
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This is a mangaka， from the （now） three works I have read has an emphasis on depression， sexuality， and self-sabotage。 Which this comic has all of that wrapped into a concise standalone。 It's particularly painful because I feel this in so many respects。 From a creative that feels tangible pain picking up my pencil to draw， to someone who is so far gone with attempting to connect with people that we're better off just self-isolating which only worsens the problem， to even a fan who sees their ins This is a mangaka， from the （now） three works I have read has an emphasis on depression， sexuality， and self-sabotage。 Which this comic has all of that wrapped into a concise standalone。 It's particularly painful because I feel this in so many respects。 From a creative that feels tangible pain picking up my pencil to draw， to someone who is so far gone with attempting to connect with people that we're better off just self-isolating which only worsens the problem， to even a fan who sees their inspiration as a God。 And I still carry that pain of waiting and wishing for more from them， knowing that it's pretty much final that I'll never get that， unlike this fan。 This was a one and done。 Perhaps， the emptiest I've ever felt when completing a book。 This is a story seething with self-loathing， from the surface to its core。 It's that self-loathing that feeds into every choice that this disillusioned mangaka makes， which only makes the hatred he has for himself stronger， uglier， and justified。 He's a monster， that's all he is， that's all he can be。 。。。more
Wombo Combo
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Pretty great look at what happens when the wrong things become your top priorities。 Strong No Longer Human vibes。 Fantastic art and really strong story。
Erik Wirfs-Brock
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Artists are monsters， but aren't we all。 Artists are monsters， but aren't we all。 。。。more
Beth Madden
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I just finished this and honestly if I have to look at another man ever again， I'll be sick。 That's how mad this manga made me。 Which was like the aim， I'm fairly certain。 So give this a go if you want to read about a self-absorbed， pathetic deadbeat who radiates major "pick-me" vibes and trauma dumps on all of the women in his life。 Fukazawa is so painfully irredeemable and I just kept reading out of a need to see him get his come-uppance。 I don't know that I really got what I was looking for， I just finished this and honestly if I have to look at another man ever again， I'll be sick。 That's how mad this manga made me。 Which was like the aim， I'm fairly certain。 So give this a go if you want to read about a self-absorbed， pathetic deadbeat who radiates major "pick-me" vibes and trauma dumps on all of the women in his life。 Fukazawa is so painfully irredeemable and I just kept reading out of a need to see him get his come-uppance。 I don't know that I really got what I was looking for， but this was still a really worthy read。 The story meanders along in a way that kept me hanging on， and wanting to know what might happen next。 Absolutely beautiful art also， so detailed and clever， especially the double spreads！ All in all， definitely recommend to those of you who enjoy a bit of a hate-read - not for the manga itself， but for the legitimately awful Fukazawa。 I hope you get as mad as I did！ 。。。more
Reference
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