Hino Horror, Vol. 14: Skin And Bone

Hino Horror #14

by Hideshi Hino, Clive France (Translator)

A volume of four terrifyingly witty novellas. Skin & Poor Taichi is bullied incessantly at school because of her weight problem, but she undertakes a diet from hell, which leaves her nothing more than skin and bone. The Red Haruna's deathly appearance shocks her friends when she returns to school. She disappears again, leaving only her red school satchel and its gruesome contents. Two Young, beautiful Ms. Numata is a popluar teacher, but her outer appearance hides a ghastly truth she has kept secret since birth. No one can understand Mayuko's obsession with caterpillars, but everyone at school hates her for it. She is bullied relentlessly, but knows that her destiny lies in a different place.

Genres: Manga, Horror, Comics, Short Stories

184 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2004

About the author

Hideshi Hino (日野日出志 Hino Hideshi, born April 19, 1946) is a Japanese manga artist who specializes in horror stories. His comics include Hell Baby, Hino Horrors, and Panorama of Hell. He also wrote and directed two of the Guinea Pig horror movies which were based on his manga: Flower of Flesh and Blood, which he also starred in, and Mermaid in a Manhole.

Reviews

[➸ Gwen de Sade · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was fucked up for sure :D

[Orrin Grey · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I keep repeating that Hideshi Hino's work is something I'm still trying to teach myself to really appreciate, I'm obviously on a bit of a kick of it at the moment, having found a bunch of Hino Horror books at the library. While Lullabies from Hell is probably the best I've read so far, this one has some classic stories, and is maybe even more body horror-focused than most of the rest of the Hino volumes I've thus far encountered.

Thanks to my personal infatuation with skeletons and living skeleton stories, I'm particularly fond of the semi-titular "Skin and Bone," which may have the distinction of being my favorite Hino story thus far.

[Silver · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

Una muy buena colección de relatos de Hideshi Hino. Creo que es la primera vez que sentí escalofríos al leer una de sus historias. Además este tomo contiene un cuento muy triste y hermoso a la vez. ✨

[Alex · Rating 2 out of 5]

Στα του κόμικ, γενικά οι ιστορίες είναι φορτωμένες με πολλά ψηφιακά εφεδάκια που με διώχνουν. Το σχέδιο είναι μια μείξη shojo και μια έκδοση του παλιότερου καρτουνίστικου στιλ του, με χαρακτήρες που είναι λες και βγήκαν από το The Family Circus. Τα περιεχόμενα των περισσότερων ιστοριών έχουν να κάνουν με τυποποιημένες ιστορίες περιθωριοποιημένων κοριτσιών που παίρνουν εκδίκηση με κάμπιες, γυμνοσάλιαγκες και σκελετούς. Εξαίρεση αποτελεί η αόριστα shojo ιστορία The Twin Sisters, όπου η όμορφη αδερφή είναι περίεργα συνδεδεμένη με την απίστευτα σιχαμένη αδερφή της. Η ιστορία αυτή περνάει τον pure τρόμο των πρώτερων ιστοριών του Hino, όσες τουλάχιστον έχουν πέσει στα χέρια μου.

[Tống Ngọc Anh · Rating 4 out of 5]

the best

[Nolan · Rating 4 out of 5]

'Caterpillar' is so tragic, so beautiful. I love Hideshi Hino's style. Kind of cartoonish, a bit of German Expressionism, some body horror. His stories are so much about the fear of abandonment, longing for a space in the world, feeling like an outsider. My heart aches, I laugh, I'm mortified. The range makes for a very engrossing read, like modern folk tales or twisted children's stories.

[Joyce · Rating 3 out of 5]

hino has been poorly served in english by largely being represented by these weaker volumes, which seemingly outweigh his really weighty stuff. but what happened? did he simply get subsumed into the meatgrinder of manga publication schedules?

[Squilvia · Rating 2 out of 5]

All stories are mediocre at best. Some of them are also quite confusing and unresolved.

[Nura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sekolah ternyata bisa jadi tempat paling menyeramkan di dunia. tanpa disadari ejekan yang mungkin dianggap hanya untuk gurauan justru bisa menjadikan seseorang merasa tertekan, seperti yang dialami Taichi. Saat masih gemuk, dia diejek si gendut. saat dia sudah kurus, diejek si tulang. sama kayak cerita si siput dan ulat bulu. bullying juga bisa berasal dari keluarga seperti dalam cerita Maruko, yang dituduh kakaknya jadi penyebab pertengkaran orang tua mereka, hingga dia depresi dan melarikan diri ke hutan. tho that story ended beautifully. yang paling menyeramkan dari semua cerita itu menurut gw cerita kedua. soalnya menurut gw si Haruna gak seharusnya mendendam sama teman-teman di sekolahnya, karena keknya dia ga dijahatin sama mereka deh.

[Nick · Rating 1 out of 5]

It isnt very good at all. Permanently giving up on this author now.