Hideout (manga)
Hideout is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masasumi Kakizaki. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2010, with its chapters collected in a single volume.
Plot
Seichi Kirishima, a former aspiring writer, plans to murder his wife Miki during their vacation on a remote island. Trapped by heavy rainfall in the island's interior, he resolves to commit the act. His life deteriorated rapidly after losing his publishing contract, marking the beginning of his psychological decline. The story unfolds through fragments of what appears to be his final manuscript.Characters
- 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.