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I am a Hero (manga)

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Alternative title:
アイアムアヒーロー (Japanese)
請叫我英雄 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Struggling manga artist Hideo Suzuki who suffers from hallucinations and delusions lives a very unfulfilling life and is tired of being a background character in his own life. His life and the world however are quickly turned upside down as a deadly zombie virus known as "zqn" runs rampant in Japan. Hideo with nothing but a backpack and a shotgun then flees the city in a turn of events finds others both friend and foe as this epic zombie psychological thriller asks the question: who is the greatest enemy--the dead or the living.
User Ratings: 34 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 7 votes (Eng:7)
 Excellent: 11 votes (Eng:11)
 Very good: 7 votes (Eng:6, others:1
1 Italian
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 Good: 7 votes (Eng:5, others:2
1 Spanish
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 Decent: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 So-so: -
 Not really good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 83 users, rank: #995 (of 6865)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.353 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.3478, rank: #462 (of 7714)
Weighted mean: 8.237 (Very good+), rank: #712 (of 7714) (seen all: 8.18 / seen some: 8.35)
Bayesian estimate: 8.179 (Very good+), rank: #230 (of 3518)
Number of tankoubon: 22
Vintage: 2009-04-20 to 2017-02-27 (serialized in Big Comic Spirits)
Release dates: We have 74
Review:
I am a Hero [Omnibus] GN 1 (May 20, 2016)
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Graphic novel
    I am a Hero [Omnibus] (GN 1) 2016-04-26 (from $16.59)
    I am a Hero [Omnibus] (GN 2) 2016-10-25 (from $39.95)
    I am a Hero [Omnibus] (GN 3) 2017-04-25 (from $19.99)
    I am a Hero [Omnibus] (GN 4) 2017-08-15 (from $8.48)
    I am a Hero [Omnibus] (GN 5) 2018-01-16 (from $49.99)
    I am a Hero [Omnibus] (GN 6) 2018-05-15 (from $100.00)
    I am a Hero [Omnibus] (GN 7) 2018-08-14 (from $52.75)
    I am a Hero [Omnibus] (GN 8) 2018-11-20 (from $149.00)
    I am a Hero [Omnibus] (GN 9) 2019-03-05 (from $110.00)
    I am a Hero [Omnibus] (GN 10) 2019-07-02 (from $233.99)
    I am a Hero [Omnibus] (GN 11) 2019-11-05 (from $300.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Kengo Hanazawa

Cover Design: Norito Inoue
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shogakukan
English staff
English cast
Translation: Kumar Sivasubramanian

Adaptation: Philip Simon
Collection Design:
Anita Magaña
Kate Stone (omnibus 3)
Sandy Tanaka (omnibus 1-2)
Digital Art Technician: Christina McKenzie
Editing: Philip Simon
Editing Assistant: Megan Walker (omnibus 3)
Lettering: Steve Dutro
Publisher: Mike Richardson
Special Thanks To:
Annie Gullion (editorial assistance)
Carl Gustav Horn (editorial assistance)
Chitoku Teshima (translation assistance)
Michael Gombos (editorial assistance)
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Dark Horse Comics
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Kana
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Publisher:
Editorial Ivréa (Argentina)
Norma Editorial (Spain)
Panini Comics (México)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
Translation: Giovanni Lapis
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher: Carlsen Comics
German cast
(none)
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
Translation: Lídia Ivasa
(none)
Portuguese companies
Licensed by: Panini Comics (Brazil)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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