People try to grow up and evolve too early. Because of their parents, pressure from school, or other things. We take on the wounds of others, even without even meaning to. Kizu is a manga that literally talks about taking on these wounds for ourselves. So that others can be well. We start from the notion that we can carry the weight of others' hurts, without even thinking about the weight of our own wounds. We carry traumas, experiences that haven't always made our lives better. Adolescence is the time when we learn a little about what life is like. We will never know the completeanswer to everything, not even when we become adults. We make mistakes often. Carrying our stories can sometimes be heavy, sometimes become a burden, if we don't heal our minds. Kizu reminds us that we have support, even in the most complicated and painful moments. Accumulating pain, wounds, and traumas is complex. We can fall apart. We can end up hurting ourselves even more.

Living is difficult. Life isn't always welcoming and warm. But we have our support network. Friends or family, whoever they may be. Kizu is a manga that touches our wounds in a more specific way. And it reminds us to never let them dominate our being. I loved reading it, and I particularly love the works featuring Hiro Kiyohara. Otsuichi is a very good writer. And I believe it was a manga that made me better understand my existence as a human being.