Anime/manga about suicide

[lillmonix3]

Can you share your favorite manga or anime about suicide?I like to watch or read something psychological.

 

[Ear]

Has to be Aku no Hana

 

[Sakura.]

I love your username!

Summer Ghost: https://myanimelist.net/anime/48171/Summer_Ghost

Colorful: https://myanimelist.net/anime/8142/Colorful_Movie

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I have always believed that a few-word or even a few-sentence description of a film or book is extremely unfair to them, because it is impossible to fully convey their value in this way. So I will not describe the content of these films myself.

I will only say that both directly concern suicide (to a much greater extent than A Silent Voice) and both moved me very much.

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Despite being a huge fan of anime, I have not managed to watch too many of them. I am curious how such a sensitive and valuable subgenre of films deals with the topic of suicide. I would be very disappointed if it almost did not touch on this topic at all or did so in a way that differed from our understanding of it.

 

[bankai]

Watch the jujutsu kaisen movie,jjk 0.In my opinion the best movie about both suicide and romance. Great watch.

 

[lillmonix3]

I love your username!

Just Monika

 

[GoSan1]

Boys Abyss

 

[Ear]

Boys Abyss

Still have to finish that one, thanks for reminding me

 

[AdultVirgin]

Having a girl who likes anime as a gf might save my life

It would be the closest thing I could get to an anime girl

 

[JesiBel]

Some series that I remember where suicides occur:

Serial Experiments Lain
Boogiepop Phantom (2000)
Claudine (manga, Riyoko Ikeda)

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Bonus - a pretty dark, dramatic and tragic shojo:
Oniisama e...

 

[PrettyWhiteFlower]

Babylon

I never see people talk about this anime!

Spoiler: Spoiler

I don't know if this is really a spoiler but I felt like there was a mix up due to translation maybe. The show makes out like the 'bad guy' is trying to legalise suicide but technically you can't punish someone who is dead. It made more sense to me that he is trying to legalise assisted suicide in hospital so that the persons organs can be used as most suicides aren't found fast enough

 

[turnoverover]

Haibane renmei. A little vague, like Lain.

 

[LigottiIsRight]

Brack Paradox, a manga by Junji Ito. I haven't read it yet, but I know the plot is related to suicide.

 

[kotonearisato]

Orange, a short read but very good. This is more on the hopeful side of things, it's very sweet.

X/1999, doesn't directly deal with suicide by name but it is incredibly relevant to the series and the characters; a major theme overall is having a death wish and what that does to someone. The majority of characters in X do NOT want to be here lol. Don't watch the anime, the anime skips right past a lot of it for the sake of making up an ending. However, I would say Tokyo Babylon is required reading first. It is a prequel, but for only two of the main characters. TB is finished and does deal with suicide by name among other heavy topics. It's a very quick read, only like 22 cchapters. If you're looking for something psychological, these two should definitely be on your list.

In general a lot of CLAMP works get very in depth on heavy topics. xxxHolic is like this too.

Full Moon wo Sagashite, another more on the hopeful side of things, but it's been my favorite manga for almost two decades so I have to give it a shout. It deals with suicide a lot. The anime for this is also bad don't watch it lmao.

 

[Michelstaedter]

Oyasumi punpun

 

[LastNite]

platinum end

It's all about suicide.

 

[ApparentlyNot]

Welcome to the NHK feels particularly relevant here, as it involves a suicide forum. But it is more focused on NEETism and hikkikomori.

Higurashi has a notable presence of suicide - especially later, but it starts as and remains a horror anime/manga.

And the person with the Mainlander pfp mentioned it already, but Oyasumi Punpun for sure. It's genuinely very depressing though, so proceed with caution.

 

[DontTouchMeImFamous]

Orange.
I didn't like the ending though tbh. It was rushed. And this anime isn't really my fav but it's the only one about suicide that I've watched.

I actually watched another anime about suicide — No Longer Human anime but I would never ever recommend it to anyone. It's the worst thing that any human can watch. It's based on a novel by Osamu Dazai. Tbh I could never understand why Japanese ppl consider Osamu Dazai a great writer. He should have never been allowed to learn writing tbh. What a terrible writer.

 

[Daxter777]

Oyasumi punpun

This one fucked me up but it's definitely one of my all time favorites.

 

[skybox]

Himizu and Bokutachi ga Yarimashita. I've mentioned both before and made a thread about the latter. Jumyou wo Kaitotte Moratta. Ichinen ni Tsuki, Ichimanen de is another popular suicide manga that made me sob like a baby when I first read it.

 

[nyukomeko]

The first manga I read happens to be Oyasumi Punpun. Then I read Aku no Hana.

For novel, from Japan as well, Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami.

Not so suicidal, but mostly about depression, and haven't mentioned yet here, manga called "My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness"

 

[Hope;ess Fear]

No Longer Allowed in Another World. It's a dark comedy. Man and woman make pact to ctb together by jumping in a river, but they get hit by a truck first. Man wakes up in a fantasy world and is determined to find woman so they can complete their pact because if he woke up there maybe she did too. I can't tell you if the end is any good, but anything that starts with the Japanese equivalent of a Kurt Cobain joke is worth a try.

Platinum End is all about suicide. It can get boring at parts but the ending is fascinating, as is the analysis of why people commit suicide and how society feeds the death drive. Just keep in mind that you'll have to deal with the usual Tsugumi Ohba misogyny. Dude really does not like smart, competent women.

 

[bankai]

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei @YandereMikuMistress

 

[YandereMikuMistress]

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei @YandereMikuMistress

Yes! That's the stuff!
That's my favorite black comedy
And anyone who likes controversially morbid humor will like this 100%

 

[bankai]

Yes! That's the stuff!
That's my favorite black comedy
And anyone who likes controversially morbid humor will like this 100%

God, tell me about it. i used to watch this and xxxholic while drunk 12 years ago lol.

Also OP. Before I forget. A Silent Voice is also very much about suicide. Starts off with a suicide attempt and ends with one.Highly highly recommend. And it's a beautiful movie. It's all about redemption.

 

[YandereMikuMistress]

God, tell me about it. i used to watch this and xxxholic while drunk 12 years ago lol.

Also OP. Before I forget. A Silent Voice is also very much about suicide. Starts off with a suicide attempt and ends with one. Very beautiful movie. Highly highly recommend. And it's a beautiful movie. It's all about redemption.

My wonder my pal!! You mentioned xxxholic I love your taste!! And we all gotta know a silent voice the manga had me clawing at myself



Random recommendation for anyone-


(Blood on the Tracks) by Shuzo Oshimi explores themes related to suicide. While the series' central conflict is the psychological horror stemming from the protagonist Seiichi's toxic and manipulative relationship with his mother.


And (Bastered) thou it'sa a webtoon I found it captivating it's a dark and intense psychological thriller that contains many other mature themes and trigger warnings, including violence, gore, and psychological abuse.

 

[tercermundista]

This one fucked me up but it's definitely one of my all time favorites.

I think Inio Asano's works frequently address the theme of suicide. In Solanin, there's also a character who commits suicide by crashing his motorcycle.

 

[lv-nii]

Wonder Egg Priority
Haibane Renmei
Serial Experiments Lain

 

[YandereMikuMistress]

Wonder Egg Priority
Haibane Renmei
Serial Experiments Lain