This Free Manga Will Break You. 

As someone who started this channel, turning my personal life into my own narrative to better understand myself and my issues - Goodbye, Eri felt in a lot of ways like it was made specifically for me. A brilliant manga - please help like, comment and share this so more people can learn about it. I also took a lot of time making these edits and am really happy with how they turned out! Hope you have a good day!

that "I didn't cry, I wasn't happy near people, but whenever I was alone watching something it was so easy to cry" is too relatable

First? Edit: drat. Tatsuki Fujimoto keeps making such amazing oneshots that I don't really mind if making these makes Chainsaw Man pt2 come out a bit later.

Hiding, you are one of the most genuine youtubers I've ever seen. Seriously, I wish nothing but the very best for you.

Great video hiding-coon congratulations on 200k!

I literally cried. Thank You for sharing your story with regards to how you feel it resonates with Goodbye, Eri. This manga just like in your case made me open my eyes a lot and reflect on what my life has been.

This video is really heartfelt and smart. Thank you

if there was ever a "It took me 10 years to find the answer to something I forgot about it in 10 seconds THATSABOUT IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT~" Need for happy chaos theme it would be for this manga

still strong king, im really happy i found a channel soo interesting

I think the thing that draws me to your content isn't even the actual content anymore. I just come to hear what you have to say. The amount of yourself, the effort you put in, and the impact the things you talk about have had on yourself are really what makes a Hiding in Public video hit as hard as it does. There are so many videos games and stories that I've gotten into just because you recommended it. I like to watch your streams, but sometimes I have to sit out because I end up picking it up what you're doing myself. Lol I'm glad that you've been able to find a way to express yourself, and share it with others like this. Keep up the good work, man, this is what art is all about. I hope that your channels and streams continue to grow and that you're doing well yourself too. The Persona 4 videos are great too. I've been watching them on repeat while I do stuff just because you're so thorough and passionate about it. Lol

*hugs* you should give Sonny Boy a try if you haven't already :)

**spoilers** It was briefly shown(or discussed with a mutual friend) that Eri actually wore glasses, which she told to cut out entirely since it makes her look bad, was very pushy and selfish, which means that a lot more scenes were "acted" as oppose to genuine Their relationship could've been a toned down version of the one between him and his mother(or worse on an emotional level, its left ambiguous) You can argue that Eri, having saved Yuta's life, pressured him to make the movie for selfish reasons and this is again, how Yuta choose to remember an abusive but deep relationship, just like with his mom. Very Freudian and it fits with the how Yuta deals with traumatic pasts. I know its a very cynical look at the story and its all based on like 1/2 pages in the details, but that's what I got. This story can honestly be studied by psychologist for how many layers it can go. Hats off heart-shaped-author-man!

I relate to your story so much man... I also feel like that, idk why.

After reading csm manga I wanted to read his other work. that’s when i find out about best oneshot manga of all time .from art to story, everything was perfect,it felt like every panel had another story in it . I would definitely recommend reading it

The art makes it pretty obvious who this is by

Good.

At my advanced age, and I'm old enough to be your grandfather, I don't have the time or the will to watch shite like this. I've seen more than enough sorrow and death for real to see whatever this mangaka has written as just unnecessary.

amazing, especially the moments where you cant tell if a scene is real or acted

fujimoto is quickly becoming one of my favourite manga authors, especially with his two recent one-shots. feel like nobody is revolutionising the manga industry like this man now. in years to come he will be remembered as someone who completely re-shaped manga and its contents keep up the amazing videos :) !!

"Real life seemed to not resonate with me as hard". Every day I escape into the fictional world to experience a vast scope of emotions, from joy to despair whatever it is it feels real. But once I turn off the screen, once I am alone at night staring into the dark ceiling I realize just how shallow my own life is.

I love the final confrontation so much for what it says about both lead characters. Earlier in the one shot they have a conversation about how one's understanding of a person can be completely changed based on perspective. So when Eri "rebuilds" herself based on the tapes that leave out the more negative aspects of her personality, Yuta has to confront whether or not it's a good thing to idealize someone in such a fashion. He already had to deal with the emotional fallout over the memory of his mother and now history has chosen to rhyme at his lowest point. There's no direct answer given as to what he should have told Eri. He's just accepted the state of things and is ready to move on again. It's the kind of ambiguity that makes you think about the question at the heart of the story.

As much as I want chainsaw man part 2, fujimotos oneshots just hit different, I wouldn't even be mad if he just made a bunch more of these

I saw myself when you spoke about feeling detached, as well as dreading the crash. It's always so weird to see yourself as a human and that you're not just a character in a show---The 'it's your life, not someone else's' type of thing. That's one thing I've always had trouble with. I'm definitely gonna read Goodbye, Eri thanks to your insanely amazing visuals! Awesome as always, see you next time, Hiding!! Oh! And beat those thoughts with a broom next time they come visiting. I guess they wait their turn to get in your head, but let them know they can't stay for long. It's your life, after all ^^ (Was that cheesy? Sounded cheesy.)

Reading this manga remind me of Milleniun Actress. The line between reality and fantasy is blurred through the passing of story. As Yuuta's father said, he have the power of on how people can be remembered --- through movies and clips.

i love you man my channel wouldn't exist without you thank you, genuinely

I saw this one shot on the manga plus app when it came out. The beginning was for sure a bit weird and I almost dropped it, but holy shit was this an amazing read. The art itself felt melancholic in a way. I'm so happy to see you do a video on this, because I had so many thoughts on it but unusually, I've had a hard time putting into words what I actually thought was so amazing. My favorite scene was the scene being shot with Eri, the boy, and the father. It felt so real for him to then say something like "was I good enough?" It gave such a level of relief to prepare me for the sadness coming down the line.

I want this to be made into a short film. Also, nice production. Good job.

11:35 Man , this has been happening to me since this year started,in the moment My feelings may feel real, but as soon as the feeling ends i detach it from Myself and ignore it. this year has been crazy so far . i changed from a state highschool to a private one and My parents decided to put me into IB Even though My level was now way near that of a IB student, (basicaly i'm fucked since i don't do well at tests.) I had My first girlfriend and shared lots of really intimate Moments . she shared a lot of her secrets , told me she loved me, i Even had My first time with her. but one month later she broke up with me without giving me a reason.the relationship only lasted 1 month and a half. although the reason broke up with me was because i wasnt paying to much attention the relationship due to me having focus studying and boxing i wasnt expecting it to happen . Also i cant meet up with My lifelong Friends because all My time is spent studying and that has Also severed My other relationships. But Even so, i try to keep going as if nothing happened detaching Myself from My life which according to My psicologist is what is causing My anxiety all those repressed feelings have to come out un some way. And the only way i could let it out was by beating the fuck out of the boxing bag and training which now i cant do since My parents took me out of boxing lessons due to My student counselor calling My parents due to My performance being insuficient, although he told them not to take me out of them because it would be contraproductive they the found a reason to do it one week later and now i don't have any coping mechanisms to deal with My own suffering which seems to be the cause of most of the anxiety symptoms i have. Now that i begin to accept My feelings they become scary because of their intensity and i want to avoid them but i cant , being anxious is the only way My repressed feelings can manifest now. Basicaly i need more visits per week to the psycologist. I suck ass at gramar sorry

Goodbye Eri is really amazing and cemented Fujimoto as my favourite modern mangaka tbh. I think it takes a certain level of self-awareness and mastery of a craft (both manga and movies in this case) to genuinely convey how ungenuine you are with your audience. Because if no effort was put into making the movie/manga flow smoothly as a narrative experience, if it was just a single-take recording of everything (or a series of first-draft sketches), it would feel less genuine than it does with all the lies we take for granted when engaging with art.

I loved this! Thank you for covering this. Have you already thought about covering Look Back?

Me: *watching anime analysis at work* Hiding: *describes my entire mental state as his experience* Me: "... what?"

Damn, those are some high level edits in the video. You already have a great quality standard yet you are steadily improving. Amazing work. Loved every second of the video

This manga and the words at the end have resonated with me to a terrifying degree. It really feels like I'm watching myself go through life instead of actually experiencing and processing it. So much death, grief and despair happened and is happening around me yet I never shed a tear, even though it's slowly and silently crushing me. But with any kind of story and media I'm able to let out these raw feelings without problem. It's like I distanced myself from my reality over the years and it kind of feels out of reach now. And reading stories, creating ones is the only way for me to cope in a meaningful way. I can't quite open up to others because I will just think and act like a cold robot, not able to actually feel what I want to. Though it's sad, I'm glad I'm not alone in this. Through the stories and experiences we tell others, through the memories we make, we may help eachother be able to feel again.

I have always appreciated your videos. I wonder what you think about the anime "Sonny Boy". For me it's a masterpiece.

The manga perfectly encapsulates the fact that we will always be blind to our blindness to some extent

We often get the "unreliable narrator" in stories but in this one it is closer to an unreliable film maker, or if we want to become meta with it, an unreliable mangaka. The interesting idea as well is that the "unreliability" was intentional because like a film maker you only get to see what the camera wants you to see. If this were a film you wouldn't know if it was a documentary or a fictional piece, it blends the line between the two. The word "semi-biographical" even came up which I've read some novels written in that form but not in this kind of presentation where the "semi" was both blatantly obvious but also deceptively cryptic. What I especially love is that it's confusing as all hell and you don't know what is real and fantasy but that's the point and it doesn't lose any credibility as a story for being being so cryptic or incoherent.

congrats on 200k hiding, i havent read goodbye eri yet but damn did this video make me want to read it and i hope things get better for you

10:58 My comment is on screen while You're saying "you are there". It's a small thing, but it's unreal to see my username in a video that will likely get hundreads of thousands of views. I'm thankful to You for being the type of content creator who interacts with the viewers and appreciates thier feedback and support.

You do such a great job of putting thought that have always been convoluted in my own head into words its great

Thank you for another vid today. Hope you’re doing well

Fujimoto do some amazing one shots

Being ill, exhausted, three back to back days of fieldwork, failing a huge chunk of my classes, being far from home and my friend too overworked to chill. Man. I don't even know what nerve exactly this hit, but it sure hit something. Thanks. And congrats.

The structure on this video is great, it starts by quoting the manga out of context making you slightly confused but intrigued with what's coming, then we get some light information about the manga, after that comes some personal information and it ends up with quoting back the beginning of the video but this time it has more meaning because you have the personal info and now you can see how it all relates together and are in fact very similar stories. You already know this but I just needed to point out that because I love how the video flows, also can't forget to mention the always on point editing. I hope things get better for you soon

It's crazy that the person who wrote CSM wrote such a schizophrenic dud as Fire Punch. CSM is very tight and quite coherent while also being heavily focused on the characters, so I guess he learned from his earlier excesses

Life looks like crap. I can't say i understand how you feel, everyone act like they understand your pain but it's illogical. The thing is u exist. And you can paint that canvas how ever you want.

thank you so much for everything you've done best boy, i'm so glad that you're here and i can experience this. i wish you and your family all the best and hope you'll see your grandpa soon. love you!

Ur life is like a fujimoto work Ur small self dialogue was so relatable to me U pulled me out of the doom and gloom that fujimoto's work put me in and my isolation This video feels such a great ending to me

I haven't heard about this manga until now, it'll for sure be on my reading list. Though, this video has opened something to me. I tend to do the same thing, viewing everything from a third perspective. Even my dreams and day dreams are in third person. The only times it's not is when I'm having nightmare, where everything feels real. I thought I was the only one who viewed the world through a lense, as an outsider. But it's a little soothing to know that I'm not alone. Another problem I have that's related to this, is that a lot of times, it feels like I'm playing a character. That could be caused by my people pleasing habits, but even when I throw away the mask, I still feel like an actor playing a character. The only times that I don't is when I feel numb.

I read the manga just for the sake of watching this video and funnily enough I was also listening to persona 4 music so this was a bit surreal. The story resonated very strongly with me because I tend to view things happening in my life as just something I'm reading about in a book and disassociate myself from it as a sort of mental defense mechanism I guess, I never realized it before but as I was reading the manga I found myself crying because the main character just put my feelings into words. Thanks for the Video and introducing me to this manga Hiding! This is another tribute to the algorithm because I need more people to see this video and read the manga. P.S. I wish you get that plane ticket soon

I just came back after reading the manga. Holy crap was it powerful! Thanks man.

Great video as always! I was wondering, are you going to the Saw Con?

3:40 Oghh... That hits hard as a writer...

Somehow this video is written like the story u covering is it intentional

Truly a great manga!

congrats on 200k hope everything goes good

I just read it two days ago

That part where you were talking about how everything after high-school would just be disaster was devastatingly relatable for me. Thanks, Hiding In Public.

I just read this and I can verify I’m Broken

I interpret this manga as using media to portray our idealized self. And that sometimes we use that portrayal to justify our own terrible actions.

I just want to say that this chanel has a special place in my heart as no other yt ever got me near tears. And not just this one. The feeling of inevitable doom is my everyday partner and the better things get the more something in me think at someone terrible must happen to even it out. But the thing I always remind myself of is that this terrible thing did happen. It was happening for so long that I forgot it's terrible and so now that might be what I deserve for that. In the end I don't know what is going to happen so the only thing to do is to keep improving myself and try to not make the same mistakes as I did in the past. What then happens I will need to accept. I wish u a bright future and a brave heart

Don't give up. Never surrender.

Just yesterday I caught wind of this manga by hopping on your stream and I'm so glad I got to read it before the vid came out. Once again you've delivered an amazing job. It is a very special story, made to resonate with you in so may ways, and thats why I apreciate you sharing your personal take. I really hope you can visit your grandfather and please take care of your health aswell. Best wishes and see you soon!

i totallyyyyyy loooove this vid i wish i could donate u some but i am still in high school but story is super relatable and is very hearttouching how you cant feel many emotions

Gonna get real The not sleeping part got me, it’s 4:30 AM right now and the past few days I’ve been saying that my life is going to end soon It’s kind of incredible that you can just stumble upon someone who can take exactly what you feel and put it into words

Yeah this manga broke me.

To start I'm gonna say that in this video you eloquently put all of my thoughts and feelings about this manga into words in a way I never could, and even when I tried I failed to. And for that I thank you for making something brilliant about this fantastic story. now onto something a bit more serious. when you opened up about your struggles and how you view the suffering in your own life I felt like I 'understood' as I find myself viewing the world around me in a similar way, yet when it comes to fiction such as anime or manga I can somehow connect with that more than my own life, viewing it form an outsiders perspective. while I don't watch your videos all to often only catching one upload every blue moon, what you do and the self you present in your videos is great, so keep up the good work.

Congrats on 200K!! 🎊🎆🎇

what song is playing at the start?

I'm sorry to hear about your grandfather. An aneurysm killed my grandmother, long before I was even born, and my aunt recently survived one rupturing. It's possible with luck and emergency surgery, but there are no guarantees and if your grandfather is already frail it may not work out. I know I'm just a stranger on the internet, but I hope his days are as comfortable and comforting as they can be, and that you find the strength you need for such times. Also, that feeling like you're watching yourself in third person is often called "depersonalization" if you're interested in looking up what other people have to say about it.

This video is Beautiful man😭 almost made my cry keep it up man your great

I didn't like Chainsawman, and Fire Punch was weeeird. The two oneshots they made in the last couple of years were absolutely unbelievable, though.

I don't know how to say this so bear with me, but its weirdly warming hearing you speak about the feeling of "eventually crashing and just feeling doomed to disappear" because this is a genuine thought I have constantly and I'm sure many people do as well. Its hard to articulate into words but you somehow did it and I want to say thanks for that, it feels nice to be represented

i read this before i went to sleep, or at least planned to go to sleep because i spent another hour lying awake in bed thinking about it. i love this manga, my favorite one shot. may be even better than chainsaw man (but i can't say for sure)

7:56 Lol, SAAAAAME

happy 200k buddy :]

This entire manga is just a movie. Fujimoto really never misses.

I started watching you with the FLCL content... I think it's that I feel seen in your reflections.

So its my third time watching this video but this time i've read goodbye eri and i relate to this video i myself have started college and i feel like this, i've had those awfull thoughts i've been through grief and death and i get it the feeling of being detached from reality but throughout the years i've find some peace of mind with this channel and community, that despite the fact i felt a certain way its comforting to know that you aren't alone and in a way makes me confident in tomorrow so thanks hiding and congrats on the 200k

discussing this make me think of the movie Synecdoche, New York (2009) and Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)

Man... Nothing I say would help you. And nothing I do would help you. I can't even donate you to help with medical bills because VISA and PayPal are disabled in my country + I can barely afford meds and food for myself. I won't say stuff like "I understand you!" because everyone's experience is kinda different. I won't share my own sleazy story to get 5 likes because I don't think it's the right place, plus I am not an attention-seeker. I feel sorry? Do you need someone's pity? I don't think so. I am just happy that you're here and you're sharing it with random people like me. Life sucks. Not just sucks, sometimes it can be TOO MUCH, last few years were especially hard on people with deaths, paranoia, pandemic etc. Especially people who reflex and think a lot. I think the only thing we can do is to move forward and try to make world a little bit better. Just a little better. One word at a time, one video at a time. I am not sure if life ever becomes good or even BEARABLE, but I really think we must fight on no matter how hard it is sometimes. You are the reason I've read Girls' Last Tour and I really, really liked it (plus added March comes in like a lion to my PTW).

I'm glad I paused the video a minute in to read it. Wouldn't have found it without this so thanks

Great content, but is it really free? Because I have to pay for Goodbye Eri through Shonen Jump app subscription. Come on man..... It's not free to begin with 😐

If you are weak, If you are strong. We will still love you. You're you. What do you do after feeling empty? You keep going. You're doing a good job.

The big manga companies looking at this video being PISSED they can't falsely claim it. 😤

I can sympathize a bit. Good luck, and here's hoping your grampa comes through alright.

I recommend touching grass + ratio + good luck + AMOGUS +jk

a 2nd tribute for the algorithm

I hope I get the chance to create something meaningful in my life before I ki-----------f.

Goodbye eri is amazing and i really would love for them to give it an anime adaptation either by mappa or hell even kyoani, i think it would really blow people out of the water

I didn't notice it was 200k till you included it at the end. Kinda hard saying congrats but let's keep keeping on. Wishing you find that something you're looking for. pat pat

I folow you from lass then 20K and i dont know why but i can not resonate when you when you tear another part of your sole and uplode it keap on going and keap youre self safe

I cant really afford a monthly donation right now, but i connect to your videos a lot. I think its really brave of you to bare your heart like you do, and it does help to have someone to connect to even if its a faceless voice. Anyway -is there a way to make some kind of a one time donation? This year really has been hard on everyone and i would to help at least a bit.

Fantastic read, and a great commentary on how we are affected by movies and the stories they tell.

Are you okay bro? It's okay everything will be alright.

This sounds a lot like Synecdoche; New York.

Fujimoto really can't miss can he Goodbye, Eri felt so down to earth but a crazy emotional train to me at the same time such a banger one shot like Look Back which I recommend anyone check it out

youve touched my heart...thank you for being you

has been a while since i watched one your vids, i still remember the first one i watched was one of Toradora (when was added to netflix)right after i finished it, and also one of your vids make me found one of my favorite animes, Hyouka amazing work, and gratz for 200k

Wow man you somehow made this video in 3 days while also doing your persona 4 vids on your second channel you work really fast

I was excited to watch this video but OH MY GOD YOU SOUND LIKE 🤓, UNWATCHABLE ‼️