History Manga / PanoramaOfHell

** FetusTerrible: The artist was conceived during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and somehow the radiations from the atomic bombs let him gain sentience while still in the womb, so he absorbed all the depravity and horror of war. When he was born he smiled instead of crying and had blood in his hands. Everyone is terrified and even his father thought for a moment of letting him die.

* MadArtist: One of the maddest ever seen.

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[[caption-width-right:267:Only ''slightly'' more macabre than the actual content.]]

* AxCrazy: The painter at the end.

* WarIsHell: One of the main themes of the story. The lives of Japanese refugees in Manchuria (including the MC's parents) are depicted in all of their brutality and squalor.

The manga is narrated directly to the audience by its main character, a MadArtist who uses his own blood to paint his terrifying pictures. While he's about to complete his final masterpiece depicting TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, he starts to narrate the story of his family all the way from his grandfather to his conception near the end of WorldWarII, his abusive childhood and so on, up to a final twist...

** FetusTerrible: The artist was conceived during WorldWarII, and somehow the radiations from the atomic bombs let him gain sentience while still in the womb, so he absorbed all the depravity and horror of war. When he was born he smiled instead of crying and had blood in his hands. Everyone is terrified and even his father thought for a moment of letting him die.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: Maybe not so big, but still, the mad artist's grandpa was a gambler and [[TheYakuza a criminal]] too, his son (protag's father) was a wifebeater and his wife went mad while carrying the artist in the womb, and when he was older tortured him for hours. His brother was [[TheAlcoholic a drunkard]] and a violent bully that later became a delinquent (who nonetheless was the only person to show him some affections) and his sons grew up to became [[CreepyChild creepy children]] just like him.

'''Panorama of Hell''' (''Jigokuhen'') is a 1984 one-shot by famed horror manga author Hideshi Hino. It was published in the US by Blast Corps and in France by IMHO Éditions and is very hard to find nowadays.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: Maybe not so big, but still, the mad artist's grandpa was a gambler and probably [[TheYakuza a criminal]] too, his son (protag's father) was a wifebeater and his wife went mad while carrying the artist in the womb, and when he was older tortured him for hours. His brother was [[TheAlcoholic a drunkard]] and a violent bully that later became a delinquent (who nonetheless was the only person to show him some affections) and his sons grew up to became [[CreepyChild creepy children]] just like him.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: The man collects all sorts of deformed animals and fetuses neatly preserved in jars full of formaldehyde, plus other creepy stuff such as [[CreatorCameo Hideshi Hino's manga]]. His son helps him with the collection.

* AbusiveParents: One theme of the manga is apparently the cycle of life. The artist's grandparents often abused his dad, and he in turn beat up his child along with his wife. The artist, on the other hand, is very affectionate to his sons [[spoiler:but still murders his entire family in the end.]]

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: [[spoiler:During his delirious dying monologue at the end, the artist remembers that he was talking to the reader and wants to murder him too. The very last image is a splash page depicting the artist's hatchet flying directly at the reader.]]

* UnreliableNarrator: The artist is quite clearly delirious, what with the huge blood loss thanks to his insane habits. [[spoiler:In the end, when he murders his entire family with a hatchet, we se that they are actually various puppets, dolls and, in one case, a rotten pig's head. So probably most of the murders and chaos he caused were only in his head after all.]]

* BigScrewedUpFamily: Maybe not so big, but still, the mad artist's grandpa was a gambler and probably a criminal too, his son (protag's father) was a wifebeater and his wife went mad while carrying the artist in the womb. His brother was [[TheAlcoholic a drunkard]] and a violent bully (who nonetheless was the only person to show him some affections) and his sons grew up to became [[CreepyChild creepy children]] just like him.

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: [[spoiler:During his delirious dying monologue at the end, the artist becomes aware of the reader and wants to murder him too. The very last page is a single picture depicting the artist's hatchet flying directly at the reader.]]
* {{Gonk}}: The artist's sons. Actually most of the male characters seen are gonkish because of Hino's unrealistic drawing style. Young women are instead always quite beautiful, in an "ancient Japanese drawing" sort of way.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: Maybe not so big, but still, the mad artist's grandpa was a gambler and probably a criminal too, his son (protag's father) was a wifebeater and his wife went mad while carrying the artist in the womb. His brother was a violent bully (who nonetheless was the only person to show him some affections) and his sons grew up to became [[CreepyChild creepy children]] just like him.

* {{Gonk}}: The artist's sons. Actually most of the male characters seen are gonkish because of Hino's not realistic drawing style. Young women are instead always quite beautiful, in an "ancient Japanese drawing" sort of way.

* CoveredInScars: A self-inflicted example. The artist cuts himself because he needs blood for his paintings. He also drinks acid to vomit blood directly on the canvas.

* CreepyChild: The artist, his favorite game as a kid was torturing and/or killing little animals, and everybody (including his own parents) thought he was the child of a demon. His sons as well: the daughter is following his steps in morbid art, and the son, while apparently more goofy than creepy, has a lot of ''questionable'' habits as well.

The manga is narrated directly to the audience by his main character, a MadArtist who uses his own blood to paint his terrifying pictures. While he's about to complete his final masterpiece depicting TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, he starts to narrate the story of his family all the way from his grandfather to his conception near the end of WorldWarII, his abusive childhood and so on, up to a final twist...