https://anilist.co/manga/104763/NandeIkiterukaWakaranaiHitoIzumiSumi25sai/ I just end up doing nothing Ill get up in the count of 3... 2... 1... Am I the only one who isnt doing anything? When did I ended up like this? Ill just cry myself more... Does it sound familiar? Did you know the person who said those words? Do you remember that lonely person who suffered with all those bottled emotions? The whole manga can be divided into 2 parts. Story of Izumi the Loner Izumi Sumi is a 25year old woman who works as a parttimer and lives alone. Though I say live it looks more like shes dying everyday. With each day passing by she sinks more deeper into the depths of depression anxiety regret and all those selfdestructive thoughts feelings are slowly making her lose all hope in everyone everything and of course in herself. One of the most fascinating things I like about this Manga is how well it portrays Izumis thoughts feelings of her daily life. Anxiety regrets depression being alone and being left alone these are what Izumi formed into. I dont wanna get into the details since each chapter is pretty small less than 10 pages so describing them is like spoiling the full story but trust me it hits hard. It doesnt exactly make your cry but youll feel the weight of her existential dread. More so if you had experienced being more alone than before during the quarantine. Heres one such panel my favourite one you can skip if you dont wanna read. The art is quite simplistic but effective when the scene calls for it and the backgrounds usage helps to set the mood really well too. Story of Izumi the Parttimer The rest half of the manga follows her work life in an arcade with only a coworker Kanade and her manager Kawakami. Her interactions thoughts during her work provides a window to know how people with anxiety depression view the world. This part also dwells into the side characters a bit. While this part of the story still nails Izumis thoughts it also tries to give bit of a depth to the side characters and while it still works it isnt as effective as Izumi or sometimes doesnt seem to be that important or necessary. There are some fanservicy scenes smh that can spoil the mood but doesnt distract you too much from the core though I really think if it didnt existed all together cause even though its relatively small when compared to other ecchi Anime/Manga it still can break the immersion. Conclusion A short depressing yet hard hitting presentation on themes of anxiety depression. It takes you less than an hour to complete it. Give it a try.