Yuji Yata: The smallish, nerdy introvert who wears a hand-puppet that may or may not house the spirit of an alien from outer space. He repeatedly serves as a comic foil with Kuro, as the two are often to be found together due to the complementary nature of their supernatural abilities. Makoto Numata: The big guy with a sensitive heart of gold who has the power to “dowse” not for water, but for dead bodies. Her no-nonsense tone keeps everyone else in line. She often uses her expertise to research details about the group’s clients and entanglements. She moderates a web-page called “Corpse-Chat” and has an extensive network of contacts within the “dead-centric” underground.
She is a slim and attractive woman who is a part-time hacker and computer expert. Kuro sometimes refers to himself as an itako, though he is neither blind nor a female.Īo Sasaki: The graduate student who draws Kuro and the other characters in and serves as the de facto manager of the Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service. Kuro appears to be accompanied by a mysterious spirit that protects him and may be the source of his power, though he seems to be unaware of his (her?) presence. His ability can also lead to temporary reanimation of corpses under certain circumstances, though this allows him no control of the bodies nor does it seem to last for very long. Kuro need only touch a dead body to communicate with the spirit left behind. Kuro Karatsu: The shaven-headed student monk whose power to communicate with the dead provides the group with its key to doing business. Oh, and Scooby has been replaced by a vulgar, expletive-spewing hand puppet that may or may not be inhabited by a channeled space alien. With a mixture of mystery, adventure, and ties to the underworld of crime, it’s much like a Japanese version of Scooby-Doo with an R-rating and real supernatural situations instead of a bunch of baddies hiding behind masks. Their main mission is to fulfill the last wishes of the recently departed, hopefully in exchange for a fee of some kind, though that is not always possible considering the state of the main customer base. Fortunately, there IS an opportunity to provide service to a VERY neglected segment of the marketplace, and the students find themselves teaming up to become a unique company delivering a unique commodity to a unique set of clients. Five recent graduates of a Buddhist college find that there isn’t much of an employment market for monks. It’s most definitely a horror manga, though it does manage to sprinkle in quite a bit of humor as a break from the constant focus on death. Besides the obvious relationship to death implied by the title, the content also has a lot of nudity and gory violence packed between the pages. It was absolutely worth the wait, as this has quickly become one of my all-time favorite manga.įirst things first.
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Not long ago, I managed to find out that the series had been issued in omnibus editions, and that made it much easier and more economical for me to begin collecting and reading the books. Whatever the case, it piqued my interest, even though I didn’t make an investment in the series right away. Not long ago, I managed to find out that the series had been issued in omnibus editions, and that made it much easier and more economical for me to begin collecting and reading the b I’m not really sure how I first came upon “The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service.” I like horror manga in general, and it’s entirely possible this showed up as an Amazon recommendation somewhere along the line. I’m not really sure how I first came upon “The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service.” I like horror manga in general, and it’s entirely possible this showed up as an Amazon recommendation somewhere along the line.
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