History Literature / Kieli

This series provides examples of:

* CameBackWrong: The new, experimental undying. Cannibalistic rotting corpses that are unnaturally strong, fast, and fueled by fear and instinct. [[spoiler: even the ones like Christopehr eventually lose their minds and become simple killing machines]]
** [[spoiler: Jochim. Reanimated with an experimental core, which makes his regenrative abilities go out of controll]] [[BodyHorror Ew.]]

* GoodThingYouCanHeal : The Undying. Especially [[spoiler: Harvey who has been shot, stabbed, burned, blown to pieces, crushed, impaled, hit by a car, run over by a train...]] the list goes on an on.
* ForgetsToEat: Harvey, mostly because he doesn't have to eat. Corporal explains it to Kieli in the first book. Although later [[spoiler: he starts to avoid eating all together. And after hearing the conversation between the two men who were disposing the corpses of the failed experiments who can blame him?]]

* UsedFuture: People left Earth so long ago that it's name has been forgotten. It appears they left due to the lack of resources left, and after the 80 year war, the current planet is almost out as well.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: A big theme of the series, in the beginning is basically Harvey waiting around to die, and feeling really irritated at how long it is taking.
** At the end of [[spoiler: volume 4, when Harvey is telling the Corporal about the crack in his core, he actually seems relieved at the idea that he'll (probably) die soon]]

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Kieli, a lonely girl with the power to see ghosts, encounters a man named [[TheDrifter Harvey]], who happens to be one of the legendary Undying. The Undying were soldiers made from recycled corpses that were trained to be immortal killing machines in a violent war 80 years ago. She follows Harvey on his journey to [[GhostlyGoals return the ghost of a soldier]], who died in that war and has since been a possessing a radio, to his grave.

* At the end of [[spoiler: volume 4, when Harvey is telling the Corporal about the crack in his core, he actually seems relieved at the idea that he'll (probably) die soon]]

A nine-volume LightNovel series written by Yukako Kabei. The first novel was adapted into a two-volume {{manga}} illustrated by Shiori Teshirogi and [[http://www.yenpress.com/kieli-story-by-yukako-kabei-art-by-shiori-teshirogi/ released in English]] by Yen Press. Yen Press has [[http://www.yenpress.com/kieli/ finished publishing the novels]]:

A nine-volume LightNovel series written by Yukako Kabei. The first novel was adapted into a two-volume {{manga}} illustrated by Shiori Teshirogi and [[http://www.yenpress.com/kieli-story-by-yukako-kabei-art-by-shiori-teshirogi/ released in English]] by Yen Press. Yen Press is [[http://www.yenpress.com/kieli/ also publishing the novels]]; the first seven are presently available:

* [[MyNameIsNotDurwood My Name Is Not Herbie]]

A nine-volume LightNovel series written by Yukako Kabei. The first novel was adapted into a two-volume {{manga}} illustrated by Shiori Teshirogi and [[http://www.yenpress.com/kieli-story-by-yukako-kabei-art-by-shiori-teshirogi/ released in English]] by Yen Press. Yen Press is [[http://www.yenpress.com/kieli/ also publishing the novels]]; the first six are presently available:

* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Kieli believes this.

* CameBackWrong: [[Spoiler: Jochim. Reanimated with an experimental core, which makes his regenrative abilities go out of controll]] [[BodyHorror Ew.]]

* TheCynic: Harvey, who has given up on humanity who knows how many decades ago. Although he's trying to get better.

* WalkingTheEarth
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: A big theme of the series, in the beginning Harvey is basically waiting around to die. And at the end of [[spoiler: volume 4, when Harvey is telling the Corporal about the crack in his core, he actually seems relieved at the idea that he'll (probably) die soon]]

* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Kieli and Harvey (although he may not count because he's dead)

** and later [[spoiler: Jude. Although since he is reanimated with an experimental core technically he's not dead]]

* TheCynic: Harvey, all the way. Although he's trying to get better.

* TranquilFury: You do not want to make Harvey angry to the point that he gets like this.
* UsedFuture

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: A big theme of the series, in the beginning Harvey is basically waiting around to die. And at the end of [[spoiler: volume 4, when Harvey is telling the Corporal about the crack in his core, he actually seems relieved at the idea that he'll (probably) die the next time he gets a fatal injury]]

* CuteGhostGirl: [[spoiler: Becca again]]

* CuteGhostGirl: [[spoiler: Becca again]]

* TranquilFury: You do not want to be the target of Harvey's anger when he's like this.

** and later [[spoiler: Jude. Although since his core still exists he's "technically" not dead]]

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Becca]]

* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Kieli and Harvey (although he may not count because technically he's dead)

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Happens all the time in this series. Every other ghost that the three meet has come to an early end in some really, really horrible way.

** and later [[spoiler: Jude. Although since his core still exists "technically" he's not dead]]

* TheCynic: Harvey, all the way in his view of the world. Although he's trying to get better.

A nine-volume LightNovel series written by Yukako Kabei. The first novel was adapted into a two-volume {{manga}} illustrated by Shiori Teshirogi and [[http://www.yenpress.com/kieli-story-by-yukako-kabei-art-by-shiori-teshirogi/ released in English]] by Yen Press. Yen Press is [[http://www.yenpress.com/kieli/ also publishing the novels]]; the first four are presently available:

* CruelAndUnusualDeath

* GoodThingYouCanHeal

* WhoWantsToLiveForever