History Manga / DescendantsOfDarkness

* KansaiRegionalAccent: Watari.

* {{Bishonen}}

''Descendants of Darkness'' (''Yami no Matsuei'' in Japanese) is a {{manga}} which began in the [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo]] magazine ''Magazine/HanaToYume'' in 1996. The author took a hiatus in 2003, leaving the series unfinished until January 2010, in which volume 12 was released. The series is, however, resumed in 2011.

* ArtEvolution: The manga and characters -- especially the male characters -- start out damn pretty, then through the first eleven volumes became drop-dead gorgeous and sexy. In the newest installments, the art changed noticeably once more, possibly because of health issues with the author. Character designs have become distinctly crude and blocky compared to earlier artwork, but remain highly detailed nonetheless. Compare [[http://www.punkednoodle.com/champloo/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/315443638.jpg here]].

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Chizuru.

''Descendants of Darkness'' (''Yami no Matsuei'' in Japanese) is a {{manga}} which began in the [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo]] magazine ''Magazine/HanaToYume'' in 1996. The author took a hiatus in 2003, leaving the series unfinished until January 2010, in which volume 12 was released. The series is, however, being continued as of recent notification.

''Descendants of Darkness'' (''Yami no Matsuei'' in Japanese) is a {{manga}} which began in the [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo]] magazine ''Magazine/HanaToYume'' in 1996. The author took a hiatus in 2003, leaving the series unfinished until January 2010, in which volume 12 was released. '''The series is, however, being continued as of recent notification.'''

* IllGirl: Tsubaki-hime and [[spoiler: Ukyou Sakuraiji]]

* CreepyCoolCrosses: In the anime, Muraki is first seen kneeling in a church with the large shadow of a cross falling over him, which plays up his angel-like appearance; later he monologues about Christians in the Tokugawa era carving crucifixes on the backs of Buddha statues to conceal their faith (this accompanied by an image of Kwan Yin which looks oddly like a statue of the Blessed Virgin).

Asato Tsuzuki is a {{shinigami}} who has been working in the afterworld for 70 years (with a low wage), investigating cases related to unnatural deaths. Although he is very capable, he is constantly in trouble because of his laid-back and spacey attitude, and his inability to retain a partner. Things seems to improve when Tsuzuki is assigned to work with the new shinigami Hisoka Kurosaki, a teenager with a very serious attitude, in contrast with Tsuzuki's playfulness. Unfortunately, in their first case together they cross paths with the insane Doctor Kazutaka Muraki, a man who has gotten supernatural powers in very questionable ways. The doctor is involved in a lot of dirty business (including the death of Hisoka), and now wants Tsuzuki...

* Gorn: Thanks to the shinigami HealingFactor, the main characters get torn to pieces repeatedly and the results are splashed across the page in great detail. Some examples:

Began as a {{manga}} in 1997. The author took a hiatus in 2003, leaving the series unfinished until January 2010, in which volume 12 was released. '''The series is, however, being continued as of recent notification.'''

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* {{Adorkable}}: Tsuzuki, so much. A grown man shouldn't be so moe.