History Manga / ShoulderACoffinKuro

%%* {{Bokukko}}: Kuro.

This series is often noted for its similarities to ''LightNovel/KinosJourney'', though ''Kuro'' has [[ContemplateOurNavels less navel-gazing overall]] and tends to have a [[LighterAndSofter whimsical, charming feel]] even when serious events come up--though ''Kuro'' can get ''[[NightmareFuel very]]'' dark every now and then.

%%* DarkSkinnedBlond: The twins.

* TheLostWoods: In Volume 3, the gang and Kei end up on an ever-twisting forest that dampens out natural light. They would have been lost for good like many other unfortunate travelers, if not for them stumbling upon the house of the man who made it that way and his gynoid homemaker.

* BandageBabe: Kuro is covered in bandages underneath her clothes [[spoiler:so that the black stain won't ruin them]].

* YouAreNumber6: Nijuku and Sanju mean "Twenty-Nine" and "Thirty", they are the Professor's twenty-ninth and thirtieth experimental creations. [[spoiler:Hifumi is a fusion of the first, second and third experiments.]]

* AfterlifeExpress: Implied in Kuro's sick dream. She meets a wounded soldier who plans on returning to his hometown, but when his childhood friend came to see him off, she remarked that she won't be seeing him ever again. When Kuro's time to board comes, she slowly begins forgetting her life and leaves her coat and coffin at the station before she decides not to get on. [[spoiler:In reality, she was suffering from a nasty case of her curse's fits. Similar to her dream she was not wearing her heavier travelling items and pondered why she "couldn't get on" again.]]
* TheAlcoholic: Sen--Kuro has to chaperone him in bars, as he usually drinks himself into unconsciousness.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: One of the unpublished stories has Kuro explore the miserable princess Ato's tomb, with the purpose of [[GraveMarkingScene leaving a flower]] by the grave of the princess as a favor to an old colleague. As Kuro later learns, ''reaching'' Ato's inner chamber is tough enough, and it's made clear that only those who knew Ato best would be able to actually reach her coffin. The only two who have successfully done so are [[spoiler:the colleague, who in reality was Ato's knight and lover]], and Kuro [[spoiler:who picked up on the colleague's habits and realized his relationship with Ato]].

** Once a year on the night of the purple-red moon, Sen's curse is lifted [[spoiler:and he once again regains his human form]]. It only lasts until sunrise of the next morning.