Manga Troping Club [Nov 14-27] The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service

Sweet, the manga winner for this session of The Anime And Manga Troping Club, is The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service!

This is a pretty interesting manga, about college students at a Buddhist college (I didn't even know those existed >.<) who use their spiritual powers for a rather interesting purpose. We are reading the first three volumes, which conveniently equals fifteen chapters.

Original Nomination:

1. The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service (Nominated by Ack Sed)

• Genre: Horror/Supernatural
• Description: 5 graduates at a Buddhist university, each with their own skill, go into business together when our everyman character reveals he can speak to the dead. Three guesses what they do for them.
• Why it's good: The realism of the art is unique and the story mixes the sheer weirdness of modern-day Japan with Urban Fantasy to create something quite special.

Wiki Summery: Five young graduates of a Buddhist college all have a special skill, some of them supernatural and/or involving dead bodies. Most notable is Kuro Karatsu who has the ability to "speak" to the recently deceased and hear their last wishes. On this basis the group forms a business venture to fulfill said wishes in hopes for compensation. However, because corpses do not always die of natural causes or accidents, the group often encounters criminal activity or such compensation is unattainable.

Suggested Quota breaks:

• 1 chapter a day + 2 extra, on 2 days (~15 minutes a day, ~30 for 2 days)
• Two Weekend binge: 2 Ch. Fri (~ 30 minutes) + 3 Sat (~ 45 minutes) + 3 Sun (~ 45 minutes) each weekend.

Links:

• On Animea
• On Manga Go
• On Spectrum nexus
• Feel free to contribute more places to read!

So go out, read, contribute! Be sure to have the work page up on another tab, if you can. Keep your eye out for tropes and things to bring to discussion!

(Also, Nominations for next session are open! You can drop a nomination in the thread, pm me, or add it to the club page: The Anime And Manga Troping Club)

NVM.

edited 14th Nov '11 5:31:26 PM by Pokénatic

As the one who started the page,I really wish someone would upload the other 5 volumes.

It is indeed interesting so far, if disturbing.

Yeah, the premise is interesting, but judging from the TV Tropes page, I probably wouldn't continue this series after the first session, considering how horrific chapter four of volume four sounds.

Trust me, if that's the one I'm thinking of, and you're at all squeamish about eyes, that volume will give you nightmares.

I love this manga and really want to pick up the print volumes at some point.

So it's not just that one chapter?

edited 15th Nov '11 6:39:10 PM by Pokénatic

It covers a lot of potentially squicky topics. I think the writing and characters are strong enough to overcome any objections people might have to it.

I am a wimp about gore,but it's the Black Comedy that keeps me coming back. For example:

P.S. I just remembered that the titles of each chapter are song titles.

edited 16th Nov '11 10:12:43 AM by AckSed

Is it just me or does Ao Sasaki strongly resemble Velma in the first chapter? And this first chapter was way more disturbing than I was expecting, but still pretty cool.

Also, started a character page, please contribute!

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service

edited 16th Nov '11 5:29:30 PM by NoirGrimoir

I thought Sasaki was a guy in the first chapter. O.o

But she had boobs! Still, though that's probably why her hair was made longer in the second.

Also, Namata? I love this guy. One second he's punching trucks, the next he's feeling sad for old granny corpses. He's so adorable.

I didn't notice! And yeah, Numata quickly became my favorite as well. Still don't get the alien sockpuppet thing. Oh Japan...

edited 17th Nov '11 5:49:58 PM by Firebert

I think the alien should speak more. It's pretty funny.

Also, by the second chapter Karatsu is getting pretty into it, isn't he?

That he is. I'm sure it helps that he's the one who hears the spirits and thus feels the obligation to help them.

Numata,please. [/nitpick]