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* DoesNotLikeShoes: [[spoiler:As a little boy in the backstory, Yaichi is never seen with shoes.]]
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* DeadpanSnarker: Can hold his own in this department at times. The first case even has him calling an OverprotectiveDad the "World's Greatest Dad", after the [[ILoveTheDead true nature]] of his devotion to his [[ParentalIncest daughter]] is revealed.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Can hold his own in this department at times. The first case even has him calling an OverprotectiveDad overprotective father the "World's Greatest Dad", after the [[ILoveTheDead true nature]] of his devotion to his [[ParentalIncest daughter]] is revealed.
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* BareYourMidriff: Some of her outfits expose her midsection.

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* BlindingBangs: Apparently he had these even when he was a kid. It's very rare you actually get to see the eyes hidden behind them. One must wonder how he gets around with that kind of 'do.


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* EyesOutOfSight: Apparently he had eye obscuring bangs these even when he was a kid. It's very rare you actually get to see the eyes hidden behind them. One must wonder how he gets around with that kind of 'do.
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* HandicappedBadass: Has an artificial leg. Doesn't help him from aiding the Kurosagi gang sometimes.

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* HandicappedBadass: Has an artificial leg. Doesn't help stop him from aiding the Kurosagi gang sometimes.
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler:His parents and older brother suddenly disappeared, and being a child at the time, he was understandably confused and upset about it. Then he finds they were murdered and dumped in a construction site that has since been built over, and the old man who taught him to dowse kept quiet about it because the construction guys bribed him with money]].

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* BaldOfAwesome: He's a Buddhist, so yeah, he has to be bald. Also, he [[ISeeDeadPeople sees dead people]], and won't hesitate to sic said dead people on a perp.

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* BaldOfAwesome: BaldMystic: He's a Buddhist, so yeah, he has to be bald. Also, he bald Buddhist monk that can [[ISeeDeadPeople sees see dead people]], people]] and won't hesitate to sic said dead people on a perp.



* BaldOfAwesome: He has a bald, scarred head, but he's the one the Kurosagi gang turn to whenever they need professional help.
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* SmokingIsCool: Is occasionally seen smoking, despite going to a Buddhist university and his religion condemning smoking.

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* SmokingIsCool: Is occasionally seen smoking, despite going to a Buddhist university and his religion condemning smoking.which is actually surprisingly common among Bhuddist monks in East Asia.
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* PerpetualPoverty: Since dead clients can't really pay, the Kurosagi gang often have to take up odd jobs in order to feed themselves. They soon get jobs as a corpse delivery service but even then it barely keeps them afloat, so whenever they see a chance to make some yen, they take it. [[RealityEnsues The low pay eventually results in Numata losing his previous home since he failed to pay rent, and had to go find a new place]].

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* PerpetualPoverty: Since dead clients can't really pay, the Kurosagi gang often have to take up odd jobs in order to feed themselves. They soon get jobs as a corpse delivery service but even then it barely keeps them afloat, so whenever they see a chance to make some yen, they take it. [[RealityEnsues The low pay eventually results in Numata losing his previous home since he failed to pay rent, and had to go find a new place]].place.



* PerpetualPoverty: Especially pronounced with him; working with a group that handles corpses with little to no pay [[RealityEnsues leads to him getting kicked out of his previous apartment and having to find a new one]]. It doesn't help that [[CripplingOverspecialization his only real skill is corpse-dowsing]].

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* PerpetualPoverty: Especially pronounced with him; working with a group that handles corpses with little to no pay [[RealityEnsues leads to him getting kicked out of his previous apartment and having to find a new one]].one. It doesn't help that [[CripplingOverspecialization his only real skill is corpse-dowsing]].
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* ForumPeckingOrder: She runs the Kurosagi Corpse Chat, where people are allowed to post and share pictures of corpses.
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* {{Psychopomp}}: The entire group acts like in general. Their symbol is ''kurosagi'', the black heron that takes souls to the land of the dead.

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* {{Psychopomp}}: The entire group acts like this in general. Their symbol is ''kurosagi'', the black heron that takes souls to the land of the dead.



* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: [[spoiler:Maybe. It's suggested that Yata's spirit channeling, Numata's dowsing, and Karatsu's ISeeDeadPeople ability were the results of going through a DarkAndTroubledPast at a young ange]].

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* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: [[spoiler:Maybe. It's suggested that Yata's spirit channeling, Numata's dowsing, and Karatsu's ISeeDeadPeople ability were the results of going through a DarkAndTroubledPast at a young ange]].age]].

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* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: She's a university grad student who works as an embalmer (which is a strange occupation in Japan since cremation is strongly preferred to burial). Her constant use of hair decorations makes her younger than she actually is.



* HairDecorations: Frequently wears barrettes and the like in her hair.


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* SignatureHairDecs: She's a university grad student who works as an embalmer (which is a strange occupation in Japan since cremation is strongly preferred to burial). Her constant use of hair decorations makes her younger than she actually is.
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* BrokenPedestal: She used to look up to a fellow Japanese classmate while she was studying embalming overseas in America. [[spoiler:Said classmate uses his job as a hair stylist to kidnap young women, amputate them, and stitch their body parts together to satisfy his obsession with creating "the perfect corpse". When she discovered what he was doing, she furiously screams at him for misusing his embalming skills]].

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* BrokenPedestal: She used to look up to a fellow Japanese classmate while she was studying embalming overseas in America. [[spoiler:Said classmate uses his job as a hair stylist to kidnap young women, amputate dismember them, and stitch their body parts together to satisfy his obsession with creating "the perfect corpse". When she discovered what he was doing, she furiously screams at him for misusing his embalming skills]].

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: All of them.
** [[spoiler:Sasaki's parents and one of her sisters were murdered when she was very young, and when she was eight she found their corpses, resulting in deep trauma that required constant psychological therapy and ''very strong'' antidepressant medicine. And it turns out that her dead mother and sister were murdered by someone else but framed the man who only killed her father during an argument]].
** [[spoiler:Numata's parents and older brother "disappeared" when he was young, when they were actually murdered and dumped somewhere. His old dowsing teacher knew exactly where their bodies were buried, but didn't tell him until ''after'' the teacher dies several years later because his bosses in the construction company he worked at [[EveryManHasHisPrice bribed him]] to keep quiet. He also wore his trademark CoolShades [[SunglassesAtNight even at night]] because his teacher told him when he was a kid that a man should always hide his tears no matter what]].
** [[spoiler:Yata's parents tried to commit a murder-suicide under the guise of a "family vacation", by driving the whole family into the woods and kept their car running so it can be filled with toxic exhaust fumes. Yata managed to survive due to his car window being slightly open, but his parents and sister were dead. Because he didn't know what corpses were at the time, he thought his family was sleeping and tried to wake them up through Kereellis, but they didn't wake up]].
** [[spoiler:Makino's mother committed suicide in front of her by standing on the train tracks, causing blood to splatter onto Makino's face as she was run over. The train workers retrieving the body gave Makino a bag that contained her mother's head so carrying the body will be easier for them]].
** Implied with Karatsu, whose powers give him alienation issues.



* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:Sasaki's father and mother, along with one of her sisters, were murdered when she was eight. The father was killed by another man he got into a financial dispute with, while another man murdered Sasaki's mother and sister and framed her father's killer. Sasaki discovered their bodies and was so traumatized that she's still taking therapy and really strong antidepressants]].



* ParentalAbandonment: Numata's parents are deceased. [[spoiler:They, along with his older brother, were murdered and their bodies were dumped at a construction site. Numata's old dowsing teacher knew where their corpses were all along, but didn't tell him because his employers at a construction company bribed him to keep him quiet. Numata found out years later, but while he was able to locate his dead family, he couldn't retrieve them because the site was already built over, denying him the closure he sought]].



* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:His parents committed a murder-suicide by driving Yata and his sister into the woods and let the car run so they can all die from exhaust fumes. Only Yata survived by having his window slightly open]].
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* GenerationXerox: A prequel that focuses on Yaichi's origin story features a priest named Sasayama who looks exactly like the retired detective.
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* IronicFear: After losing his previous home due to failure to pay rent, Numata has to move to a new apartment that's supposedly haunted, and quickly he gets cold feed. This is despite ''his profession of dowsing for corpses''. [[spoiler:It turns out that there was a corpse hiding above the ceiling in Numata's new home]].

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* IronicFear: After losing his previous home due to failure to pay rent, Numata has to move to a new apartment that's supposedly haunted, and quickly he gets cold feed.feet. This is despite ''his profession of dowsing for corpses''. [[spoiler:It turns out that there was a corpse hiding above the ceiling in Numata's new home]].

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* GraveRobbing: Technically their "clients" haven't been buried yet, but to outsiders they're a bunch of university graduates robbing corpses (and by extension destroying valuable evidence) and not contacting authorities. To be fair, though, most people would only think of getting rid of the body and if it weren't for Kurosagi, a lot of crimes would still go unpunished.

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* GraveRobbing: Technically their "clients" haven't been buried yet, but to outsiders they're a bunch of university graduates robbing corpses (and by extension destroying valuable evidence) and not contacting authorities. To be fair, though, most people would only think of getting rid of the body and if it weren't for Kurosagi, [[KarmaHoudini a lot of crimes would still go unpunished.unpunished]].



* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: [[spoiler:Maybe. It's suggested that Yata's spirit channeling, Numata's dowsing, and Karatsu's ISeeDeadPeople ability were the results of going through a DarkAndTroubledPast]].

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* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: [[spoiler:Maybe. It's suggested that Yata's spirit channeling, Numata's dowsing, and Karatsu's ISeeDeadPeople ability were the results of going through a DarkAndTroubledPast]].DarkAndTroubledPast at a young ange]].
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* MysteriousProtector: Is literally this to the rest of the club members against spirits, particularily Karatsu and Sasaki.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: [[spoiler:As a little boy in the backstory, Yaichi is never seen with shoes.]]
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* KarmicJackpot: After helping their first suicide victim and (with his permission) taking a lottery ticket from his corpse as "payment", the group discover it's a winning ticket. It turns out to be just enough money for starting capital for the service, and the group continues to do their good deeds for promises of karmic payoff.
** In a more straight example, one of the consequences of helping their "clients" is that someone will end up paying for their crimes, usually at the hands of the Kurosagi gang's aforementioned clients.



* LaserGuidedKarma: A rare heroic example; after helping their first suicide victim and (with his permission) taking a lottery ticket from his corpse as "payment", the group discover it's a winning ticket. It turns out to be just enough money for starting capital for the service, and the group continues to do their good deeds for promises of karmic payoff.
** In a more straight example, one of the consequences of helping their "clients" is that someone will end up paying for their crimes, usually at the hands of the Kurosagi gang's aforementioned clients.
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* PsychicPowers: He can [[BackFromTheDead temporarily revive the dead]], long enough for them to finish any UnfinishedBusiness, which usually results in someone's KarmicDeath. And jokes aside, he [[ISeeDeadPeople can see corpses]] and communicate with them by touching their expired bodies. These abilities are typically classified under ''itako'', elderly blind women gifted with spiritual powers, but that doesn't stop him. [spoiler:His powers might not be his own, though, because a scarred ghost of a young man always appears behind him every time he uses them]].

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* PsychicPowers: He can [[BackFromTheDead temporarily revive the dead]], long enough for them to finish any UnfinishedBusiness, which usually results in someone's KarmicDeath. And jokes aside, he [[ISeeDeadPeople can see corpses]] and communicate with them by touching their expired bodies. These abilities are typically classified under ''itako'', elderly blind women gifted with spiritual powers, but that doesn't stop him. [spoiler:His [[spoiler:His powers might not be his own, though, because a scarred ghost of a young man always appears behind him every time he uses them]].

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* BaldOfAwesome: He's a Buddhist, so yeah, he has to be bald. Also, he [[ISeeDeadPeople sees dead people]].

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* BaldOfAwesome: He's a Buddhist, so yeah, he has to be bald. Also, he [[ISeeDeadPeople sees dead people]].people]], and won't hesitate to sic said dead people on a perp.



* CatapultNightmare: Has one in Volume 1.

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* CatapultNightmare: Has one in Volume 1.1, after he dreams about a man obsessing over a woman's naked body. [[spoiler:Whatever was possessing him woke him up]].



* CharacterTics: He has a frequent tendency to raise one eyebrow.

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* CharacterTics: He has a frequent tendency to [[FascinatingEyebrow raise one eyebrow.eyebrow]].



* DoWithHimAsYouWill: Karatsu's typical way of dealing with villains is to raise the body or bodies of their victim(s) and stand back while they get horribly slaughtered. His Buddhism really puts the "technical" in TechnicalPacifist.

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* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Possibly. Every time he uses his ability, the ghost of a long-haired, scarred man appears behind him. It may be an ancestor of his doing the actual work]].
* DoWithHimAsYouWill: Karatsu's typical way of dealing with villains is to raise the body or bodies of their victim(s) and stand back while they get horribly slaughtered. His Buddhism really puts the "technical" in TechnicalPacifist.TechnicalPacifist - he won't participate in violence, but he has no qualms letting (dead) people do it for him.



* FacePalm: Does this in Volume 1's first chapter when Sasaki was running late.

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* FacePalm: Does this in Volume 1's first chapter when Sasaki was running late.late due to being on her Corpse Chat getting information about their first corpse.
* FascinatingEyebrow: His defining [[CharacterTics trait]]. He even does it on every cover he appears in.



* ISeeDeadPeople: ''[[{{Pun}} Obviously]]''. Jokes aside, this is one of his abilities - he can talk to corpses long after they've expired.



* PsychicPowers:
** BackFromTheDead: He has the power to temporarily revive the dead long enough for them to finish any UnfinishedBusiness. Usually it results in someone's KarmicDeath.
** ISeeDeadPeople: {{Pun}} aside, he's an ''itako'', which allows him to communicate with the dead by touching a corpse. That ''itako'' are supposed to be women doesn't seem to stop him. [[spoiler:Every time he uses the power, though, the ghost of a blind priestess appears behind him. It may be an ancestor of his doing the actual work]].

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PsychicPowers: He has the power to can [[BackFromTheDead temporarily revive the dead dead]], long enough for them to finish any UnfinishedBusiness. Usually it UnfinishedBusiness, which usually results in someone's KarmicDeath.
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KarmicDeath. And jokes aside, he's an he [[ISeeDeadPeople can see corpses]] and communicate with them by touching their expired bodies. These abilities are typically classified under ''itako'', which allows him to communicate with the dead by touching a corpse. That ''itako'' are supposed to be elderly blind women gifted with spiritual powers, but that doesn't seem to stop him. [[spoiler:Every time he uses the power, [spoiler:His powers might not be his own, though, the because a scarred ghost of a blind priestess young man always appears behind him. It may be an ancestor of his doing the actual work]].him every time he uses them]].



* SmokingIsCool: Is occasionally seen smoking, despite going to a Buddhist university.

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* SmokingIsCool: Is occasionally seen smoking, despite going to a Buddhist university.university and his religion condemning smoking.



* BeautyEqualsGoodness: She's a stunning young woman, and while [[InsistentTerminology "body-borrowing"]] may not be considered good, she does it for the best intentions and it does help a lot for the dead who have UnfinishedBusiness.



* GraveRobbing: Technically they haven't been buried yet, but she's still stealing a corpse and not contacting the police.

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* GraveRobbing: Technically they haven't been buried yet, but she's still stealing a corpse and not contacting the police.police, so it counts.



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* StoicSpectacles: Always wears glasses, and always displays a cool demeanor. [[spoiler:The "stoic" part is justified with her consumption of strong anti-depressants]].
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:His old dowsing master, who taught Numata everything he knew about dowsing. He discovered the location where the bodies of Numata's murdered parents and older brother were buried, but the construction company he worked for [[EveryManHasHisPrice offered him a huge bonus]] in exchange for not telling anyone about it. Numata found out years later from his master's apology letter and while he was able to find his family's burial site, he couldn't retrieve them because the site was already built over, resulting a HUGE loss of respect and faith in his old master]].

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* AdultFear: [[spoiler:His parents and older brother suddenly disappeared, and being a child at the time, he was understandably confused and upset about it. Then he finds they were murdered and dumped in a construction site that has since been built over, and the old man who taught him to dowse kept quiet about it because the construction guys bribed him with money]].
* TheBigGuy: He's not only the tallest of Kurosagi, he's also the strongest, and once ''punch-stopped a moving truck''. He and Karatsu are usually stuck with corpse-carrying and other tasks that require heavy-lifting.
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:His old dowsing master, who taught Numata everything he knew about dowsing. He discovered the location where the bodies of Numata's murdered parents and older brother were buried, but the construction company he worked for [[EveryManHasHisPrice offered him a huge bonus]] in exchange for not telling anyone about it. Numata found out years later from his master's apology letter and while he was able to find his family's burial site, he couldn't retrieve them because the site was already built over, resulting a HUGE ''huge'' loss of respect and faith in his old master]].



* ButtMonkey: He's usually the target of Kereellis' [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]], and whenever misfortune happens, it usually happens to him.

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* ButtMonkey: He's usually the target of Kereellis' Kereellis's [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]], and whenever misfortune happens, happens and Yata's not the target, it usually happens to him.



* DeadpanSnarker: Can hold his own in this department at times. The first case even has him calling an OverprotectiveDad the "World's Greatest Dad", after the [[ILoveTheDead true nature]] of his devotion to his [[ParentalIncest daughter]] is revealed.



* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:He got good at dowsing for corpses because as a child, his parents and older brother suddenly disappeared, and he wanted to find him. An old man taught him how to dowse]].



* PerpetualPoverty: Especially pronounced with him; working with a group that handles corpses with little to no pay [[RealityEnsues leads to him getting kicked out of his previous apartment and having to find a new one]]. It doesn't help that [[CripplingOverspecialization his only real skill is corpse-dowsing]].



* StoicSpectacles: He wears sunglasses all the time, so it makes him appear stoic, but he's more emotional compared to Sasaki. [[spoiler:This is because, when he was a child, after he started crying over the disappearances of his parents and older brother, his old dowsing master gave him a pair of sunglasses to wear, saying that a man should always hide his tears]].



* SuperStrength: Implied in one volume, where he punch-stopped a '' moving cargo truck''.

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* SuperStrength: Implied in one volume, where he punch-stopped a '' moving ''moving cargo truck''.



* ElegantGothicLolita: Sometimes.

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* ElegantGothicLolita: Sometimes.She sometimes wears outfits of this nature.



* GirlishPigtails: She frequently styles her hair as these. Or braids. Or some other variant.

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* GirlishPigtails: She frequently styles her hair as these. Or braids. Or some other variant. It combined with her teenager-geared fashion sense makes her look younger than she really is.



* HarmfulToMinors: [[spoiler:She watched her mother commit suicide by train as a child, and due to being close to the site of impact, she even had her mother's blood splattered onto her as the train ran her over. The train workers retrieving the body had her carry a bag containing her mother's head so carrying the body will be easier for them]].

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* HarmfulToMinors: [[spoiler:She watched her mother commit suicide by train as a child, and due to being close to the site of impact, she even had her mother's blood splattered onto her as the train ran her over. The train workers retrieving the body had her carry a bag containing her mother's head so carrying the body will be easier for them]].them. It's a wonder she didn't have any emotional baggage from that]].



* IronicName: "Keiko" means "blessed child". Her occupation as a licensed embalmer in a country that strongly prefers cremation makes her anything but.

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* IronicName: "Keiko" means "blessed child". Her occupation as a licensed embalmer in a country that strongly prefers cremation makes her anything but. [[spoiler:Her past wasn't all sunshine and rainbows, either]].



* NotNowKiddo: Kereellis occasionally notices very important things the others don't. Unfortunately, he tends to get brushed off when he points them out (even by Yata!).

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* NotNowKiddo: Kereellis occasionally notices very important things the others don't. Unfortunately, he tends to get brushed off when he points them out (even by Yata!).Yata!), dismissing it as more snark or insults.



A former [[Manga/MPDPsycho police detective]] who now handles the dead and other social services issues in their prefecture of the city. Naturally, they increasingly come into contact with him as the series progresses.

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A former [[Manga/MPDPsycho police detective]] detective who now handles the dead and other social services issues in their prefecture of the city. Naturally, they increasingly come into contact with him as the series progresses.



* CanonWelding: He's an older version of a character from Ohtsuka's other manga ''Manga/MPDPsycho''.

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* CanonWelding: He's [[spoiler:He's an older version of a character from Ohtsuka's other manga ''Manga/MPDPsycho''.''Manga/MPDPsycho'']].



* IWasQuiteALooker: Was a lot more handsome with a full head of hair back in ''MPD Psycho'' when he was a police detective with no scars or a peg-leg.

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* IWasQuiteALooker: Was [[spoiler:Was a lot more handsome with a full head of hair back in ''MPD Psycho'' when he was a police detective with no scars or a peg-leg.peg-leg]].
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A former [[MPDPsycho police detective]] who now handles the dead and other social services issues in their prefecture of the city. Naturally, they increasingly come into contact with him as the series progresses.

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A former [[MPDPsycho [[Manga/MPDPsycho police detective]] who now handles the dead and other social services issues in their prefecture of the city. Naturally, they increasingly come into contact with him as the series progresses.



* CanonWelding: He's an older version of a character from Ohtsuka's other manga ''MPDPsycho''.

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* CanonWelding: He's an older version of a character from Ohtsuka's other manga ''MPDPsycho''.''Manga/MPDPsycho''.
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** [[spoiler:Yata's parents tried to commit a murder-suicide under the guise of a "family vacation", by driving the whole family into the woods and kept their car running so it can be filled with toxic exhaust fumes. Yata managed to survive due to his car window being slightly open, but his parents and sister were dead. Because he didn't know what corpses were at the time, he thought his family was sleeping and tried to wake them up through Keerellis, but they didn't wake up]].

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** [[spoiler:Yata's parents tried to commit a murder-suicide under the guise of a "family vacation", by driving the whole family into the woods and kept their car running so it can be filled with toxic exhaust fumes. Yata managed to survive due to his car window being slightly open, but his parents and sister were dead. Because he didn't know what corpses were at the time, he thought his family was sleeping and tried to wake them up through Keerellis, Kereellis, but they didn't wake up]].



* DeadpanSnarker: Applied liberally by all members, but Keerellis, Yata's felt hand puppet, is the worst offender.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Applied liberally by all members, but Keerellis, Kereellis, Yata's felt hand puppet, is the worst offender.



* SirSwearsALot: All of them utter curse words at some point, but Keerellis is the worst of the lot.

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* SirSwearsALot: All of them utter curse words at some point, but Keerellis Kereellis is the worst of the lot.



* VitriolicBestBuds: The members of Kurosagi frequently rib and snark at each other (especially Numata and Keerellis), but they're all close friends who stick together because they couldn't find acceptance anywhere else in society due to having odd abilities and professions.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: The members of Kurosagi frequently rib and snark at each other (especially Numata and Keerellis), Kereellis), but they're all close friends who stick together because they couldn't find acceptance anywhere else in society due to having odd abilities and professions.



* GotVolunteered: Was roped into the Kurosagi team in Volume 1 thanks to Keerellis exposing him, more or less.

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* GotVolunteered: Was roped into the Kurosagi team in Volume 1 thanks to Keerellis Kereellis exposing him, more or less.



* ButtMonkey: He's usually the target of Keerellis' [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]], and whenever misfortune happens, it usually happens to him.

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* ButtMonkey: He's usually the target of Keerellis' Kereellis' [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]], and whenever misfortune happens, it usually happens to him.



A member of Kurosagi. He channels aliens through his sock puppet, Keerellis.

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A member of Kurosagi. He channels aliens through his sock puppet, Keerellis.Kereellis.



* ButtMonkey: He gets picked on his friends (usually Numata or Karatsu) usually because of what Keerellis said. In one case he GotVolunteered as TheBait (long story behind that) and would've died if his friends hadn't come at the last minute.

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* ButtMonkey: He gets picked on his friends (usually Numata or Karatsu) usually because of what Keerellis Kereellis said. In one case he GotVolunteered as TheBait (long story behind that) and would've died if his friends hadn't come at the last minute.



* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:His parents tried to commit a murder-suicide by driving the entire family into an isolated part of the woods and letting their car run so they can die by breathing by the car's exhaust gas. Yata was the only one who survived due to having his window slightly open, but his parents and sister did not. Because he didn't know what a corpse was at the time, he thought his family was sleeping and tried to wake them up using Keerellis]].

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:His parents tried to commit a murder-suicide by driving the entire family into an isolated part of the woods and letting their car run so they can die by breathing by the car's exhaust gas. Yata was the only one who survived due to having his window slightly open, but his parents and sister did not. Because he didn't know what a corpse was at the time, he thought his family was sleeping and tried to wake them up using Keerellis]].Kereellis]].



* PleaseWakeUp: [[spoiler:When he was younger, Yata's parents committed a murder-suicide driving him and his sister into the woods and let the car run so they'll all die from breathing exhaust fumes. Yata survived, but because he didn't know what a corpse was, he thought his family was sleeping so he tried waking them up using Keerellis]].

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* PleaseWakeUp: [[spoiler:When he was younger, Yata's parents committed a murder-suicide driving him and his sister into the woods and let the car run so they'll all die from breathing exhaust fumes. Yata survived, but because he didn't know what a corpse was, he thought his family was sleeping so he tried waking them up using Keerellis]].Kereellis]].



* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:He still wore his puppet Keerellis because it was his last reminder of his deceased sister, who liked Keerellis]].
* {{Ventriloquism}}: It's ambiguous whether Keerellis is a real alien or just something Yata made up. You can't see lips move in a manga. [[spoiler:It's implied Keerellis is real, and he's possessing Yata]].

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* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:He still wore his puppet Keerellis Kereellis because it was his last reminder of his deceased sister, who liked Keerellis]].
Kereellis]].
* {{Ventriloquism}}: It's ambiguous whether Keerellis Kereellis is a real alien or just something Yata made up. You can't see lips move in a manga. [[spoiler:It's implied Keerellis Kereellis is real, and he's possessing Yata]].



* {{Jerkass}}: Oh so much. When he's not helping the Kurosagi team (which is almost never), he's snarking/swearing at them. And most of the time [[spoiler:his host]] Yuta pays for it.

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* {{Jerkass}}: Oh so much. When he's not helping the Kurosagi team (which is almost never), he's snarking/swearing at them. And most of the time [[spoiler:his host]] Yuta Yata pays for it.
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[[folder:Keerellis]]

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[[folder:Keerellis]][[folder:Kereellis]]



--> Keerellis: I got a middle finger for you, and it's made of felt!

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--> Keerellis: Kereellis: I got a middle finger for you, and it's made of felt!



* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: If Keerellis ''is'' a real alien, he's certainly suffering from this, seeing as he's outright offended when the group tries to dissect a doll.
* NotNowKiddo: Keerellis occasionally notices very important things the others don't. Unfortunately, he tends to get brushed off when he points them out (even by Yata!).

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* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: If Keerellis Kereellis ''is'' a real alien, he's certainly suffering from this, seeing as he's outright offended when the group tries to dissect a doll.
* NotNowKiddo: Keerellis Kereellis occasionally notices very important things the others don't. Unfortunately, he tends to get brushed off when he points them out (even by Yata!).



* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: His official role in the group, according to him, is "cosmic advice and odd jobs." And Keerellis' advice isn't particularly useful a lot of the time.
** It's eventually revealed that Keerellis isn't ''quite'' as useless as expected, [[spoiler: as he apparently has access to the AkashicRecords, which might be the universe's version of the afterlife (or at least connected to it.) However, all he's done with this ability is commune with the spirit of a dead goldfish.]]

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* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: His official role in the group, according to him, is "cosmic advice and odd jobs." And Keerellis' Kereellis' advice isn't particularly useful a lot of the time.
** It's eventually revealed that Keerellis Kereellis isn't ''quite'' as useless as expected, [[spoiler: as he apparently has access to the AkashicRecords, which might be the universe's version of the afterlife (or at least connected to it.) However, all he's done with this ability is commune with the spirit of a dead goldfish.]]

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* DoWithHimAsYouWill: Karatsu's typical way of dealing with villains is to raise the body or bodies of their victim(s) and stand back while they get horribly slaughtered. His Buddhism really puts the "technical" in TechnicalPacifist.



* DoWithHimAsYouWill: Karatsu's typical way of dealing with villains is to raise the body or bodies of their victim(s) and stand back while they get horribly slaughtered. His Buddhism really puts the "technical" in TechnicalPacifist.
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* DoWithHimAsYouWill: Karatsu's typical way of dealing with villains is to raise the body or bodies of their victim(s) and stand back while they get horribly slaughtered. His Buddhism really puts the "technical" in TechnicalPacifist.

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* AnimalMotifs: The gang identifies with the black heron, the {{Psychopomp}} who brings departed souls to the afterlife.



* DarkIsNotEvil: The gang's callsign is ''kurosagi'', the black heron who brings souls to the afterlife. They specialize in helping the dead finish any UnfinishedBusiness so they can move on. However, to other people, they appear as a bunch of macabre weirdoes who like dead bodies a little ''too'' much. In Vol. 7, many students at the Buddhist university the main heroes go to think that the Kurosagi gang is some sort of cult.

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** Implied with Karatsu, whose powers give him alienation issues.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The gang's callsign is ''kurosagi'', the black heron who brings souls to the afterlife. They specialize in helping the dead finish any UnfinishedBusiness so they can move on. The dead sees the gang as their saviors. However, to other (living) people, they appear as a bunch of macabre weirdoes who like dead bodies a little ''too'' much. In Vol. 7, many students at the Buddhist university the main heroes go to think that the Kurosagi gang is some sort of cult.



* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:Her birth name is "Saito", but she changed it to "Sasaki" after the murder of her parents and one of her sisters, and being subsequently adopted by relatives]].

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* MeaningfulName: "Sasaki" may be derived from "misasgi", great tomb mounds that were common in ancient Japan. Fitting, as she runs a corpse form and the person behind Kurosagi.
* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:Her birth name is "Saito", but she changed it to "Sasaki" after the murder of her parents and one of her sisters, and being subsequently adopted by relatives]].relatives.]].
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* BrokenPedastal: She used to look up to a fellow Japanese classmate while she was studying embalming overseas in America. [[spoiler:Said classmate uses his job as a hair stylist to kidnap young women, amputate them, and stitch their body parts together to satisfy his obsession with creating "the perfect corpse". When she discovered what he was doing, she furiously screams at him for misusing his embalming skills]].

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* BrokenPedastal: BrokenPedestal: She used to look up to a fellow Japanese classmate while she was studying embalming overseas in America. [[spoiler:Said classmate uses his job as a hair stylist to kidnap young women, amputate them, and stitch their body parts together to satisfy his obsession with creating "the perfect corpse". When she discovered what he was doing, she furiously screams at him for misusing his embalming skills]].

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