The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service: Book Two Omnibus (Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus) - Softcover

Otsuka, Eiji

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1616557834 ISBN 13: 9781616557836

Publisher: Dark Horse Manga, 2016

Synopsis

It's weird enough work, just trying everyday to turn corpses into cash when they're connected to mysterious UFO crashes, modern-day mummies, and stiffs turned to soap. But the secrets of the Kurosagi's crew past continue to haunt them as well, as they meet the exorcist Reiji Akira from Mail, who photograps the familiar spirit haunting Karatsu, and a flashback story takes us to early 20th-century Japan to meet the ancestors (?) of our cast, as they hunt the ripper stalking the streets of Meiji-era Tokyo! And now there's sinister competition in the future for them in the body trade, as they encounter a rival firm, the Shirosagi Corpse Cleaning Service...

This is the second volume in the value-priced Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus series from Dark Horse Manga!

About this title

About the Author:

Eiji Otsuka is a social critic and novelist. He graduated from college with a degree in anthropology, women's folklore, human sacrifice and post-war manga. In addition to his work with manga he is a critic, essayist, and author of several successful non-fiction books on Japanese popular and otaku sub-cultures. He writes the Multiple Personality Detective Psycho and The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service manga series. One of his first animation script works was Mahō no Rouge Lipstick, an adult lolicon OVA. Ōtsuka was the editor for the bishōjo lolicon manga series Petit Apple Pie. In the 80s, Otsuka was editor-in-chief of Manga Burikko, a leading women's manga magazine where he pioneered research on otaku sub-cultures in modern Japan. He has published a host of books and articles about the manga industry. The author lives in Tokyo, Japan.

Review:

"Pick of the Week... The tales of five Buddhist university students who help free souls trapped in their corpses are, at turns, disturbing, touching and funny." -Kevin Melrose, Blog@Newsarama

"It actually reminds me a lot of Mike Allred's work...it's an attractive book, and the stories are just beginning to really showcase Yamazaki's abilities as an artist." -Greg McElhatton, Read About Comics

"One of the ongoing series I most look forward to, in all its goofy, gruesome glory." -Shaenon Garrity, Anime News Network

About this edition

• Publisher: Dark Horse Manga
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1616557834
• ISBN 13: 9781616557836
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 664
• Illustrator: Kamazaki Housui