The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service: Book Four Omnibus (Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus)

Otsuka, Eiji

ISBN 10: 1506700551 / ISBN 13: 9781506700557

Published by Dark Horse Books, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service: Book Four Omnibus (Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus)
• Publisher: Dark Horse Books
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1506700551
• ISBN 13: 9781506700557
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Yamazaki, Housui
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The Kurosagi gang encounters more bizarre horror as weird folktales of Japan reemerge with new faces in the modern day! The Corpse Delivery Service finds they're being beaten to their clients by a bike-riding pilgrim with electrical means to reanimate the dead...a virtual gaming world may have some players online but no longer alive...a child convincted of murdering her family is paroled under a new identity to the very school where the crew has gotten part-time jobs. Plus five other strange stories!

About the Author

Eiji Ōtsuka is a social critic, anthropologist and novelist. He is currently a professor at International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto. 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. The author lives in Kyoto, Japan.