The situations themselves are also nicely varied, from an insurance adjustor who’s able to figure out the probabilities for any and every possible accident in any situation, to an old story about a field where bodies can be left in and its modern day equivalent. It’s a strange combination of mystery and suspense sometimes you’re left guessing how the person died, other times it’s presented to the reader very early on in the story and Otsuka provides the tension with the anticipation of our heroes entering a situation where we as readers know just how bad it really is. Where Otsuka succeeds, then, is in the actual execution of the idea. When looked at on a clinical level and matter-of-factly, there’s nothing particularly original or special about it. Hey, it beats being an office assistant.Įiji Otsuka is using a tried-and-true story structure in The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service a selection of different/misfit individuals band together and form a group that’s stronger as a whole than apart. And that’s how they all got pulled into finding a profession-locating trapped souls and helping them move on. And Kuro? He can speak to the dead when their souls are still trapped inside the corpse, unable to move onto the next life. Sasaki is a master of the internet (and also sells pictures of bodies online). Yata can channel aliens through his hand-puppet. Numata’s dowsing powers have a knack for finding dead bodies. What he didn’t realize is that like himself, all of the other four people in the group have their own special abilities.
That’s how Kuro Karatsu ended up agreeing to go with a prayer group out into the woods, for lack of any other good leads. All the good jobs for in-house monks are taken for people with better qualifications, and it seems like no one wants a Buddhist office assistant these days. It’s hard to find a job when you’re a student at a university for budding Buddhists. And if the outside is that good, well, it’s hard to imagine that the inside won’t be as well. From the schematic design on how all the pieces of a body fit together, to the brown paper wrapper style cover paper stock, to the different colored inks to make up the logo, this is a book whose appeal has been carefully thought out and executed by all involved parties. In the case of The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. One of the easiest way to get a new reader’s attention is with a good title for your comic, or a good cover design.
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