The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus Vol. 06

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus Vol. 06

Five students at a Buddhist college in Japan find there’s little call for their job skills… among the living, that is! But their unique talents allow them to work with the dead… carrying out the last wishes of those whose spirits are still trapped in their corpses, and can’t move on to the next life!

Book Six brings Kurosagi back to work… on some of their oddest jobs yet! When Numata’s fujoshi acupuncturist becomes the target of a manga-banning politician, it’s up to the Kurosagi gang to stick the needle into his power-hungry scheme.

Next, a contest prize vacation to Shanghai turns into a side gig on the set of a Chinese zombie movie… but are all those corpses method acting? Then, we know the tragic story of Yata’s sister, but will things turn out happier for his partner Kereellis? For Kereellis’s sister, that is. His puppet sister.

And that’s just three of nine all-new bizarre stories in omnibus Book Six of The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service!

Series Overview: Collects volumes 16, 17, and 18 (previously only released in Japan)

Biographical Notes:

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.

Quotes / Reviews:

“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

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

“I was sold by the first few pages…it’s a lot of fun. It’s a warped Saturday-morning cartoon for grown-ups.”—David Welsh, Comic World News

Title Notes:

• FOR FANS OF HORROR AND CRIME/MYSTERY MANGA AND COMICS, such as Witch Doctor and Hellblazer
• BOOK SIX IS ALL-NEW STORY CONTENT, collecting three Japanese volumes never before published in English!
• CONTAINS BONUS CULTURAL AND TRANSLATOR NOTES SECTION.
• COVER DESIGN CHOSEN AS ONE OF AMAZON’S TOP 50 OF THE YEAR—only manga selected!
• UNIQUE “CARDBOARD” COVER STOCK FOR THE OMNIBUS captures the literal feel of a package delivery.
• WRITTEN BY EIJI OTSUKA (MPD-Psycho, Mail).

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