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Monday, May 9, 2005

   Descendents of Darkness
Descents Of Darkness

My first impression: O0o0o this guy on the cover is cute. *reads back cover* Grim reaper, eh? Death is good. *buys*

After reading: A good, well written manga, there’s action, suspense, good characters, and some comedy; a little dollop of everything.

Summary: Here we are, another manga about spirits and the afterlife, now we see it as something we may be more familiar here in the living world, a bureaucratic government-type office. Our main character Tsuzuki is a grim reaper, he travels to the living world and ‘helps’ those bodies cross over to the underworld when their name appears in the book of the dead. He may have the body and looks of a man in 20’s but he’s being working for the underworld for about 70 years and no promotions… In fact a running gag in the manga is the fact that he can’t quite perform well enough to earn a bonus, despite being labeled as one of the best fuda magic users. Though it is a bit hard to tell where the plot is going from this fist volume

What I liked about it: Nice art, and I love the characters, I want to keep reading to uncover more about Tsuzuki's past.

What I didn’t like: I don’t have any real clue where the story is headed but this is true for the first volumes of many manga, it normally takes another 1 or 2 volumes for the plot line to get really good.

So, here’s how DoD rates up on my scales…

Art: 10
Characters: 8
Plot: 6

Overall: 8

Priority to buy: Medium.

While it is a good read and all… I think this one of the manga where you either love it or hate it. I suggest looking for scans online, borrowing a friends copy, or reading a good chunk in the store before you buy your own copy, and judge to see if you like it or not.
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