She studied her trade in America since embalmers are rare in Japan, where most bodies are cremated rather than buried. Keiko Makino ( 槙野 慧子 Makino Keiko ?) A licensed embalmer who handles the corpses found by Karatsu and Numata.
She also seems to enjoy literature and has recently started to attend a few psychology courses at the university. She also runs an Internet chat-room entitled "Corpse-Chat" and collects pictures of dead bodies. She also has a large information network and sometimes uses bribes (such as pictures of dead idols) as the means to achieve the ends. A skilled hacker and general computer expert. Ao Sasaki ( 佐々木 碧 Sasaki Ao ?) The brains behind the company. He's the physically strongest of the group, but also tends to be the most emotional. Numata puts on a tough guy image including leather jackets and sunglasses, although he enjoys sides of Japanese pop culture which are rarely associated with such an image, such as interest in Japanese idol singers. Makoto Numata ( 沼田 真古人 Numata Makoto ?) He uses a pendulum to dowse for the dead which enables him to find the bodies needed for the team's delivery work. He is sometimes classified as an itako, although he is neither a woman nor blind. Involuntarily this can also lead to a temporary reanimation of the dead body touched and corpses in the immediate area, although Karatsu has no control over their actions afterwards.
The kurosagi corpse delivery service series#
This skill develops over the course of the series and is linked to a spirit lingering near him named Yaichi. He has the ability to "speak" with the recently deceased by the means of touching their bodies, allowing the team to learn their "clients'" desires. Above this depiction they are only identified as "Staff A" through "Staff E" (with Kere Ellis being "Staff E'") and a description of their skill underneath.Ĭharacters The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Kuro Karatsu ( 唐津 九郎 Karatsu Kurō ?) A student Buddhist monk with average grades. However, only Karatsu gets a Mugshot on each cover while the other characters may appear from behind, the side, one of their features (hands, eyes, feet) may be showcased or they may appear as X-Ray images or felt puppets. The cover and backcover also features a depiction of Karatsu, Numata, Sasaki, Makino, Yata and Kere Ellis. Tokyo, usually Shinjuku, is often visited though it is not known exactly where the college is located in relation to the greater Tokyo metropolitan area.Įach volume of the manga features a structural drawing of a body on the cover that is relevant to the story starting with Volume 3. The series is ostensibly set in modern day Japan with the main characters hanging around the Buddhist college near Tokyo the main characters attended, though the characters often travel elsewhere for summer jobs or to fulfill their "clients" wishes. Most chapters are named after a japanese pop song with each chapter in a single volume usually named for songs by the same artist. This changes in later volumes due to a change in serialization. The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service is usually structured into self-contained chapters though some successive stories, most notably the entire second volume, are one continuous story. However, because corpses do not always die of natural causes or accidents, the group often encounters criminal activity or such compensation is unattainable. On this basis the group forms a business venture to fulfill said wishes in hopes for compensation. Most notable is Kuro Karatsu who has the ability to "speak" to the recently deceased and hear their last wishes. The series deals with the exploits of five young graduates of a Buddhist college, all of which have a special skill, some of them supernatural and/or involving dead bodies.
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