The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Vol. 7 (v. 7) [Paperback]

Eiji Otsuka (Author), Housui Yamazaki (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 16, 2008

Collecting can take over a fan's life . . . but what if it takes over their death as well? Zombie robot otaku and plastic-surgery disasters are only the latest faces of horror as Kurosagi continues its eternal struggle to turn corpses into cash! Yet with Kuro trapped in a coma and seeing visions of the dark forces battling over him, it's up to the rest of the gang to survive the grotesque schemes of the White Heron pair . . . as dead flesh reaches for the living!

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

There are six deliveries (i.e., chapters) but only three stories in the seventh KCDS collection. The single-delivery first caper arises from one of the KCDS’ frequent nonprofessional engagements (gotta pay the bills, y’know) that has the three male members resorting to robotics to help with a gravestone-schlepping job. The two-delivery second scenario, in which cosmetic surgery meets embryonic stem-cell manipulation, is just as clever and a lot creepier. The third, longest case, involving murders on a movie set, is the weakest conceptually, but the series’ deft blending of gore and gags keeps it highly amusing. Nobody does horror-comedy comics better than Otsuka and Yamazaki. --Ray Olson

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Dark Horse (September 16, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593079826
• ISBN-13: 978-1593079826
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #795,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, as usual, even if you're not into manga, February 21, 2010

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Lily Ball "Toph" (Los Angeles, Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Vol. 7 (v. 7) (Paperback)

This is such a great series. I own all nine (soon to be ten) books in this series, and I've never been disappointed. I'm not planning on selling these anytime soon either; I enjoy going back and re-reading them, mostly for the quick humor and well-written dialog.

This is a series that's not so seeped in Japanese lingo and balley-hoo that you can't keep up with all the stuff they're talking about. Most of the story-lines occur in Japan, and there are plenty of little things to pick up here and there about Japanese culture and lore from this series, but for your average non-Japanese reader (like me), it's easy to keep up.

Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service is not for kids (there are corpses after all), but that's what makes it so good!

About #7 specifically:
There are three major story arcs here. I'm always excited to read more about Karatsu's ghostly friend, so this one's definitely worth picking up!

5.0 out of 5 stars Creepy!, November 4, 2009

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ChibiNeko "Sooo many books, so little time!" (Whereever I go, here I am.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Vol. 7 (v. 7) (Paperback)

While there are other stories in the series I like more (see my review of vol 8), this volume really contained some nice creepy stories. There's a nice mix of humor & horror, which is always a bonus for me.

The stories in this volume are a dead otaku turned work robot, plastic surgery gone horrifically wrong & a murder on the set of a big movie. The movie murder is the biggest story of the volume, but it's the one about plastic surgery that really creeped me out. The surgery episode is about a clinic that advertises that they can make you look exactly like a famous celebrity, starting with her ears. (When you do discover how they're growing the ears, it's pretty creepy looking.)

I really did enjoy this volume overall & it was nice to see more development surrounding a rival/opponent group for the Kurosagi crew. (the Shirosagi group) As always, the volume showed quite a bit of my current favorite character, Numata- who often serves as the comic relief, something that is often needed in this series. The return of Shirosagi really does bring the story level up a bit, making this more than a one-off series & giving the potential for longer story arcs. So far though, the stories are still mostly one-offs with a few threads that loop over the entire series.