{"product_id":"the-kurosagi-corpse-delivery-service-book-six-omnibus-isbn-9781506740317","title":"The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service: Book Six Omnibus","description":"\u003cb\u003eFive students at a Buddhist college in Japan find there’s little call for their job skills…among the \u003ci\u003eliving,\u003c\/i\u003e that is! But their unique talents allow them to work with the \u003ci\u003edead…\u003c\/i\u003ecarrying out the last wishes of those whose spirits are still trapped in their corpses, and can’t move on to the next life!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook Six brings Kurosagi back to work…on some of their oddest jobs yet! When Numata’s \u003ci\u003efujoshi \u003c\/i\u003eacupuncturist 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd that’s just three of nine all-new bizarre stories in omnibus Book Six of \u003ci\u003eThe Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service!\u003c\/i\u003e\"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.\"\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eKevin Melrose, \u003ci\u003eBlog@Newsarama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the ongoing series I most look forward to, in all its goofy, gruesome glory.”—Shaenon Garrity, \u003ci\u003eAnime News Network\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eComic World News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eEiji Otsuka\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eMultiple Personality Detective Psycho\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service\u003c\/i\u003e manga series. One of his first animation script works was \u003ci\u003eMahō no Rouge Lipstick\u003c\/i\u003e, an adult lolicon OVA. Ōtsuka was the editor for the bishōjo lolicon manga series \u003ci\u003ePetit Apple Pie\u003c\/i\u003e. In the 80s, Otsuka was editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eManga Burikko\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.","brand":"Dark Horse Manga","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302787895525,"sku":"NP9781506740317","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781506740317.jpg?v=1767740084","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-kurosagi-corpse-delivery-service-book-six-omnibus-isbn-9781506740317","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}