The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Book Three Omnibus [Paperback]

Some manga offer you stories about zombies...others, robots...others, otaku--but onlyThe Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Servicewould offer you a story about a zombie robot otaku! And that's just thefirstof ten cases the Kurosagi gang encounters in Book Three, as strange-but-true rituals and incidents of Japan's past reemerge into tales of bizarre modern horror! Marriages to the dead...human air defense radar...the souls of babies in the bodies of yakuza! And even as a cabal of phantoms seeks to imprison Karatsu's familiar spirit Yaichi, the Delivery Service faces perhaps their greatest challenge yet...convince somebody else to join their club, so they don't lose their meeting space on campus!

Acquire this manga for adult collections for the naturalistic artwork that shows attention to human emotion, the social observation, and the banter between the members of the delivery service. --Christine Gertz,Library Journal

One of the ongoing series I most look forward to, in all its goofy, gruesome glory. --Shaenon Garrity,Anime News NetworkEiji Ōtsuka is a social critic, anthropologist and novelist. He is currently a professor at International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto. 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 theMultiple Personality Detective PsychoandThe Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Servicemanga series. One of his first animation script works wasMahō no Rouge Lipstick, an adult lolicon OVA. Ōtsuka was the editor for the bishōjo lolicon manga seriesPetit Apple Pie. The author lives in Tokyo, Japan.US