The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service

The English adaptation then entered a long hiatus until the series was rereleased in an omnibus edition format collecting three volumes into a single book, including newly translated material.

The series follows five recently graduated university students who have formed a company which specializes in dealing with the dead and their last wishes.

[2] 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.

However, because corpses do not always die of natural causes or accidents, the group often encounters criminal activity or such compensation is unattainable.

The English release by Dark Horse Comics is notable for extensive translation notes and explanations in the back of the manga.

However, starting with volume 12 Dark Horse switched to a glossier paper stock for cost cutting reasons.