Hitsugikatsugi no Kuro.: Kaichu Tabi no Wa
Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro
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Synonyms: Shouldering a Coffin
Japanese: 棺担ぎのクロ。～懐中旅話～
English: Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 7
Chapters: 86
Status: Finished
Published: Dec 9, 2004 to May 10, 2018
Genres: Adventure Adventure, Fantasy Fantasy
Serialization: Manga Time Kirara
Authors: Kiyuzuki, Satoko (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.341 (scored by 14221,422 users)
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Ranked: #2762
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Popularity: #2872
Members: 7,132
Favorites: 220

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Kuro, a little tomboy garbed in pitch-black with a little-tomboy-sized coffin on her back, heads out on a journey to find a certain witch. In the company of her faithful bat friend, Sen, Kuro encounters all manners of people and places which fire the reader's imagination. Told in 4-koma style with beautifully rendered art, Hitsugikatsugi no Kuro. is a manga that manages both dark and gothic and irresistibly endearing on just about every page!

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Hitsugikatsugi no Kuro.: Kaichu Tabi no Wa was published in English as Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro by Yen Press from May 27, 2008 to May 21, 2019. Yen Press also published the manga digitally from February 18, 2014 to May 21, 2019.

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Kuro
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Nijuku
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Mo
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Jun 14, 2022
darkpixelftw
Recommended
Story: 9/10
Pretty damn good, the anthology type chapters are good and the over-arching plot had me hooked. Many characters turn up in other chapters too so it doesn’t just feel like a bunch of random, unrelated stories. Some chapters were basically filler with no impact on the overarching plot or our understanding of the main characters however. There are fun adventurous chapters as well as some pretty dark and emotional chapters (seriously it gets pretty dark). The mystery of the witch was intriguing. The subplots were brought together masterfully. I liked how Kuro and Sen's backstory was handled, with it being built up over the ...
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May 6, 2022
nienai
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Shoulder-A-Coffin Kuro is a manga that is quite underrated. Having heard rave reviews from a fan, I had high hopes reading this, and it delivered.

Story: 10/10
Kuro's story is simply beautiful. What might simply be an episodic chapter for one, is a part of a subplot that slowly tells itself over the course of the many chapters. Each chapter on its own is great, with Kuro being changed by and changing the people she meets, through what they say or what they do. Each of these subplots create a beautiful story that is what makes it a masterpiece.

Art 10/10: Despite being in 4koma format, Satoko Kiyuzuki ...
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Nov 20, 2022
Saucinator
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"My road, my story end here for now. But theirs continues. I don't know where they;re headed bit, I just know they'll find a way. As long as they keep walking, the "path" wil cime into being under their feet" The doctor in Vol.3 ch. ??

After reading this, I'm actually surprised that there's no anime adaptation for this, nor acknowledgment, This story is a 10/10 for me and here are the reasons why

Story 10/10

The story is followed from the beginning till the end, despite having some "filler" chapters, they manage to connect it into the main story. Every sub-story has a reason, not ...
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