Ranked #192

Shigeshoushi (Manga)

This manga is not to all tastes because some people can consider gloomy, creepy or boring.
It's about a guy who becomes an embalmer and his daily routine with his "customers". The stories are all emotional and beautiful. Part of his personal story is also told, why and how he became an embalmer.
It's a very different manga but it worths to read.

I started reading The Embalmer with high hopes and (as cliche as it is) with great expectations.

Only to be disappointed.

So, I thought maybe it was because I expected a lot from the story that it turned out the way it did; so I slept on it; and after finishing the fourth volume the next day, I dropped it.

It wasn't a BAD story but even some (not all) of the gooey-ist stories I've read so far out-shined it.

I felt cold, there was no interaction with the reader, not that the story was not interesting...

It was just... LACKING.


I guess that's the word I was looking for.
Nothing is quickly moving, it is just the steady exploration of the main character and I don't mind that kind of story but the fact that it was slow-paced, I dunno, fake and unreal really bummed me out.

I think if the writer just added some suspense, and one idea happening through out the chapters would have made it much, much more enjoyable but, I don't think that will happen. read more