Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro, Vol. 1 by Satoko Kiyuduki

Personality-wise, she is calm and collective, and takes the role as Nijuku and Sanju's guardian. Kuro found her former name to be unfitting with her cursed state because it was lady like and feminine. Before she was cursed, her name was 'Sunya' (derived from the Sanskrit word for 'state of nothingness') but is referred to as 'Kuro' (Japanese word for black) after finding Nijuku and Sanju. Kuro is depicted in a black coat and a wide-brimmed black hat with dark blue hair and hazel eyes, seen carrying around a large coffin. Kuro ( クロ, Kuro) Voiced by: Minami Takayama (Drama CD), Mai Kanazawa ( Kirara Fantasia) The main heroine of the story. Sometimes, these meetings reveal information about the witch, and occasionally they find a person who has been cursed by the witch as well. However, the travelers' normal course of action is to help them solve their problems and then be on their way. They meet many strange, unusual people on their journey and supernatural occurrences happen frequently. Kuro travels with two young, shapeshifting twins named Sanju and Nijuku, as well as her teacher, friend and companion Sen, who must take the form of 1,000 bats.

In December, 2007 Yen Press licensed the series for release in North America where all of the volumes have been released.Ī traveling girl known as Kuro searches the land for the witch that cast a curse on her, that stains her body black and will eventually kill her if not stopped. The manga was on hiatus from 2009 to 2012 but resumed and the last compiled volume was published in July 2018.

Kuro the Coffin Bearer ~Pocket Travel Tales~) is a Japanese manga series by Satoko Kiyuzuki, serialized in Hōbunsha's seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara since December 2004. Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro ( Japanese: 棺担ぎのクロ。〜懐中旅話〜, Hepburn: Hitsugi Katsugi no Kuro.

Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro, Vol. 1 by Satoko Kiyuduki