The Duke of Death and His Maid Vol. 9

死神坊ちゃんと黒メイド [Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid] #9

by Yasushi Inoue, Koharu Inoue

DISTANCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER

Amelia has been forced to live apart from her husband for the past ten years. Such is the hardship for interspecies couples. She’s taking a page out of “The Little Mermaid” so the two can be reunited. How will their reunion turn out?

Genres: Manga, Romance, Fantasy, Shonen

176 pages, Paperback

First published May 12, 2020

About the author

Yasushi Inoue (井上靖) was a Japanese writer whose range of genres included poetry, essays, short fiction, and novels.

Inoue is famous for his serious historical fiction of ancient Japan and the Asian continent, including Wind and Waves, Tun-huang, and Confucius, but his work also included semi-autobiographical novels and short fiction of great humor, pathos, and wisdom like Shirobamba and Asunaro Monogatari, which depicted the setting of the author's own life — Japan of the early to mid twentieth century — in revealing perspective.

1936 Chiba Kameo Prize --- Ruten,流転
1950 Akutagawa Prize --- Tōgyu,闘牛
1957 Ministry of Education Prize for Literature --- The Roof Tile of Tempyo,天平の甍
1959 Mainichi Press Prize --- Tun-huang,敦煌
1963 Yomiuri Prize --- Fūtō,風濤

(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Ray Rappisi]

The middle chapters stars Amelia the Kraken and her husband the Ringmaster who haven’t seen each other in 10 years. Their reunion is like a sweet fantasy story hence the reason the chapters are titled The Little Mermaid. It may halt the plot line but it’s so cute and a bit heartbreaking it works. We also get two new characters who may or may not be important down the line. This manga continues to be a whiff of fresh air in the romance line of stories. It’s kinda sexy, kinda funny but balances it seriously and wholesomely. A bonafide unspoken classic in the making.

[Sequoia Cron]

Amelia and the Ringmaster are finally reunited after 10 years apart. Their chapters were bittersweet, and I hope they'll be able to meet again in a future volume.

The plot is moving along nicely, and we are getting closer to finding out how to break the Duke's curse.

[Sheepy]

there has been some good developments