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闇の末裔 [Yami no Matsuei] #7
Descendants of Darkness, Volume 7
The business of Death is never done. Asato Tsuzuki works as a Shinigami, or "Guardian o Death," in the Ministry of Hades. It's his duty to make sure that the souls of the dead reach the afterlife, but contrary ghosts and humanity's evils keep getting in the way of a job well done. With all these problem assignments, will he ever get a bonus...or will he be stuck paying back damages for all eternity?
Young women are being murdered and hanks of their hair cut out at a Kyoto college. Tsuzuki and his fellow Shinigami, Hisoka and Watari, travel to the campus, where they find the evil Dr. Muraki at the heart of a hideous human cloning experiment. With the help of one of the professors, Muraki is trying to recreate his famous grandfather's success--a subject who lived for eight years without food or water! Tsuzuki and Hisoka pose as teachers to protect the students, but there is no protection from Muraki's terrible claims about Tsuzuki's shadowed past...
Young women are being murdered and hanks of their hair cut out at a Kyoto college. Tsuzuki and his fellow Shinigami, Hisoka and Watari, travel to the campus, where they find the evil Dr. Muraki at the heart of a hideous human cloning experiment. With the help of one of the professors, Muraki is trying to recreate his famous grandfather's success--a subject who lived for eight years without food or water! Tsuzuki and Hisoka pose as teachers to protect the students, but there is no protection from Muraki's terrible claims about Tsuzuki's shadowed past...
192 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2005
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Yoko Matsushita
17 books43 followersYoko Matsushita (松下 容子) is a mangaka best known for the supernatural series Yami no Matsuei (published in English as Descendants of Darkness).
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October 8, 2018
You never know picked up a volume of Descendants of Darkness whether you're going to get dark and angsty or light and silly. In this case it is quite dark but with some light notes and jokes thrown in rather jarringly. There are plenty of times when humor and horror can work together, but not when you're getting serial killing of young girls, revelations about repeated suicide attempts, and poor Hisoka having to (yet again) deal more or less politely with the person who molested and tortured him as a child.
Plus, cliffhanger! Boo. This ends literally mid-action-scene.
Plus, cliffhanger! Boo. This ends literally mid-action-scene.
March 3, 2026
Band 7 ist wieder super, weil das Hauptaugenmerk auf Tsusuki und Murakis Vergangenheit liegt. Wunderbar! Muraki ist wieder super wichtig, wir kriegen mehr von seinen verqueren Wahnvorstllungen mit und auch Tsusukis Vergangenheit wird mehr gelüftet. Super spannend!
Es bleibt allerdings auch total verwirrend, weil natürlich nicht alles klar ist. Die Kampfszenen sind diesmal auch ziemlich wirr und mit sovielen Strichen usw. gezeichnet, das man kaum weiß, was abgeht.
Aber trotzdem, endlich mehr von den MCs! Und der Bordellbesitzer is auhc ziemlich hot, obwohl der nur sehr wenig vorkommt.
Es bleibt allerdings auch total verwirrend, weil natürlich nicht alles klar ist. Die Kampfszenen sind diesmal auch ziemlich wirr und mit sovielen Strichen usw. gezeichnet, das man kaum weiß, was abgeht.
Aber trotzdem, endlich mehr von den MCs! Und der Bordellbesitzer is auhc ziemlich hot, obwohl der nur sehr wenig vorkommt.
June 26, 2018
Muraki appears again in the city of Kyoto involved in a series of murders of women missing locks of their hair. Strands of his own silver tresses are left at a crime scene, luring Tsuzuki and Hisoka to him. Just what is the doctor’s game? Why is he stalking Tsuzuki? Can Hisoka, Tatsumi, and Watari stop Muraki before he kills again, sending Tsuzuki spiralling into dark memories and madness?
Lots of revelations concerning Tsuzuki and Muraki popped out of his volume, raising many a question and few answers. Tatsumi and Hisoka got a lot of development in this book along with the hapless side characters unfortunate enough to cross Muraki’s path. The doctor does have a friend, in spite of his cruel deeds, whom readers meet in this book. That friend, Oriya, plays a dualistic role, displaying bizarre homophobia and equally bizarre loyalty to Muraki. All in all, he was a mystery, raising as many questions as Tsuzuki and Muraki did. It was all quite intriguing, if at times frustrating. Watari got a lot to do in this book (along with a moment of hashing Muraki’s menace with a mad science gag). The panels depicting Tsuzuki with Hisoka, Muraki, Tatsumi, Watari, and the fall background of Kyoto were all strikingly beautiful, even in a manga which is visually stunning on a regular basis.
For an intriguing storyline, lots of character revelations promising more to come, all delivered in an exquisite, unique art style, this gets four stars.
Lots of revelations concerning Tsuzuki and Muraki popped out of his volume, raising many a question and few answers. Tatsumi and Hisoka got a lot of development in this book along with the hapless side characters unfortunate enough to cross Muraki’s path. The doctor does have a friend, in spite of his cruel deeds, whom readers meet in this book. That friend, Oriya, plays a dualistic role, displaying bizarre homophobia and equally bizarre loyalty to Muraki. All in all, he was a mystery, raising as many questions as Tsuzuki and Muraki did. It was all quite intriguing, if at times frustrating. Watari got a lot to do in this book (along with a moment of hashing Muraki’s menace with a mad science gag). The panels depicting Tsuzuki with Hisoka, Muraki, Tatsumi, Watari, and the fall background of Kyoto were all strikingly beautiful, even in a manga which is visually stunning on a regular basis.
For an intriguing storyline, lots of character revelations promising more to come, all delivered in an exquisite, unique art style, this gets four stars.
February 23, 2019
This volume was so much better than the previous. We get to see an insight into Tsuzuki’s tragic back story and how Muraki fits in, and why he is so interested in Tsuzuki.
I loved Tatsumi coming to Tsuzuki’s rescue, which showed a softer side of him that truly cares for Tsuzuki. Also, there is some great hurt/comfort between Hisoka and Tsuzuki, after Muraki has been messing with Tsuzuki’s mind.
Plus, it is to be continued in the next volume so I have more to look forward to! 4 stars
I loved Tatsumi coming to Tsuzuki’s rescue, which showed a softer side of him that truly cares for Tsuzuki. Also, there is some great hurt/comfort between Hisoka and Tsuzuki, after Muraki has been messing with Tsuzuki’s mind.
Plus, it is to be continued in the next volume so I have more to look forward to! 4 stars
September 3, 2018
The book starts with our favorite creepy Doctor murdering some random girl. To be honest, I didn’t miss him at all in the previous volumes.
Tsuzuki and Hisoka fly to Kyoto to assist Watari in a new case, ten beautiful women were killed, and a part of their hair was removed. Silver hairs were found in one of the victim hands. Sound familiar? Of course, it is Muraki. The murderers were just a way to lure Tsuzuki. This time, the Doctor have an ally, an old friend name Oriya who run a brothel.
Muraki also start a partnership with Professor Satomi, his mentor at the Shion University, famous for it cloning technology. The Doctor mention to him about a patient of his grand-father who live 8 years without eating nor sleeping and didn’t age a day. The mysterious patient was none other than the purple eyes Shinigami.
In parallel, there is Mariko Ikaruga, a young student that get caught into all this. Her best friend dies, and she believe that the Shinigami are out there to get her next.
The Kyoto Arc is probably the best one in the entire series! We finally learn about Tsuzuki’s dramatic past. At least he now have Hisoka, who will forever be by his side.
Tsuzuki and Hisoka fly to Kyoto to assist Watari in a new case, ten beautiful women were killed, and a part of their hair was removed. Silver hairs were found in one of the victim hands. Sound familiar? Of course, it is Muraki. The murderers were just a way to lure Tsuzuki. This time, the Doctor have an ally, an old friend name Oriya who run a brothel.
Muraki also start a partnership with Professor Satomi, his mentor at the Shion University, famous for it cloning technology. The Doctor mention to him about a patient of his grand-father who live 8 years without eating nor sleeping and didn’t age a day. The mysterious patient was none other than the purple eyes Shinigami.
In parallel, there is Mariko Ikaruga, a young student that get caught into all this. Her best friend dies, and she believe that the Shinigami are out there to get her next.
The Kyoto Arc is probably the best one in the entire series! We finally learn about Tsuzuki’s dramatic past. At least he now have Hisoka, who will forever be by his side.
September 15, 2019
Five star worthy reread. Wow. I just "love" reading about Tsuzuki's dark and sad past and this gives a lot more info about that and also how Muraki is fitting in all of this. I loved this as an anime and in manga form it's working amazingly too. Now I need to quickly read volume 8 which is the last one I've read before and then it's all new Yami no Matsuei stories for me. *_*
May 14, 2018
This marks the beginning of the final arc in the anime but not the final volume of the manga!
September 8, 2019
Amazingly sinister!
February 25, 2020
Things are getting dark again!!! Muraki has Tsuzuki questioning if he's even human while his friends try to cheer him up and hold him together. Love it!
December 29, 2021
This is the volume where things start switching from fluffy and filler and really go into action and darkness. I really enjoy this storyline.
September 4, 2025
I trafia nam się dłuższey epizod. Trochę więcej z życia Doktorka, trochę o Tsuzukim i ... I ja nie wiem co się dzieje, ale autorka nie może zdecydować się jak rysować mangę i raz Tsuzuki wygląda jak stary dziad, raz jak hot adult, by przeistoczyć się w niedorobionego młokosa. Zdecydujże się!
October 31, 2013
Descendants of Darkness returns to the dark and twisted in this volume - hurrah! Evil Muraki, one of my favourite manga villains makes a welcome come back - he murders 10 women to get the attention of Tsuzuki. We finally get a tantalising glimpse at our hero's past and learn that he may not be entirely human.
This volume is absolutely gorgeous and not only in its artwork. There's rape, there's murder, there's twisted manipulation, a sick, seductive villain and plenty of slashability: Take your pick between Tsuzuki/Hisoka, Tsuzuki/Tatsumi or Tsuzuki/Muraki - the relationships between the characters are fascinating. There's also an interesting sinister cloning plot bubbling in the background as Muraki has taken a lock of hair from each victim....
This is a very dark volume so doesn't have the comedy/light relief scenes that pepper some of the other volumes. It also only has half the story, so have volume 8 on hand!
This volume is absolutely gorgeous and not only in its artwork. There's rape, there's murder, there's twisted manipulation, a sick, seductive villain and plenty of slashability: Take your pick between Tsuzuki/Hisoka, Tsuzuki/Tatsumi or Tsuzuki/Muraki - the relationships between the characters are fascinating. There's also an interesting sinister cloning plot bubbling in the background as Muraki has taken a lock of hair from each victim....
This is a very dark volume so doesn't have the comedy/light relief scenes that pepper some of the other volumes. It also only has half the story, so have volume 8 on hand!
September 5, 2011
Finally, the return of Muraki and of the games he loves to play with Tsuzuki. I loved that both Tatsumi and Hisoka got to be there for Tsuzuki. Man, Tatsumi can be a real bad-ass when he wants to! And Hisoka! When he finally realized that he couldn't let Muraki take Tsuzuki away from him too! That was awesome. And I felt so sorry for Tsuzuki because of everything he had gone through in his life...
July 23, 2013
#Program BUBU
January 15, 2016
pretty good.
October 7, 2016
Finally we are learning why Tsuzuki is so special!!
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