Divine Incursions, Vol. 1 (manga)

Divine Incursions Manga #1

by Kouya Ashitaka, James Balzer (Translator), Oumi Kifuru (Original Author)

Titanic body parts fall from the sky onto a town. The guts and viscera of corpses are mysteriously absent. And humanity continues to dream of eternal life and eternal youth. Katakishi of the Divine Incursion Special Investigations Department is on the case to uncover the truth of these phenomena, and other secrets that hit closer to home...

Genres: Manga

180 pages, Paperback

First published July 25, 2023

Reviews

[Mehsi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excuse me you cannot just end it like that! Rude!
But this one was a good one. About a duo investigating divine incursions, stuff to do with gods. They travel through Japan in the search of cases and may or may not solve them. From body parts from a god to wishes gone wrong to a mermaid story. They were all very interesting and spooky. I also love the interactions between the two investigators who couldn't be more opposites, haha. The art was also fabulous, really fitting the story/the spooky things.

I need more! I also want this one to be an anime!

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

found this unexpectedly at the store and am glad I picked it up - it's a great start to the series, with two compelling supernatural investigators following up on three different leads. the stories are the right amount of creepy and intriguing. I also am enjoying this art style a lot! definitely want to see where this mermaid one is going....

[Jessica]

honestly kinda boring. they're problem documenters, not solvers

[el · Rating 4 out of 5]

that ending was rude as hell wtf

[Jonathan · Rating 2 out of 5]

None of the three stories conclude satisfyingly. Won’t be reading more.

[Ida · Rating 5 out of 5]

Going into this manga with no knowledge apart from the short blurb, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it! In this first volume of Divine Incursions we follow two investigators visiting a rural town in order to find out more about the strange occurence of giant body parts falling from the sky - that's all I'm going to say as far as the plot goes.

Being the first volume, this felt both like an introduction to the world and being thrown into the deep end of the story at the same time. I think it worked though, makes you feel like you know some details already while trying to uncover the why. The coworker chemistry and banter between the two investigators provided nice contrast to the unresolved mystery. I will definitely be looking into reading more volumes as they get published, as well as reading the light novel.

THAT ENDING THOUGH! I really, really, really need the next volume already.


Thank you to Edelweiss, Kouya Ashitaka and Oumi Kifuru for providing this eARC in exchange for an honest review.