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I picked-up the first six volumes of this 11 volume series. Another horror series you ask? I love horror but sometimes if you can really get the right atmosphere, it loses it's "horror" element and that's exactly what happened when I read this.

WARNING! This title contains graphic violence, gore, mild nudity and a ton of blood.

Reiko The Zombie Shop Volume 1, a horror manga about Reiko, a spirit medium for hire. She's not just an ordinary spirit medium though, she calls out the spirits and puts them back into their bodies, decaying or freshly dead!

Each customer has their own purpose for hiring Reiko; wanting to learn about their deaths, finding out who killed them, cause of their suicide or just for miscellaneous tasks. The volume contains short stories that tell the details of Reiko's jobs. Fulfilling each of the jobs is Reiko's promise, but she doesn't want to be in the middle of it so she might let the dead exact their revenge or she might just save her own skin.

Art: Very shounen-esque. Its kiddy yet it makes sense. The anatomy is (besides the head) is 70% accurate so you can really feel the gore and the mutilation that the cold bodies have endured. I can say that it appeals to the shounen audience but it is a seinen manga.

Story: The story revolves around Reiko's jobs, with that said, it also takes the various stories relating to her job such as that of a serial killer. Each chapter is it's own story. People can easily pick a random chapter and still have the main gist of Reiko's powers. With that said, it feels repetitive at times because you already know what Reiko does and what her powers are used for.

Each chapter has a lesson behind it and you feel satisfied as a chapter can stand alone. It makes sure that you should not do harmful things to those you know and that you should think about the consequences of your own actions.

Bottomline: Read this as a back-up manga. It would bore you to death as it is feels repetitive at almost every chapter. I haven't read the other 5 I have so I do not know, but I am basing my judgement on this first volume.

Do not read this if you want some serious horror or if you're just a beginner in reading manga. I suggest something lighter like one of the big three: Naruto, Bleach or One Piece (I haven't read any chapters of both Bleach and One Piece so I can't guarantee your enjoyment.)