I MAY BE 10 DAYS LATE BUT HAVEN'T HEARD ANY NEWS ABOUT IT ON TUMBLR.

THE OFFICIAL ANIPLEX YOUTUBE CHANNEL WILL LEGALLY UPLOAD 7 KUROMYUS IN PREP FOR THE GREEN WITCH MUSICAL!

unfortunately, since this is intended for a Japanese audience, ENG subtitles will probably not be available.

ONE WILL BE POSTED EVERY WEEK ON SATURDAY AT 19:00 JST (UCT+9).

If I can deduce it correctly with no Translator, the order is the following:

1. Self explanatory (although I'm unsure if this is the 2010 or 2013 ver. Also highly recommended this one to all Grelle enjoyers because she serves tenfold. This storyline is original and not tied to the manga/anime.)

2. Lycoris that blazes the earth (I yet have to see that one, I believe it follows the Jack the Ripper arc.)

3. Lycoris that blazes the earth ver. 2015

4. Self explanatory

5. Self explanatory (Please give this one a watch if you can! The costume work is so incredibly gorgeous, they really outdid themselves. And Lizzys actress is literally in Babymetal now, can you believe it????)

6. Secrets of boarding school

7. Secrets of boarding school 2024

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what would i give if i could live out of these waters? what would i pay to spend a day warm on the sand?

“part of your world” gives me the same yearning “i want” song vibes as “the crevice between life and death” so here’s a thing..

【Response to this post】

Dear Anon,

That is indeed something I have been wondering about as well! “How does a reaper die?” This question is obviously raised because of MBD, but it is also a question to which an answer could help us understand the manga canon better.

1. Discussion Point: A Reaper’s Death?

The law of the universe as established in chapter 10 is very simple. “A person dies if a reaper decides so.” So reversely, when a reaper decides a person doesn’t die, they don’t die, right? Well, at least, this is the law according to Grell. (More on this later in header 3. ‘Law of the Universe. Legit?’)

Then this begs the first question: “does this law only apply to humans?”

If MBD still has any reference value left, we could say that this law doesn’t apply to reapers. Eric accidentally cuts down Alan and causes his death. Eric obviously did not ‘decide’ Alan’s death. We could argue this law does not apply to reapers, because among reapers themselves no one is ‘more supernatural’ than the other, unlike in the vertical structure of “reapers (supernatural) above humans (natural)”. This brings us to Hypothesis1: “If someone is not ‘a higher being’ than the target of murder, the reaper-privilege of deciding someone’s life or death cannot be used.”

This again however, begs question 2: “Why should a reaper be able to die?”

As I said in this post, living the life of a reaper is a very dark punishment; a psychological torture. So, like you suggested, why don’t these reapers “simply stab [themselves] samurai style” if they can be killed using a Death Scythe? As MBD suggests, a reaper can just goes to heaven when they die (again). So why is there no massive self-salvation trend going on in the Reaper Dispatch Society?

Perhaps it doesn’t work when one turns the Death Scythe against themselves, which would make sense given the fact that suicide in the Kuroverse is punishable. If suicide by reapers was possible, it would make this punishment senseless. As mentioned in this same post as above, according to MBD, assisted suicide is clearly possible as it is exactly how Eric died. But then, why don’t they just do a collaborate co-assisted-suicide like in Code Geass, and then go to heaven? The answer must be: a plot-hole written by Okada Mari caused by zero understanding of the Kuroverse.

Perhaps a reaper can ‘die’, they just can’t move on. The Kuroverse clearly has its roots in Christian lore. Since we can safely conclude reapers can’t just go to heaven and be redeemed, their souls either vanish into nothingness, or go to hell. Regardless, the consequences of them dying must be graver and more finite than the death of humans.

So, my prelimary answer to question 2 is: “reapers can die, but death before achieving full atonement will mean eternal damnation.”

2. Alan’s Cinematic Record and BRILLIANT writing

In the musical, Eric accidentally cuts Alan with the Death Scythe, and starts the cinematic record. Later, when Sebastian uses the Scythe to kill Eric, the cinematic record does not show itself. The conclusion we can draw is that a cinematic record is not automatically played when a Death Scythe hits somebody. This makes sense if we explain that only reapers can make a cinematic record play. However, the very reason reapers look at cinematic records is to ‘judge whether a person deserves to live on or not.” So why did Eric play Alan’s record?

If we look at the manga, then we get the confirmation that cinematic records need to be actively started by a reaper.

This rule is consistent, as we can see how in the earlier chapters where Grell was very interested in seeing Sebastian’s past, and activated his record. In contrast, William cut Sebastian too. But because he was not interested in seeing a vermin’s record, he obviously did not activate it. The same goes for Undertaker, who simply repelled Grell and Ronald with his Scythe, but he was not interested in seeing their records. This also tells us that the records of humans, demons as well as fellow reapers need to be activated.

IF we are going to give the musical the credit of not having broken even this law, then why was Alan’s cinematic record activated? It almost makes it look like Eric wanted to kill Alan.

So, in order to frame Alan’s murder as an accident, Eric massacred ‘a thousand pure souls’ to make people believe he cares so much about Alan he is willing to do anything, to remove all suspicion against himself. Brilliant. 👏

Honestly. I know this was not the the intention of the musical, but if this HAD BEEN, then this would have been pretty brilliant.

But it’s not… oh oh oh, musical, why are you feeding people lies that make a mass murderer look like ‘a loving boyfriend’? The power of narrative man…

3. Law of the Universe. Legit?

Okay, now comes the part that is actually applicable to the Kuro manga.

A few days ago I was talking with @akumadeshitsumon about the law of “A person dies if a reaper decides so,” and we discussed how this law would or would not be feasible.

Reapers are ex-humans and still have a lot of human mind-sets to them, and are therefore subjective per definition. Is an ex-human who was ‘guilty’ of taking their own life truly qualified to decide over life and death of someone else?

Final decisions over life and death are – according to Christian lore – something only a deity of the highest order can make. Can there be this many ‘deities of the highest order’ in the world? And if ‘yes’, then would that still make ‘punishment by working as a reaper’ a punishment?

If we accept that reapers CAN indeed decide whether someone gets to live or not, then what happens if the body of the dying human is no longer functional? (e.g. What happens to a human who ‘is valuable enough to live on’, but is beheaded?) As pointed out by @akumadeshitsumon, considering the way in which humans die, this ‘law’ is not sustainable. If it did, then the world would look very different.

If we do NOT accept that reapers can decide over life and death, then WHY are they told this lie? Or was it just Grell who lied?

If it was indeed a lie from higher up, then wouldn’t this lie be busted the moment a reaper tries to ‘restore life’ to someone, but does not succeed? Reapers all have human mind-sets, and humans just do not ‘know they have an amazing power, but never try it’. So, it is impossible that no one ever attempted ‘to restore life’ to a very broken body. If a reaper DOES find out that this ‘law’ is a lie, do they get silenced then?

Mey-Rin didn’t sense Jane’s approach behind her at all. Is Jane something other than human, after all?

Baron Chris Heathfield is looking for someone to replace his dead wife, and even though the story is different, it’s still reminding me of Heathcliff’s torment in Wuthering Heights. Particularly the part about souls. From Wikipedia: ‘Nevertheless, [Cathy] also declares her passion for him in such ways as "whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same", and the famous quote "I am Heathcliff."’

'That's me,' Eric thought as he tore wildly through the airport. 'Why did I ever think stopping for a sandwich was a good idea?'

Vaulting a pile of suitcases, he sprinted for the gate, rushing past the restrooms and-

BAM!

With a loud crash, he collided with someone exiting the bathroom, sending both of their bags sliding in opposite directions and dropping both men to the floor.

"Holy mother of crap," Eric groaned, sitting up and shaking his head to clear the daze. "Are you okay?"

"I- I think I'll survive," came the reply, and Eric got a good look at who he'd run into.

The fellow was small and slender, so.much that Eric was surprised he hadn't broken all his bones. And he was incredibly cute, which made it that much more embarrassing of a situation.

"I am so sorry," he said, getting to his feet and offering his hand, which the other took. "I'm so late."

"No no no," the small man said, "I was looking at my phone. It's my fault."

"No its not!" Eric insisted, grabbing his bag, "I'm sorry!"

And then he ran off, furious at himself for being such a klutz in front of a handsome fellow.

'Look, it's not like you'll ever see him again,' he told himself as he settled down into his plane seat. 'Forget about it and enjoy your flight.'

So he did, at least until he got.off that plane, boarded the other, and was putting his carry on in the compartment over the seat. It was only then that he noticed the tag hanging from the suitcase. It was purple.

His was white.

Grabbing the peice of paper, he read the name; Alan Humphries.

"Oh shit," he muttered. There was no doubt about how this had happened; he must have grabbed the wrong suitcase when he'd run into that guy earlier. Alan, as it seemed his name was.

There was nothing he could do; it had been two airports ago that he'd seen Alan, and there was no telling where the man was now.

"Phone number, phone number," he muttered, looking at the tag for any contact information.

"Excuse me, can I get to my seat?" someone behind him said, and he shifted to the side to let them through. As they slid past him toward the window seat, he instantly recognized the longish brown hair and purple cardigan, the same color as the suitcase tag.

"Alan!" He said, and the young man turned around, startled.

"Hm? Oh!" He blushed suddenly. "Oh, it's you."

Eric motioned to the suitcase Alan had yet to put in the compartment. "I think you'd better have a look at that name tag."

Puzzled, Alan glanced at the tag, and his eyes widened. "Oh my goodness!" Looking back up at Eric, he said, "And you have mine?"

"In the compartment," Eric replied, relieved. "Here, give me yours- I mean, mine, and I'll put it up."

Alan rolled the suitcase toward him and Eric lifted it up beside the other before sitting down.

"Well, we're a couple of lucky fellows, aren't we?"

"Very," Alan replies, "But I'm so sorry for the mix-up."

"Don't even start," Eric said. "I was the one in the rush." He held out his hand, as much as he could in their cramped space. "Eric Slingby."

"Alan Humphries," the other replied, shaking the offered hand "But of course, you know that already."

"Yup," Eric laughed.

They spent the rest of the flight talking, like they'd already been aquaintances before this flight, and time passed quickly. It went almost too fast for Eric, who found he greatly enjoyed the other man's company. He wondered if he needed a vacation at all anymore, since simply talking to Alan had loosened his work-tightened nerves. When the flight attendant announced it was alright to depart the plane, the two waited as other passengers shuffled by down the aisle.

"Allow me," Eric said when they finally stood. He pulled down both suitcases, double-checking the tags. "Gotta make sure we get it right this time."

"Yes, who knows if we'll ever see each other again," Alan noted, and Eric wondered if he read unhappiness in his tone, or if it was only his own regret ringing in his ears.

They got off the plane still chatting, and Alan tossed out the name 'Lamb's Inn' and Eric stopped.

"Wait, you're going to Lamb's Inn too?" He asked. "That's where I'm headed."

Alan blinked, then laughed. "Really?"

Eric nodded eagerly. "Yup! I usually stay there when I visit Scotland."

"Its my first time," Alan said. "I guess I'm a lucky fellow." Then he blushed. "I mean-."

"I'm not one for destiny," Eric interrupted, "But sometimes life surprises you."

"Exactly," Alan said, smiling. "If...if you're willing to be my guide...?"

Eric grinned and took hold of both his and Alan's suitcases. "You bet" he said. "I'd be happy to show you around. Who knew mixing up bags could be so much fun?"

"Not me," Alan replied, following him to the door. "But I'm glad it happened."

POV: Grim reaper lesbians really hate your vibe and want you dead.

This is the first step to slowly indoctrinating my followers into fem!Shinigami propaganda (since, as Yana stated for the Weston arc: it would have been more interesting if they were women)

I don't know if starting out with the least known characters was the best idea but oh well-