Mail (manga)

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Mail
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The cover of the first volume of Mail
Genre Horror [1]
Magazine Shōnen Ace
Original run2004 – 2005
Volumes3
December 06, 2006 [4] 978-1-59307-566-8
  • "The Whine Cellar"
  • "Hide-and-seek"
  • "Twins"
  • "The drive"
  • "Ka-tsu-mi"
  • "Eyesight"
In the first chapter, a headless skeleton is discovered during a nude photoshoot at a rural stream. One of the photos has the figure of a headless girl in the background. The photographers ask Akiba to investigate. In chapter two, the occupant of a flat gets a letter from Akiba warning her of a ghost of a child playing hide-and-seek in her apartment building. The third chapter has Akiba investigate on behalf of a girl that is terrorized by the ghost of her deceased twin sister. In the fourth chapter, Akiba is racing after a woman who bought a car with a ghost in the trunk. Chapter five has Akiba investigating a case in which a girl died fulfilling an urban legend in which everyone who photographs a ghost is killed. The final chapter deals with Akiba's backstory: he was blind from birth, but medicine cured his eyes. When he was in the hospital, he met a bearded man with glasses who tells him he would see even more things in the future.
2 August 1, 2004 [5] 978-4-04713-635-9 January 31, 2007 [6] 978-1-59307-591-0
  • "The doll"
  • "The baby"
  • "The elevator"
  • "The cottage"
  • "The commencement"
  • "The portrait"
The first case deals with a possessed doll. The second chapter has a woman and her infant son being terrorized by the ghost of the stalker of her husband. The third case is about a ghost split in half due to an elevator accident. In chapter four, three youths find evidence of outerworldly activity in the cottage they are staying at. The fifth chapter is about a woman whose GPS device is constantly rerouting her to the location of her elementary school. The final chapter of the volume deals with a possessed portrait.
3 February 25, 2005 [7] 978-4-04713-704-2 March 14, 2007 [8] 978-1-59307-592-7
  • "Mikoto"
  • "Cries of agony"
  • "Suppressed"
  • "Motherly instinct"
  • "Seafloor"
  • "Ruins"
In first chapter, Akiba ties up loose ends from his childhood when he was blind. He seals the ghost of a deceased girl named Mikoto he played with as a child into a bullet, then shoots that bullet into a body he assembled, reanimating her. In the second chapter, Akiba requests Mikoto to stay at their apartment because she attracts ghosts. Promptly, a ghost starts to haunt the apartment. The third chapter is about the ghost of an e-mail stalker haunting its old contacts. Chapter four has a woman return to the hotel in which her child has died. The fifth chapter has three teenage girls going for a swim at a small beach. One of the girls had found a message in a bottle as a child reading "I'm in the sea. Find me.". In the final chapter, a different group of teenage girls are playing a game trying to find if one of them is haunted by a ghost.

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Craig. "Mail v1". Manga Life. Archived from the original on October 22, 2007. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Mail". cinematopics.com. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2009.
  3. ↑ メイル (1) (角川コミックス・エース) (コミック). ASIN   4047136344 .
  4. ↑ "Mail Vol. 1 TPD". Dark Horse Comics . Retrieved December 15, 2009.
  5. ↑ メイル (2) (角川コミックス・エース) (コミック). ASIN   4047136352 .
  6. ↑ "Mail Volume 2 TPB". Dark Horse Comics . Retrieved December 15, 2009.
  7. ↑ MAIL (3) (角川コミックス・エース) (コミック). ASIN   4047137049 .
  8. ↑ "Mail Volume 3". Dark Horse Comics . Retrieved December 15, 2009.
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