Story by Gakuto Coda
Art by Rei Mutsuki
Synopsis(from the back of the book)Kyoichi Utsume, aka "His Majesty, Lord of Darkness," is a dark and compelling mystery -- so much so that his fellow Literature Club members would rather discuss him than books! When "His Majesty" vanishes in front of their very eyes, his friends are left with several unanswered questions: what is the source of Kyoichi's long-standing obsession with the "other side?" And just who is Ayame -- the eerily ghostlike girl Kyoichi brought to school as his girlfriend the day before he disappeared?
Review
I really wanted to like this story. I wonder if the novel is better. Simply put it's: a weird goth kid disappears, and now his friends want to find him. Apparently it's supposed to be mysterious, and scary, and it's supposed to suck you in, but I didn't really care. The friends are more like talking heads, for the way they just talk about this and that, but don't really have any personalities of their own. I think the most interesting character is Kyoichi, but he's gone, and I suspect that we're not going to hear much from him in later volumes, but I could be wrong. I think his adventure could be the most interesting, to see what he sees in the "other side," but I'm sure it's going to be about the friends' adventure to find him.
There isn't much to say about this book; for all the pages, it really goes nowhere fast. I really wasn't interested enough to continue reading, but I forced myself for the sake of reviewing it, which admittedly, skewed my view of it. It's too bad, it could have had potential.
Final thought: I give up on this series.
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