Akana Shuu & Yoshida Jo | Thanatos no Shisha (R17)

Japanese: タナトスの使者
Synonyms: Emissary of Tanatos, Emissary of Thanatos, 
Tanatos no Shisha
Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 17
Status: Completed
Published: Feb 25, 2013 to Sep 25, 2014
Genres: Seinen, Drama, Psychological  
Authors: Akana Shuu (Art), Yoshida Jo (Story)
Serialization: Afternoon

Synopsis: The Japan Thanatos Society provides illicit euthanasia services. Akira Kurushima is the man who judges whether you should live or die. He is the Thanatos Society's investigator-doctor who brings a tranquil death to those who call. Today, he will again bring peace to those who desire death.(MAL)

Batoto: Akira Kurushima. A man who deems to replace God, judging who should live and who should die.

Kurushima is an investigator and professor for the Japanese Society of Thanatology, carrying out illegal euthanasia to give those who desire a "worthy death" a peaceful one. People who want to die come to him, asking him to keep watch over the end of their life...

Baka updates: Kurushima Akira is a member of the Japanese Society of Thanatology, which offers illegal euthanasia services to those who "desire a worthy death." People who wish to die come to Kurushima, asking him to keep watch over them in their final moments.

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Golden Roze Scans

Limerent Void Scans

Source: MAL Manga info, Baka updates, Bato.to

Side notes: As a new translation project it's not easy to give any final verdict for this manga. As for now the main trend seems to be against this manga if looking the scores that it gets from readers. This can be due of the theme which is pretty dark or maybe the readers have done prereading of the raws and know more than me.^-^ Art on colored pages is promisingly good though it gets plain sided when going to B/W. Episodic story type isn't serving the best for the story itself though it's understandable why it's used. When thinking these factors it's easy to see why the manga isn't scoring on the good manga level. To get there the story needs more background to be revealed and characters to become something that readers can like or dislike. Now it's doing none of those on the first chapter and leaves a bit cold feeling inside.

Main character

Akira Kurushima