Private detective Reiji Akiba has a theory about those awkward moments and weird coincidences we all encounter in life. They are actually encounters with the dead-their way of sending us a message. But you may not want to open such strange mail from beyond-not unless you can see the ghostly attachment, like Akiba can. And not unless you carry a gun that can kill what isn't alive, like Akiba's aptly named Kagutsuchi, "the tool between God and earth" . . . digging a divine grave to lay to rest the evil dead.
Volume 1 of Mail opens with a model's photo shoot at what was a lovely riverside. However, when the negatives in the darkroom reveal more than just a pretty face, it's time for the magazine to hire Akiba. He will soon discover the answers lie not so peacefully in the basement of a shunned house.
Mail was recently made into a live-action Japanese horror movie starring Chiaki Kuriyama-"Go-Go Yubari" from Kill Bill. Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory.
Mail #1 features story and art by Housui Yamazaki.