Having solved the curse killing case at the high school he now seems to work at， Saeyama… is immediately pulled into another curse killing case。 Yes， a young woman with an itch to scratch enters the scene and it’s going to be weirdo-a-weirdo combat one more time。How much do I love this series？ A lot; like， a lot a lot。 I was worried that the second volume would let me down and， while not quite as good as the wall-to-wall lunacy of the first one， it thankfully did not。 It’s just as dumb and self- Having solved the curse killing case at the high school he now seems to work at， Saeyama… is immediately pulled into another curse killing case。 Yes， a young woman with an itch to scratch enters the scene and it’s going to be weirdo-a-weirdo combat one more time。How much do I love this series？ A lot; like， a lot a lot。 I was worried that the second volume would let me down and， while not quite as good as the wall-to-wall lunacy of the first one， it thankfully did not。 It’s just as dumb and self-serious as before。Everything about this is total hooey， obviously， but once again the mangaka plays this straight as an arrow。 It does get a little more levity out of a new character， an expert on corpses who can’t seem to remember living people， but the plot？ Nope， deadly earnest。It’s so hard to tell if this is intentionally silly or not at this point， but I come down on the side of not since we still get omake at the back to lighten the mood。 Not that the main story isn’t goofball enough， but somebody clearly thinks they’re making great art。 And they are， just not， I suspect， the way they think they are。This time around the curse is wrapped up in the smug delusions of a petty person and I do love watching Saeyama’s all-knowing prick act every single time。 He’s not just smarter than the room， he’s smarter than the neighborhood， and you can tell he’s revelling in every chance to show it。The kid with the actual emotions who has the life-expectancy lowering tendency to see the good in everybody is back and he makes a great sidekick to give Saeyama somebody to mock/bounce off and his obvious crush on the new character is very funny。 Their chemistry is fantastic and they lift a lot of the book just by being there。Needless to say， the plot goes through all sorts of contortions straight through to the end and there’s some really gooey body horror so mind your step there。 It all culminates in some very silly pathos and a very thankless resolution that leaves at least one person having to hold their tongue。The police have a secret curse division so I am not sure how any of this should strike you as believable in any way， shape， or form。 At least Death Note made the effort - this one just snubs its nose and says ‘pretty sure this is fine’ when they decide to cause a nationwide panic （I love the panels of people in the street living very， very normal lives even while discussing mystical killings caused by spirits）。Of course， that’s why I like this series so much - it has no qualms about anything and if it makes the story better in the author’s eyes then， by curse god， they’re gonna do it。 And it still keeps to its logic roots when the investigation counts， proving that maybe you can have it both ways， just not if you don’t want me cackling at your book （Saeyama’s line delivery is priceless - he has great timing that all of us would kill for in real life）。I do wish this had the very tight location of the first book， which kept things to a single location for the most part。 This one ranges a bit further afield and combined with our villain not being quite as interesting （though still mighty weird， and arguably a victim of her own nature） it does settle for my opinion of ‘great’ rather than ‘amazing’。4 stars - you can’t be any more ridiculous than this series when it comes to gods and death games and shenanigans。 It’s an absolute hoot to read and if a series of gruesome murders perpetrated by petulant children is wrong， I really don’t want to be right。 。。。more