#MangaMonday 75 “Love is Dark” by Ao Juumonji (story) and BUNBUN (art)

If Korean manhwa are fair game, then so is a Japanese #LightNovel. It’s still text and pictures, just skewed more toward the former.

Sousei Takarai is a high school student who’s just trying to fit in. The problem is that he is a trained assassin who doesn’t quite know what “normal” is. Sousei doesn’t like his (explicitly) brutal job, but his handler (and older sister) rides him hard and his desire for a “normal” life is palpable. His success at basic peer interaction is more important to him than his work.

Unfortunately, #LoveIsDark (Yen Press) was cancelled after the third book, and it leaves things on quite a cliffhanger. The author concluded the story as a webnovel. I couldn’t find a translation, but a summary on reddit indicates the story leans into the supernatural aspect (did I mention that?) and leaves the school life behind. So, in a way, the published volumes end at a natural stopping point.