Love in Hell is a timeless story of love regret and BDSM. Rintaro Senkawa a 27year old NEET accidentally dies after a night of excessive drinking. He wakes up buck naked in Hell and is greeted by a petite devil girl named Koyori. She wears a leather bralette with matching shortshorts and totes a huge spiked bat. Rintaro is her first assignment and she is to guide him through this new world and experience. Being a rookie many things are new for her as well. https://i.ur.com/GBAiFCS.jpg In Hell the predicaments that Rintaro encounters center on trying to learn how to navigate the economy there. This is necessary to earn money and virtue for entry into Heaven. There are amusing reallife parallels to how people pursue good deeds to atone for their wrongs providing an accessibility and means to care about what happens to the lead characters. Naturally being an ecchi theres also plenty of fanservice. There are the obligatory boob and butt shots and bits of nudity here and there but Love in Hell isnt wholly dependent on appealing to our lower brains. The drama isnt laid on too thick or prolonged more than necessary. Aside from some brief scenes with child abuse the tone is mostly lighthearted. If I had to nitpick something which is truly a nitpick because it barely qualifies as important is that the romance may have evolved or devolved a bit quickly but not quite to the point of feeling artificial. Besides there may have been a reason for this pacing which I wont divulge here because it may be a spoiler. Love in Hell marks a strong debut for artist and writer Suzumaru Reiji. It distinguishes itself from the standard work of this type with a rounded narrative likable characters and consistently sharp artwork with some impressively detailed backgrounds and comically violent vignettes. At only 18 chapters/3 volumes this is the kind of manga that you can easily pick up chill and laugh with and reread when you need something to lighten your mood. I ended up buying the 488page omnibus release from Seven Seas Entertainment. Sadly I dont see this manga mentioned much. Its definitely worth checking out if youre looking for a fun and quick read.
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