Black★Rock Shooter: Innocent Souls (manga)

A manga of Black★Rock Shooter has been announced titled Black★Rock Shooter: Innocent Souls. Given description: "The story follows a girl in Hazama (Threshold), a world between Heaven and Earth. "Impure souls" — those that could not ascend to Heaven with the burden of their own weight — have drifted to this world of constant warfare."

A published 4koma series also exists. Titled Black Rock-chan, it's really just an Affectionate Parody of the characters and setting; it stars a Pint-Sized Kid version of B★RS with a full-sized Dead Master acting like her mom.


 * Abusive Parents: The mother in Ch 6 to Cecil. She took the death of her husband hard.
 * And I Must Scream: How Hanako traps the souls inside her illusory high-school.
 * Breather Episode: Chapter 7 is basically a Troperiffic Romantic Comedy.
 * Darker and Edgier: The first chapter alone has a little girl brutally impaled by the grotesquely mutated soul of a legendary serial killer.
 * : Reto and Io.
 * Good Is Not Nice: The purpose of the Black Shooters is to keep the number of Yodomi Souls in Hazama under control, and nothing else.
 * Impaled with Extreme Prejudice:.
 * Oh Crap, This Cannot Be!: Jack's reaction to realizing that he's fighting the Black Star.
 * We Have Reserves: The rulers of Hazama's attitude to Black Shooters.
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