The Soul Chaser

The Soul Chaser is a gothic, supernatural manga created by Studio Kawaii and published on their mangamagazine.net profile. Set in Paris in the XIXth Century, a young girl goes missing while playing with her doll at home. An extensive investigation by the police turned up no results but the blood-stained doll.

A short while later, a young woman named Sophie disappears after being given a strange doll by her fiancee, Fabrice. Fabrice will do anything to get Sophie back, but it seems that he will have to go against what appear to be supernatural forces.

However, Fabrice is not alone. He will be helped by Adriel, the rather enigmatic man who appears to know more than just selling books in his book store; Ruby, his mysterious helper; and The Master of Ceremonies, an even more strange being who can only be seen in the famous cemetery of Père-Lachaise...

It also available in Spanish.


 * Art Evolution: According Word of God the art actually improved as the series went on.
 * Badass: Adriel.
 * Bathtub Scene: See Fan Service below.
 * Barbie Doll Anatomy: Happens a few times with the female characters...
 * Berserk Button: The Master of Ceremonies is apparently easily pissed off by ignorance...
 * Hurting Ruby also puts Adriel in a massive fit of rage.
 * Big Bad : Lacrymosa.
 * Bishonen: The Master of Ceremonies and The Guardian are notable examples.
 * Chekhov's Gun: Didn`t think that doll would later become so important huh?
 * Crash Into Hello: How Fabrice met Sophie.
 * Cool Shades: Adriel`s shades appear to be a rather unique pair.
 * Damsel in Distress: Sophie
 * Emotionless Girl:
 * Fan Service: Lacrymosa during her Bathtub Scene, Barbie Doll Anatomy included.
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars: The Guardian.
 * The Hero: Fabrice.
 * Humans Are the Real Monsters: According to the Master of Ceremonies.
 * Kubrick Stare
 * Megaton Punch: By the Master of Ceremonies in chapter 14, with enough force to blow his target`s upper body off...
 * Older Than He Looks: The Master of Ceremonies and The Guardian.
 * The Quiet One : Who happens to be Ruby.
 * Shout-Out: In chapter 16 you can see someone holding Norvus Karma, another manga series on mangagazine.net. And you can see Clause from The Midnight Hunters purchasing a book. Lampshaded by Fabrice as he wondered why so many weird-looking people come to that shop.
 * Sibling Rivalry:
 * Thriller on the Express
 * Too Dumb to Live: Fabrice, who enters the same room in which his fiancee went missing despite warnings of mysterious shadows and sound being seen and heard in the room.
 * Toplessness From the Back: See Fanservice above.
 * Traintop Battle
 * Wham! Line: "I won't lose against you... ". Genre-savvy readers would have seen this coming; doubles as The Reveal.