Undying Happiness by Zelkats

Short description:
Ongoing comedy about unforgettable first meeting of Naomi and Keisuke and how it will change their life from then on.

Long description:
Relationship of Naomi’s parents is far from desired. Packing her luggage, she decided to pay a visit to her online friend Keisuke, a guy who occupied her thoughts. But upon her arrival what awaits her is dreadful sight. What was left of Keisuke’s house was nothing but remains of fire. What’s more, Keisuke is buried somewhere in the remains. Presumably. The old man (cleaning burned-out house) who gave this information is not certain himself. The weird thing is how come he is so indifferent about such horrible possible dead?

Well then, before we start to assume something is fishy about this guy’s calm demeanor we are introduced to Keisuke, whose entrance is very dramatic and very fitting for horror scene. He rose from ashes. And he turns out to be very friendly, goodwill skeleton. I must give Naomi credit for not instantly running away but on the other hand she is too astonished to even close her mouth. Oh well, even local villagers are not afraid of him so she must have assumed he’s not a dangerous person… ehm skeleton… to be around.

Keisuke is freely roaming around village, buying his anticipated guest a food and yukata, leaving behind bloody footprints as he slowly regenerate his muscles back. Yup, now the sight of him is starting to get scary. But Naomi is by the end of day not fleeing, even deciding to stay since she has been drawn by his kind and optimistic personality and not his outer appearance. They head to his granny’s place to stay overnight and this old grandma welcome them with news of no dinner prepared yet. But don’t worry! Granny will in no time resume cooking. Just give her time to regenerate her amputated fingers she accidentally chopped, presumably, instead of veggies. And that was last thing Naomi could handle in one day and, without much ceremonies, run away into unconsciousness to cope with all insanities that day brought.

The story, however, continues 13 years later. And we are finding Naomi in expectations of her already second offspring. And if you want to know, yes, Keisuke is the father. And yes, their son Yusuke is very much like his father (be it the amazing regeneration skills or personality, in this family it seems to be hereditary). That’s pretty much stress creating to pregnant Naomi who takes much pain to clean the mess they create so that no one gets to know about their abnormalities. That makes one think: Did they have to move from that village, heaven like place for them?

I will finish to talk about it now so I will not spoil anymore of the story. The art is manga like, facial expressions of characters are very descriptive and there is no lack of funny faces. Story is full of gags and if nothing “bad” is happening at the moment you can just anticipate and wait. Keisuke is such a weird character and I mean it in a good way. It astonishes me how he is prone to accidents and, no, most af them could not be prevented. They are so unexpected. Despite that he is such an optimistic fellow.

~~~ By Karra