Undead Girl Murder Farce
Undead Girl Murder Farce is a Japanese novel series written by Yugo Aosaki. It began publication in December 2015, with four volumes being published as of 2023. A manga adaptation illustrated by Haruka Tomoyama began serialization on Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Sirius magazine in June 2016, before moving to Nemesis in 2017, and then to the Comic Days website in 2018. The manga has been compiled into three print and five digital tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Lapin Track aired on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block from July to September 2023.
Plot
Set in an alternate timeline, during the Belle Époque era in the late 19th century, where supernatural creatures such as vampires and oni exist in the same world as humans. Tsugaru Shinuchi, an experimental half-oni known as the Oni Slayer, accepts a job from an immortal woman named Aya Rindo with her loyal servant Shizuku Hasei. Tsugaru wishes to find a way to extend his lifespan, while Aya exists solely as a talking head who wants to die. When they both realize the person behind their current predicament was a wealthy foreigner with an "M" printed on his cane, they leave Japan for Europe and try to track him down. While trying to locate Aya's missing body and hopefully their target with it, the trio take on supernatural mysteries across Europe with Tsugaru taking on the persona of "The Cage User" for the birdcage he carries with Aya's head inside.Characters
The Cage User
;Aya Rindo;Tsugaru Shinuchi
;Shizuku Hasei
Parisians
;Annie Kerber;Arsène Lupin
;Erik
;Ganimard
221B Baker Street
;Sherlock Holmes;Dr. Watson
The Banquet
;Professor Moriarty;Aleister Crowley
;Carmilla
;Frankenstein's monster
;Jack the Ripper
Wolfinhöhle
;Nora;Vera
;Kaya
Lloyd's
;Reynold Stinghart;Fatima Doubledarts
;Alice Rapidshot
;Kyle Chaintail
Others
;Phileas Fogg;Jean Passepartout
;Inspector Lestrade
;Louise
;Rosa
;Yutte
;Alma
;Gunther
;Dennis
;Falk
;Bernt
;Bjorn
;Old Lady Regi
Media
Novel
Written by Yugo Aosaki, Undead Girl Murder Farce was first published by Kodansha on December 17, 2015, under their Kodansha Taiga imprint. As of July 2023, four volumes have been released.Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Haruka Tomoyama began serialization on Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Sirius magazine on June 25, 2016. It later moved to Kodansha's Nemesis magazine on June 9, 2017. After Nemesis ceased publication, the series was moved to the Comic Days website. As of June 2018, three print tankōbon volumes have been released.In May 2021, Kodansha USA announced that it had licensed the manga for English digital publication.