It’s not easy being a 19-year-old albino virgin S&M dominatrix that exorcises ghosts.
Creative Staff
Story/Art: Okuse Saki and Meguro Sankichi
Translation/Adaptation: Matthew Johnson
What They Say
After a young lesbian mysteriously dies, her spirit begins to haunt her lover. Who do you call when the ghost of your ex-lover keeps terrorizing you? Saiki Misaki, the albino dominatrix necromancer, of course! The highly sexualized, and eerily suspenseful tale of Ghost Talker’s Daydream hits a provocative high point. Follow Saiki as she uses her powers to solve another nail-biting mystery filled with terrifying twists.
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers):
Misaki’s night job stays in the background for this volume. Don’t worry though, the book opens with a lesbian scene between Misaki’s magazine editor, Shizue and some tattooed girl. Seriously hot! Hot naked chicks aside, this chapter is an interesting look into the self-hate that homosexuals can put themselves through. Misaki helps Shizue communicate one last time with two lesbians she knew that committed a love suicide. The life Shizue and the other women live is complicated and sometimes painful, but the author does a good job making it a compelling chapter and one which makes me want to learn more about Shizue.
One aspect I find so interesting about Misaki is that sometimes she can’t even tell ghosts from real people. When a nice old man offers her help, Misaki doesn’t realize he is already dead. Misaki goes to the man’s home, meets his wife, and has a nice conversation before another ghost comes to gather the elderly couple. Is it going to end happily, or will something in the old man’s past take them to a horrible afterlife?
In Summary
Misaki is obviously a tortured person. Between being a 19-year-old albino virgin S&M dominatrix that exorcises ghosts, and having a dad that cares more about his mistress than his own daughter, Misaki has a skewed view of the world. But all those flaws are why I empathize with her to such a degree. On one hand I want to see her move away from her lifestyle and be happy, on the other, I’m curious to see how far she can fall into a dark world of sex and supernatural creatures. Those thoughts aside, we do learn more about Misaki’s life as a child and what happened with her first boyfriend in high school. After reading that, her situation and choice to remain a virgin makes a lot of sense. Oh well, I love this series and the comedic situations with Misaki’s virginity and inability to grow pubic hair keeps me from being too depressed by many of the chapters dark themes.
Content Grade: B+
Art Grade: A-
Packaging Grade: B-
Text/Translation Grade: A
Age Rating: 16+
Released By: Dark Horse Comics
Release Date: February 3rd, 2009
MSRP: $10.95
