A scarred, eyepatch-wearing middle-aged former reaper turns up in Limbo to protect the souls there. The only problem? He has amnesia about his former life.

He's placed in the care of a cheerful, selfless young twink who is immediately into him (girl, same), and then they proceed to not do much about it for a little while as the world gets established. The twink, unsurprisingly, has a self-sacrificial streak (he LOSES LIMBS and then smiles about it!!) which requires him to be rescued, but like, c'mon. Look at the cover art. Unsurprising. Most of the story is an action-fantasy that's a bit exposition-heavy and feels both light on the world-building and romantic elements. I'm going to blame the page count for that, mostly, as it's clear HAJI has some good ideas and a real talent for character design. Also appreciate any BL artist who takes the time to also draw background characters that the lady-enjoyers will like, too.

This is apparently HAJI's first original publication, though they are active in the doujin world, and their skill is apparent in their breezy, angular style and their deftness with action work, scenery, comedic expressions, and yes, explicit scenes. I'm sad there's only one in this volume. For what this is - and I do wish it could be a bit more, but I try to temper my expectation with BL publications, as they're not given as much time to establish their storytelling - I'm really impressed. For those who are into age gap romances where the younger person goes out of the way to say he's eighteen (+ however many hundreds of years he's been in the limbo world), who's down bad and makes the first move with an older guy who's a bit clueless and needs time to come around, I think this will hit the spot.