Rotting to Live


About

When escapism can no longer mask the reality of her life, a young girl decides to leave it all behind to find peace, only to be reborn in a world where deadly parasites thrive. After being infected by a vicious dog bite, it’s aristocratic and mysterious owner Cecil Ravel reluctantly takes her in. Now that she renamed herself Manako-chan, she will quickly learn running away from her problems is no longer an option. Will she be able to find a sense of purpose and belonging in this new world?


Rotting to Live is a comic by Gleamy Guts and their take on the isekai genre highlighting difficult topics with sincere moments while sporting a dark but cute aesthetic with it’s menhera characters and occasional light-hearted humor.

The first volume is an introduction to the story and universe. If the reception is positive I am planning to continue the story in the next volumes.

Characters

Manako-Chan
Despite being a perky and curious girl by nature, her previous life had left her with no hope. After reincarnating into a new world, she is quickly faced with the fact that this new life is quite different than what she is previously used to. Mentally she seems to be stuck with a middle-schooler attitude, despite being an adult. She gets excited about seemingly childish interests with her favorite thing being magical girl comics. It is obvious this is just a way to run away from her problems. The big question is: will she be able to keep up this act, or does she have to graduate at some point in time and face reality?

Cecil Raval
An afluent businessman and CEO of a big Pharmaceautical company. One night Manako appeared out of seemingly nowhere in his garden, disrupting his daily playsession with his pet dog. Unfortunately she got bitten and infected by his pet and is now stuck having to deal with the consequences. He is the only remaining descendant of his family, and posesses a weapon with the ability to destroy 'everything'. Even though he appears aloof and anti-social, his intentions are often misunderstood and has a poor reputation among the general population.

Miss Augustine
Cecil's personal assistant and doctor. She has extensive knowledge on the ongoing plague. Her intentions are hard to read, and her aura is quite intimidating. On the other hand she has a caring demeanor while taking care of her patients. She took care of Cecil since he was very young, and is one of the few people he seems to respect, and maybe slightly fear for reasons unknown...

Purchase

~Full comic is 70 pages in Black & White print~

Physical copies will be available at the following conventions:

Dokomi - Germany | 6-8 June
Abunai - Netherlands |8 - 10 August


Online Digital copies & Online release will open as preorders later in June. For more updates for when these are available follow my socials!


Preview

Because this comic is formatted for print, text may be smaller on screen, zoom in for better reading experience! These are the first 18 pages of the comic. The full comic is currently for purchase only!


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