Immortal Rain Series

Summary: Rain Jewlitt, known as the Methuselah, is a spaced-out, immortal, 624-year-old man dressed in priest's clothes. He's got eternal youth and a large price on his head... put there by those questing after the secret of his immortality.

Machika Balfaltin is a tomboyish, energetic 14-year-old girl who, upon the death of her grandfather, sets out to kill Methuselah, the one bounty her assassin grandfather, Zol the Grim Reaper, couldn't kill. Instead, however, Machika ends up being saved by Rain again and again from other aspiring bounty hunters attacking them both.

Thoughts: This 11 volume manga series was a pretty interesting take on the "hunting an immortal" trope. Reminiscent of Trigun, it follows a laid back immortal trying to just get by in a really long life, his mortal enemy (quite literally), and a kid who has to decide what she she stands for. I really enjoyed the cast and the story itself, with a pretty interesting setting though not enough to go off of to call it world-building. A pretty good read all in all!

Content: Violence, a couple inappropriate sketches of women and implied sexual scenes. Generally clean, good for teens and up.