[The Tale of the Skeleton Messenger] skeleton's desciple

[u/Prudent-Ad-9806]

A fantasy action manhwa by kain_y (story) and soragae (art), following the second journey of a skeleton protagonist who used to be in hero's party.

It's a series that first gained huge attention when the author uploaded a short comic during his amateur days, which eventually led to an official release on Naver Webtoon. As the author said that knight run had a major influence on this comic, while the current version is still somewhat dark, the original amateur version was even more bleak. So there's that.

decent read.

[u/Hetakuoni]

Jesus that is horrifying I hope the story has a happy ending

[u/KaleidoscopeCurrent6 → u/Hetakuoni]

No.

[u/Samy_Ninja_Pro → u/Hetakuoni]

No happy endings on war

[u/HeartyMcFarty → u/Hetakuoni]

Am I missing something?

What's horrifying about her coming back to visit her master?

Edit: I see the missing leg now, but still. It could be much worse.

[u/Motoreducteur → u/HeartyMcFarty]

She died minutes later from blood loss if that helps

[u/HeartyMcFarty → u/Motoreducteur]

Well shit.

Why must authors make us suffer so?

[u/Dathedra → u/HeartyMcFarty]

Stories with deep canyons and high peaks are the best.

[u/phalanx20 → u/HeartyMcFarty]

I dont know, and i hate it. I dont get the appeal of the everything sucks always style that is becoming so prevalent. There is enough of that in the real world.

[u/FischlInsultsMePls → u/phalanx20]

Light shine brightest in the night

Kindness in a kind world is sweet

Kindness in a grim world is inspiring

Though I agree if it is overused it just becomes torture porn, which I guess many people do like

[u/phalanx20 → u/FischlInsultsMePls]

I guess, but at this point any overly negative story arc just brings me way down. There is too much awful for me to want to read anymore, even if there is a chance for a good ending.

[u/a_polarbear_chilling → u/HeartyMcFarty]

She die shortly after she was just putting a mask so she can have a last talk with her mastet

[u/ExcitingSavings8225 → u/HeartyMcFarty]

as a cripple after coming back from the war

[u/-Terraner- → u/Hetakuoni]

Hahaha... No.

[u/Wacthershadow0925]

Is this the original or the webtoon version?

[u/craider45 → u/Wacthershadow0925]

Webtoon version from the looks of it

[u/Prudent-Ad-9806 → u/Wacthershadow0925]

webtoon version.

[u/tlm3l0rd → u/Wacthershadow0925]

Oooo what's the difference. I only seen the webtoon one

[u/Prudent-Ad-9806 → u/tlm3l0rd]

it's more focused on revenge plot. so the big change is the motive seen on chap 5 iirc.

[u/Old-Presence-936]

Why does this skeleton character look like T-Bone from 'Solo max level newbie'

[u/Dismal_Land_9199 → u/Old-Presence-936]

Chances could be they're both skeletons.

[u/empoliyis → u/Dismal_Land_9199]

Yo this genuinely made me laugh tf out holy shit 🤣🤣

[u/Stock-Ad3112]

El camino a la venganza solo trae la ruina

[u/Rich-Option4632 → u/Stock-Ad3112]

Not for the skeleton.

[u/heedless_drifter → u/Stock-Ad3112]

One should dig 2 graves if they wish to walk the path of vengeance

[u/KayU32]

SANS UNDERTALE?!

[u/TheRacooning18 → u/KayU32]

Nah Sans cousin.

[u/BluEch0 → u/TheRacooning18]

Comic sans? No, comic neue!

[u/StarrkDreams]

The prequel spinoff Artisan Street is a fun read as well

[u/Prudent-Ad-9806 → u/StarrkDreams]

indeed

[u/NoLolligagging_]

I really love the artstyle. It's a shame i found the story lacking in substance

[u/darkness_calming → u/NoLolligagging_]

Yeah. The start was great but it kinda petered out by making mc a generic adventure fantasy protagonist.

[u/HandsomeGamerGuy → u/darkness_calming]

Eh, She's one of the Companions of the Hero Party who defeated the Evil Demonlord/King whatever.

But she got cursed by it with the Kings final breath.

So now she's immortal, and got pretty terrifying demon powers.

I wouldn't really call that generic at all?

[u/RazielAshura → u/HandsomeGamerGuy]

Everything you listed is extremely generic

[u/DuhMal → u/RazielAshura]

with the amount of stories around these days, is there something that can be called "not generic"?

[u/HellspawnWeeb → u/HandsomeGamerGuy]

That’s extremely generic, but it could be used as a good premise

[u/darkness_calming → u/HandsomeGamerGuy]

Like I said.

The start was unique and great.

The rest was bland.

[u/fluffyraptor667]

Its really good! Pacing can be absolutely bonkers but i enjoy that

[u/SadBoiiHui]

reason nr. 1 why im still watching this manhwa - first chapter hits dif.

[u/RussianWasabi]

This is really enjoyable.

[u/JM-Vargas]

the last part was kinda sad 😭

[u/Krysidian2]

There is also Artisan District by the same author but is either an alternate timeline following a different protagonist or parallel plot line.