I dont think the manager was really necesarry, like I understand the parallels of 'main charcater is a stuck of horrible boss' and 'now he has to deal with stuck up afterlife biss' but it didnt really work and made death seem too tangable. What annoyed me SO much was the manager constantly saying "i dont make deals" "this isnt a deal you know" when every time he shows up he makes a deal. e.g. "i dont make deal .. fine you can 7 more days to live in exchange for doing whatever" ???

.. and UGH i could see the ending coming from a mileee away but was hoping it would not happen. It is emphasised sooo many times that "you cant cheat death" "you can only go down the stream not back up" "reincarnation isnt real" and then of course when its finally time for the main character to move on to whats next after the pergatory bit, the managers like "i dont make deals.. okay you can be recarnated as a reaper!! this has never happened before!!" it makes the whole thing seem pointless. its nice he gets to live with the love interest and everything but he got the chance to turn around his life (too quickly imo) and work on himself and it was time for him to go..

Theres also something to be said about an angry white guy getting his emotional labour done for him by a group of people of colour who have pretty much infinate patience for him ,':/ but i dont think im quilified for that.

ALso some of the scenes felt like cartoon slapstick description of something live action and kinda didnt fit, like with the ouji board scene .

Overall i did like it and it got me thinking about desth and stuff but the ending was dissapointing.