Volume 8

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* English
* French

***Dead Mount Death Play*, Vol. 8** is the eighth volume of the *Dead Mount Death Play* manga series.

## Synopsis

Polka greets the enigmatic visitor, Civil, whose soul is unlike any he's ever seen. Faced with an overwhelming sense of death and madness, Polka is startled at the vestiges of the other world that he can sense. Meanwhile, Solitaire and the Bug team up to uncover the Bastard Children of Sabaramond, but the magician's strategy is rather unconventional...

## Chapters

* Chapter 62
* Chapter 63
* Chapter 64
* Chapter 65
* Chapter 66
* Chapter 67
* Chapter 68
* Chapter 69
* Chapter 70

## Manga-Exclusive Bonus Content

### Bonus Comics

* **Comic Insert No.1 (between Chapters 63–64):** Two Bugs escort their captive Higuro to his chair in the warehouse, later to the bathroom, and thence to the chair again. Tena Sorimura tells Higuro he will see him tomorrow before departing for home. When one of the Bugs also takes their leave, it dawns on Higuro that "everyone but [him] gets to go home." This is corroborated by a text box reading "Enter the next day."
* **Comic Insert No.2 (between Chapters 68–69):** Kōzaburō Arase, Tsubaki Iwanome, Kayukasa, Saki Aikawa, and Ranmaru Yatsu react to Sorimura's Higuro-Kannagi deepfake.
* **Chapter Title Replacement:** Volume 8 uses Chapter 64's original title page color spread for the volume's title page. Chapter 64's replacement title features Misaki Sakimiya in the attire she wears when working as Corpse God's fortunetelling assistant.

### Episode 8: Barrier of Coursing Blood

Episode 8 reviews some facts and rumors applicable to vampires before resuming Volume 7's cliffhanger encounter between Shagrua Lugrid and Silk Malacougar, the latter an assassin tasked with killing the former by a high-ranking Geldwood priest. Silk realizes the priest has lied to her; Shagrua is a virtuous man who has *not* been possessed by the Corpse God, as the priest had claimed. However, the priest had also promised a reward too valuable to forsake: means of travel to Terra Mater, where her sister, she was told, supposedly migrated to one hundred years ago.

Silk tells Shagrua that she will kill him but do nothing more, implying that she would not interfere if Easlies Swordfrail were to resurrect his corpse. Before Easlies can deduce why Silk was chosen to kill Shagrua, much less agree to any resurrection, an invisible attacker drives a stake through her heart. This is Medeon, one of Pani Guldmarg's reject golems—one whom Geldwood must have tamed and actually tasked with murder while Silk served as an unknowing decoy. Worse is still to come in the form of the Geldwood Church's protégé Dragon, whom Shagrua senses is en route to their location via his Evil Eye.

### Specimen 8: Solitaire TV

This entry of the "Super-Fun Illustrated Guide to Dead Mount Death Play" features Tena Sorimura's "Solitaire TV" YouTube channel. Its sole illustration depicts an open live chat in the sidebar of one of Solitaire TV's videos; where of the chat messages express variations of "it's here!" and "welcome back [...]," the last visible message takes on a more ambiguous tone with『今回はどれぐらいで消されるかな』, i.e. "wonder how long before this one gets taken down..."

An accompanying paragraph explains that Solitaire's "hard-core" fans save all videos since the channel—which is continually reported—tends to vanish and reappear without notice. A good number of these videos involve Solitaire looking for the paranormal at haunted sites, but most document his various criminal activities. Neither take place in the channel's most-viewed video, wherein Solitaire performs magic tricks for kittens.

### Special Thanks

The bonus sketch displayed on the Special Thanks page features Framrodia Byandiraz in his usual regalia.

### Japanese Digital Benefit

The benefit for Volume 8, a single color illustration drawn and signed by Shinta Fujimoto, features Higuro and Momoya Agakura drinking beverages as they walk together.

## References

1. ↑ Square Enix. Original text: その悪意は、穢れを知らない。「サバラモンドの落とし子」が色濃く落とす「異世界」の面影の中で、ポルカが迎えし「来客」。その名は「シヴィル」。濃厚過ぎる死を携え、純粋過ぎる狂気を抱え、重なるハズのない「異世界」の面影を纏う者――。そして道化(ソリティア)は踊り狂う。隠された「蟲」の素性すら舞台にさらけ出しながら。またも「新宿」が全てを繋ぐ「転生」群像劇、第８巻。 https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757575950/. Accessed on November 04, 2021.