Embalming: The Another Tale of Frankenstein, Volume 4

Embalming: The Another Tale of Frankenstein is a seinen manga by Nobuhiro Watsuki, serialized in Jump SQ and collected in ten volumes. Set in late nineteenth-century Europe, it follows the boy Fury Flatliner, whose parents are murdered by a tall man marked with surgical scars. Sworn to revenge, Fury is taken in by Viscount Wise alongside two orphans, Wraith and Alde, and is drawn into the intrigues of artificial-human experiments and the machinations of rival factions. Borrowing its central motif from Frankenstein, the series builds on the idea of beings constructed from corpses, weaving the Jack the Ripper case, murders in the streets of London, and a conspiracy surrounding a sanctuary of artificial humans into a tale of suspense and combat driven by the conflict between science and ethics. This volume is the fourth in the series and continues the Jack the Ripper arc of Volume 3: to obtain testimony, the police resurrect a murdered woman as an artificial human, and the sole successful subject, Mary, flees into the streets of London. Wandering in search of her daughter, Violetta, Mary attracts the attention of Jack the Ripper, himself an artificial human; Fury, wishing to grant Mary a peaceful death, confronts Jack the Ripper directly. For specific plot details and chapter contents, please refer to the actual edition.