But manga artist Yuuki Kikuchi bucked such conventional wisdom when he told you, right in the title, what was going to happen to the protagonist of The Crocodile Who Dies in 100 Days.
However, this is the first time for an English version of the manga to be posted, likely in response to the overseas attention and admiration The Crocodile Who Dies in 100 Days got.
Invariably, the encounters end with Flying Away Seal drifting towards the clouds as he dejectedly murmurs “Oh maaaan.”
Serialized at a rate of one four-panel chapter per day on Kikuchi’s social media accounts, The Crocodile Who Dies in 100 Days was a surreal experience for readers, a simple slice of life story with an intangible but unavoidable sense of dread.