I love this manga, I'm confident it will be an anime in 2025. Seconds from deaths' door, Kokura is given one final opportunity to live if he agrees to work part time at a convenience store. A modern take on Usemono Yado, the Konbini straddles the world between life and death. It's customers having the opportunity to purchase one final item before either returning to the world of the living, or traversing to the after-life. Each chapter we're exposed to a wide range of characters with different personalities, traits, and lifestyles. Connected by their near death experience through the convenience store. The big "mystery" liesin the origins of the store and the non-humans called spectral's; who operate the store behind the scenes. There's also a gruesome, pitiful mascot called the "darkness cat" who pops-up around the store and wreaks havoc; occasionally being an essential piece to the storyline.

The art feels modern and clean, similar to that of Kowloon Generic Romance. Capturing the surreal feel of the fantastical world, along with the mundane chores of working a part-time job. The author Seiko Erisawa hasn't written anything else that's been translated to english, so I don't have much else to compare it with.

Despite only having 2 volumes translated (which are available in paperback!), Box of Light has the foundation to be a classic. I'm confident that as more chapters are translated, it will gain popularity as rise to become one of the top new-gen manga.