Welcome to Hellevator - Oneshot

[Admmi]

Ah yes becoming a better person by... presiding over torture and eternal suffering. Real cool.

People need to pay for what they did in life and helping them with their redemption can make you a better person, if you do it without the feeling of just wanting to hurt others that is

 

[marzial09]

I love the idea too but unfortunately I imagine it would get sucked into becoming a comedy and lose focus of what made this one shot so gooe

if it ever does become a series it will probably be him working for hell for x amount of times till he gets a free pass to heaven then some generic prisoners will get out to flesh out the series then comes in the 7 deadly prisoners main antagonists bla bla bla

and either make the elevator girl a capable side kick love interest or the damsel in distress trope

 

[Guyincognitus]

People need to pay for what they did in life and helping them with their redemption can make you a better person, if you do it without the feeling of just wanting to hurt others that is

Oh yeah, I forgot that correctional officers are always such paragons of virtue.

 

[TNT261]

I really enjoyed this. It turned out a lot more wholesome than I expected. I also like the idea and slice of life feel. That said it's hard to call it unique. The setting and hell tropes are all out there. This really reminded me of a more tame version of Death Parade. The timing is also... curious (lol) with Hazbin Hotel getting it's Amazon original. However, the way the tropes were used still felt great to play out (even if I could tell where things were headed a mile away).

I love the idea too but unfortunately I imagine it would get sucked into becoming a comedy and lose focus of what made this one shot so gooe

Yeah a series like this would need to be character driven... which serialized weekly/monthly Manga tend to have a hard time with. They typically fall back on most generic drama tropes. Even if they don't, they tend to feel rushed because each usual chapter is never as long as the one shot even though they kinda need to be (at least 30ish pages) to do the necessary character work (especially assuming it's like what I think it is and we get a new foil character (arrival to hell) every chapter.

That's not to say it can't be good. But this type of premise is difficult to work with in a serialized setting. It's be like if the twilight zone or doctor who were written on a week by week basis. This is something the author typically needs more control over when writing (in terms of time and planning). Character driven stuff also tends to draw in readers less, so it leans on the popular drama tropes to fabricate unnecessary conflict that drive more casual readers. Which always really hurts the character focus. Then there's the issue of pacing which is a female donkey to work with in a character driven premise when writing weekly.

All that said this does really feel like a more tame death parade and I like the idea. If it does get serialized I'll be rooting for it.

 

[Siquall]

Could be good as a series, maybe with a roguelike story ?

 

[ocsibrm]

"Oh no, the elevator is too heavy I better jump off instead of throwing Grandmas weightlifting set out."

 

[ngubaoson]

intriguing...

 

[Siranto1]

How many people did he kill and/or rape to get sent over to floor 666?

 

[VladDracul2]

"Oh no, the elevator is too heavy I better jump off instead of throwing Grandmas weightlifting set out."

I believe the elevator worked in the same logic as the egyptian afterlife's scales; not so much the weight of your shoulders but more like the weight of your sins... and boy was he heavy.

 

[rexmundi]

Amazing story. Hoping we get to see more Levi.

 

[Cynn]

Thanks for the chapter!

 

[Sumasuun]

I wouldn't mind staying in Hell with Miss Levi. 👀