Vigor Mortis: Volume 1

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Postmortem interval (PMI) is the time that has passed since the death of a person until found, is an essential tool in forensic investigations as providing an estimated time since death, is pivotal in judicial cases and can even either incriminate or acquit a suspect. Incorrect opinions from a misinterpretationof postmortem changes for traumatic injuries during the postmortem examination may mislead the investigation in the wrong direction leading to unnecessary inquiries that may even end up in the miscarriage of justice.

All these stages of death are often overlapping in their occurrence. They may start separately, but most of them continue to occur simultaneously. However, other factors are also taken into consideration during investigations. This is mainly because there are factors that can affect these stages considerably. Hence, investigators never rely solely on one or 2 factors but rather take as many as possible into consideration and then draw conclusions from there!I like how the author has not dropped into status screens and blue walls of numbers. There is a point where I was excited about the expected future of the MC and their team then the MC made a stupid choice and rather than regret and character growth we see the MC double down on all the mistakes, and the MC defends it as the only option.

By determining the stage and state of decomposition of the body, the pathologist can estimate the time frame in which death occurred, which is essential in medico-legal investigations. Since there is no fixed duration for these stages, it is impossible to determine the exact time of death unless there is a witness or some other verifiable source of this information. Now, personally, I quite love stories where the main character can use Necromancy, which is what drew me into the series. It is relatively light on it so far, no Sun Jin-Woo here, but the overall application of "animancy" has been rather entertaining.

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An ambitious but sometimes frustrating webnovel that tries hard to avoid being stale and mostly succeeds at it. Vigor Mortis is an interesting case of the author being aware of the trappings of webnovels but sometimes taking the concept of plot escalation too far, either out of how the characters actions and their subsequent consequence or expanding the scope of the story in an abrupt manner, sometimes completely removing what readers were initially reading the novel for. Bardale, Rajesh (October 2011). Principles of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology. Wife Goes On. p.133. ISBN 978-93-5025-493-6.