Set several decades after the events in the popular Blood: The Last Vampire anime film, an amnesiac Saya Otonashi lives as a seemingly normal high school student with her adoptive family in Okinawa. Horrible nightmares are the only hints at the violent life she once led, but her past is about to catch up with her and awaken the merciless warrior within. Chiropterans--powerful shape-changing creatures who need and crave blood-threaten humanity once more, and a mysterious organization called the Red Shield needs Saya's deadly sword skills and mysterious powers to aid in the fight against these beasts. As her submerged abilities begin to reawaken and as she seeks to regain her memories, Chiropteran warriors are guided by a mysterious leader to threaten Saya and her loved ones. Asuka Katsura's manga series successfully expands upon the original Production I.G/Aniplex feature, delivering moments of jarring violence and thrilling action in a tale that spans several centuries.
In this collection of short stories and four-panel comics, Blood Lad creator Yuki Kodama teams up with artist Kanata Yoshino to take us through the black curtain to explore the lives of Demon World Boss Staz and his crew. In this hilarious behind-the-scenes trip, readers will discover the full extent of Staz's anime/manga obsession, join Bell on her treasure-hunting travels, and much more!
Wakaba, a schoolgirl, struggles to remember her first love for inexplicable reasons. Despite donning a pendant, the piece's source eludes her, and she assumes it to be a present from her lover. The intricate key merely conjures up images of a tearful boy and the scents of roses and blood - insufficient clues to recollect her past relationship. However, fate works in mysterious ways. Wakaba stumbles upon a rose garden, where a weeping boy catches her eye. As she tries to leave, she pricks herself on a thorn, and the boy licks her wound. Though an unconventional first-aid remedy, her pain subsides as she catches a glimpse of an extremely familiar pendant around his neck. Upon learning that the boy, Yukito Haibara, is a new transfer student, Wakaba ponders if he might be the one who stole her heart. However, her memory loss's root cause, Yukito's reluctance to be intimate, and gossip about vampires in her chemistry class leave her with doubts. The book's additional one-shots are "Bloody Honey" and "Un Chocoholic."
Anna is a little vampire girl who loves cute little animals. Whenever she sees an animal she likes, she is tempted to suck its blood and make it into her familiar making it grow wings. Because of her strange passion for cute things, her room is full of cuddly animals with black wings, and she even throws out her coffin because it isn't cute. Her cat familiar, Noel, always complains about her strange behavior. One day, Anna is on her way to see the fireworks at a town when she sees a poster for an Animal Circus full of wonderful exotic animals. Can Anna resist this temptation or will she end up creating her own little animal circus?
Set in Yokohama, this is the story of a priest with a "survival wish" and a vampire with a "death wish". After hundreds of years, Mary - an immortal vampire with a death wish - finally finds out the whereabouts of Maria - the exorcist who possesses the "Blood of Maria" that can exterminate him. But, it turns out the Maria he found is not the right "Maria"! However, as Maria does inherit the "Blood of Maria", he is constantly being targeted by vampires, so constantly that he hardly has time to catch his breath... And so, Mary makes a proposal to Maria: if Maria pledges to kill him, he will protect Maria from the vampires until the threat is gone, and... The story begins! [Summary from MEGU-Scans]
The first love that I experienced was a delicious red.
Nega - a bizarre disease that develops by acting on the negative emotions of human beings. Symptoms vary from person to person and cannot be seen by ordinary humans. Church and Jed are unalike brothers whose livelihood are doctors who specialize in Negas. The two are looking for a certain nega for their beloved sister, Basil ...!?A dark sweet fantasy presented by the most notable writer, Matsuri Mido!
Bai Yao had just became an intern as the assistant of the big-headed celebrity, Ji Chen. Even though he had thought that this was already unfortunate enough, never would he have expected that Ji Chen was a vampire! What's more is that, the way to break the blood-sucking taboo was a k...kiss?!
From MangaHelpers: When an enemy explosion leaves private military soldier Terawaki Ryo nearly dead, a secret organization rebuilds his body using the research they have done in human revivals. Unfortunately for him, the technology only allows him to come back in the form of a teenage girl. His new identity, Shibahara Kyoko, leaves him distraught as his frail body doesn’t allow for the combat skills he used to have or even pick up heavy artillery he used in the combat field. Kyoko is assigned to protect a prestigious academy where daughters of powerful leaders attend since the girls’ presence makes it a hotspot for terrorists to attack and blackmail the people in power. Lead by his former commander and mentor, Major Honjo who has also been reborn as Ryo, was a beautiful teenage girl named Chujo Shizuko, and the pair work together as anti-terrorist teenage school girls. [vyc]
In a flash, Chiihaya sees the figure of a girl in bloomers pass by. In a scant moment's glance, her heart was stolen. A girls' love story about bloomers.
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Seowoo, president of the film club, is standing outside in the rain, a welcome break from the noisy and chaotic bar behind her. A girl with orange hair stumbles out the doors and practically into her arms. It’s a minute encounter, but Seowoo has seen the greatest romances bloom from the smallest moments in the movies. So when Hayoung shows up to join the film club, Seowoo – who’s not even sure what she herself is feeling – finds her heart skipping a beat.