Manga Showcase: Blood Alone

A different kind of Vampire love story

Content type:

Manga, Doujin: (Japan, self published)

Author:

Takano, Masayuki

Release schedule:

Irregular

Genre:

Mystery, Drama, Romance, Vampire, Supernatural, Seinen

Date:

21 April 2004 to present

Plot:

Witness the touching relationship between young vampiress Misaki and her human companion,an investigative author with a jaded past, Kurose Kuroe, whom she'd die to protect. For recently turned vampire Minato Misaki, vampirism and the beastly powers that come with it are something that she wouldn't wish upon her worst enemy, let alone her beloved Kuroe. But Kuroe's supernatural investigations make him a regular target of not only vampires but of all sorts of undead creatures of the night. The only way to save him from these deadly threats may be to do the one thing that Misaki fears the most: to turn Kuroe into a vampire for his own protection (paraphrased from MAL)

My thoughts:

Its always refreshing to see a new take on the genre, and though I haven't gone into this too deeply I still regard it highly from a story-telling viewpoint. some of the pacing is sluggish, but you need to expect that from the "Seinen" genre, that is aimed at an Older Male demographic

MAL score:

7.73/10

GCF rating:

3/4

Blood alone is available to read online, read it here