blackjacaranda's manga / #vampires(5)

Chapter 5 (6 November 2016) Currently chapter 4. It was nice, even though the uke is too girlish to my liking. (But perhaps because I just read Captive Prince and all the MC at there are so manly) The seme needs to be more... err... stronger? Yes. The conflict almost not visible. The bird thingy is silly, and the reconciliation (though heartwarming) seems shallow. Each chapter is short, less than 35 pages. But the art is nice, except for some panels. The translator needs to be more careful about the typesetting since I've found some typos. Overall it's nice. I reduce the star to 4 starts. EDIT: Chapter 5 is here. Well, I like the new story--about a man who found a cat and then brought it to his apartment. I thought it was all about relationship between that man and the cat, but it was actually not. The man--uke--had a relationship with another man, but unfortunately the seme was going to arranged marriage. It pained me how the uke struggled to keep his face straight, even though the seme was so cold to him. The uke also seemed to belittle himself since everyone left him for good, including the seme and the cat which later ran away. But... seeing the love of his life being so depressed, the seme actually took a day off the walk and search for the cat, so that the uke wouldn't be sad anymore. And when he found it, they got back to the uke's apartment. The seme said that he had rejected the arranged marriage because he couldn't ever leave the uke. Ugh... so good. I love it. The next was about the continuation of main story in this manga. 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5

Chapter 1 (20 March 2012) Summary: A psychotic gay cannibalistic vampire murderer in love and with moon issues. Did you really expect anything else from Kaori Yuki? One of her earliest works. I didn't really understand the plot. Really. Everything was so vague whether the uke or the seme was the vampire, or the hunter, or the psychopath. It's just that the seme said the word "You're the only one for me" to every one. So, the uke, out of jealousy, stabbed him even though later he regretted it and begged him to come back. Later on, the seme revived deliberately. Then, they started a serious relationship. But it was a matter of time until the uke lost his control, and became a monster. Just a matter of time. The art is average, the plot was so damn confusing. The characterization was terrible. And yeah, no enjoyment even though it has my favorite title: Red Moon. Like the song from Kalafina. But damn, this manga should have been as good quality as the song. 3 2 1.5 2

Chapter 44 (25 November 2016) BDSM... not really to my liking. Well, even though the uke is just like Laurent from my imagination, I couldn't bring myself to watch him suffer. One is really cruel. I'm not sure that's just a trait from a Sadist, but he's treating Shell so bad. I just want to slap him. Shell needs more love, though he's abnormal. Just show him some pure love and adore him dammit! EDIT: I want to take back my words on One. He's awesome! His S&M relationship with Shell is actually only fetish, but they're actually developing feelings for each other. I love seeing him caring so much for Shell's being, it's just so romantic. Oh, I also feel bad for Cinderella boy who had to be killed by that Jack the Ripper. And damn you Humpty thingy you should die a miserable death! How could you trick One--Eric to come with you and later get killed? I hope Shell will save him. I'm hurt a little when I saw them parting. Well... they finally kissed. And then had sex--or made love to be exact. I love it when they are gentle to each other. Ah I hope they'll be happy. They deserve it so badly dammit. Oh by the way, I've changed the score. It's hella better than what I expected. EDIT: A new chapter was so hot. The sex scene, though it was fake--only a dream, was still sexy and hella satisfying. But it was quite sad for Eric to have become the cause of his own father's death. That Humpty Dumpty something is so damn annoying. EDIT: Damn I'm not ready for the feels! EDIT: Damn you all of you. How could you play with my heart like this? Jack killed Eric's father, leaving him in terror and hatred towards vampires. And now they forced Eric to produce more pheromone by making him come countless times. Damn you. I feel so sad when he cried. And that hag, what do you mean by Eric is gonna die today? 4 5 4.5 5