It was a really meh story. I was expecting more since people kept "highly" recommending it on forums, but it really isn't that great and personally I wouldn't recommend it to anybody (at least not highly).
The artwork is a little less than mediocre, and there's not a lot of character development. It just leads you on, with a pathetic dragging plot, then it dumps you near the end and says "ok thats it, you sure wasted your time."

A very good, dark, psychotic series. Don't listen to others who say it's about incest (because it's not). Giving your sister the tongue may be nasty but its not incest. Anyways the story is reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet and other great tales of tragic families.

Was a pretty good read. However, it seems people are confusing the series with Vampirism, due to Chizuna refering to herself as a Vampire.

The disease mentioned is most likely based on Porphyria (A disease which taxes the body, and many claim that the ingestion of blood can halt it). It has nothing to do with Vampires or the supernatural.

Also, incest hardly plays any role at all, mostly just the few times that Chizuna and Kazuna kiss.

Still a very good read. It was quite depressing, though.

The author knows how to tell a story. As for the quality of the story it is up to the individual to decide. One thing for sure, this is a solemn read, not for a person looking for action and excitement.

Great manga, i loved the main story and the characters, Not for all tastes as you can probably see from the rating, but for vampire lovers this is an intresting point of view about vampires featuring vampirism as a disease.

An intriguing psychological story about a family's curse. It has a good setting to it but as the person before me said, the story line kind of disappointing. in the conflict of man versus disease, disease wins out and man is barely trying to struggle against it. and -2 points for the incest theme <_<

... Last updated on December 11th, 2006, 6:16pm

Overall, the manga seems pretty good at first. It's got a strange, but nice style which improves over the volumes. The story is pretty slow paced and is good at setting the mood. The character also work well, even though they tend to be mindnumbingly stubborn at times. Unfortunately, the manga is also extremely predictable, with no twists or climaxes. The ending completely ruined it for me, as it took the easy way out, and felt like a depressing copout with no closure. All in all, the ending simply made me wish I hadn't started on this manga, as I don't approve of the fates the author chose to give the characters. It's like being back to square one.

I started this manga thinking it was a vampire story but it's not. It's still an enjoyable, nicely drawn, dark melodramatic thriller well-worth reading.

Dark, hauntingly beautiful story. Highly recommended.