I usually avoid shoujo but this seemed to have potential to be a good manga, so i stuck with it.

There are many characters, but you eventually get to remember their names, most of them have distinct faces and the confusion is not as bad as in other shoujo mangas.

The romance was ridiculous in this. Everyone loves someone that loves someone else. But they're mostly friendly about it, even the bad guys. You'd expect a man to fight for the woman he loves, but these guys just lay down and take it when she loves their best friend. This is realistic in individual cases but here they're all like that.

Women are weak. Don't mistake me for some crazy feminist, i'm actually a man, but you can't help observe the contrast. Well, maybe it suits the medieval scene. We do get a woman warrior, however we don't even see her fight. So women in this are meat to advance the plot, they sacrifice themselves or they get randomly kidnapped or killed.
You'd think the main character, Ishtar, would be better, but no. She's a spoiled brat which would be dead in two seconds if not for everyone loving and protecting her, for whatever reason. She's useless till the very end.

Talking about Duzell would spoil things, but let me just say he was really disappointing as the big bad guy. Or even as a vampire.

Almost everyone was a better character than Ishtar and Duzell.

The ending displeased many, and they were right. It was too fast and short for a such a lengthy manga, but it wasn't the worst i've seen. The ride there was enjoyable, and it would have been still for another couple of volumes to tie loose end the proper way.

All in all i do recommend it, it's a fun manga.

I pretty much read the whole series because of my love for Duzell the vampire king.

Everything's good and all, but I gave up reading around volume 13 because, frankly, everything is just way too confusing. Too many characters, too many strange names, civil war, and too many subplots for my mind to keep track of.... Plus, it's now obvious that the couple I ship will not be canon. I really really had high hopes for..

What a let down.

SO, i pretty much googled the ending to spare myself the pain of reading another 167 pages until the end.

anyways, this manga was pretty good and i honestly adore the characters. I think this manga needs to be tried by everyone. It has nice art and a solid setting. The rest just depends on the individual perceptions of each chapter. The ending was the main disappointment.

Before you look at this and go "eew, ANOTHER vamp shoujo", just know that this is not what it looks like. I was hesitant to pick this one up at first, but decided that I would try it because of it's goo reviews. It is (only on volume 7) good Ishtar is a badass, and Duzell is so cute! The plot develops nicely, and it has a great fantasy setting. I barely even reckognize this as a vamp novel, due to the fact that the vampire can barely classify as one. The jokes are funny, and the love map is off the charts! Gender does not mean crap in this manga. I'd definitely reccomend it for someone whose into a good comedic adventure story D

Quite enjoyable and funny, even if there were a few loose ends...



Still, even if we accepted the ending, I would have liked to see rather more of what happens after - a chapter or two on the twins, say... we just barely get to see them in the postscript! Surely this isn't just my favouritism for Duzell speaking...!

... Last updated on December 6th, 2009, 5:51pm

That series is amazing, it's not just another vampire story, it's interesting, good plot, good development and unexpected till the last moment, and in short, a masterpiece. That's what called good work.

Who would've thought it'll end like that and that *deleted name* will be Pheolis's incarnation?

I love this series. One of best vampire manga I've ever read. It has good plot and twisting. I love Esther's personality. She's strong and smart; also good on judging others' characters. She's a queen, and she realized it perfectly. She's the main reason I love this manga ^^

I really liked the story, even though it got a bit draggy in some parts.



... Last updated on June 6th, 2009, 11:06am

For the most part i thought the plot was okay, i didn't really care for the artwork though. The last volume ends way too fast and i didn't like the ending

I really, really loved this manga! The art is just so beautiful! All of the characters are very likeable, even the bad guys. I liked that they were introduced gradually, so that you don't feel overwhelmed trying to remember all the names and it gives you a chance to get to understand them. I was pleasantly surprised that the characters don't get tossed aside and forgotten once the story moves out of their respective counties, but instead stay significant to the story untill the end. The story is the third great thing about this manga. It's an adventure with family/court politics. I used to hate family drama (the kind that runs in TV as "sitcoms" ) but when done right, I love it (another great adventure & family/court politics is Mo Dao Zu Shi aka Grandmaster of demonic cultivation, give it a try!). So, do I recommend reading this manga? Absolutely! Is there anything I didn't like? Not really, more like I'm sad about a few things, namely

... Last updated on August 29th, 2021, 12:14pm