Right at the very beginning of the manhwa, we get a scene where the heroine's best friend starts moaning and groaning about how she wishes she could find a man just like Edward from Twilight. Since that scene is how we are first introduced to the heroine, I took it to mean that the author was letting us know she intended to write her own version of Twilight with this story. There's nothing wrong with that since she is giving credit where credit is due. So while the specifics of the plot and the characters are different than Twilight, (they have to be, otherwise the story wouldn't be "inspired by," it would be plagiarism), a lot of the broad general themes are there. The story is set in a high school, the lead female is completely ordinary (though she is pretty), she lives with a single male parent (her brother), the lead male vampire is a new transfer student in her school, there are warring vampire clans, werewolves exist in this universe (the story has briefly mentioned it, though none have shown up yet), and the ordinary female lead is somehow, inexplicably caught in the center of all this. Oh, and there's a love triangle to boot (two of the three bishounen vampires are already in love with her. Will a werewolf boy show up out of the blue and fall in love with her too?)
So if you like those kinds of things about Twilight, you'll be sure to like this. If you like vampire stories in general, you'll probably like this as well since the supernatural stuff is front and center in this story. This isn't an ordinary high school love story that just happens to have a vampire male lead. The stuff that happens outside of school is far more important than what happens inside of it.
Personally, I neither like nor dislike vampires; however, I am not a fan of Twilight, so the genre itself isn't necessarily a draw for me. In general, I have mixed feelings about this manhwa. I don't particularly care for any of the lead characters. Neither the male nor female lead have much of a personality. He broods and doesn't say much, she comes across as robot-like to her classmates. The girl says she likes the lead male because he reminds her of herself, and really, it's no wonder since they are both equally dull characters. That isn't to say I dislike them, but more like I don't feel anything in particular for them. Their good looks are about all they have going for them as characters.
The story is somewhat predictable. The lead female's mother was killed as a child, and the lead female happened to have witnessed it, though she is repressing the memories. The incident also left her with an irrational fear of blood. Knowing all that, since this is a manhwa about vampires, it's pretty obvious what killed her mother before it's even revealed. And then there's the heroine's brother who is extremely overprotective of her, especially at night. He also has "hunter" friends, though Anna, the lead female isn't sure what they hunt. Can you guess? 😛 But aside from the predictable plot, there's also predictable romantic development. Anna passes out the first time she meets the lead male and his friends. They barely speak more than two sentences to each other, and yet the vampires are convinced that she is somehow "special." (According to them, she doesn't possess "greed," or whatever.) After this, the vampires feel compelled to run around saving her from danger. (Both human and supernatural.) They even transfer to her school in the second chapter, just so they can be around her. 😛
Normally, I'd have quit reading the manhwa, except the story is sort of a mystery, and I do like mysteries. The manhwa begins with both the group of three lead vampires and the vampire hunters separately investigating a slew of vampire-caused killings. Both groups want to stop the killings, though they aren't sure who is behind them (and as far as the hunters are concerned, all vampires are bad, even our main characters). I also like Anna's two female friends (they are the only two characters I really like). It seems as though they will eventually be directly involved in the storyline, which is very good since Anna alone cannot carry this manhwa. Finally, I also like the fact that the lead male, Noah is from England. Romances with foreigners are unusual in mangas & manhwas, especially interracial ones, so that's something a bit different (though Noah might possibly turn out to be part Korean?) Overall, I'm on the fence with this one. I kind of want to drop it, but I also kind of want to find out what's going on with the killings as well. I'll give it another volume to see if the story picks up and the characters become more interesting than they are now.
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