Hitsuji no Uta

Description

The members of the Takashiro family share a terrible curse: only human blood can quench their thirst. Sent away after the death of his mother, Kuzuna Takashiro remained blissfully unaware of his 'condition.' When Kazuna's teenage hormones begin to rage, his uncontrollable bloodlust suddenly rears its head.

Type

Manga

Related Series

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Associated Names

A bárány panasza

Das Lied der Lämmer

Il silenzio degli innocenti

Lament Jagnięcia

Lament of the Lamb

Les Lamentations de l'Agneau

Печальная песнь агнца

羊のうた

양의 노래

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Manga-Sketchbook

Latest Release(s)

v.7 c. by Manga-Sketchbook 20 years ago

v.6 c. by Manga-Sketchbook 20 years ago

v.4-5 c. by Manga-Sketchbook 21 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

7 Volumes (Tankoubon - Complete)
7 Volumes (Kanzenban - Complete)
3 Volumes (Bunkoban - Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

Ends at Vol 7, Chap 46 Heavily abridged

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User Rating

Average: 7.7 / 10.0 (394 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.6 / 10.0

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Last Updated

September 28th, 2025 3:05am PDT - 2 weeks ago

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Genre

Drama Psychological Seinen Tragedy
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Gentosha

Scholar (1995, serialization, vols 1-3)

Serialized In (magazine)

Comic BIRZ (Gentosha)

Comic Burger (Scholar)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

TokyoPop (Expired / 7 Vols - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #697

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Monthly Pos #1719

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3 Month Pos #3179

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6 Month Pos #4467

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Year Pos #6031

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On 779 wish lists

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impressive

by [deleted member]
20 years ago

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Dark, hauntingly beautiful story. Highly recommended.

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Great

by ranmaru
19 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

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.

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Not Bad

by Kaioh
18 years ago

Rating: N/A

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.

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Wasted potential

by [deleted member]
19 years ago

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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.

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very sad and good manga

by Sogeking74
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Despite the fact that i don't really like this vampire-theme, Lament of the Lamb was one of the best manga i have ever read. All 47 chapters were very bitter and sad. If you like deep dark drama then this is your very choice. And as for the ending - it's just as great as the whole manga.

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fatal last chapter

by monkry
15 years ago

Rating: 9.5 / 10.0

Nice story. We can felt deep emotions within the story between Kazuna and Chizuna. So the artwork, really nice in drawing the character's feeling and conditions.

IMHO, I really really really DISAPPOINTED with the last chapter. The last chapter made me feel so sorry. I agree with 狂気 , "I really wish the last chapter was never made", and with zero-chan, "Lament of the Lamb would have been perfect with only 46 chapters". IMO, one chapter to turned all down, and more fatal, LAST chapter T___T So because the last chapter I can't give 10 T___T

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meh

by rita
18 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

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."

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two endings

by whitespade
13 years ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

yes, thats what i want to believe with this manga. one with depressive ending and one with hopeful ending. that way i wont feel cheated.

on the whole i like this manga. it is sombre, dark, and slow but the atmosphere feel right. the characters may be depressive but they act like real humans. well, i do like happy go lucky type because i read manga to get out of the reality of real humans, but occasionally reading about characters that act realistically is good too.

i wont recommend this to just anyone. as long as you okay with slow pacing, depressing monologue and heavy incestuous tones, you may read this. if not, dont bother.

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Interesting tragedy

by 狂気
16 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

DO NOT READ THE LAST CHAPTER. Unless you're unsatisfied with the real ending (the second to last chapter). It's a beautiful tragedic ending but I think perhaps the publisher demanded the last chapter.

I re-read this for the first time in 16 years and even though I've read many better manga since I still think this was a very good read. It's a true tragedy but satisfying.

It seems the author changed his mind sometime in the middle of the story. Maybe the last chapter was what he had originally planned—but since the story didn't lead to it it was just really out of place.

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by canucks
18 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

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.

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