Customer Reviews

Blood Alone, Vol. 1

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and I always found manga somewhat...pointless. I figured, why bother reading it when you can just watch it? Then I saw this while at Borders one day and was so intrigued. The cover art was beautifully drawn and showed the particulars of a possible love story. I picked it up and opened it to see what it was like. I was immediately intrigued and wanted it- even though I didn't find manga very enjoyable. However, I just bought this the other day and was so moved. The storyline is fantastic. With the vampire market in anime/manga being totally saturated, it's amazing that this title stands out so greatly amongst the rest. It's a beautiful love story riddled with suspense and intrigue. Gorgeous artwork and fantastic characters make for an awesome read. In fact? This manga just made me fall in love with what may be one of Japan's most popular forms of entertainment. This was the first manga I read- and thanks to Blood Alone, it won't be the last. It's $10...do yourself a favor and buy it right away. Towards the end of this first volume there's a scene that melted my heart completely away and I stopped on the page for a good minute just staring at the artwork and re-reading what was said. This is one good love story.

Back in April, I saw the Chinese translation of this manga series in a Chinese bookstore. I can't read much Chinese, and didn't have much time to be in the store, but through the artwork and what little Chinese I could read, this looked AMAZING. It's not a shojo manga, but it's not really shonen either. I was drawn to this series because of the simple, but elegant artwork, the dark atmosphere of the book, and the fact there's vampires in it!
I made a recommendation to my school library to purchase this book, and I noticed it was on the shelf of manga today, so I instantly checked the first two books out. I absolutely LOVE it. It's about this little vampire girl named Misaki who lives with Kuroe, a lonely, but kind, attractive man who's a writer and a detective. Their relationship is very interesting. Misaki obviously has feelings for Kuroe, who takes care of her, but we're not so sure about Kuroe. Even though they apparently have a huge age difference between them, the artist somehow makes their relationship seem very sweet and not so creepy pedophile-like. In this series, there's lots of mystery episodes, with all these unexpected twists and turns, so it just sucks you into the story because you want to know what's going to happen.
The series is rated 13+, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who's goes queasy at blood. I would recommend it to anyone who likes mysteries and thrillers, and enjoys similar manga series such as Vampire Knight, Godchild, The Tarot Cafe, and Vampire Hunter D (which is also a series of novels).

This is a really cute (but not so shojo-cute) story of a little girl vampire who has a caretaker. You don't know what kind of relationship it is, but you get the feeling Misaki is older than Kuroe so don't let the age difference scare you off. This is a really wonderful story; different and new. If you like manga and/ or like vampires, you'll like this story a lot.
Besides that, it's just a good story and great drawings as well.

Just finished reading and I was amazed by everything. Great story line, not another hey I'm a vampire and I have angst, but a real heart gripping tale. Very glad I bought it!! The artwork is very elegant and beautiful! A must for your summer reading...

I was recommended this series while at Connecticon 09 and I love it! The art is beautiful! The storyline is grand! I love the fact that there is horror, mystery, romance, drama, and action all at once!

Misaki is a young vampire girl who lives with her human friend, Kuroe. Kuroe is a writer and a private investigator and many of the cases he goes on have shades of preternatural overtones. They live in harmony with one another, though Misaki refuses to turn Kuroe into a Renfield with her inhuman blood.

This is a fairly unremarkable story at this point. It is, for all intents and purposes, a love story between Kuroe and Misaki. There is nothing wrong with the premise, but there is nothing fairly original about it either. I am still undecided if I need or want to read more of it (even though there are currently only 4 volumes out). Somehow I think this would be a good series to watch rather than read. It is beautifully drawn, but the story is only so-so.

I actually think this is a great series and would give it 5 stars. The reason I give it 1 is because if you buy these you are then stuck with an unfinished series. Apparently, the publisher in the US (Infinity Studios) has gone out of business. So, there will be no volumes after #4 unless another publisher can take over or it is fan-subbed.