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A review by lipsandpalms
Happiness, Vol. 3 by Shuzo Oshimi
3.0
I'm flying through these. My expectation is that the new vampire will be killed somehow. He killed his own mother and doesn't feel remorse for it. He's basically a vehicle for how the main character would act if he was raised without his family support and his very caring mother.
I'm not so interested in that story as much as the main character coming to terms with his vampirism and learning from the one who turned him. The idea that he can feed from her when he needs blood allows him to be a vampire while only being complicit in the murders and not directly culpable. It's a way to maintain his innocence while keeping his story in tension. While it's a good device, it seems a bit shoe horned.
The introduction of a shady group, not affiliated with the police, who know about the vampires seems a bit cliché. I'm not sure how else they could introduce a conflict though considering how powerful the characters are becoming at such a quick rate.
I'm not so interested in that story as much as the main character coming to terms with his vampirism and learning from the one who turned him. The idea that he can feed from her when he needs blood allows him to be a vampire while only being complicit in the murders and not directly culpable. It's a way to maintain his innocence while keeping his story in tension. While it's a good device, it seems a bit shoe horned.
The introduction of a shady group, not affiliated with the police, who know about the vampires seems a bit cliché. I'm not sure how else they could introduce a conflict though considering how powerful the characters are becoming at such a quick rate.