A review by raix
Mars Red Vol. 1 by Kemuri Karakara, Bunou Fujisawa

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

I quite enjoyed this one. There's a lot of vampire media out there, but I liked that this one could still focus on the humanity of vampires by focusing on characters who had recently been turned. I find it interesting that the story likes to focus on the weaknesses of vampires, while the military is still relying on these vampires as "super soldiers". I felt like it didn't fall into a lot of pitfalls that can happen in shonen manga, so I'm interested to see more. I really liked the art style and found it very expressive, alternating between cute and grotesque when needed. I really enjoyed the lettering by Brendon Hull as well. 
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