Vampeerz, ヴァンピアーズ, My Peer Vampires by Akili.
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Vampeerz: My Peer Vampires, Vol.1 by Akili
What a stunning cover, that’s why I bought this on impulse. On top of that I love vampire stories. ON TOP OF THAT I’m always on the lookout for decent lesbian manga. But even with years of watching anime and reading manga I still failed to recognise the junior high school uniform. For me the manga was ruined in the very first pages when the protagonist’s age is stated as fourteen, –a fourteen year-old’s sexual awakening is not something I, as a 30-something year old, want to read about, and while romantic vampire stories have always pirouetted around (and sometimes dismissed) the vast difference between the life experience and knowledge of a (minimum)100+ year old vampire and a significantly younger human, it is particularly egregious here with a vampire that is so old she is considered ANCIENT, paired with a human who is a child. Sure the author may say in the manga that this vampire has an “eternally youthful” personality, but the vampire’s deep, intense stares say otherwise.
Now at some point in the future I’ll be reviewing Classmates volumes 2 to 6 by Asumiko Nakamura, a story about two high school students falling in love, which means addressing the statement above about not being interested in a student’s sexual awakening-type stories, why it differs from Vampeerz, and how it fails in its own ways.
Such a beautiful cover, what a shame.
Review by Book Hamster
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Yuri Manga 'Vempeerz' Released in English
The first volume Akili's vampire Yuri manga Vampeers: My Peer Vampire was released digitally Tuesday. Paperback editions were previously released officially on the 13th, although copies have been available since the 7th.
The publisher describes the manga:
Just as Ichika and her family begin to settle down after a funeral, a mysterious young lady appears in their home searching for something. Who is this person? And is she looking for a memento or is she hunting down something more vascular?
Vampeerz has been serialized in Sunday GX since 2019. The series received praise for its artwork and comedic elements. Shogakukan publishes seven volumes in Japanese.
The manga is translated into English by Molly Rabbit with lettering by Mo Harrison. The second volume is scheduled for English release on September 27.
Akili is a pseudonym used by Yuri mangaka Shou Higashiyama. He is known for his Yuri series Stretch and Prism and his adult comics, which frequently feature underage characters. He has been the subject of controversy in the past, in 2012 one of his series, Prism was suspended due to allegations of tracing.
You can check out Vampeerz: My Peer Vampires today digitally and in print: https://amzn.to/3QOJCkL
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