The Story
The story is about a young priest who meets an immortal vampire who wants to die.
The story is definitely original and very enjoyable. It isn't like the usual vampire stories written nowadays, it is taken very seriously and it keeps the original lore intact and it has very original spins on the vampire lore.
Some people maybe put off by some of the BL undertones of this series, it's very similar to 'The Betrayal Knows My Name', so if you've seen that and don't mind it that much, you will survive this no problem.
The Characters
We have only a few characters, but they have been given a lot of development in just three volumes. The character, Yzak, reminds me of Kaname Kuran from the later chapters of 'Vampire Knight'. So no problems here.
The Art
The art in this is really well done. I have only a couple of complaints. 1, some of the characters look to similar to each other, making it hard to tell who is who in each scene. 2, sometimes, the angles in a scene are a bit off, making it hard to tell what is going on in some scenes.
The Translation
I have never talked about a manga's translation before. I have read the original Japanese version of this manga and the English release is bad! The problems I have with the English version is that they butchered the translation very badly. It's very similar to the Fire Emblem:Fates translation where the changed most of the dialogue to make it more simpler and changed the characters personalities, with some of the dialogue sounding stupid.
Another problem I have with the English release is that the coloured pages in this series are in black and white. It wouldn't bother me usually, but another series (The Demon Prince of Momochi House) which runs in the exact same magazine and is also published by Shojo Beat, has coloured pages! Why doesn't Bloody Mary have coloured pages?
If you can read Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana), I strongly recommend that you buy the Japanese version from yesasia.com. It's much cheaper than getting the Japanese volumes from Amazon.
The only good thing that I can say about the English version is that the English volumes are definitely bigger than the Japanese volumes, but if you actually spill some milk onto the English version (like I did), there will be no dust cover to save it! (Luckily, it was spilt on the Japanese version and after drying the dust cover, it was absolutely fine and the manga volume itself made it out okay.)
Final Thoughts
Overall, this series has quickly become one of my favourites! If you enjoy series like Vampire Knight, The Betrayal Knows My Name and No.6, you will definitely want this series in your collection!
I will definitely continue the series, but I'm not sure I will be following the English releases though. But I will definitely be following the Japanese version!
The Story 5/5 The Characters 5/5 The Art 4/5 English Release 2/5 Japanese Release 5/5
Overall*
Japanese Version 4.5/5 English Version 4/5
*The series is definitely a 4.5/5, but the English release definitely ruins the experience, both in paper quality and translation. It even has the cool, calm and collected Maria saying "Bingo" in the English version! That is the most stupid thing I have read in a translational comparison!
