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Title Volume 1
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2021
First Printing Shogakukan - 2019
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Title Volume 2
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2021
First Printing Shogakukan - 2020
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Title Volume 3
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2021
First Printing Shogakukan - 2020
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Title Volume 4
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2021
First Printing Shogakukan - 2020
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Title Volume 5
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2020
First Printing Shogakukan - 2021
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Title Volume 6
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2021
First Printing Shogakukan - 2020
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Title Volume 7
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2022
First Printing Shogakukan - 2021
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Title Volume 8
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2022
First Printing Shogakukan - 2021
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Title Volume 9
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2022
First Printing Shogakukan - 2021
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Title Volume 10
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2022
First Printing Shogakukan - 2022
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Title Volume 11
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2023
First Printing Shogakukan - 2022
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Title Volume 12
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2023
First Printing Shogakukan - 2022
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Title Volume 13
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2023
First Printing Shogakukan - 2022
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Title Volume 14
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2023
First Printing Shogakukan - 2022
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Title Volume 15
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2024
First Printing Shogakukan - 2023
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Title Volume 16
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2024
First Printing Shogakukan - 2023
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Title Volume 17
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2024
First Printing Shogakukan - 2023
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Title Volume 18
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2024
First Printing Shogakukan - 2023
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Title Volume 19
Illustrator Kotoyama
Author Kotoyama
Publisher VIZ Media - 2024
First Printing Shogakukan - 2023
Category Manga
Warnings None
Main Characters Nazuna Nanakusa, Ko Yamori, Akira, Mahiru, Kyouko
Main Elements Vampires




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I made my first trip to the library since winter started and was in the mood for some manga, and since I'd been reading some vampire books thought I'd grab a manga with vampires. The library has the first 12 books of Call of the Night on the shelves so I stocked up.

A 14 year old boy decides he's kind of bored with life and starts skipping school and wandering the streets at night. Somehow I'm finding it hard to picture this, and given the number of other kids from his class that he runs into you have to wonder when they sleep, and doesn't anyone do anything about a kid that young who doesn't go to school? Anyway, its a vampire story and if your protagonist spends the night snoring in bed it wouldn't be much of a story.

And then there's the vampire...I guess this is a manga directed toward teenage boys? She's not very busty surprisingly, but she's wearing...well next to nothing. Those clothes don't even look comfortable. But I'm starting to get used to really bizarely dressed characters in manga.

The revolves around Ko wanting to give up his current life and become a vampire, though he clearly has no idea what that would entail. But then he's 14, if something seems cool you don't think about it too much. However being bitten is not enough to be turned, you have to also be in love with the vampire (seems the vampire doesn't have to be in love with you though). Ko being a socially awkward teenager spends a lot of time wondering what love is and how to know if you happen to be in love or not. Basically a lot of teenage angst but a kind I'm ok with. See when the protagonist is a dude, he contemplates the meaning of love. When the protagonist is a girl, she spends all her time agonizing that she's not good enough for such a hot boy, that she's unworthy of his attention, she's too ugly, etc etc. That annoys the heck out of me, but Ko doesn't worry if he's good enough, he just does what he can to fall in love, or failing that, just be friends, with his vampire companion.

As the series progresses, we get to delve into the history of the various vampires and humans, as well as into the nature of vampires which nobody seems to know much about. I enjoyed that part of it, each book opening up a bit more of about the characters and the worldbuilding, and of course Ko's evolution and whether or not he'll become a vampire. Sure some of the theories that the characters come up with for various things are little over the top but its the kind of reasoning that's common in manga so feels familiar.


Posted: April 2025

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