D's latest job is in an unusual place: an elaborate moving city, build on ancient technology that roams the Frontier. At first, it seems like a fairly typical job of tracking down a vamp hiding on board, but there are many secrets in this insular place, and more townspeople fall victim at an alarming rate, many without the distinctive vampire bite wounds. Have the scientific advances of this city attracted unwanted attention from the Nobility, or does this vampiric plague have a more human origin?

I tend not to be a huge fan of these manga adaptations of the VHD series, since the changes in tone and character designs are not ones I love, but this volume is one of my favorites. I actually think Takaki's take on the floating city is really fascinating and she does a really nice job playing the characters off each other in a sort of sci-fi version of a locked door mystery. Because possession is one of elements of this story, her attention to conveying body language and drawing characters in a way that echos the possessor's appearance sells that aspect nicely.

Added to Spacedog's Manga and Graphic Novels Bookbox

Really glad to see this in the manga box. I'd read some of the novels and really love them, I'm sure the manga will be great too.

I really enjoyed the novels, so I thought, great, a manga - same great story but much less time-consuming. But after reading this, it seems like I'd prefer to stay with the written version. For me it's rather hard to make out what's going on, and at that last time I have some kind of idea... sort of, not exactly. Though I have to admit, even with the novel I don't exactly "get it" either. The art is beautiful too, even if it's not truly my type.

Read it for the Book Junkie Trails readathon, for a gruesome read. Now set aside for the manga bookbox.

This came back in my manga and graphic novel book box. I have been watching the journal entries on the coloring book box journal and wondering what will end up back with me. There was quite a lot of variety in the box at the end and I am happy to see many books that I have not read before.

This is a series I watched some of the anime adaptation of back in the mid nineties, so I am looking forward to revisiting the universe.

It has been many years since I first watched the Anime version of this story. I had forgotten how much I loved the world it is set in. But, I think I like the color artwork of the anime a little more than the black and white of the manga. While the black and white enhanced the bleakness of the setting, it detracted from some of the characters making them hard to distinguish.

Thanks for sharing this Azuki. It was nice to revisit an old favorite in a new format.

Left in the little free library.