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よふかしのうた [Yofukashi no Uta] #15
Call of the Night, Vol. 15
Nazuna is a vampire.
That’s okay with human Ko. He wants to be one too.
But transformation doesn’t come that easily...
Vampire Haruka turns out to be a menace when he attacks one of Ko’s classmates and asks Nazuna on a date. Which will tick off Ko more? Meanwhile, Mahiru and Kiku prepare for the ultimate test of their love. Is it really possible for vampires to turn human again? Plus, school trip group bathing!
That’s okay with human Ko. He wants to be one too.
But transformation doesn’t come that easily...
Vampire Haruka turns out to be a menace when he attacks one of Ko’s classmates and asks Nazuna on a date. Which will tick off Ko more? Meanwhile, Mahiru and Kiku prepare for the ultimate test of their love. Is it really possible for vampires to turn human again? Plus, school trip group bathing!
192 pages, Paperback
First published March 16, 2023
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March 25, 2025
3.5 stars
March 16, 2024
A school trip to Hokkaido like no other begins, as Ko pursues Mahiru and Kiku with Nazuna and the others in tow. First, one of Ko’s classmates needs to imperil herself needlessly and we finally get a look at vampiric lore some fifteen volumes on.
I swear it’s not my imagination that Ko is getting progressively more impulsive and… less smart… as the story goes on. Mostly I chalk this up to him becoming more hormonally activated and possibly the vampire thing too.
This is a fun one, I have to say. When the story introduces a real irritant of a vampire who ends up preying on Ko’s classmate, Saki, it is a mercifully brief period before Ko just slugs him for all he’s worth. Sometimes gratification does not need to be delayed.
There are a lot of great action shots here, but the story is simultaneously poking fun at shonen action tropes too, as Ko can’t seem to stop trying to declare his name like this is your typical one on one fight scene.
It’s all very silly, yet born from a pounding time limit of trying to keep Saki from winding up as dinner. Even if the situation defangs itself eventually, it manages to be entirely enjoyable with how ridiculously macho Ko tries to be.
Elsewhere, love is in the air, as Kiku and Mahiru prepare for Mahiru to finally get turned. Except we finally get a hint of Kiku’s grand scheme and it makes a shocking amount of sense for her. This series has always been good at providing surprisingly good motivation and it helps.
Even better, said scheme imperils Mahiru more than might be originally obvious, which could easily tilt this scenario into one where Ko gets to save his friend and return things to normal and it would make absolute sense beyond ‘must save friend’. I greatly appreciate that.
Consequently, heart-stopping moments are all over the place and it’s no coincidence that one shows up just out of nowhere for Ko, whose switch is also handily flicked to ‘jealous moron’ for this volume.
It just works, and works well. Well, maybe not the fanservice, if that’s what you were after. You can’t fault the try with trips to the bath (fun reveals abound in this part), but the art here is too gritty for it to do sexy terribly well. Which is okay, personally speaking, but you’ve been warned.
It’s also really strange that they bring in a pile of classic vampire tropes to examine this volume, which feels like something that should have been addressed from the start. That jerk from the start uses full-on vampiric hypnosis, which hasn’t really cropped up, and Kiku and Nazuna’s mother spend a lot of time addressing everything else from garlic to crosses.
But, as a whole, it’s super fun. There’s nothing here like the original vibe that I constantly lament the loss of, but this does way more with the replacement than I was ever expecting and has some good action and decent jokes.
4 stars - this might be the first time I felt that this very different beast was anywhere close to an acceptable replacement for its earlier stories, so credit where it’s due.
I swear it’s not my imagination that Ko is getting progressively more impulsive and… less smart… as the story goes on. Mostly I chalk this up to him becoming more hormonally activated and possibly the vampire thing too.
This is a fun one, I have to say. When the story introduces a real irritant of a vampire who ends up preying on Ko’s classmate, Saki, it is a mercifully brief period before Ko just slugs him for all he’s worth. Sometimes gratification does not need to be delayed.
There are a lot of great action shots here, but the story is simultaneously poking fun at shonen action tropes too, as Ko can’t seem to stop trying to declare his name like this is your typical one on one fight scene.
It’s all very silly, yet born from a pounding time limit of trying to keep Saki from winding up as dinner. Even if the situation defangs itself eventually, it manages to be entirely enjoyable with how ridiculously macho Ko tries to be.
Elsewhere, love is in the air, as Kiku and Mahiru prepare for Mahiru to finally get turned. Except we finally get a hint of Kiku’s grand scheme and it makes a shocking amount of sense for her. This series has always been good at providing surprisingly good motivation and it helps.
Even better, said scheme imperils Mahiru more than might be originally obvious, which could easily tilt this scenario into one where Ko gets to save his friend and return things to normal and it would make absolute sense beyond ‘must save friend’. I greatly appreciate that.
Consequently, heart-stopping moments are all over the place and it’s no coincidence that one shows up just out of nowhere for Ko, whose switch is also handily flicked to ‘jealous moron’ for this volume.
It just works, and works well. Well, maybe not the fanservice, if that’s what you were after. You can’t fault the try with trips to the bath (fun reveals abound in this part), but the art here is too gritty for it to do sexy terribly well. Which is okay, personally speaking, but you’ve been warned.
It’s also really strange that they bring in a pile of classic vampire tropes to examine this volume, which feels like something that should have been addressed from the start. That jerk from the start uses full-on vampiric hypnosis, which hasn’t really cropped up, and Kiku and Nazuna’s mother spend a lot of time addressing everything else from garlic to crosses.
But, as a whole, it’s super fun. There’s nothing here like the original vibe that I constantly lament the loss of, but this does way more with the replacement than I was ever expecting and has some good action and decent jokes.
4 stars - this might be the first time I felt that this very different beast was anywhere close to an acceptable replacement for its earlier stories, so credit where it’s due.
March 11, 2024
"Wanna know a secret? About turning human? I think I know the trick. The secret is to fall in love with a human."
May 7, 2024
This new vampire is kinda interesting. So he was depressed and suicidal, huh? I wasn't expecting that.
Kiku wants to be human again. That seems like a fair reason, but why did she have to target Mahiru? She couldn't have found someone older? Just saying...
I personally don't like bath scenes in manga or anime. I don't find them funny.
The cliffhanger was sorta hilarious though, so I'll give it that at least.
Kiku wants to be human again. That seems like a fair reason, but why did she have to target Mahiru? She couldn't have found someone older? Just saying...
I personally don't like bath scenes in manga or anime. I don't find them funny.
The cliffhanger was sorta hilarious though, so I'll give it that at least.
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November 26, 2025
Avec ce quinzième tome, Call of the Night continue de mêler romance nocturne, mystère vampirique et tensions adolescentines avec le style unique et hypnotique qui fait la force de la série. Kotoyama joue à fond la carte du dérèglement émotionnel, propulsant ses personnages dans une aventure où chaque rencontre met en péril leurs certitudes… et leur cœur.
Le cadre de ce volume suffit déjà à changer la donne : un voyage scolaire à Hokkaidô, loin de la ville, loin des repères habituels. Mahiru et Kiku ont choisi cette destination pour prendre de la distance, mais Kô ne tarde pas à se lancer à leur poursuite, guidé par un mélange explosif d’inquiétude, de jalousie et d’espoir.
À peine arrivé, il tombe nez à nez avec une apparition pour le moins inattendue : un vampire en uniforme scolaire, dont le lien avec Nazuna promet d’éclaircir — ou d’assombrir — bien des zones d’ombre. La réaction de Nazuna, un hurlement rageur et théâtral (“Aaaaabruuuutiiii !”), suffit à comprendre que leur histoire est loin d’être anecdotique.
Ce nouveau personnage, intrigant et charismatique, propulse le récit dans une nouvelle dynamique :
rivalités émotionnelles,
non-dits brûlants,
vérités du passé qui refont surface,
complexité grandissante des rapports humains entre vampires et mortels.
Kô, déjà en pleine remise en question quant à sa transformation (ou non) en vampire, voit son voyage prendre une tournure inattendue. Sa colère éclate, dévoilant une facette plus brute, plus intense de lui-même. Le tome joue ainsi sur l’équilibre fragile entre désir, possession, peur de la perte et quête d’identité.
Kotoyama excelle une fois encore dans :
ses ambiances nocturnes vibrantes, même en plein paysage enneigé ;
son humour décalé ;
ses personnages toujours plus complexes ;
sa manière de faire monter la tension sans jamais sacrifier la sensibilité.
Graphiquement, c’est un régal : décors de Hokkaidô magnifiés, visages expressifs, cadrages cinématographiques qui plongent le lecteur dans une nuit pleine de promesses… et de dangers.
Un tome charnière, nerveux, drôle et émouvant, où les relations explosent et où les questions sur l’avenir de Kô et Nazuna deviennent plus pressantes que jamais. La série continue de mordre là où ça fait mal… et où ça fait du bien.
Le cadre de ce volume suffit déjà à changer la donne : un voyage scolaire à Hokkaidô, loin de la ville, loin des repères habituels. Mahiru et Kiku ont choisi cette destination pour prendre de la distance, mais Kô ne tarde pas à se lancer à leur poursuite, guidé par un mélange explosif d’inquiétude, de jalousie et d’espoir.
À peine arrivé, il tombe nez à nez avec une apparition pour le moins inattendue : un vampire en uniforme scolaire, dont le lien avec Nazuna promet d’éclaircir — ou d’assombrir — bien des zones d’ombre. La réaction de Nazuna, un hurlement rageur et théâtral (“Aaaaabruuuutiiii !”), suffit à comprendre que leur histoire est loin d’être anecdotique.
Ce nouveau personnage, intrigant et charismatique, propulse le récit dans une nouvelle dynamique :
rivalités émotionnelles,
non-dits brûlants,
vérités du passé qui refont surface,
complexité grandissante des rapports humains entre vampires et mortels.
Kô, déjà en pleine remise en question quant à sa transformation (ou non) en vampire, voit son voyage prendre une tournure inattendue. Sa colère éclate, dévoilant une facette plus brute, plus intense de lui-même. Le tome joue ainsi sur l’équilibre fragile entre désir, possession, peur de la perte et quête d’identité.
Kotoyama excelle une fois encore dans :
ses ambiances nocturnes vibrantes, même en plein paysage enneigé ;
son humour décalé ;
ses personnages toujours plus complexes ;
sa manière de faire monter la tension sans jamais sacrifier la sensibilité.
Graphiquement, c’est un régal : décors de Hokkaidô magnifiés, visages expressifs, cadrages cinématographiques qui plongent le lecteur dans une nuit pleine de promesses… et de dangers.
Un tome charnière, nerveux, drôle et émouvant, où les relations explosent et où les questions sur l’avenir de Kô et Nazuna deviennent plus pressantes que jamais. La série continue de mordre là où ça fait mal… et où ça fait du bien.
January 9, 2024
Mahiru thinks about becoming a vampire. Kiku and Nazuna's mother knew each other and had the same goal: to become human again. Kiku believes the secret is to fall in love with a human. Ko and friends continue to search for Mahiru. #Edelweiss+
April 7, 2024
This volume was excellent as usual. Things are coming together, I love the slow pace and the build-up. The back story is great, and in the end, on the last few pages, I'm just thinking Ko you idiot.
April 14, 2024
Waaaaay better than the last volume. Was about to give it up.
August 30, 2024
Can a Vampire turn back into a human?
September 12, 2024
This volume delivered on so much that was developed on the last few. What an insane, amazing ending in particular.
Can't wait for the next one.
Can't wait for the next one.
March 20, 2025
4.5 Stars
August 18, 2025
that last panel was funny!
September 5, 2025
Loved this volume. Naz & Ko, Kiku in the theatre, and the ending 🤭
September 10, 2025
a really strong volume. I now care more about Kiku and here struggles. That chapter about the crappy movie and the nice music was well done and touching. Can't wait to start the next volume.
December 22, 2025
Again love this series xd
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