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よふかしのうた [Yofukashi no Uta] #16
Call of the Night, Vol. 16
While Ko does his best to repair his friendship with Mahiru, Mahiru comes to a momentous decision regarding his romantic relationship with vampire Kiku. But first he opens his heart to Nazuna about his troubled relationship with his family. And then Ko and Kyoko finally confront Kiku...
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First published June 16, 2023
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March 20, 2025
4.5 Stars
June 27, 2024
"'Kay. So. What's it like falling in love with a vampire?"
June 21, 2024
As the school trip rages on… uh… not much of that is actually happening. Instead, Ko and Mahiru finally have it out, or not, and their respective vampire love interests also have it out, or not.
Oh, geeze, this is a weird book. As much as I had accepted Call of the Night’s pivot to action series and jettisoning of its characters chatting back and forth, I don’t know that trying to meet the two things half way was necessarily the right approach.
Some of it is really enjoyable; the opening chapter’s first bits with Ko attempting to patch things up by chasing Mahiru around with a sword is pretty funny and shows that Ko’s not entirely as mature as he’s seemed at times.
Part of the problem is that Kiku’s been really inconsistently portrayed in the series, going from calculating arch foe to lovelorn and desperate. Again, this tries to bridge the two tones and have her come to entirely wrong and evil conclusions, but it doesn’t really make her much more interesting.
Likewise, Mahiru’s ultimate motivations are believable, but also pretty dang lame. It’s fun to see this breathe, but it’s not offering anything to satisfy anybody. Oh, there’s a moment of pathos for the dear detective, followed by a momentary flurry of action, but it all feels very forced.
Honestly, this is a lot of talk that doesn’t feel like it goes anywhere or adds much of anything. Mahiru and Nazuna have a conversation that rehashes a bunch of things we knew and also has him reiterate the same thing like three times.
That part especially stings because, otherwise, the way Nazuna and Mahiru bond over Ko is actually kind of great. There just seems to be a lot of movement that winds up leading down the same roads or not actually moving at all.
It’s one of the weakest volumes of the series for me; this could be excised and I don’t know how much you’d miss it. Don’t get me wrong, I breezed through it and enjoyed it on some levels, but it’s neither essential nor necessarily that good.
3.5 stars - without knowing how this is going to play itself out, it’s really hard to just give this a rounded up score based on sentiment alone, so the lower end it is. Good, but mostly in the moment.
Oh, geeze, this is a weird book. As much as I had accepted Call of the Night’s pivot to action series and jettisoning of its characters chatting back and forth, I don’t know that trying to meet the two things half way was necessarily the right approach.
Some of it is really enjoyable; the opening chapter’s first bits with Ko attempting to patch things up by chasing Mahiru around with a sword is pretty funny and shows that Ko’s not entirely as mature as he’s seemed at times.
Part of the problem is that Kiku’s been really inconsistently portrayed in the series, going from calculating arch foe to lovelorn and desperate. Again, this tries to bridge the two tones and have her come to entirely wrong and evil conclusions, but it doesn’t really make her much more interesting.
Likewise, Mahiru’s ultimate motivations are believable, but also pretty dang lame. It’s fun to see this breathe, but it’s not offering anything to satisfy anybody. Oh, there’s a moment of pathos for the dear detective, followed by a momentary flurry of action, but it all feels very forced.
Honestly, this is a lot of talk that doesn’t feel like it goes anywhere or adds much of anything. Mahiru and Nazuna have a conversation that rehashes a bunch of things we knew and also has him reiterate the same thing like three times.
That part especially stings because, otherwise, the way Nazuna and Mahiru bond over Ko is actually kind of great. There just seems to be a lot of movement that winds up leading down the same roads or not actually moving at all.
It’s one of the weakest volumes of the series for me; this could be excised and I don’t know how much you’d miss it. Don’t get me wrong, I breezed through it and enjoyed it on some levels, but it’s neither essential nor necessarily that good.
3.5 stars - without knowing how this is going to play itself out, it’s really hard to just give this a rounded up score based on sentiment alone, so the lower end it is. Good, but mostly in the moment.
July 4, 2024
It's a bit easier to not completely hate Kiku now, but I'm still grossed out from the fact she groomed Mahiru. Even now, she's still grooming him. Ko is fourteen so I believe Mahiru is also fourteen or fifteen. There's no telling how old Kiku is since she's a vampire, but it still gives me the ick.
If she wanted to die that badly, then why didn't she ask someone else to kill her? Not a fourteen or fifteen year old kid.
If she wanted to die that badly, then why didn't she ask someone else to kill her? Not a fourteen or fifteen year old kid.
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August 27, 2024
These vampires, many decades old, manipulating the emotions of naive teens is gross. I get that they are emotionally stunted and forget easily but the cringe is strong in this arc… And, it reminds me how creepy this series is.
September 11, 2025
The Kiku/Mahiru story arc continues and it also continues to be really engaging. My emotions keep going back and forth from having empathy for her to disliking her. Nazuna has a good discussion with our new character and Ko takes a backseat in this one. The art is really good and detailed.
April 29, 2024
Thank you to the publisher for this eARC! All opinions are my own.
Detective Anko confronts Kiko. Mahiru talks things out with Nazuna. #Edelweiss+
Detective Anko confronts Kiko. Mahiru talks things out with Nazuna. #Edelweiss+
July 20, 2024
Kiku is a groomer and the characters are not doing enough calling her out on it. But they can’t really since so many of them are creepy towards the middle school MC.
August 16, 2024
Feel like things are finally picking up again. Honestly almost gave it 5 stars, but that just might be me missing some of the roots the series began with.
September 17, 2024
Incredible.
Everything is coming together, and what an amazing prelude to the climax of this story.
Everything is coming together, and what an amazing prelude to the climax of this story.
August 18, 2025
looks like the big reunion will happen soon!
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