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純血＋彼氏 [Junketsu + Kareshi] #5
He's My Only Vampire, Vol. 5
Forget about love and thirst only for blood
Acquiring a third Stigma took a heavy toll on Aki's body. To help him recuperate, Kana and the others plan a trip to a cozy hot-spring resort deep in the mist-shrouded mountains. Little do they know, this outing will open the sinister door of Aki's original sin, and his hidden past will finally come to light!!
Acquiring a third Stigma took a heavy toll on Aki's body. To help him recuperate, Kana and the others plan a trip to a cozy hot-spring resort deep in the mist-shrouded mountains. Little do they know, this outing will open the sinister door of Aki's original sin, and his hidden past will finally come to light!!
178 pages, Paperback
First published August 7, 2012
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June 2, 2023
I reallllllly love this author’s art! It’s so beautiful! I liked the back story we got in this volume!
October 4, 2025
We got a lot of backstory in this volume. Really great for telling us where this story is going. It is darker than I even thought.
The art is still beautiful.
The art is still beautiful.
October 7, 2018
Poor Aki. I like how the story is starting to pick up here 👍👍
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 9, 2018
This review originally appeared on my blog, Books Without Any Pictures:
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Continuing with the vampire manga…
Pretty much every anime or manga has a hot springs episode, where the main characters go on a relaxing vacation to the hot springs that turns out to be anything but. In He’s My Only Vampire Vol. 5, Aki and Kana go to the hot springs so that Aki can recover from the physically draining process of taking in multiple Stigmas. But the vacation isn’t as peaceful as it should be, and Kana ends up getting kidnapped by the head of the Tsubakiin clan.
This is a big character development moment, because when Kana gets to the Tsubakiin household, she realizes that she’s been there before, and her childhood memories come flooding back. We start finding out some deep dark secrets about Aki’s true nature, and about what really happened to Eriya.
It was really great to get some deeper insights into the different characters’ backstories, and to spend more time on the vampire plotline versus the school stories. Pretty solid.
http://bookswithoutanypictures.com/20...
Continuing with the vampire manga…
Pretty much every anime or manga has a hot springs episode, where the main characters go on a relaxing vacation to the hot springs that turns out to be anything but. In He’s My Only Vampire Vol. 5, Aki and Kana go to the hot springs so that Aki can recover from the physically draining process of taking in multiple Stigmas. But the vacation isn’t as peaceful as it should be, and Kana ends up getting kidnapped by the head of the Tsubakiin clan.
This is a big character development moment, because when Kana gets to the Tsubakiin household, she realizes that she’s been there before, and her childhood memories come flooding back. We start finding out some deep dark secrets about Aki’s true nature, and about what really happened to Eriya.
It was really great to get some deeper insights into the different characters’ backstories, and to spend more time on the vampire plotline versus the school stories. Pretty solid.
June 13, 2022
First read October 2019; second read June 2022
FINALLY, some decent answers.
Wouldn't be a shoujo series without a hot springs visit, but it did lead to us getting some more info. Finally an explanation as to why Kana clearly turned Eriya down in the flashbacks of the first volume but why Aki still is under the impression that she loves Eriya. Kana has a very sad past. One terrible thing after another.
I liked her more in the first two volumes when she was less damsel-y. Now she's just getting shielded all the time.
FINALLY, some decent answers.
Wouldn't be a shoujo series without a hot springs visit, but it did lead to us getting some more info. Finally an explanation as to why Kana clearly turned Eriya down in the flashbacks of the first volume but why Aki still is under the impression that she loves Eriya. Kana has a very sad past. One terrible thing after another.
I liked her more in the first two volumes when she was less damsel-y. Now she's just getting shielded all the time.
October 20, 2017
3.5 stars. We finally get some backstory for Aki, Eriya, and Kana! Kana grew up in the orphanage near Aki and Eriya’s home, and Aki seems to have been treated very differently to Aki. It looks like Eriya was supposed to be the pure blood vampire (kind of like the vampire king), but isn’t. He also didn’t treat Aki very well, so I wonder why Aki wants to bring him back? I really enjoyed the part with young Aki, Eriya, and Kana.
April 27, 2023
I quite enjoyed the Japanese roots and the backstory chapter in this volume. Aya Shouto mentions how her initial idea when creating this manga is that she always saw vampires as Western folklore, but what if they were Japanese? And that’s how this series was born. I like her take on vampirism and her take on its politics is interesting as well, though, some things are a bit… odd. But I think that they’re executed well, which only serves to make this story more unique.
Sometimes I really do wonder who Kana is supposed to end up with and more and more I feel like this is going to turn into a Vampire Knight romance, especially after a particular revelation relating to Eriya’s and Aki’s bodies. But I don’t think that it will, because Kana doesn’t the same malleable personality that Yuuki Kuran has, Kana is much more stubborn toward her own ideals of how the world should look. And after seeing the childhood backstory so far, how could she and Aki not end up together? Aki must have loved her endlessly most his life. She has an extremely special place for him too. Also! All the kids are so cute. Aya Shouto is really good at drawing kids.
Sometimes I really do wonder who Kana is supposed to end up with and more and more I feel like this is going to turn into a Vampire Knight romance, especially after a particular revelation relating to Eriya’s and Aki’s bodies. But I don’t think that it will, because Kana doesn’t the same malleable personality that Yuuki Kuran has, Kana is much more stubborn toward her own ideals of how the world should look. And after seeing the childhood backstory so far, how could she and Aki not end up together? Aki must have loved her endlessly most his life. She has an extremely special place for him too. Also! All the kids are so cute. Aya Shouto is really good at drawing kids.
September 4, 2023
Slowly getting more pieces of Eriya, Aki, and Kana's childhood together. It's hinted that Kana may already belong to Eriya, but he clearly had a very different childhood from Aki. If they are twins and both born with stigmas, why was Eriya cherished and Aki considered a demon to be hidden away? Even from this early age, it seems like Kana gets torn between the two to a degree as she's the only one who gets along with Aki or is willing to try and make him happy at all and not just focus on Eriya. Now back to the forest where their story started and Kana back in the hands of those who raised the twins.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 13, 2023
Started slow but I got into this one very quickly and definitely was at the edge of my seat for a lot of it. Lots of insight into Aki’s past and a lot I hadn’t seen coming. Very interesting installment and I can’t wait to read more!
April 30, 2021
Getting into it !!
Says what?!? Oh I am loving where this is going!!! I’m team Aki all the way! Eriya sounds like the bad one. Can’t wait to see what’s happening next!
Says what?!? Oh I am loving where this is going!!! I’m team Aki all the way! Eriya sounds like the bad one. Can’t wait to see what’s happening next!
May 3, 2021
We finally get the back story... and I don’t think that’s everything though. Aya Shouoto must be saving another twist for later...
July 8, 2023
The past is revealed but readers are left with more questions that answers.
September 3, 2023
Buenísimooo
July 6, 2017
~3.5/5
We’re finally getting some development here!
There’s some fighting, some fluff, some politics in the first half of the volume. But the really interesting stuff is when we get to see what happened between Kana and the twins when they were little, as she finally gets to remember what happened.
It’s dark and sad, and I feel so bad for Aki. It makes me wonder about Eriya, as well. It ends with a cliffhanger, and I’m sure it’s going to go in a new direction in the next volume, as Kana wakes up and something comes of what she remembers now.
I’m not in love with this, and I’m only slowly continuing the series. I want to love it, but it’s just okay to me. I am intrigued, though, by this new development. I hope to read the next one at some point.
[Read more at my blog, Geeky Reading!]
We’re finally getting some development here!
There’s some fighting, some fluff, some politics in the first half of the volume. But the really interesting stuff is when we get to see what happened between Kana and the twins when they were little, as she finally gets to remember what happened.
It’s dark and sad, and I feel so bad for Aki. It makes me wonder about Eriya, as well. It ends with a cliffhanger, and I’m sure it’s going to go in a new direction in the next volume, as Kana wakes up and something comes of what she remembers now.
I’m not in love with this, and I’m only slowly continuing the series. I want to love it, but it’s just okay to me. I am intrigued, though, by this new development. I hope to read the next one at some point.
[Read more at my blog, Geeky Reading!]
August 14, 2015
(this revire is in Italian)
Allora finalmente in questo quinto volume ho trovato risposte ad alcune mie domande.
Innanzitutto, viene finalmente svelato il passato di Aki. Da quando Cana è diventata la schiava di Lord Aki, si è capito che lui non voleva ferirla, anzi, cercava di proteggerla, quando invece dovrebbe essere il contrario.
Per gli altri vampiri, una schiava è solo cibo e quindi non si può provare affetto nei suoi confronti, e invece Aki sembra proprio provare qualcosa per la protagonista.
Inoltre, verso la fine del volume, si parla finalmente del fratello gemello di Aki, che era stato menzionato pochissime volte negli scorsi volumi.
Che dire, non vedo l'ora di leggere il sesto!
Io lo consiglio, 5 stelle per me sono meritate, sia per la storia che per la grafica.
Allora finalmente in questo quinto volume ho trovato risposte ad alcune mie domande.
Innanzitutto, viene finalmente svelato il passato di Aki. Da quando Cana è diventata la schiava di Lord Aki, si è capito che lui non voleva ferirla, anzi, cercava di proteggerla, quando invece dovrebbe essere il contrario.
Per gli altri vampiri, una schiava è solo cibo e quindi non si può provare affetto nei suoi confronti, e invece Aki sembra proprio provare qualcosa per la protagonista.
Inoltre, verso la fine del volume, si parla finalmente del fratello gemello di Aki, che era stato menzionato pochissime volte negli scorsi volumi.
Che dire, non vedo l'ora di leggere il sesto!
Io lo consiglio, 5 stelle per me sono meritate, sia per la storia che per la grafica.
July 2, 2016
aww yiss, it's the backstory volume
i honestly really enjoyed this, like creepy figures who snatch children out of the woods and lonely little kids making friends with no regards to social stigma and memories returning out of the haze of repression are all stuff that appeals to my 'read a whole lot of fae folklore and also dramatic manga at an impressionable age' self
3.5 stars
i honestly really enjoyed this, like creepy figures who snatch children out of the woods and lonely little kids making friends with no regards to social stigma and memories returning out of the haze of repression are all stuff that appeals to my 'read a whole lot of fae folklore and also dramatic manga at an impressionable age' self
3.5 stars
August 5, 2016
While I could have lived without the Kana's brother revelation (slight though it was), this volume definitely feels like the point where Shuoto decided that things were going to get Dark. Regardless, this series has the dubious distinction of being the only vampire series that I actively like.
September 6, 2015
This is a far as I get in this series so this rating is 4 the whole series.
Beautiful drawings and the plot about the search of the stigmas, is such a very appealing idea.
Beautiful drawings and the plot about the search of the stigmas, is such a very appealing idea.
January 1, 2016
the best one yet! I love that we are finally getting backstory into aki, eriya, and kanas childhood!
January 27, 2016
Another good volume in the series so far. I'm liking the series.
September 22, 2019
Questo volume l'ho trovato un po' sottotono rispetto agli altri, le tre stelle vanno solo perché finalmente sappiamo qualcosa in più sul passato dei protagonisti, eddaje era anche l'ora
April 23, 2017
At the halfway point and I know overall it will be a 3-star series. Nothing new or unique about it. Just your typical Twilightesque, paranormal romance. But I remember reading it online during the Twilight craze, back when PRs were my guilty pleasure. The storytelling is crap, but man is it addicting.
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