Mangaphilia discussion

Name
Memoir of Vanitas
The Case Study of Vanitas
Vanitas no Carte
Vanitas no Karute
Vanitas no Memorandum
ヴァニタスの手記〈カルテ
瓦尼塔斯的手记
ヴァ二タスの手記
Vanitas no Shuki

Written By
Jun Mochizuki

Total Volumes (32 Chapters - Ongoing)

Original Run
2015 - present

Is there an anime adaptation?
No

Paris, late 19th century. Vanitas is a human who works as a doctor for vampires and wishes to save them. He uses a magical book called The Vanitas Grimoire to dispel an evil curse that corrupts vampires and turns them into blood-sucking monsters.

But...this very same book is rumoured to be the cursed tome that gives birth to vampires on nights when the blue moon is full. Noé is a vampire on the hunt for The Grimoire.

Who, really, is Dr Vanitas? What are the secrets that he holds, and what fate do those secrets spell for the vampire species?

Overall Rating: 5/ 10.

I would love to give this a better rating, but for now, it doesn't deserve it. Sure the artwork is beautiful and clean, the story somewhat original and the characters full of mystery and pain but this has been dragging with the whole Vanitas and curse secret.

After 32 chapters, I still feel as if I had just started to read this and it isn't going anywhere. So for now, I will pace myself from reading this is hopes that maybe in the next year it will finally give me a reason by revealing information or maybe just maybe having an incredible breakthrough in its story.

Do I recommend it:

Sure, just not in the long run unless something drastic finally changes... You have promise damn it!!