Although this is clearly getting its feet under it as far as lore and storytelling goes - and some of the contents of episode zero contradict later chapters - Julietta Suzuki is off to a good start with this story of an enthusiastic but naive vampire who leaves Romania for Japan in order to better live the otaku lifestyle. Suzuki remarks that she sees vampires and otaku as having similar lifestyles, and, well...I wish I could argue more with that statement!

This book honestly surprised me. I was drawn in by the title and book description thinking, "This looks like it will be ridiculously fun." I enjoyed the two main characters and the shenanigans they get up to with each other. There were also a few scenes throughout the book that I was NOT expecting!

Overall, I would recommend. It was a fun read.

Hina is a vampire who adores anime. One specific anime and one specific character, who just so happens to look exactly like her grumpy neighbor.

I do not have words to express how happy this manga made me. It was so cute. I love that the main character is a vampire who is not moping about being a vampire, but just enjoys her life as an otaku in Japan. One of the things that has gotten really tired for me is the vampire that is sad about being a vampire and spends half the story whining about being a dark soulless creature. This story is not like that. This vampire, while also being the sort that does not drink human blood, doesn’t spend her time mourning her fate as a vampire. She is such a cute and fun character! A real breath of fresh air! I also love how just generally carefree and go-with-the-flow she is. Nothing gets her down, which makes her meeting with her grumpy neighbor all the more fun.

I do love a good grumpy/sunshine story!

The art is very beautiful. I love the style. The main character Hina has such an adorable design and she pairs so well with Kyuta.

The story was also a lot of fun. I like that the set-up was fairly quick so that we are able to get right into the kind of slice-of-life story. I can’t wait to read more. It is honestly bittersweet that I got to read this so early because it means I have to wait longer to read more of it, but I am sure it is going to be well worth the wait. I loved this so, so much. I might read it again while I still have access to the digital ARC. Definitely going to be buying this one when it comes out so I can read it again and again. So excited to have a new, fun vampire story!

Thank you so much to Netgalley and VIZ Media for the digital ARC!