What Twilight thinks it is. I absolutely loved how fast paced this way, and how easy it was to digest for a late night quick read to try to head to sleep. The gore isn’t too much, most people will easily handle it if not everyone. Love it

old school 90s manga art that is gorey and mysterious!!
Amelie is a 500 years old? (i may have misunderstood) vampire wanting to live in the human world as she appears to be in her teen vampire years and is allowed to attend a human high school as long as she follows 5 rules in the human realm
the human world is being attacked by a vampire and amelie knows its not her
when saving high school bad boy pako, she discovers the werewolves attacking humans, amelie must decide if her identity and life is worth more then humans and if first love is real

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Get you a man that kisses your dismembered head then sews it back on and loves you for you cause love ain’t about blood.

This was a fast paced, fun read. It was bloody and sweet.

Dra-Q is a story about a young vampire girl trying to live among humans after she fell in love with one and the hardships that comes with that for her. The art style it cute, and I am definitely looking forward to reading more from this series in the future.

Publishing date: 21.01.2025 (DD/MM/YYYY)
Thank you to NetGalley and Kodansha Comics for the ARC. My opinions are my own.

TLDR: Vampire falls in love with a human. Queue the chaos, horniness, and craziness typical of these stories and you got this manga.

Amelie is a vampire who has fallen in love with the human boy Pako. Vampires are not allowed to do a plethora of things that most people do in a relationship, but that doesn't stop Amelie. Queue the chaos of a forbidden love.

These two are so horny for each other. Within a few pages we get a ... "wand" shot. Censored naturally, but regardless. This happens on a few more pages. Also, the "feelings" situation here is strange. I am still not sure if it was reciprocated, how long they have been feeling this, and so on. It came suddenly and no more explanation has been given.

Storywise this is very shallow. The only proper conflict here is that Amelie is not allowed to have feelings. Because it might have consequences of some kind. The other "conflicts" get resolved pretty quickly, so I am looking past them.

The artstyle is pretty nice, I haven't seen something similar to this in years so it was very refreshing. A little more refined than the usual manga style.
Also the vibes here are great, exactly my kind of vibes.

Audience ... Adult. There are some things that happen here that only adults should see. New adult is fine too, but definitely a more mature audience is needed.

I am shamefully giving this 4 stars. This manga falls into the group "fast-food reads" where the quality is questionable, but I had the time of my life regardless. Will I read more? Oh yes, the moment more comes out I will. Will I recommend this? To most, no. But to freaks like me? Yes, yes I will

This was a fun yet brutal and tragic love story.

True love is losing your head in a fight, killing a "creature" for the boy you love, and then him sewing your head back on!

Loved the art style and the love story told. Would love to read more like this!!

Okeeeeeeeeeeey. Strange. Disturbing and strange and at the same time I want to know what's going to happen next.

A bloody manga, a bit perverted and that has a lot to tell us or maybe... the first one went by pretty quickly, an introduction to what this story could be. Nothing out of this world, nothing we haven't seen or read. But it is bloody and disturbing.

Would I read the next one? Surely yes.

Thank you very much Kodansha Comics for the ARC that I read on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Trashy

Silly

Horny

I couldn't stop reading this. It's like stupid, but also, extremely fast paced and fun? Basically a vampire chick falls in love with a human. But they get attacked, and once she's revealed to him, it's up to him to decide what that means. Love is in the air! Horny fun happens with a vampire sex scene kind of? Blood sucking never looked so horny. And a ending that should leave these two at war, but we know they'll keep loving each other.

A 4 out of 5. Will read more.

Not really my cup of tea. The story seems interesting, but the dialogue is a bit too crass, as well as too many scenes meant to entertain pre-teen boys.

There were aspects of this book that I truly enjoyed. Decapitation is always a plus. There's a lot of humorous points and aspects as well. The artwork was fantastic. The story, however, was lacking. I feel that if any of the story points had been fleshed out more, and one thing was done at a time, rather than packing little snips of various points into one book without really giving any of them enough substance, things would have gone better. Unfortunately, I don't care enough about the characters or story line to continue the series and that's important. It's a shame.

Thanks to NetGalley and Kodansha for the ARC!

This was just the weirdest take on vampires and werewolves.....just no

The art was also odd to me and the flow was all off.

I thought that the FMC being the vampire in this story was fun, from the perceptive that most vampire stories have the MMC as the vampire. The story itself is quickly. However, it was a bit more gore-y than I was expecting for a romance, and I wasn't a fan of the art style.

Love the art style of this! The concept is great, the characters are well rounded, and the plot points are superb; love the five rules. However, I do wish some of the plot was more fleshed out, it just felt as if it was moving too quickly. I am not a huge fan of the instant love trope, I would have liked to see more tension build up between the characters. It felt like I was missing key points throughout the story that could have come from more context.

My cousin, Amelie, who's a vampire fan, sent me this, so obviously I had to check it out. (And because we have similar reading preferences.)

Apart from it being a hetero romance, which isn't my cup of tea usually, it was better than expected. But that's also quite common in the horror genre – that both main characters, regardless of the gender, are simply unhinged. In a good, casual way.
A strong FMC who's just as down bad as the guy. He's quite cliché, but despite his appearance and tendency to communicate with his fists, he surprisingly has quite an open heart. Dude let her drink a liter of his blood, even flicked her head back to her body, and even brought her home to meet his family after they almost died!

Only bothers me that it ended on such a cliffhanger!
But it's interesting that the werewolves are the bad guys here, whereas the vampires don't want to harm anyone. They simply can't stand humans.
Also cool how crying makes their eyes turn red, how brutally their flying lessons are, and that love turns into a bloodlust.

The art is 50/50, though. I love the semi-realistic style, but the backgrounds are basically monochrome photos, not drawn. It blends in quite well though, I just hope that the photos are from the mangaka.

Definitely recommendable if you love gore and vampires – with a love story that seems cliché, but takes up a quick pace and might not be that usual. I'm curious what will happen to them, especially after Pako was so keen on "love ain't about blood" and really wanting to let this romance blossom.

Similar to Dandadan, but with the MMC getting 'raped' by a woman. Nice feministic twist.

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Also thanks to Kodansha on Netgalley for a digital copy in exchange for an honest review.

-02.03.25

Around 3.5/4 stars depending on my reading mood
It is a typical female lead falls for someone she shouldn’t and discovers he accepts her for who she is. Then as you can imagine something happens that shakes things up. It started off slightly slow and then picked up toward the end. Volume 1 ended on a cliffhanger and I was starting to get Underworld vibes (as in the movie). I am curious if Haruki will remember meeting Amelia when he was younger or not. It is hard to not go into more without giving away spoilers.
It is on the gorey side, as a warning and the usual fan service. I like how the art style is for this series and is super detailed, which really brings the series to life. The story does move along at a quick pace. Overall, I enjoyed this more than I expected. It probably wouldn’t have been one I picked up/ordered just looking at the description or cover, but glad I gave it a chance. Although the concept of vampires and werewolves are not new it still feels like it stands out from your typical romance series.

Summary:
In a world where mythical creatures like vampires and werewolves exist, they live by certain rules. Most rules involve not getting close to humans or showing certain emotions so certain characteristics aren’t noticed. However, Amelie finds herself in a tight spot as she falls for a human- Haruki. She approaches Haruki one day after he gets in a fight and not long after her true identity is exposed when she saves him from a werewolf. To Amelie’s surprise Haruki doesn’t seem afraid of this fact and accepts her. During this encounter with a werewolf, he does save her life by reattaching her head and giving her blood. Thus, their relationship starts to progress more. However, what neither knew was that someone close to Haruki was a werewolf and ended up attacking him once they found out he was with Amelie.

I really enjoyed this! Amelia and Pako have a really cute dynamic, and the artwork is so detailed! In a world where vampires, humans, and werewolves exist, Amelia, a vampire, finds herself bound to certain rules. These rules go out the window when she meets Pako, a human, and have a run in with a werewolf.

This won't be for everyone- this is definitely a little graphic, but if you're into a darker but cute type of love story, this is definitely worth reading! I loved the twist at the end - I hope I can get the next volume to find out what happens next!

In this universe, vampires and werewolves coexist, but while vampires live under strict rules, werewolves seem to despise them and try to pin their crimes on them. Amidst this tension, the story follows a love story between a vampire girl and a human guy. The art is fantastic and complements the story beautifully.

I finished this and honestly just thought, what did I just read? I didn’t hate it, but I wasn’t into it either. The whole scene with Amelie’s head getting cut off and then stitched back was weird and threw me off more than it intrigued me. I also didn’t feel any real attachment to the characters or their relationship, which is a problem for a romance manga. While I appreciated that they got together early, it didn’t make me more invested. I’m not sure if I’d continue reading when more chapters come out. I appreciate the chance to read this early, but it just wasn’t for me

Thank you to NetGalley for this arc.
Wow this was so much fun! Darker than I expected and I loved it all the more for that. Very cool, I love vampires and this manga doesn’t fail to do them justice. I look forward to continuing the series.

I've received an eARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is Romeo and Juliette with vampires and werewolves, in a very seinen interpretation. Quite frankly, I'm not a man (the intended audience), I'm not too fond of panty shots, but I'm going to give credit to the mangaka for not overdoing it.

Amelie is an overly dramatic teenage vampire who knows what she wants and knows what she's willing to sacrifice for that. That something is a delinquent named Pako who, if I had to guess, is so flattered by somebody being interested in him that he swings himself with full force into this new, strange romance.

This is not all Dra-Q can offer, though. In the background, there's tension between the werewolves and vampires and a conspiracy brewing to turn humans against one side. And of course, somehow, our power couple gets mixed up in it.

The characters seem surprisingly well rounded based on just the first volume. Pako is definitely a horny teenager but he is full of compassion, dedication and a strong sense of justice. His sisters act pretty reasonably after the first incident with Amelie, and their school mates also react exactly the way you'd expect from hormonal young adults. What I really loved was Amelie's over the top family immediately expressing concern over their daughter not coming home and not letting them know, like normal parents. <spoiler>Instead of, you know, the whole fighting with a werewolf and losing her head thing.</spoiler>

All in all, I would say there's nothing mind blowing about this story so far, while the art style is somewhere between Jojo and Great Teacher Onizuka. But it fits its genre pretty well, so feel free to give it a read.

I really enjoyed this. I liked the art style, and the translation was fun. I love the innocent vampire and wannabe high school gangster aesthetic. The mangaka’s vibe really kicks in with the introduction of Amelie’s family in the last chapter. Overall, adult horror fans will probably enjoy this.