*This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review and is suggested for mature readers due to gore.

Amelie Kurosaki is a high school girl hiding the fact that she is a vampire who must follow strict rules in order to continue living among humans. When attacks on humans seem vampiric, it puts Amelie’s secret at risk.

This volume doesn’t waste any time getting started. Main character, love interest, family drama, and rival love interest all plunked down in under 200 pages. It’s gory and has some dark humor, but the pace doesn’t let you sit with what’s happening for very long. You know the rules Amelie is given are presented to be inevitably broken, but I didn’t think all of them would be broken in the first volume. The plot is fun, the blood and gore are top-notch, but I almost felt dizzy by the end of it. 3 out of 5.

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October 9, 2025January 1, 2026 atthequillsmercy

Lenni Reviews: “Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite” Vol. 5, by Julietta Suzuki

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After the attack in the vampire bar, Amanatsu has been having nightmares, and Hina wants to cheer him up by taking him out for animal therapy. They run into Rinya, the voice actor for Hina’s favorite character, who is also long-lived and doesn’t understand why Hina is so enthusiastic after so much time.

This volume balances the silly and serious better and advances the relationship between our two main romantic leads. There are some new characters, and it was interesting for a second to see Hina wanting to protect Amanatsu, some actual lasting effects of the risks he’s taken, but still, it’s resolved too quickly for me. It seems like there should be more attention on that than the romantic drama. 3.7 out of 5.

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September 29, 2025December 27, 2025 atthequillsmercy

Lenni Reviews: “Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite” Vol. 3, by Julietta Suzuki

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Kyuta is still hiding his vampire status from his friends and when he and Hoshino luck into tickets for a hot spring, he sees it as a chance to come out.

Again, the super serious and super silly in this volume is jarring. Spoilers for this volume, but Hina and Amanatsu get hit by a fucking truck. But like the stalker, it was just kinda handwaved away, and we’re off to a cosplay photoshoot. Yes, it’s adorable and fun, watching Hina and Amanatsu do their little crush thing is cute, but excuse me? They were hit by a TRUCK. How can I take threats seriously in this series if that’s just not a bother? Hina I get is a vampire, but the volume has a time jump to when Amanatsu is just all better now! There could have been some interesting things to explore while he healed up with all these other supernatural people around him, but nope. It’s odd. 3 out of 5.

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September 28, 2025December 27, 2025 atthequillsmercy

Lenni Reviews: “Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite” Vol. 2, by Julietta Suzuki

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Victor is sent by Hina’s father as a new bodyguard, and he inserts himself into her life and invades Amanatsu’s space. Meanwhile, Hina helps with a school club at the school festival, where a creepy guy shows up who can resist Hina’s commands.

It’s interesting that this series keeps this weird levity along with some danger. But, you don’t need vampires to make some creep putting his hands on Hina and becoming obsessed with her, and I don’t think the levity offsets just how off-putting that was for me. The guy is a powerful stalker who doesn’t like the word no, the type of person that features in a lot of true crime stories too often to carry the fun parts of the comic with me when I finished it. 3 out of 5.

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June 10, 2025July 27, 2025 atthequillsmercy

Lenni Reviews: “Call of the Night” Vol. 20, by Kotoyama

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Haruka tried to convince Ko not to bind himself to Nazuna and as neither her no Ko want to hurty each other, they decide to spend one last night together.

The ending is so bittersweet. I was hoping for more of what made Ko so different from other humans in the process of becoming a vampire, since it seemed everyone around them was so surprised by his abilities and wondering about Nazuna’s status as a born vampire had an influence on those abilities. However, this is more about how love can affect these relationships and the deep bond Ko and Nazuna share. I wouldn’t mind some stories with them but I’ll take what I’m given with our main two finding some sort of balance. 4 out of 5.

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March 23, 2025May 25, 2025 atthequillsmercy

Lenni Reviews: “Call of the Night” Vol. 19, by Kotoyama

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Nazuna is doubting her relationship with Ko and is hesitant to take the final step and turning him so she tries to get blood elsewhere.

Even after all this time, Nazuna’s hesitation makes total sense to me. Ko is still just a high school student with a lot of life left to life, and everyone around him in their little group has lived so long. Yes, we have been building up to this for a while and it’s what Ko wants but I think Nazuna finally realizes what it would mean to do this. She could lose him forever. It will be interesting to see how this shakes out because Ko is already partially changed. Does that just reverse itself or is he trapped in a human/vampire limbo? I guess we’ll see. 4 out of 5.

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January 15, 2025January 13, 2025 atthequillsmercy

Lenni Reviews: “Call of the Night” Vol. 18, by Kotoyama

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Now that things have calmed down, Ko and Nazuna try to have time together but first they have to solve the problem of Nazuna’s destroyed apartment building. As she looks for a new place to live, Ko resumes going to school, meaning less time to roam about at night.

With all the stuff going on with Kiku, I forgot that if Nazuna has feelings for Ko and turns him, Nazuna could die. Since she was born a vampire that may not happen but the Kiku drama ended, I can see why Nazuna would be having second thoughts. And even though it cuts in to his time with Nazuna, it’s nice to see Ko hang out with other people. He’s always seemed so isolated and even though he still wants to become a vampire, it’s good he has people around him who aren’t vampires. 4 out of 5.

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December 24, 2024December 19, 2024 atthequillsmercy

Lenni Reviews: “Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite” Vol. 1, by Julietta Suzuki

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Hina is a vampire who loves anime and since she’s never bitten a human, she gets permission from her father to move to Japan where she can be closer to the media she adores. Her neighbor, Kyuta, looks exactly like her favorite character but has none of the fictional man’s personality. Despite this, they do become friendly even though Kyuta is hiding something from not only Hina but his own friends as well.

Hina is adorable. She really makes all this fun and I love characters who are bubbly and cute but will flex their considerable power when necessary. Of course, Kyuta is the perfect deadpan foil to her otaku energy. I wonder if this series will keep it’s light hearted tone or if it will go a more serious/dark route as I can see the potential for both given what happens but we’ll see as the series continues. For now, I’m enjoying the positivity. 4 out of 5.

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October 24, 2024October 24, 2024 atthequillsmercy

First Brood 4: Emma, Chapter 5 up!

October is always crazy but I still managed to get my Patreon updated! Chapter 5 us up and ready to read for members. You can join for as little as $1. And the prologue is free!

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