Manga Review – Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign Vol 1 by Takaya Kagami, Daisuke Furuya, Yamato Yamamoto (4/5 stars)

Reading Level: Older Teen
Genre: Manga/Apocalyptic
Length: 200 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Release Date: June 3, 2014
ISBN-13:978-1421571508
Stand Alone or Series: 1st volume in the Seraph of the End series
Source: Gift
Rating: 4/5 stars

“After a catastrophic epidemic kills every adult on earth, vampires arise from the shadows to enslave the remaining human population. Yuichiro escapes from captivity and joins the Japanese Imperial Demon Army. But before he’s allowed to fight vampires, he has to complete his first, terrifying mission–make new friends with his fellow aspiring monster slayers!”

This is the first volume in the Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign series. This was a very good manga about a post-apocalyptic earth where humanity is fighting both vampires and monsters by joining with demons.

The first half of the book introduces us to the main characters and shows us how the children of Earth have been being used by the vampires as cattle. Then the book jumps 4 years into the future where Yu is training to be a vampire executioner.

The illustration is well done and the story was interesting and easy to follow.

Overall this was a great start to this manga series. It is one I plan on continuing to read and I would recommend it.

This book goes towards the following reading challenges:
– Goodreads Reading Challenge
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge
– Mount TBR Reading Challenge