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

Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Manga/Post-Apocalyptic
Length: 200 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Release Date: March 3, 2015
ISBN-13: 978-1421571539
Stand Alone or Series: 4th volume in the Seraph of the End series
Source: Bought
Rating: 4/5 stars

“After trumpets of the apocalypse proclaim the fall of humanity, vampires arise from the shadows to rule the earth. Yuichiro wants just one thing—to get revenge by killing each and every vampire.

A vampire attack reunites Yuichiro with his childhood friend Mika—though they now face each other from opposing sides of the battlefield. Mika begs him to forget about the conflict between humans and vampires and escape together, but he is torn about abandoning his new friends. Then, everything changes when Yuichiro suddenly transforms into a monstrous being with one seraphic wing!”

This was a decent volume in the Seraph of the End series. Yuichiro transforms into a hideous demonic beast and this volume goes through his recovery from that. Mika is also recovering from the last battle after being forcibly removed from it by a Noble vampire.

There is a lot of character development for Yuichiro as he reflects on being grateful for his team and his new friends. This felt like a bit of a transition novel to me…not as much action as previous volumes.

Overall this was a good continuation of the Seraph of the End series. I liked some of the elements introduced around human experimentation and the evil demon-like seraph. I plan on reading the next book in the series, but my interest in this series is starting to wane a bit.

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