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“1960s space race: vampire Irina is a test subject for cosmonaut Lev's secret mission.”
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut
月とライカと吸血姫〈ノスフェラトゥ〉
7.54
3,000 rank · 2,176 readers · 38 favorites
Historical
Military
Space
Urban Fantasy
Vampire
Fantasy
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Synopsis
1960s space race: vampire Irina is a test subject for cosmonaut Lev's secret mission.
In an alternate version of the 1960s, two global superpowers have emerged after a savage war: the Zirnitra Union and the United Kingdom of Arnack. East and West are locked in a fierce race to send the first crewed flight into outer space, leading the Union to develop a secret agenda: the Nosferatu Project, which aims to use vampires as spaceflight test subjects. Similar to humans but feared and reviled, vampires are assumed to make the perfect "guinea pigs" for such a dangerous task. Lev Leps, a Union soldier and aspiring cosmonaut, is tasked with overseeing vampire Irina Luminesk aka N44, who has been chosen for the operation–and he can't quite detach his feelings from the vampire girl as planned. Faced with pressure and peril, will either of them manage to fly into the cosmos? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
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Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 0.47
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Score over time
↑ 0.67
Running avg · Sep 2022 → Dec 2025
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Review based on volume 1 (will update in the future): This is fluff. Even pretty good fluff, with a tinge of underdeveloped themes. This story is not meant to depicture the varying facets of human...”
- 8 “A "Cosmonaut" is what Russia calls those who go to space to carry out professional work. In the west, they are called "astronauts." The story is historical fiction, based loosely on the events of...”
- 8 “After watching the anime and reading the light novels, and seeing how little popularity Irina seems to have, I thought it deserved me sitting down and writing a few words about it which I seldom...”
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Medium · 33%
Long · 67%
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A Light novel Publication
- Format 58 × 7 ch × vol
- Total read 7h 44m approx
- Published Dec 2016 – Oct 2021
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M41803 catalog