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“Vampire king seeks sealed queen to unleash apocalypse; humans and dhampirs race to stop him.”
The Record of a Fallen Vampire
ヴァンパイア十字界
8.04
776 rank · 14,040 readers · 388 favorites
Shounen
Vampire
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Vampire king seeks sealed queen to unleash apocalypse; humans and dhampirs race to stop him.
There is a legend that tells of how the world was almost destroyed thousands of years ago by the vampire queen after she unleashed her latent powers. Despite their efforts, the humans were unable to defeat her, and thus resorted to sealing her away until the time came that they would be powerful enough to destroy the seal and kill her. However, the humans are not the only ones after the seal. Having cast aside his kingdom and betraying his own race and the dhampirs (half-vampires), the vampire king is persistantly searching, even to this day, for where his queen has been sealed away so he may break the seal and free her before the humans do. Fearing that once the king and queen are reunited, they shall continue to destroy the world together, the humans and dhampirs hunt the king, using any method possible. (Source: Anime Source)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 21 sampled reviews
8.8
/10
What 21 readers settled on.
95%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 1.77
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.77 · some divergence
The polarity gap
6.3 pts
Recommenders 9.3 · others 3.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 0.76
Running avg · Jan 2009 → Oct 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “The story is incredibly enjoyable, featuring well-developed characters and a deeply moving, sad narrative that makes this my favorite tragedy manga. While the character designs start off weaker,...”
- 9 “The story was genuinely exciting and interesting, keeping me hooked enough to wait daily for updates throughout most of the series. However, the ending was a major disappointment that failed to...”
- 9 “I absolutely love this series, especially for the unpredictable nature of the main character, Strauss, and the consistently awesome plot. While I initially feared it would be a boring, predictable...”
Verbosity
Short · 76%
Medium · 14%
Long · 10%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — The Record of a Fallen Vampire begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 44 × 9 ch × vol
- Total read 5h 52m approx
- Published Aug 2003 – Feb 2007
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0907 catalog