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“Bullied teen Makoto is turned into a vampire by a mysterious girl and must choose: join her or die.”
Happiness
ハピネス
7.44
3,784 rank · 86,271 readers · 1,695 favorites
Shounen
School
Vampire
Drama
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Synopsis
Bullied teen Makoto is turned into a vampire by a mysterious girl and must choose: join her or die.
Makoto Okazaki is an unpopular high school student who is frequently bullied by some of his classmates, being forced to act as their errand boy. But his life drastically changes one night when he is attacked by a mysterious girl, who plunges her teeth into his neck and begins drinking his blood. Upon satisfying her craving, she offers Makoto a simple choice: become like her or die. When he wakes up in a hospital after his encounter, Makoto is unable to deal with the blindingly bright lights and finds that water cannot quench his growing thirst.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 45 sampled reviews
6.9
/10
What 45 readers settled on.
85%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 6
σ 1.72
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.72 · some divergence
The polarity gap
4.2 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 4.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 0.87
Running avg · Nov 2015 → Apr 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “This manga is a fascinatingly weird experience that delivers a deep, compelling sense of misery through its truly interesting characters. While the content is intense and definitely not for...”
- 8 “Oshimi Shuzo masterfully subverts the typical vampire genre with a dark, moody atmosphere and compelling character progression that defies all expectations. While the background art feels slightly...”
- 10 “This manga completely exceeded my expectations, standing out as my first favorite and earning a 100% recommendation due to its surgical character development and deeply moving emotional impact. I...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 47%
Long · 20%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Happiness begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 50 × 10 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 40m approx
- Published Feb 2015 – Mar 2019
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M32003 catalog