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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 is one of the most weird manga that gives a taste of misery!!! I kinda enjoyed it!! the mangaka is really known for the way to do such works!!! :) read it with caution!! don't read it on a...”
- 8 “if you already liked Oshimi Shuzo hstuff like Aku no Hana and Boku wa mari no naka, you should read this one too. since its a Vampire typical manga, I was really didnt look at this one, untill more...”
- 10 “I confess that I didn't have high expectations, but this ended up being my first manga that I added to my favorites, it simply exceeded my expectations, I recommend it 100%. The evolution of the...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 47%
Long · 20%
Read Order & Related
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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