
The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions
吸血鬼と愉快な仲間たち (Kyuuketsuki to Yukai na Nakama-tachi)
story Narise Konohara; art Marimo Ragawa
A half-baked vampire who turns into a bat by day is frozen, shipped to Japan by mistake and taken in by a gruff embalmer.
- Format
- manga
- Volumes
- 7 listed in English
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Synopsis
Al is an American vampire who never got the full set of powers. He wakes up in Japan with no money and no Japanese. Akira, a mortician with little patience, lets him stay. Based on the novels by Narise Konohara, with art by Marimo Ragawa.
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English publisher: Yen Press.
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