Rating (Out of 5): ~3.5
Publisher: Shojo Beat (VIZ Media)
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Volumes: 6+
Spoilers?: No.
Buy it here: Amazon. Barnes and Noble. Book Depository. Powells. RightStuf.
Volume: 2.
Goodreads Synopsis:
"Bloody"
Mary, a vampire with a death wish, has spent the past 400 years chasing
down a modern-day exorcist named Maria who is thought to have inherited "The Blood of Maria" and is the only one who can
kill Mary. To Mary's dismay, Maria doesn't know how
to kill vampires. Desperate to die, Mary agrees to become
Maria's bodyguard until Maria can find a way to kill him.
Mary is not your typical vampire. He can withstand sunlight, holds a reflection in mirrors, refuses to drink blood--and he wants 17-year-old high school student-slash-priest Maria to kill him. In order to do so, Maria must uncover the Power of Exorcism, which is supposed to have been passed down through his bloodline. But while searching for insight into the Power, Maria suspects someone might be sabotaging his efforts.
Mary is not your typical vampire. He can withstand sunlight, holds a reflection in mirrors, refuses to drink blood--and he wants 17-year-old high school student-slash-priest Maria to kill him. In order to do so, Maria must uncover the Power of Exorcism, which is supposed to have been passed down through his bloodline. But while searching for insight into the Power, Maria suspects someone might be sabotaging his efforts.
Review:
I expected this
series to be a bit darker than it is, though there is definitely more coming.
Bloody Mary is a
vampire, only all the typical rules of being a vampire don’t count on him, and
he doesn’t want to want blood. All Mary wants to do is die, and he believes
that Maria can do that. Maria, on the other hand, wants nothing to do with
vampires, wants them to leave him alone, only to find out that he’s supposed to
have some kind of special powers from an ancestor.
Maria is cold and
more of a loner than anything. Mary is sulking and a bit of a wimp (in
attitude, not physically), still feeling terrible over a past tragedy. Mary
falls for most of the comedy relief, with his exaggerations, and I find him
rather cute. There are clearly some BL undertones here, including some blood
drinking, but I don’t think anything is going to come of it.
There are darker
things being hinted at, violence and secrets, and I’m intrigued. The artwork is
very pretty, much like the cover. I’m not sucked in yet, but I am intrigued to
read more.
A review copy was
provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, for an honest review. Thank you so, so
much!
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