Alternative TitlesJapanese: ダンスインザヴァンパイアバンド
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 14
Chapters: 82
Status: Finished
Published: Dec 5, 2005 to Sep 5, 2012
StatisticsScore: 7.981 (scored by 4394 users)
Ranked: #9802
Popularity: #185
Members: 9,889
Favorites: 414 1 indicates a weighted score
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SynopsisAfter millennia in hiding, Mina Tepes, the Princess of the ancient covenant and ruler of all vampires, wants change. Using the vast wealth of the Tepes line, she has paid off the entire gross national debt of Japan and in so doing, gained the authority to create a "special district" off the coast of Japan that is to become the future haven to vampires the world over!
Now, on the eve of the landmark press conference announcing the existence of vampires to the world, terrorists and rival factions are plotting to assassinate Mina Tepes before she has a chance to make her world-changing announcement.
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Related MangaSide story: Dive in the Vampire Bund
Adaptation: Dance in the Vampire Bund
Sequel: Dance in the Vampire Bund: Sledge Hammer no Tsuioku
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19 of 41 people found this review helpful
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40 of 82 chapters read
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| Story |
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When it comes to the the supernatural, you'll have to admit that blood suckers we commonly know as vampires, would have to be one of the most romantic creatures to grace the pages of fictional history. From Bram Stoker's immortal Dracula to the modern vampires you see on movies to the TV screen.
Dance in the Vampire Bund is no exception if your after a seinen tale of romance, action and most of all the supernatural. Whilst there are common traits to which some may already know as vampire lore, there are also a few changes that give the story some originality and aimed to please any fan of the weird and supernatural.
As you get deeper into the tale you will find there is an underlining to the story of prejudice and betrayal in the vampire world, and that although most vampires may see humans as livestock, there are some who actually reach out in friendship.
If there was any room for complaints or disappointment, it would have to be the artwork. Coming from a creator who is well known for Hentai, I may have have had a little too high of an expectation from his work. Not that I have that much to complain about, but after following the mangakas previous works, I was left pretty impression-less when looking at Nozomu Tamaki's current work.
I have given this manga a 7 for the depth and character development which has transpired so far since chapter 1. I believe there is room for improvement in some departments but all-in-all its a worthwhile read.
I know there have been mixed reviews on the adaptation, but if you liked the anime, then I definitely recommend reading the manga as you will see how the adaptation changes from the anime whilst sticking to the plot giving you a different outlook.
If you'd like a fresh take to a much loved/hate character of the supernatural, Dance in the Vampire Bund is a manga worth having on your list. read more
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This manga is one of my favorites! Though I have to warn future readers that it has some sexual parts but if you don't mind it, it will blow your mind.
This manga kind of reminds me like Naruto in a sense. It has it's own world in the story, with it's own rules, and I think all great books do that for you; they provide you with a new surroundings and a world your not use to until you start reading it and you get sucked in. This world is a world like our until Mina (vampire queen) shows up and tells you, it isn't! That this world has vampires and other creatures too. You like the humans in the manga are just waiting to figure out everything you can about them. Do they fly, do they drink blood, are they scary? All of these questions can be answered if you read this amazing manga!
I really think this manga is very life like in a sense by the way. It is fiction (vampires, duh!) but it takes part in modern japan with human people's reactions and human emotion... well some human some vampiric.
The anime really isn't anything like the manga. The manga is still in being published so the director of the anime only did some of the plot of the manga but a lot of it was twisted to there liking.
I hope this helped you in decision to read this manga (: read more
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Both mangas have a romance between two different races, Blood Alone has a quiet,shy princess-like loli vampire (Misaki Minato),and Dance in the Vampire Bund has also a loli vampire (Mina Tepes),but the difference between the two of them is that Mina is a spoiled little sadistic arrogant brat,and Misaki is somewhat the oppsite of her because she hates drinking blood and abstains herself from it ,even if at the begining she acted a little spoiled.The other main male characters are similar,because both are humans but they have also supernatural powers. Akira Kaburagi Regendorf from Dance in the Vampire Bund is a werewolf,and Kuroe Kurose from Blood Alone is a vampire hunter,who was the pupil of the most powerful sorceress alive (Chloé), and inhered some of her powers. Both mangas have almost the same atmosphere, and tghe same forbidden love between prepubescent loli vampires and male teenae/adult humans.If you liked Dance in the Vampire Bund you will definitely enjoy reading Blood Alone.And in my subjective opinion, Blood Alone is way better and complex than Dance in the Vampire Bund.
Both about vampires, both have young female vampires as main characters- that are both being protected by an older male.
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if loved the one you ll love the other!
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