Kuro Bara Alice: Black Rose Alice

Name: Kuro Bara Alice (Black Rose Alice)
Manga-ka: Mizushiro, Setona

Volumes: 6 (Complete – Permanent Hiatus?)
Licensed: Viz
Type: Manga
Genre: Horror/Drama/Supernatural/Harem
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary: The young tenor singer Dimitri miraculously escaped with his life after a severe accident. But soon after that, strange cases of group-suicides started to happen all around him… A vampire-romanesque tale of love and survival!

-From Mangaupdates

Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5

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He’s my Only Boyfriend: Junketsu+Kareshi

Name: Pureblood+Boyfriend (Junketsu+Kareshi)
Manga-ka: Shouoto, Aya

Volumes: 10 (Complete)
Licensed: YenPress (Digital and Paperback)
Type: Manga
Genre: Supernatural/Fantasy
Age Group: Teen

Summary: “From now on, I will destroy you…” This bewitching, heartrending, most wicked boyfriend appeared in front of Kanami!? A dangerous and sweet new serialisation starts!
Takachiho Kanami who attends a distinguished private school is bright, well-behaved and extremely soft-hearted no matter what the time. She’s neat, and doesn’t seem to have any problems, but she carries a darkness within her heart. On the night of the full moon, the world around her starts to grow loud.
The meeting that changes Kanami’s fate is already drawing close.

-From Mangaupdates

Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5

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Model

*This is dedicated to my friend Marie whose birthday is today! HBD BABE! I’ll buy you the series soon!

Name: Model
Manga-ka: Lee, So-Young

Volumes: 7 (Complete)
Licensed: Tokyopop
Scanlations: V.07 (Complete)
Scanlator: Cat-Chan Scans (Closed)
Type: Manga
Genre: Supernatural/Mystery/Fantasy/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Jae is a Korean student who came to Europe to study art. Things aren’t going her way, but she’s determined to make it. One night, her friend Melissa brings a drunk guy to her apartment and asks if he can stay there for the night. Jae doesn’t like it, but agrees. That night she has a dream that the drunk guy drinks her blood…which, of course, turns out NOT to be a dream.
Jae is surprisingly unafraid of the vampire, Michael, and starts to paint his portrait. The two strike an unusual deal: if Jae allows the vampire to feed on her, he will pose for her. His beauty and alluring preternatural energy could be exactly what Jae needs to finally succeed as a painter.

-From Mangaupdates

Graphics Rating: 5/5
Plot Rating: 4/5

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Vampire Girl

Name: Vampire Girl (Omae ga Sekai wo Kowashitai nara)
Mangaka: Fujiwara, Kaoru

Volumes: 3 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.03 Ch.17 (Complete)

Type: Manga
Genre: Fantasy/Drama/Tragedy/Horror/Psychological/Josei
Age Group: Mature

Summary:
Koizumi Kanna is infatuated with the man who came to the restaurant she works at and ordered a burger with no onions. Little does she know, Toujou Ren is interested in her as well, but for a different reason. Kanna just so happens to be the mirror image of a woman he knew a very long time ago. It is for that reason that he saves her when she nearly dies in a car accident. But the life he gives Kanna is far different from the one she lived before, and she’s not certain it’s the kind she wants…

-From Mangaupdates

Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5

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Bloody Kiss

Name: Boody Kiss
Mangaka: Furumiya, Kazuko

Volumes: 2 (Complete)
Licensed: Tokyopop (Complete)
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.06 (Complete)
Scanlator: Esthetique, Condensation (sadly closed)
Type: Manga
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy/High School
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: Katsuragi Kiyo inherits a mansion AND vampires from a grandmother she never met?! How does her life change after her … fortune?

-From Esthetique

Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 3/5

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