Blood Blade Vol. 01

Blood Blade Vol. 01

Count Dracula is reborn as a katana-wielding young vampiress in a new, never-seen-before action manga set in a gritty, alternate-history Europe. Fans of cinematic, gory, supernatural alternate histories, like Vampire Hunter D, Hellsing, and Dance in the Vampire Bund, will want to sink their fangs into BLOOD BLADE.

Made in Japan, first published in English!

Having fallen in battle long ago, Count Vlad Dracula is reborn as a katana-wielding young vampiress in an alternate-history Europe. After the reincarnated Dracula rescues a girl named Clara from a mysterious stranger, Clara explains that she is the creation of a certain Victor Frankenstein. She also reveals that she is fleeing from an organization called Cerberus, which seeks to capture and study “monsters” such as herself in order to create an army of human-monster hybrids. Clara begs the vampiress to flee with her to an island of monsters where the two of them will be safe…but as they set out for Monster Island, the sinister forces of Cerberus are in hot pursuit.

Biographical Notes:

Oma Sei’s debut solo work is BLOOD BLADE, being released now by Kodansha Originals.

Title Notes:

This series was developed specifically for the American market and is “streaming” on Kodansha’s website. It will release in the U.S. before being published in Japan.

The story breathes new life into familiar characters from the Gothic monster pantheon, such as Dracula and Frankenstein’s monster.

Duels and battles are vividly realized in numerous two-page spreads, and gritty artwork adds to the grimdark tone of the story.

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