The Record of a Fallen Vampire, Vol. 3

The Record of a Fallen Vampire #3

by Kyo Shirodaira, Yuri Kimura (Artist)

A tale of the Vampire King's tragic love and its consequences

Thousands of years ago, Vampire King Akabara "Red Rose" Strauss lost both his kingdom and his queen. Since humans were unable to kill the queen, they sealed her away, erecting thousands of fake seals so that the king would never find her true location. Despite being pursued by relentless dhampires, Akabara continues to search for his queen to this day…

Dhampire leader Bridget delivers a shocking revelation about Akabara and his queen, Adelheid! The mystery of Akabara's dark past continues to unwind, but can the truth Bridget divulges be trusted?

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Shonen, Vampires, Paranormal, Fiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published October 22, 2004

Reviews

[Selena Pigoni]

Lots of plot twists in this one, but the ending left me a bit cold. Why? Well...

[Justine]

4.5 stars

Still good, maybe even better with this slight change in the story; but it might get weird in the fourth book...

[Jeffrey]

This volume is a turning point and you'll either buy unto Shirodaira's previously foreshadowed premise or you'll want to chuck it aside entirely.

I'm in the former category. The author is slowly revealing an intricate web of lies, deceit, and hidden motivations. Nothing, so far, is what it seems so if you're willing to challenge your notions of urban fantasy, you'll have fun with this.

[Gentry]

This was a pretty good series to start but as soon as the aliens were hinted at my interest stopped. It was a little to weird for me.

[Alyssa]

Okay, so the story is finally set, with the majority of the details available. The plot is interesting and there are a few different things going on.
I thought things were going pretty good until the end. Why throw a wrench like that into a story like this? There's already a lot to work with, I don't think the two mesh well. I'll read volume four to see where exactly it's going, but I've been on the border of abandoning the series since volume one.

[Brittany]

I think my fav part of this one is the restaurant scene with Laeti ordering dish after dish & no one questions her lol

[Francine]

The story of what happened a thousand years ago is getting interesting, and I really want to know what happened back then.

But come on: aliens? In a vampire story? No thanks.

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EDIT, upon re-reading three years later:

I'm strangely okay with the climax this time around. Maybe because it breaks up the clichés, and the emo atmosphere - I'm especially getting sick of Renka's perpetual angst. Just get over yourself already.

I really like the way in which the twist is handled about what happened a thousand years ago, and what the author has to say about this volume as well.

This was the best volume so far.

[Whitley]

3.5

Listen, we just had to deal with a massive plot twist that I'm still sitting with because it changes how I feel about a few characters, and now they're talking about aliens??? What in the world is happening...

[Steph]

I love the art and storyline is very interesting.

[Amy]

Okay, the end of this one was the final straw. With all the other premises highly unlikely, the conclusion to this one just killed me. I refuse to read the next one.

[Jessica]

Very odd twist to story at the end...we will see where this goes.

[Jennifer Dowdle]

Aliens??? Are you kidding me??

[Emily]

Suddenly, aliens. What? Please don't turn into a trainwreck, series.

[Caitlin ~WordsAreMyForte~]

Aliens in a vampire story????? Oh geez, I don't know how to feel about this.