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よふかしのうた [Yofukashi no Uta] #7
Call of the Night, Vol. 7
Nazuna is a vampire.
That’s okay with human Ko. He wants to be one too.
But transformation doesn’t come that easily...
When Nazuna and the gang track down the secrets of her past, every answer only leads to another question. Who turned whom, exactly? What chain of events and relationships made Nazuna into the—uh—person she is today? Midori, on the other hand, would rather her human existence remain buried. But then she meets one of her “offspring” with a mysterious secret... Meanwhile, detective Anko pursues her vendetta against all vampire kind, invading their private lives and spaces!
That’s okay with human Ko. He wants to be one too.
But transformation doesn’t come that easily...
When Nazuna and the gang track down the secrets of her past, every answer only leads to another question. Who turned whom, exactly? What chain of events and relationships made Nazuna into the—uh—person she is today? Midori, on the other hand, would rather her human existence remain buried. But then she meets one of her “offspring” with a mysterious secret... Meanwhile, detective Anko pursues her vendetta against all vampire kind, invading their private lives and spaces!
192 pages, Paperback
First published April 16, 2021
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January 21, 2025
3.5 stars
July 4, 2021
Backstory!! Ahh I love this a lot!
July 26, 2022
Loveee!!!!;
April 19, 2022
Ko and Nazuna are trying to track down Nazuna’s human connection before a tenacious vampire hunting detective, which leads them to a hospital and the moody Kabura. They get their answers, but then it’s time to help Midori, whose own situation is even odder than that of our leads…
Nazuna’s backstory is finally revealed, but not before a hilarious wind-up where the usual shocking revelations are expertly dunked on by Kabura, who drags the deductive skills of both Ko and Nazuna. This book is not joke-forward, but it really gets a surprising amount of good gags in between its plotting.
The big reveal is actually really good, stellar even, and manages to make sense within the world of the story and still be surprising. Kobura’s more complicated than she appears and her history and her life do tie into Nazuna’s, but not in the way one would expect.
This whole section seems like it’s about to dead-end the search or turn out to be something too out there to work, so seeing it turn into melancholic story of missing out and unrequited love is quite the twist and it’s handled very, very well.
Some of it goes a bit far - the memories stored in blood angle is a little goofy, but it’s peripheral enough to things that it didn’t detract too much. This satisfied in a way that I wasn’t expecting it to, while also turning expectations on their head, so kudos for that.
There’s also time for Nazuna to read Ko like a book about how much of a hopeless adolescent he still is in some ways. He’s definitely got the wide-eyed notion that possibly being Nazuna’s first love is some wonderful thing, while Nazuna is far more realistic about it. It’s a fun dichotomy that serves to remind the reader just how close these two have become.
The last section featuring Midori is full on otaku mockery and is a lot of fun. And not nearly as cruel as one might have expected, minus a little unwarranted fat shaming (it’s not even the guy’s fault - vampire metabolism is different).
No, Midori’s connection turns out to be a full-on nerd that she turned, but one that she’s also entirely too sweet on and keeping to herself. Then they’re all trying to figure out how to keep the two of them safe. As storylines go, this one is very silly, but with a shocking amount of heart at the centre. It’s clear that Midori has a lot of affection for the guy and he, in turn, has his obsession with her.
With Nazuna in cosplay (and at her gleefully snarkiest) and some serious shipping afoot, plus a little too much Midori love and some of the funniest doujinshi jokes yet seen, this has a little bit of everything and, some punching down aside, is a great time.
The final section loops back around to our leads doing what they do best, being together. From Nazuna’s cringy musings on the city at night (Ko’s observation that everybody ever has said something similar is great) to their back and forth as they head out in search of the past, it’s a perfect start to the next arc.
4.5 stars - another heck of a volume. Strong, strong storytelling, in the first part especially, and a perfect ending that shows our characters at their best. One of my favourite vampire stories ever.
Nazuna’s backstory is finally revealed, but not before a hilarious wind-up where the usual shocking revelations are expertly dunked on by Kabura, who drags the deductive skills of both Ko and Nazuna. This book is not joke-forward, but it really gets a surprising amount of good gags in between its plotting.
The big reveal is actually really good, stellar even, and manages to make sense within the world of the story and still be surprising. Kobura’s more complicated than she appears and her history and her life do tie into Nazuna’s, but not in the way one would expect.
This whole section seems like it’s about to dead-end the search or turn out to be something too out there to work, so seeing it turn into melancholic story of missing out and unrequited love is quite the twist and it’s handled very, very well.
Some of it goes a bit far - the memories stored in blood angle is a little goofy, but it’s peripheral enough to things that it didn’t detract too much. This satisfied in a way that I wasn’t expecting it to, while also turning expectations on their head, so kudos for that.
There’s also time for Nazuna to read Ko like a book about how much of a hopeless adolescent he still is in some ways. He’s definitely got the wide-eyed notion that possibly being Nazuna’s first love is some wonderful thing, while Nazuna is far more realistic about it. It’s a fun dichotomy that serves to remind the reader just how close these two have become.
The last section featuring Midori is full on otaku mockery and is a lot of fun. And not nearly as cruel as one might have expected, minus a little unwarranted fat shaming (it’s not even the guy’s fault - vampire metabolism is different).
No, Midori’s connection turns out to be a full-on nerd that she turned, but one that she’s also entirely too sweet on and keeping to herself. Then they’re all trying to figure out how to keep the two of them safe. As storylines go, this one is very silly, but with a shocking amount of heart at the centre. It’s clear that Midori has a lot of affection for the guy and he, in turn, has his obsession with her.
With Nazuna in cosplay (and at her gleefully snarkiest) and some serious shipping afoot, plus a little too much Midori love and some of the funniest doujinshi jokes yet seen, this has a little bit of everything and, some punching down aside, is a great time.
The final section loops back around to our leads doing what they do best, being together. From Nazuna’s cringy musings on the city at night (Ko’s observation that everybody ever has said something similar is great) to their back and forth as they head out in search of the past, it’s a perfect start to the next arc.
4.5 stars - another heck of a volume. Strong, strong storytelling, in the first part especially, and a perfect ending that shows our characters at their best. One of my favourite vampire stories ever.
May 14, 2025
This volume completes the arc where Nazuna learns about her and Kabura's pasts, so they can protect themselves against being killed by vampire hunter Uguisu through the belongings that were important to them before they changed to vampires. There were a couple of different rug-pulls there--. The whole arc doesn't end up offering much enlightenment about Nazuna's past, after all.
But that's just fine with her. She seems not to have any real attachment to, or concern about events she can't remember. She's 40 years old, though? Oh, Japan. You and your older--sometimes much, much older--female characters who look like cute teenaged girls. I also can't help but notice how many of the female characters in this series are drawn with their spines in a C-like shape so their chests are more prominent.
The next arc featuring Midori was pretty silly. "Love Green" and Midori are a surprisingly good match. I liked how Kotoyama plays with the idea of self-insert fantasy here. Love Green is physically unattractive, and talks in that weirdly archaic way that otaku sometimes do in manga/anime, but he also has cool and insightful things to say. It's nice that Midori is still fond of him even though he's gotten fat from eating food out of force of habit from his previous life (vampires shouldn't eat anything but blood in this world).
I continue to enjoy the nighttime atmosphere of this series. Ko and Nazuna move through a liminal world where anything could happen. The short story from Kotoyama's earlier series Dagashikashi at the end of this book also features a cast of night owls, so that must be a motif that appeals to the author.
But that's just fine with her. She seems not to have any real attachment to, or concern about events she can't remember. She's 40 years old, though? Oh, Japan. You and your older--sometimes much, much older--female characters who look like cute teenaged girls. I also can't help but notice how many of the female characters in this series are drawn with their spines in a C-like shape so their chests are more prominent.
The next arc featuring Midori was pretty silly. "Love Green" and Midori are a surprisingly good match. I liked how Kotoyama plays with the idea of self-insert fantasy here. Love Green is physically unattractive, and talks in that weirdly archaic way that otaku sometimes do in manga/anime, but he also has cool and insightful things to say. It's nice that Midori is still fond of him even though he's gotten fat from eating food out of force of habit from his previous life (vampires shouldn't eat anything but blood in this world).
I continue to enjoy the nighttime atmosphere of this series. Ko and Nazuna move through a liminal world where anything could happen. The short story from Kotoyama's earlier series Dagashikashi at the end of this book also features a cast of night owls, so that must be a motif that appeals to the author.
August 2, 2023
This volume was nearly perfect. If it weren't for the "Love" chapter. Ick. That chapter threw off the whole pacing, and I was struggling to skim through it all. If it weren't for that, this volume would've been 5 stars for me.
I thought the cover was of that detective, but finding out it was Nazuna's mother (Haru) was a shock. I'm glad we're getting more out of Nazuna's past. Kabura falling in love with Haru and Haru turning her into a vampire was also a shock to me, but I find it sad how Haru never felt the same way about her. I totally understand why Kabura has complicated feelings toward Nazuna. The way Haru and her human husband died was tragic as well. Everything about Nazuna's past is relatively tragic. Now I sort of feel less icky about the age gap between Nazuna and Ko, because Nazuna is a half-human, half-vampire, and that's sort of why she looks to be around Ko's age. Not that, that's an excuse, but it just makes me feel less icky about the whole "romance" thing building up between Nazuna and Ko.
I thought the cover was of that detective, but finding out it was Nazuna's mother (Haru) was a shock. I'm glad we're getting more out of Nazuna's past. Kabura falling in love with Haru and Haru turning her into a vampire was also a shock to me, but I find it sad how Haru never felt the same way about her. I totally understand why Kabura has complicated feelings toward Nazuna. The way Haru and her human husband died was tragic as well. Everything about Nazuna's past is relatively tragic. Now I sort of feel less icky about the age gap between Nazuna and Ko, because Nazuna is a half-human, half-vampire, and that's sort of why she looks to be around Ko's age. Not that, that's an excuse, but it just makes me feel less icky about the whole "romance" thing building up between Nazuna and Ko.
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December 3, 2023
Call of the night - Tome 7 – Kotoyama - Xavière Daumarie (Traducteur) - 09/11/2023 - KUROKAWA - 192 pages
Centré sur le nouveau personnage de Kabura (Que je n'aime pas plus que ça !).
Comme dans Underworld, le sang révèle le passé.
Les origines de Nazuna m'importent peu. En plus, elles sont pas captivantes. Je préfère son « maintenant » et aussi son Futur…
J'aimais davantage le personnage de Kô qui me faisait penser à celui de Dead Tube de par sa curiosité, son excellence et son « shonen spirit » mais en plus jeune, gentil et innocent.
On nous sort une histoire de la quête de famille qui frôle la quête d'identité et bon moi je préférais quand ils profitaient de la nuit pour faire des trucs cool.
Certains passages sont tellement noircies de paroles que c'en est illisible.
C'était pas trop mauvais mais clairement le moins bon tome de la série jusqu'ici.
Phoenix
++
Centré sur le nouveau personnage de Kabura (Que je n'aime pas plus que ça !).
Comme dans Underworld, le sang révèle le passé.
Les origines de Nazuna m'importent peu. En plus, elles sont pas captivantes. Je préfère son « maintenant » et aussi son Futur…
J'aimais davantage le personnage de Kô qui me faisait penser à celui de Dead Tube de par sa curiosité, son excellence et son « shonen spirit » mais en plus jeune, gentil et innocent.
On nous sort une histoire de la quête de famille qui frôle la quête d'identité et bon moi je préférais quand ils profitaient de la nuit pour faire des trucs cool.
Certains passages sont tellement noircies de paroles que c'en est illisible.
C'était pas trop mauvais mais clairement le moins bon tome de la série jusqu'ici.
Phoenix
++
October 25, 2022
Look, I'm 7 books in so it isn't as if I didn't give it a shot. But this manga and I just do not mesh well. I just can't find anything to like all that much. Truth be told each volume past the second has been going downhill. I don't think I'm going to bother with any more. I just don't relate to much of anything going on, the vamps are boring as all get out, the MC is about as milquetoast as you can get, and the story (for me) drags.
For those of you that are finding it to your liking, I hope it continues to do it for you. Happy reading!
For those of you that are finding it to your liking, I hope it continues to do it for you. Happy reading!
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May 29, 2022Se revela el origen de Nazuna y poco después tenemos capítulos graciosísimos con el otaku y las japonesadas. Difícilmente puedo querer más a esta serie.
Es un rinconcito feliz al que acudir cada par de meses y tiene muchas cosas que me tocan la fibra: vampirismo, romance (que es al mismo tiempo lo de menos y el endgame), vida nocturna, Japón... Es un manga maravilloso y mis kudos a Kotoyama, que camina en la fina línea de lo que podría ser un ecchi, pero por suerte no lo es.
Es un rinconcito feliz al que acudir cada par de meses y tiene muchas cosas que me tocan la fibra: vampirismo, romance (que es al mismo tiempo lo de menos y el endgame), vida nocturna, Japón... Es un manga maravilloso y mis kudos a Kotoyama, que camina en la fina línea de lo que podría ser un ecchi, pero por suerte no lo es.
June 14, 2022
Another great volume. Secrets are revealed by several people...
... and the vampire-killing detective is closing in. I have a suspicion about her. I don't think she's fully human. She may not be part vampire, but something tells me she's... different... and Ko gets a kiss from his beloved. We also meet a new character, not sure how they're gonna fit into future volumes. Definitely an informative volume.
... and the vampire-killing detective is closing in. I have a suspicion about her. I don't think she's fully human. She may not be part vampire, but something tells me she's... different... and Ko gets a kiss from his beloved. We also meet a new character, not sure how they're gonna fit into future volumes. Definitely an informative volume.
April 18, 2022
This series is creeping up into one of my favorite reads. I enjoy the characters a lot and we get some really solid backstory in this volume. The story is getting deeper with each volume and what started as a simple vampire story is becoming much more in depth. Each volume ends with me being eager for the next installment.
March 5, 2024
This tankoubon of Call of the Night maintained a reasonable pace in narrating an early part Nazuna Nanakusa's backstory. Now to wait to witness the next part of the exploration of the past (and hopefully, another major moment of the lover's journey with some funny bits added to the mix) in tankoubon 8.
June 6, 2022
It has been great learning the mysteries of Nazuna's past! I won't spoil it here but it's great. I can't wait for the next volume, I love how natural the relationship between Ko and Nazuna is developing.
P.S. Love Green.... Just read you'll understand.
P.S. Love Green.... Just read you'll understand.
January 14, 2026
loved the characters i got introduced to in this volume! the story seemed to touch on some deeper more interesting plot points in this book too, where previously this story hasn’t really been too deep yet!
July 7, 2022
Some much anticipated backstory!!!
So damn good, can't wait for more!!!
So damn good, can't wait for more!!!
August 31, 2022
"Son nuestras experiencias las que dan forma a quienes somos hoy".
Es un manga muy entretenido y la amistad entre los personajes es muy bonita.
Es un manga muy entretenido y la amistad entre los personajes es muy bonita.
September 17, 2022
Love Green is great.
October 1, 2022
post genre change be just perpetual fire
November 9, 2022
Her mom?
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March 5, 2023oh my god this manga just keeps getting better and better
March 17, 2023
The mystery continues, the story is getting more and more fascinating and I want more. I crave it! The drama and the characters lives being thrown on a Rollercoaster of emotion. It's wonderful.
May 24, 2023
Ko and Nazuna discover Nazuna's origins and continue to look for her weakness.
August 30, 2023
Wow, I love that the author is also paying attention to the supporting characters, I really enjoyed this volume since it had so much plot.
December 29, 2023
Nazuna finds a bit more about her past, we get some more info on the vampires.
This is another good volume - with one big reveal and some interesting setups.
This is another good volume - with one big reveal and some interesting setups.
June 24, 2024
Séptimo tomo en edición argentina de los 20 que van a ser en total.
August 26, 2024
For some reason, Nazuna’s soliloquy on self discovery gave me some serious Linus to Charlie Brown introspective exposition vibes.
September 7, 2024
4.5* stars.
January 20, 2025
Love this series omg
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