Platinum Blood (NUUDE COMICS) by Moru Ichigaya | My latest Japanese BL Manga | Podcast Notes


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Over the last two weeks, I bought 5 more BL manga directly from Japan. I bought them from Amazon JP. The first order was good. It arrived in good condition it the second order, it came damaged. The packaging was not secured. The corners of the books got bent and teared. So I was pretty upset and wrote immediately to Amazon jp. They were very quick in response and issues me a full refund for the books. I felt better.
So I decided to keep them and stick to ordering from CD Japan, a better company with customer care and packaging! Their packaging and service is of high standard.


However, I did not have any plans to buy more Japanese manga for a while. I have a good range of Japanese printed manga that I feel very satisfied with. I haven’t started reading them properly. I want to do that soon, so I can talk about them in my podcast.

Physical Copy of Platinum Blood (NUUDE COMICS) by Moru Ichigaya

But I can talk about One Manga I have been reading, Platinum Blood. This manga has been released this month August. I pre-ordered that manga and I’m glad I did because it was selling out fast! I was very interested in the story and it sound like my kind of BL manga I would read. I love reading BL vampire, they are hot, sex and entertaining. It is very obvious because I like vampire anime/manga like Hellsing, if you are a regular listener you know mention Hellsing, Trinity Blood. Vampire Portrait, Vassalord in the episodes.

Platinum Blood is not what I had expected. It is actually a very romantic sweet story between a priest and Vampire. The drawing is well drawn. I thought it would have a lot of action scenes or dark, heavy, gothic scenes but its was nothing like that. It is gothic but more like cute gothic. However I did enjoy reading it, and also found some scenes funny.
I am confused about Alu, (aka Alucard) first why his name is Alucard? He doesn’t have the ruthlessness nor the dark heavy aura that a Vampire character named Alucard would be. This character Alu is quiet, reserved and definitely not dangerous. I think it would be suited if he had a different name.
But overall, it is a fun, entertaining vampire BL, I would recommend for those who love vampire BL Stories.

Note: Platinum Blood is in Japanese

I used DeepL to translate the Description:

Doting erotic life of a younger vampire and a hard-headed priest
“Al is a vampire who has been raised by a priest. “Al, a.k.a. Alucard, is a vampire who was raised by a priest. He’s a beautiful boy, but he’s not a bloodsucker.

年下ヴァンパイア×堅物神父の溺愛エロス生活v
「すぐ足りなくなんだよね…育ち盛りだからさ」

“アル”ことアルカードは、神父の要に育てられた吸血鬼。
可愛かった子ども時代も過去のこと、
マイペースな美男子に育ったアルは血も吸わず、
夜な夜な要の精液搾取にお熱で!?

流され、おねだり、誘惑、耽溺…v
艶やか画力で贈る、新鋭・市ヶ谷モルのデビューコミックス!

You can buy Platinum Blood on CD Japan or Amazon JP both do For international delivery.

https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOBK-2641762

BL Review: FANGS by Billy Balibally Vol 1 | TOKYOPOP | Podcast Notes

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FANGS on TOKYOPOP website: https://www.tokyopop.com/book-catalogue-new-titles/fangs-vol-1

Avaiablie to buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/FANGS-1-Billy-Balibally/dp/1427867933

Story and Art: Billy Balibally

Age rating: Mature

I bought FANGS on Amazon Kindle. I was looking forward to reading Fangs. a lot of my friends online really like it.
I am a fan of Vampire genre in BL. I use to read lots of Vampire manga and novels. the combination of Bl and Vampire is my absolute favourite and a must-read for me. however, I am also critical when it comes to vampire genre. I grew up watching classic Vampire manga and am enthusiastic in Vampire stories. so I guess I’m very used to the gothic-type vampire story.
I was thinking of buying the physical copy first but instead, I bought a digital copy just to see what the story and drawing are like.

it thinks is ok. personal I like the concept of it. it sounds cool. there is not much detail in the drawings, such as gestural marks. I like drawings with a lot of energy and artistic flare, and without reading the dialogue, you can feed off the drawings.

The drawing in FANGS is very simple, with clean lines. it is very contemporary. perhaps if I had a Physical copy it would be different.

I can tell there is a lot of Sexual tension between En and Ichii. The bedroom scene is hot. but I felt it lacked more of action or drama. something that could get be a hook in the story. example a conflict or a strange curistance, that mixes things up in the story. there was drama in the first chapter, then throughout the manga, it was flat line.

Summary

Bitten by a vampire at a club, nineteen-year-old En barely survived. Taken under the wing of Ichii — a member of the health and welfare division of the vampire rights organization known as FANGS — En learns he’s to be taught about this new “world” he must survive in.

In order to control the urge to suck blood and attack innocents, FANGS established a “pairing system”, where two vampires support one another with regular meals. As a young, virginal vampire, En is highly sought after by many senior vamps. That is until he declares his intention to pair with his guardian, Ichii…