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Devils' Line, Volume 1 by Ryo Hanada
4.0

K-Pop looking vampire? Super cute main Female lead? Titty shots? MURDER AND DEATH? Yeah. I'm okay with all this.

Devil's line starts off simple enough. A girl is almost attacked by a vampire and someone comes to her rescue. Soon after we find out this protector is also a vampire. Tsukasa (the main lead girl) begins to fall for Anzia (The K-Pop vampire) and they actually get into a cute relationship. Between the cuteness and funny moments we have some vicious murders, trying to understand vampire rights, and a revenge tale.

Maybe because I wasn't expecting much but this one kind of got me hooked right away. The romance actually WORKS. It's cute, it's funny, and it's kind of sexy. These two leads work well together. On top of that the idea of dealing with the vampire bloodline and how they lose control is great and leads to some gripping stories. My only negative is the revenge tale seems to be going in a weird direction and the ending made me go "what the fuck?" out of nowhere the tonal shift happened.

But I'm eager to try more. Just bought the next 4 volumes. Let's go!!!! A 4 out of 5.