Lament Of The Lamb 6 (English)

This horror manga (Japanese graphic novel), the first of a series, is a fresh take on the popular topic of vampires. It's normal for a teenage boy to feel certain urges. But in Kazuna's case, the urge is for blood. He can't understand this strange desire until he encounters his long-estranged sister Chizuna, who explains that vampirism is an illness--or a curse--that runs in their family. Will Kazuna be able to control the dark impulses raging within him, or will he be forced to cut off contact with all normal humans as the vampire "disease" consumes his body? The black-and-white art is somewhat more realistic that is usual for shojo (female-themed comics), and is tightly focused on the characters, not the backgrounds, as is appropriate to the personal scale of this story. The art and captions have been reprinted in their original Japanese right-to-left orientation. minimize