Vampire Doll: Guilt-Na-Zan | |
Guilt-Na, the doll in which Guilt-Na-Zan's soul is trapped, from the front cover of Vampire Doll vol.1 | |
バンパイアドール・ギルナザン (Vanpaia Dōru Girunazan) | |
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Genre | Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy shōnen-ai |
Manga | |
Written by | Erika Kari |
Published by | Ichijinsha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Zero Sum |
Demographic | Josei |
Original run | 2003 – 2008 |
Volumes | 6 |
Vampire Doll: Guilt-Na-Zan (Japanese: バンパイアドール・ギルナザン, Hepburn: Vanpaia Dōru Girunazan) is a manga by Erika Kari which takes place in modern time but holds a medieval, Gothic theme. The story starts out with Kyoji, an exorcist who revives the spirit of Guilt-Na-Zan, whom his ancestor entrapped in a cross. Guilt-Na-Zan, who was the greatest vampire a hundred years ago, is now forced to inhabit a wax doll of a very beautiful and cute female, and be a maid for Kyoji. It was translated into English by Tokyopop beginning in July 2006.[1]
One hundred years ago the vampire aristocrat Guilt-Na-Zan was sealed in a cross by a powerful exorcist. In modern times he is released by Kyoji, a descendant of the original exorcist, but finds himself in the body of a wax doll shaped like a cute girl. Only when he sucks the blood of darling Tonae, Kyoji's younger sister, can he transform back into his original self, and then only for a few minutes. He is otherwise subject to Kyoji's whims, be it serving as a maid and cook or dressing up as a schoolgirl to track down a demon.
Only by drinking the blood of Tonae, Kyoji's pure-hearted younger sister, can he return to his true form. With the amount of blood he is allowed to take (1cc, a number set by Kyoji) he can only turn into his true form for about 5 minutes. However, after smelling a perfume created by Kyoji, made from Tonae's blood, he can turn into his true form. However, the perfume has a delayed reaction, so he can never know when the transformation will happen, or what side effects can occur. One major side effect of the perfume is that, every full moon, Guilt-Na-Zan changes back to his true form for that night, until the moon sets but he will only have the same powers as he does in the form of the doll only being able to create flowers and candy.
Guilt-Na-Zan has to defeat evil entities of all sorts for Kyoji, who is too lazy to defeat them himself, as well as fend off Kyoji's idiot twin brother Kyoichi (or, as he likes to be known, "Night Veil"). Kyoichi frees Vincent (a literal bat-man, or a bat who assumes human form) who happens to be Guilt-na's best friend. When the two meet up, Vincent abandons Kyoichi and becomes Kyoji's butler.
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | North American release date | North American ISBN |
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01 | July 24, 2004 | 978-4-75805-085-2 | September 12, 2006[2] | 978-1-59816-519-7 |
02 | May 25, 2005 | 978-4-75805-143-9 | January 9, 2007[2] | 978-1-59816-520-3 |
03 | February 25, 2006 | 978-4-75805-211-5 | May 11, 2007[2] | 978-1-59816-882-2 |
04 | December 25, 2006 | 978-4-75805-266-5 | October 9, 2007[2] | 978-1-4278-0459-4 |
05 | July 25, 2007 | 978-4-75805-303-7 | August 8, 2008[2] | 978-1-4278-1147-9 |
06 | November 25, 2008 | 978-4-75805-377-8 | October 1, 2009[2] | 978-1-4278-1750-1 |
IGN's A. E. Sparrow praised the first volume for its unique blend of genres, calling it a "must read".[3]