Hai perso il tuo regno mille anni fa. La tua sposa è imprigionata in un luogo segreto. Una maledizione ti insegue ovunque tu vada. I dhampir ti braccano senza sosta. La razza umana brama il tuo potere per fronteggiare una pericolosa minaccia. Il tuo nome è Strauss, re vampiro e sei destinato a camminare nelle tenebre...
This volume is better than the first one; we discover more about the story, a new thread is added to the narrative, and the action scenes involve new characters!
While part of the mystery was explained, the story jumps 50 years. This in itself was slightly annoying, but the whole premise of the story feels very unlikely (how long does it take a super powerful vampire to find his wife, really?). Drawings are a little hard to understand, but again, ends with a big question that urged me to read the next one.
Kyo Shirodaira is quickly realizing the potential of this story, building subplot on top of subplot. There's also a good deal of hand-waving which is a bit annoying. Still, I'm becoming accustomed to the art style and I'm curious to see where the story goes.
I can't believe I've read this book thrice throughout the years, because I hardly remember a thing about it. The characters are pretty generic, although the artist is desperately trying to make them look cool - especially Renka, who's spending all his days looking gloomy and angsty in the rain because his girlfriend was killed fifty years ago. My overall feeling, reading this, is still "meh".