Good morning, pornies. ^^ I hope you've been okay these days. I've been reading a bit more than usual, taking care of real-life matters, which seems to be a trend in my life lately (he, hehe, #IHateThis), but there was a manga that kept me alive during this time, a story about gay vampires who do their best to be good citizens. I'm talking about FANGS Volume 1, by Billy Balibally. Thanks to the publisher for sending me a review copy!
- Series: FANGS #1
- Print Length: 240 pages.
- Publisher: Tokyo Pop (June 29, 2021).
- Expected Print Publication Date: June 29, 2021.
- Genres: Fantasy, Gay, Manga, Romance, Vampires, Yaoi
- Rating: 4 / 5.
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...
Let's start with the fact that the art is beautiful. Wow. Just wow! I liked how atmospheric and graphic the story could be, favoring one of those styles depending on what it needed to express. It could be funny, sexy, serious, and slightly dramatic as well. Any story that can use different genres and has a clean art style that is a visual delight catches my attention right away.
But FANGS Volume 1 is not only something beautiful. Billy Balibally has a good storytelling style that is not completely linear, but shows you just enough to enjoy all of it, goes a bit back in the story chronology to explain a few details, favor world-building, get you into context, and then goes back to the plot. While this first volume features several characters and it could be a little hard to keep track of everyone, Balibally makes it easy for the readers to know who's who.
The idea of vampires getting far from the beasts we usually get in horror fiction is slightly a new one, but this is the first time that I see a pairing system and a context built around that concept. While we didn't get all the details on how this came to be and there are still many questions regarding the past of the characters we meet, we get enough to stay interested in them until the end.
If you like a good dose of sexy vampires (although with censored body parts #CriesInFudanshi) and an entertaining story, you're definitely going to enjoy FANGS Volume 1 and will wait for the next volume just like I'm doing right now. Billy Balibally had a solid beginning with good ideas, not to mention an amazing artistic style you don't get tired of at all. Needless to say I have high expectations for Volume 2!
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