The new human Vanitas is like a mashup of the incredibly competent and excitable Edward Elric mixed with the flamboyant romanticism of Tamaki Suoh from Ouran Highschool Host Club.
It blends all these elements: beauty, action, exposition, quick gag comedy, with swift precision and effectiveness that gives it a light exciting visual pacing and style similar to the highly acclaimed Fullmetal Alchemist series.įrom the outset, The Case Study of Vanitas strongly reminded me of Fullmetal Alchemist not just from the steampunk/fantasy Europe setting or its style of humor, but also from its central character dynamic. The artwork manages to make all these disparate styles work, going from beautiful, almost romantic scenes of beauty to bloody monster horror with incredible deftness and skill. The visual flair imbues everything about it, from the true name transformation sequences reminiscent of Madoka Magica, the scenes of flowery freedom, and the children’s fairy tale books to the opening pages’ classic Dracula-esque film grain aesthetic. From the gorgeous Victorian garments to the austere steampunk airship La Baliene to the dazzling nighttime Parisian street lights, every page of this manga revels in splendid opulence. The Case Study of Vanitas is an immediately striking work whose pages gush over with fantastical vibrancy right from the start. After a quick skirmish between the doctor and Noé over the vampire patient Amelia, the two of them find themselves against the clock to prove themselves to the local vampire Count that Vanitas’ treatment is actually real, driving them into conflict with even more cursed vampires as well as normal vampires bent on destroying the cursed Book of Vanitas. However, he finds himself faced with the flamboyant new Vanitas - a human “vampire doctor” who uses the cursed grimoire he inherited to “heal” those vampires who lose control of their “true name” and become feral unreasoning beasts. It is in search of this book that Noé, a country vampire, comes to Paris. As a result of the vampire Vanitas’ pain and suffering, he manifested his power and hatred into the Book of Vanitas, a tome that is supposedly destined to destroy his vampire brethren. Many years ago, there was a terrible feud between a rare blue moon vampire, Vanitas, and his red-blooded kin. In this new series from the creator of Pandora Hearts, La Baleine's passenger, Noé, is on the hunt for a powerful relic, a cursed grimoire said to be destined to destroy vampire kind: The Book of Vanitas. Above flies La Baleine, a magnificent airship heralding the arrival of a newcomer to the city of beauty.
In the streets of Paris below stalk the creatures of the night: vampires.
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