Vampire Hunter D: The Rose Princess Novel Gets Manga

Fans of Vampire Hunter D, rejoice! The ninth novel, “The Rose Princess,” is now a manga! Dive into the dark, vampiric world with new chapters twice a month.

A new “Vampire Hunter D” Manga Series adapting “The Rose Princess” Novel Arc started on Sonorama Plus Web. The new manga will celebrate the series 40th Anniversary & is drawn by Saiko Takaki, based on the 9th “Vampire Hunter D” novel by Kikuchi Hideyuki about a village ruled by a vampiric rose princess and her four knight guards. A series of deaths among the villagers and a devious pact call for the intervention of the Vampire Hunter.

The serialization began on July 31 on Asahi Shimbun‘s Sonoroma+

“In Sakuri, a young woman is about to be sacrificed to the vampiric Noblewoman who reigns over the village. But before the princess can drain the life from the woman, a young man tries to slay the vampire. He fails and manages to escape, but in doing so incurs the wrath of the entire town. The citizens of Sakuri have entered into a pact with the Undead princess and her monstrous bodyguards. With the ritual offering disrupted, the vampire’s armored bodyguards vow to murder the villagers one by one until the would-be hero is captured.

When Vampire Hunter D learns of the villagers’ bargain he knows he faces several almost impossible challenges he rid the town of the parasitic demons that plague it? What if Sakuri’s inhabitants don’t want to be rescued? And can he uncover the secret that even the vampire Noble is afraid to speak?”