A Vampire in the Bathhouse Author/Artist Niko Izuki
Manga Review
5 out of 5 stars!
"I'll take ANYONE at this point. Be it man, woman, human, or even the undead. . ." - Sakura
Sakura Amamitsutsuki is worn out! Being short staffed, taking care of his youngest brother, and managing a bathhouse for his grandparents is a lot. Luckily or maybe unluckily a vampire decides that Sakura's family's bathhouse is the perfect remedy for his mental/physical fatigue and hangover.
Sakura did declare he would take anyone. He just didn't intend for it to include a pact, a demon familiar, a vampire who makes annoying advances, and chaotic supernatural situations. Maybe he should have been more specific when calling out to the Universe. . .
I was looking through NetGalley because I haven't read a manga in a while. Coming across this amusing title and falling in love with the description! I've missed reading mangas! The artwork is classic, simple, and beautiful. Enjoyed watching the array of emotions on Sakura's face, primarily annoyed/upset by Luka's antics.
Luka Edelmondt Finsternis is your typical upper-class vampire. He has the looks, title, pompous attitude at times, and so on. But what really drew me to his character is that despite all of that he doesn't do the usual vampire cliche bit. Luka doesn't try to take over Full Moon Baths and order everyone around. He actually rolls up his sleeves and helps Sakura out! Refusing to be a freeloader! Luka slowly starts becoming a new member of the Full Moon Baths family.
Luka does like to utilize loopholes and listen carefully to how things are worded. Annoying Sakura with the outcomes. I laughed so many times with this read and Sakura's deadpan/monotone comebacks. Luka's supernatural charms having no effects on Sakura. Now majority of the members of the shopping district and the older crowd fall head over heels for Luka! He just has to walk by with his hair flowing in the wind. I like to believe that Pequeño is flapping his wings really hard or waving a fan to cause air flow, Umenosuke pitching in with all his might!
This is a very lighthearted, fluffy, slice-of-life manga! About family, a tight knit community, and a bathhouse that helps to bring it all together. We of course get some supernatural moments, magic, and random guests who like to make a grand entrance! Language is present in the read, no f bombs. A vampire bite and mention of needing blood but no blood present with any of the scenes. Since a bathhouse is the center for this manga there's some nudity, but the private parts are covered up. However, we do get to appreciate the physique of the male body and butt.
There are some sexual advances primarily from Luka toward Sakura who shuts them down immediately or ignores them. Luka did make it clear that if he were to ever use up all his mana then Sakura and him would need to get very intimate. No romance in this read or intimate moments between the two at all. Innuendos are made and things are implied, but Sakura isn't in to all that. A friendship definitely formed between them and there's affection for one another.
The author spoils us with blueprints of the bathhouse at the end! We get translation notes as well with pictures of the scenes the words are from! I very much enjoyed this completed manga, but I wish there was more coming for this cast of characters! Cannot wait to see what Izuki comes up with next!
Enjoy the read with warmth, comedy, and so much more! Don't forget to give the author some stars!
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this story!
"Wherever our hopes are is where the Full Moon Baths will be." - Sakura
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