Ginrou Blood Bone
Silver Wolf, Blood, Bone

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Sooo unfortunate that this manga isn't getting translated at all for whatever reason when the series has just ended a day ago. In case anybody stumbles upon this review, there are 138 chapters in total, and the translation hasn't even made it to chapter 10. I'm very positive that's why the review is so low and nobody even knows about this series.

But anyway the way how this story went by is where an old man (named Hans Verpid or whatever you spell it), who was a former hero 35 years ago that won a war against vampires, saving the world once again against the ... same vampires, certain villains that were used to be humans, and the main villain. That's really the synopsis with a very straightforward storyline, but what gets more interesting is the characters that get involved due to how a good amount of them played a big role when Hans and his crew Silver Wolf went all-out war against the vampires aka 35 years ago. It's basically a mix of the new generations and the war veterans which include the vampires who have survived or revived in the war thanks to how the main villain's ability works. It's a bit similar to "sousou no frieren" but not in a pleasant setting. The protagonist often remembers their own tough past with its crew, enemy, and even the civilians who are not involved in the fighting. Also the protag proceeds the story with its new crew where all of them are meant to fight alongside. Aside from the obvious villain this series also has an anti-hero who is the arch-nemesis of Hans from the war 35 years ago. What makes this relationship so interesting is how both will learn many things along the way and came to a conclusion that may or may not surprise the readers but doesn't make you question. This author knows how to settle every conflict in a most reasonable fashion and almost never pulls off bs. Whether you think the dialogue is corny is up to you, but you have to admit that most of the villains except the main one have a good motive to go against Hans while dying without regret because they realized what they haven't noticed before.

The art is fine, however, it's one of the few mangas I've seen where you can get a really good gist of how each fighting scene was illustrated. This is overlooked by a good amount of people in any manga series and I don't blame them, but this is not something anyone can do in a clean fashion even from the jumps like One Piece (no disrespect to Oda). Each panel must hold a specific point of view and movement to illustrate what each character is doing in between every 2 panels, and this manga did that almost perfectly every time. You don't leave the question of "what the hell was this character doing?". (There is one character that keeps on doing things where I just can't tell how he's moving or fighting, but I let it slide knowing he's literally the superboss before the final aka the main villain).

That said, maybe this review didn't hold that much meaning and was a waste of time, but I do want to bring this over for the author and the readers who don't understand English. Besides, the series lasted 6 years, so in a way this is my thanks to the author even though I only jumped into this boat just a half year ago.