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    • ponx
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      http://www.mangafox.com/manga/vampires/

      A scanlation group finally decided to work on this, so thats good news. Btw in case u didnt know, its one of Osamu Tezuka's manga (so I guess the thread title is justifiable).

      Tho the manga title is Vampires, its actually about a young werewolf as the main character. And the 2nd main character would be none other than Osamu Tezuka himself šŸ˜†

      Its just on its 6th chapter, and I am also a new reader, but on around the 4th chapter I liked the story already. And since I searched and found no thread for it I decided to share this with fellow AP
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      I have a feeling that the first questions anyone will ask is "Why is the title Vampires?? The story is about werewolves!". I was wondering the same thing myself, so I read the forum on mangafox and the translator provided his theory about it. And so I'll try to explain it using my own words:

      ! 1. Its not a mistranslation, lets just get this clear and out of the way. Tezuka meant the manga to be titled Vampires
      ! 2. The manga is written in 1966, the first "popular" notion of vampires comes from the novel Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1897. But it wasnt until 1992 when Francis Ford Coppola made the move that soon influenced the way we think and see vampires, and by "we", I mean worldwide audiences. Before 1992, dracula/vampires were just these "monsters". So I think Tezuka was using the term very loosely to refer various "monsters" coming from Toppei's village (the main character, the werewolf).
      ! 3. The translator stated that he also hasn't exactly finished reading the entire manga, but I have a feeling that the story wont shift focus to the modern image of vampire we are all familiar with (disregarding the "vampire" image stemming from Twilight series of course). So just deal with Tezuka's version of "vampires".
      ! 4. This one is my personal opinion, and since its just on its 6th chapter, theres a big chance I am going to be proven wrong. The title doesnt actually refer to the main character. It actually refers to the antagonist human characters. Because I see the current antagonist as a sort of vampire, he takes advantage of people's weaknesses to make them do his bidding, and he never lets go of his victims. Which is comparable to the blood-sucking, manipulative characteristics of a vampire.

      Well. that turns out to be a longer than I planned. Anyway, its great to have old mangas scanlated like this, I do hope the scanlation group will do another one of Tezuka's work

      ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XEZjvYQCMTFCwwmEOXRjtkFYCNB3o75YpHDtdg3X8g3Wp0mOXK nEzbGKgUwmUj0LxZ1fcxor5zCxpPyzXaOFgl_cSP6PbyKe0T-N2pixkRHGCDlFWYJ-UkpIKfVf5gVb62nN2sHNmQ) [RPG Time is now fully colored. Check it out!!

      Thanx for everyone's support](http://forums.arlongpark.net/showthread.php?t=37915&p=2813930#top)

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      • Pochipochi
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        Just a heads up

        The "end" is hysterical

        This was always a really great manga and it had some interesting implications that, due to its incomplete nature, will forever remain wacky mysteries.

        –- Update From New Post Merge ---

        P.S. Rock forever

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        • ponx
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          Wow, so u've read the entirety, and just when I have updated my first post. Just a quick question tho, why do u think its called vampires? I have updated my post with my own theory and from the translator, so u can see if one of us got it right? Or prolly theres another answer

          ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XEZjvYQCMTFCwwmEOXRjtkFYCNB3o75YpHDtdg3X8g3Wp0mOXK nEzbGKgUwmUj0LxZ1fcxor5zCxpPyzXaOFgl_cSP6PbyKe0T-N2pixkRHGCDlFWYJ-UkpIKfVf5gVb62nN2sHNmQ) [RPG Time is now fully colored. Check it out!!

          Thanx for everyone's support](http://forums.arlongpark.net/showthread.php?t=37915&p=2813930#top)

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          • Sonic Youth
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            The best part is that Tezuka breathes out through small holes all over his nose.

            Who exactly is Mumbo?

            It's OFFICIAL, UsoppXNami 4ever.

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