ハピネス 10

Good

Really unique and complex, thoroughly enjoyable. The characters are written really well, and the themes are painted so beautifully across the story. I felt connected to or at least sympathetic for every character, simply because they're all written so well, even if said character is an irredeemable monster.

I cried reading this book; I laughed reading this book. I hated some characters with all my heart; I loved some characters with all my heart. Sometimes it's kinda weird, sometimes it's kin

After nine volumes of violence and pain, we fianlly get a glimpse of the titular happiness in a genuinely moving denoument. A story like this needs to stick the landing and Happiness does it beautifully. The best horror is always about something a bit deeper than what it says it's about, and underneat the gory vampire story is a pretty deep look at alienation, trauma, and ultimately what it means to be happy when you've experienced incredible sadness and loss.

It was nice to be able to not only