ハピネス 1

An interesting start

Interesting start to what seems like a dark, psychological vampire story. My brain needed to read anything other than Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear for a bit and this is just about as far as it gets from that. Someone mentioned it felt a bit like a dark version of Spider-Man's origin and I definitely got that vibe.

Language-wise it is fairly easy as many have noted, though I did still have to look up a fair few words. Most sentences are pretty short utterances rather than lengthy dialogues, but there is a bit of slang and a handful of uncouth words you probably won't just know from straighter-laced fare. One character has a habit of weird sentence endings as well, but you get used to her speech style pretty quickly.

I enjoyed the art, both the stark graphite pencil drawings that open the story, and the more traditional inked manga lineart. The parts where the protagonist is overcome by his vampiric urges have a great visual effect and you really feel how overwhelming it is for him.

Intrigued to continue.