The Case Study of Vanitas volume 1, by Jun Mochizuki

Noé, a young vampire looking for her friend's redemption, is drawn to Paris by rumors of The Book of Vanitas, a robotic grimoire with a questionable reputation. But in the City of Flowers, he won't have to spend all day walking the streets or searching through dirty bookshops looking for the book. Instead, his target approaches him—in the form of a man posing as a vampire doctor!

I liked the details and thought the painting was fantastic. The fight scenes, though, were essentially unintelligible. I had no idea what was happening if somebody even proceeded at a faster than a walk. The art, in my opinion, did a poor job of conveying movement. And I thought that this was largely what made this volume fall flat.

Apart from that, everyone in this was done fairly effectively. It was perhaps a wiser idea to withhold more details in order to be revealed in the following volumes regarding how the magic in the Book surrounded the vampires' works because the plot and characters were captivating and interesting in the manga The Case Study of Vanitas volume 1, by Jun Mochizuki. 

Reviewed by Natali <3, Grade 11

Glendale Central Library