- Blood Sucker (manga)
Infobox animanga/Header
name = Blood Sucker: Legend of Zipangu
caption = Cover of the first volume of Tokyopop's English-language release.
ja_name = 夜刀の神つかい
ja_name_trans = Yato-no-kami Tsukai
genre = HorrorInfobox animanga/Manga
author = Saki Okuse
illustrator =Aki Shimizu
publisher = flagicon|Japan Gentosha Comics
publisher_en = flagicon|USTokyopop
magazine =Comic Birz
volumes = 12
demographic =Seinen nihongo|"Blood Sucker: Legend of Zipangu"|夜刀の神つかい|Yato-no-kami Tsukai is a horror themed Japanese manga series written by nihongo|Saki Okuse|奥瀬 サキ|Okuse Saki and illustrated by
Aki Shimizu .It is twelve volumes long and was serialized in Gentosha Comics' "
Comic Birz " magazine, and licensed byTokyopop in the west. The manga is rated 18+ due to its scenes of violence and nudity.Plot
The story follows main protagonist Yusuke Himukai, on his quest to rescue is beloved Kikuri from the vampire Migiri, with the help of his loyal servant Kuraha, Migiri has been brought back to life and has taken Kikuri as his new bride. Yusuke races to save her, and he fights Migiri, costing him his hand in the process. Two years later Yusuke is found in a mental institution.
ee also
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Yato-no-kami hhhhExternal links
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=6154 "Blood Sucker"] at Anime News Network
* [http://www.madman.com.au/actions/periodicals.do?method=home&periodicalId=96 "Blood Sucker"] at Madman Entertainment
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