Dance in the Vampire Bund is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nozomu Tamaki . The series and its spinoffs were serialized in Monthly Comic Flapper before being collected into tankōbon volumes and published by Media Factory . Seven Seas Entertainment published the volumes in the United States.
Dance in the Vampire Bund
The original Dance in the Vampire Bund manga was serialized in Monthly Comic Flapper from December 5, 2005 to September 5, 2012.[ 1] Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the series in 2007.[ 1] [ 2] The series was collected into 14 volumes.
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Original ISBN
English release date
English ISBN
01 June 23, 2006[ 3] 978-4-8401-1397-7 May 27, 2008[ 4] 978-1-933164-80-9
"The Covenant" (誓約 , Seiyaku ) "Choice" (選択 , Sentaku ) "Ruler of the Vampires" (クイーンオブザヴァンパイア , Kuīn obu za Vanpaia )
"Interview with a Vampire" (インタビューウィズヴァンパイア , Intabyū Wizu Vanpaia ) "Night of the Carnival" (カーニバルの夜に , Kānibaru no Yoru Ni ) "Good Night, Sleep Tight" (Good night, Sleep tight )
02 December 22, 2006[ 5] 978-4-8401-1646-6 August 19, 2008[ 4] 978-1-933164-81-6
"To a New Battlefield" (新たな戦場へ , Aratana Senjō e ) "Lost in High School" "Sinister Bolero" (陰謀ボレロ , Inbō Borero )
"I Can't See You" (君がみえない , Kimi ga Mienai ) "Corrupt Academy" (悪徳学園 , Akutoku Gakuen ) "Shape of My Heart"
03 June 23, 2007[ 6] 978-4-8401-1917-7 November 25, 2008[ 4] 978-1-934876-15-2
"A Solemn Promise" (おごそかな誓い , Ogosokana Chikai ) "Moving Shadows" (影が行く , Kage ga Iku ) "Children of the Night" (夜の子供達 , Yoru no Kodomodachi ) "Werewolf ~Beowulf~" (人狼~Beowulf~ , Jinrō ~Beōrufu~ )
"Strategic Chess Game" (謀略のチェスゲーム , Bōryaku no Chesu Gēmu ) "Sacrifice" (サクリファイス , Sakurifaisu ) "Body & Mind" (身も心も , Mimokokoromo )
04 November 22, 2007[ 7] 978-4-8401-1971-9 July 7, 2009[ 4] 978-1-934876-53-4
"Out of Silence" "The Kings of Darkness" "Target, Kaburagi Akira"
"The Fresh-Blooded Maiden" "Cross Now the River of Rage"
Bonus: "30 Second Sprinter"
05 June 23, 2008[ 8] 978-4-8401-2233-7 October 27, 2009[ 4] 978-1-934876-65-7
"Two in the Darkness" (暗黒街の二人 , Ankoku-gai no Futari ) "Intermedio" (intermedio ) "Sneak into the Underground" (Sneak the underground ) "The Honeybee's Whisper" (ミツバチのささやき , Mitsubachi no Sasayaki )
"A Single Frozen Way" (たった一つの冴えたやり方 , Tatta Hitotsu no Saeta Yarikata ) "The Cradle Will Rock" (Cradle Will Rock ) "A Man of Determination" (男児當自強 , Danji Kyō )
06 December 22, 2008[ 9] 978-4-8401-2508-6 February 2, 2010[ 4] 978-1-934876-74-9
"A Message to Sledgehammer" (スレッジ・ハマーへ伝言 , Surejjihamā e Dengon ) "Standard Daytime" (Standard Daytime ) "The Queen's Wolfman"
"Marital Vows" "Passion Play" "What a Wonderful Life!"
07 July 23, 2009[ 10] 978-4-8401-2584-0 April 27, 2010[ 4] 978-1-934876-80-0
"Demon Seed" (DEMON SEED ) "Crest of the Wolf" (狼の紋章 , Ōkami no Monshō ) "Hour of the Wolf" (狼の刻 , Ōkami no Koku )
"An Afternoon with Wolves" (狼達の午後 , Ōkami-tachi no Gogo ) "Elegy for a Wolf" (狼の挽歌 , Ōkami no Banka ) "Wolf, Never Cry" (WOLF, NEVER CRY )
08 December 22, 2009[ 11] 978-4-8401-2951-0 September 28, 2010[ 4] 978-1-934876-81-7
"Visitors" "Nothing Hurts" "The Family Plot"
"Gills" "Howl of Lament" "The Dog Named "Traitor""
09 March 23, 2010[ 12] 978-4-8401-2991-6 December 7, 2010[ 4] 978-1-934876-87-9
"Aftershocks" (余震 , Yoshin ) "The First to Come" (最初に来たる者 , Saisho ni Kitaru mono ) "Vampire Wars" (ヴァンパイア戦争( ウォーズ ) , Vanpaia Wōzu ) "The Last to Come" (最後に来たる者 , Saigo ni Kitaru mono )
10 November 22, 2010[ 13] 978-4-8401-3399-9 July 5, 2011[ 4] 978-1-934876-55-8
"Doppelgänger" "Scheming" "Like Ann Frank"
"Red Doubt" "Pandemic" "Skyscraper Blues"
11 March 24, 2011[ 14] 978-4-8401-3780-5 January 3, 2012[ 15] 978-1-935934-04-2
"Torturous Ties" (絆は苛む , Kizuna wa Sainamu ) "Her World" (彼女の世界 , Kanojo no Sekai ) "Silent Battle" (静かなる決闘 , Shizukanarukettō )
"Runaway Squad" (RUNAWAY SQUAD ) "Exit through the Vampire Bund" (Exit through the Vampire Bund )
Special: "The Road to First Love"
12 September 22, 2011[ 16] 978-4-8401-4041-6 June 2, 2012[ 4] 978-1-935934-72-1
"New York, New York" "A Verdant Hell" "Machinations"
"For You, A Thousand Times" "Escape From the Tiger's Lair" "El Dorado"
13 March 23, 2012[ 17] 978-4-8401-4445-2 October 2, 2012[ 4] 978-1-937867-02-7
"Call for Awakening" (目覚めよと呼ぶ声あり , Mezameyo to yobu koe ari ) "A Reason to Die" (死ぬこととみつけたり , Shinu koto to Mitsuke tari ) "Contagion" (Contagion ~伝染~ , Contagion ~Densen~ )
"Ordinary People" (Ordinary People ~普通の人々~ , Ōdinarī Pīpuru ~Futsūnohitobito~ ) "Abyss" (ABYSS ~深淵~ , Abisu ~Shin'en~ )
14 October 23, 2012[ 18] 978-4-8401-4741-5 May 7, 2013[ 4] 978-1-937867-26-3
"A Long-Ago Promise" (遠い約束 , Tōi Yakusoku ) "As a Human" (人間( ひと ) として , Hito Toshite ) "Straw Dog" (藁( わら ) の犬 , Wara no Inu ) "At Tel Meggido" (メギドの丘にて , Megido no Oka nite )
"Return of the Queen" (王女の帰還 , Ōjo no Kikan ) "The Life of a Flower" (花の生涯 , Hana no Shōgai ) "All Good Things..." (All Good Things… )
Omnibus
Seven Seas compiled the series into five omnibus volumes between 2012 and 2014.
Dive in the Vampire Bund
Dive in the Vampire Bund was published between 2010 and 2013. Seven Seas licensed it in 2010.[ 19] It was collected into two tankōbon volumes.
No.
Original release date
Original ISBN
English release date
English ISBN
01 January 23, 2010[ 20] 978-4-8401-2964-0 March 29, 2011 (1st edition)[ 21] October 15, 2013 (2nd edition)[ 4] 978-1-934876-38-1 ISBN 978-1-626920-17-0
"Magical Mystery Tour" "Baptism" "The Underground Kingdom" "The Queen & I" "The Child" "Night on the Planet"
"Human Farm" "Labyrinth" "The Fortress Guard" "The Rose in the Sky"
Epilogue: "What a Wonderful World"
02 March 23, 2013[ 22] 978-4-8401-5037-8 October 15, 2013[ 4] 978-1-626920-18-7
"Dancing in the Moonlight" "Cross the Sea" "The Man Called a "Monster" Part 1" "The Man Called a "Monster" Part 2" "Song to Soothe a Child's Heart" "Diving in the Hell Blaze"
Dance in the Vampire Bund: The Memories of Sledgehammer
Dance in the Vampire Bund: The Memories of Sledgehammer ran in Comic Flapper between November 5, 2012,[ 23] and November 5, 2013.[ 24] Seven Seas licensed the series in October 2013.[ 25] The series was published as three collected volumes.
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English release date
English ISBN
01 March 23, 2013[ 26] 978-4-8401-5038-5 December 3, 2013[ 4] 978-1-626920-19-4
"The Man Named "Hammer"" (その男、ハマー , Sono Otoko, Hamā ) "A Man of the Shadows" "An Illusionary Man" "A Man of Change"
02 August 23, 2013[ 27] 978-4-8401-5308-9 March 18, 2014[ 4] 978-1-626920-20-0
"Shieldman" (楯の男 , Tate no Otoko ) "Wounded Man" (傷だらけの男 , Kizu-darake no Otoko ) "A Girl From the Past" (過去から来た少女 , Kako Kara Kita Shōjo ) "Men & Women" (男たち女たち , Otoko-tachi On'na-tachi )
03 December 21, 2013[ 28] 978-4-04-066120-9 September 23, 2014[ 4] 978-1-626920-69-9
"The Callous City" (非情の街 , Hijō no Machi ) "Lashou Sentan ~Hard Boiled~" "Better Tomorrow" "Bulletproof Soldier" "Someday, This Love..." (いつの日かこの愛を , Itsunohika kono Ai o )
Omnibus
Seven Seas published the series as one collected omnibus volume in 2015.
Dance in the Vampire Bund II: Scarlet Order
Dance in the Vampire Bund II: Scarlet Order was published in Comic Flapper between December 5, 2013,[ 24] and April 4, 2015.[ 29] Seven Seas licensed the series in June 2014.[ 30] It was published as four separate volumes.
No.
Original release date
Original ISBN
English release date
English ISBN
01 April 23, 2014[ 31] 978-4-04-066550-4 December 16, 2014[ 4] 978-1-626921-38-2
"The Curtain Rises Again" "A Seven Year Vacation" "Quickening" "The Lady from the Southeast"
02 August 23, 2014[ 32] 978-4-04-066836-9 May 19, 2015[ 4] 978-1-626921-39-9
"Un bel dì, vedremo" "A Thousand Years of Solitude" "The Chase" "The Lovers' Hour"
03 December 22, 2014[ 33] 978-4-04-067226-7 October 13, 2015[ 4] 978-1-626922-02-0
"Dear, Dear Heart" (糸( いと ) し糸( いと ) しと言う心 , Itoshi Itoshi to iu Kokoro ) "Almost Human" "An Uninvited Guest" "Escape Under the Roof"
04 April 23, 2015[ 34] 978-4-04-067514-5 March 8, 2016[ 4] 978-1-626922-47-1
"Uninvited Guest" "All About my Mother" "In the Name of the Father" "Next to You" "Scarlet Order"
Dance in the Vampire Bund: A.S.O.
Dance in the Vampire Bund: A.S.O. began serialization on TO Books Nico Nico Seiga -based online magazine Comic Corona on May 28, 2018.[ 35] Seven Seas announced their license to the title in March 2019.[ 36]
The following chapters have been serialized on the Comic Corona website, but have not yet been collected into a tankōbon volume:
Dōjinshi
Tadano published a number of Dance in the Vampire Bund dōjinshi at Comiket ; these were collected and released as two separate volumes by Seven Seas.[ 43]
No.
Title
English release date
English ISBN
01 Dance in the Vampire Bund: Forgotten Tales June 17, 2014[ 4] 978-1-626920-51-4
02 Dance in the Vampire Bund: Secret Chronicles October 21, 2014[ 4] 978-1-626920-62-0
"Night & Darkness" "Death of a Salaryman" "Of Endless Silence and Repose" "Lies & Silence" "S.A.G.A Cooking Class" "A Flag Full of Stars" "Time to Hunt" "The Sun Beyond the Window" "Apples From a Tree"
"The Manchurian Candidate" "Les Enfants Terribles" "Hematologie du Gout" "An Afternoon with the Wolves" "Ever After" "Walking the Beat" "A Fine and Private Place" "The Moonlit Classroom" "Doujinshi Chronicle"
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