Sunday, February 4, 2018

Taisho Kyuuketsu Ibun


Taisho Kyuuketsu Ibun 
大正吸血異聞 
[Strange Tales of the Taisho Vampire]
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Background: This is a vampire themed drama CD with short stories and a bit more... sensual, I should say, than the usual drama CD I've come across yet. The MC will be subjected to sexual situations like being stripped naked, and her private parts be mentioned and exposed in some volumes, but nothing actually sexual happened. Be warned though, that these vampires suck blood from her breasts or the inner upper thighs as well. There's also a 3P scene in all volumes. Although MC had no choice of refusing being made midnight snack, she was not abused or treated cruelly at least.

About: Hearing about the rumors to experience the pleasures of fangs against your skin in a certain mysterious cafe, a girl found herself lost in a place called Nouvelle Marie cafe that is only open in the night of the full moon. There alone, she she was confronted by two vampires. They made her choose, whom of either of them, for her to be their bride for the night.

First night - Yandere vs. Sadistic (CV: Nojima Kenji & Hirakawa Daisuke)
I had to admit this particular volume was my reason to try this series out because I like both voice actors very much. Though I personally cannot pick out the neither yandere-ism and sadism of either character, by the way. The one supposed to be a yandere was not that possessive like most yandere I knew; he does a lot of sweet whispers, and actually let the girl go when dawn came just as he promised earlier. The Sadistic vampire also did not do anything that's too sadistic except he made the thorny stems of the rose garden to tie up her limbs with his vampire magic.


Second night - Kuudere vs. Oresama (CV: Suzuki Yuuto & Ono Yuuki)
I'm not that knowledgeable with this specific character type called kuudere. All I know they are short for Cool-dere. The kuudere one seems calm most of the time but hides a passion for the girl's blood inside him. Whereas the oresama type are loud and arrogant at times, but he has a tender side of him. The classic oresama, I would say.


Third night - Tsundere vs. Wild (CV: Masuda Toshiki & Tsuda Kenjiro)
The tsundere one doesn't really give me the tsundere feel except maybe at the very end. He appears to be the innocent and adorable to lure the bride candidate in to choosing him. Only then he will reveal his true colors. The Wild guy was explained to be half-vampire half-human; a dampir(?). He first appeared injured and on his side of the story, he mentioned that he hated the vampire side of him, and despised the fact that he needs to drink blood in order to heal his wounds.


Fourth night - Big brother vs. Cynic(?) (CV: Hatano Wataru & Sakurai Takahiro)
As would you expect a big brother type of character, he is with matured composure, caring and speaks very gently to the MC. However I don't really know why the other one is called the cynic (or whether or not I translated it properly). In comparison he is more guarded and a bit awkward with the MC. He also mentioned that he was a human before, but somehow was made into a vampire (I can't really tell if he mentioned how that happened though). In the 3P side, they took her to the back garden and she was awed that they prepared a swing for her to sit on. They explained the appearance of the place will change in according to what the Bride wished it to be.


Fifth night - Delinquent(?) vs. Butler (CV: Miura Hiroaki & Tasaka Hideki)
I actually don't know what they meant by 不良. My limited knowledge can only read that as bad (as in, influence) or delinquent. The character hides a pure tender heart despite on the outside being a bit forceful and mean. He panicked when he saw the MC cries from his mean and forceful touch, and gets gentler later. The butler is exactly what you expect for that type of character; logical and proper. Aside from being the owner of Nouvelle Marie, he is also not a vampire; he is instead a werewolf, but he needs blood for the same reason as the vampires.


Final say: I think if this series is a lot longer, it'd be a better alternative to the (only?) currently popular vampire themes. That said, it is already a very good series if you enjoy hearing attractive voices whispering sensuality directly to your ears. All the volumes ends with the vampires letting the MC free to go with no permanent harm. There are tokutens too that continues a tiny bit more to the story with the MC returned to the cafe to meet with the vampires of her choices. It's not a lot, but if I can find it sold anywhere, I would definitely will try to own them.


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