Update: NikBabble™ version
Blood Alone © Takano Masayuki/MediaWorks · Iliad © Uoto Osamu & Toshusai Garaku/Shogakukan. Published in Indonesia by Level Comics
Blood Alone's “London Waltz ” arc, which tells of Kuroe and Misaki's first meeting, curtains with Kuroe chasing—and trying to bring down—Caledwlch who absconds with Misaki in volume 5. Can Kuroe save Misaki from the evil vampire? Who will walk away—if not unscathed, then alive—from this battle?(As former vampire hunter, turned private detective and best-selling author
Kuroe is the male lead here, what do you think? :P)
Seven Blood Alone volumes have been published in Japan as of February 2011. The eighth special edition, which includes a new drama CD, streets on 21 June 2012.
Tying for top DO WANT! manga with Blood Alone vol 5 is—
Iliad vol 10 of 15
By Uoto Osamu & Toshusai Garaku
All Dr. Anita Rocca wants out of life is to become with world's greatest treasure hunter, but her family insists on saddling her with housework and her colleagues only exploit her for her robust physique. Dr. Anita's meeting with Iriya Shuzo—whom the doctor initially thought mad for wanting to rediscover Atlantis—fires up her ambition once more.
Level Comics manga (2012.03.28)
- Adamas vol 3 of 6+ by Minagawa Ryouji
- Blood Alone vol 5 of 7+ by Takano Masayuki
- Giant Killing vol 12 of 22+ by Tsujitomo & Tsunamoto Masaya
- Iliad vol 10 of 15 by Uoto Osamu & Toshusai Garaku
- Lost Man vol 9 of 15+ by Kusaba Michiteru
- RRR vol 7 of 10 by Watanabe Jun
 | Blood Alone 「ＢＬＯＯＤ ＡＬＯＮＥ」 |
Related series
Originally published as series of doujinshi (the manga is based wholly or partly on Blood Alone dj: Wild Arts 1.2.3., Holy Night, Stroll, Vanishing Point - Kiss In the Moonlight)
Other languages
English Blood Alone (Infinity Studios: four volumes [discontinued], picked up by Seven Seas: five volumes per 2011.12 • volume 6 street date: 2012.04.10), French (Editions Ki-oon: Tome 7 shipped 2012.03.22), German (Carlsen Comics: Band 6 released 2011.02), Italian (Edizioni BD s.r.l. [JPOP Division]), Russian (Istari Comics), traditional Chinese (Kadokawa Media Taiwan), Vietnamese (as Dòng máu lạ kì)
Adaptations
Three Blood Alone drama CDs—BLOOD ALONE, BLOOD ALONE II and BLOOD ALONE III— were released between July 2006 and May 2008. Seiyuu Nakahara Mai and Morikawa Toshiyuki voiced Misaki and Kuroe. Supporting cast included Kobayashi Sanae, Tanaka Rie and Miki Shinichiro as Higure, Sainome and Slye respectively. A new drama CD releases with the volume 8 special edition (2012.06.21 street date).
 | Giant Killing 「ＧＩＡＮＴ ＫＩＬＬＩＮＧ」 |
Awards
34th Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga
Adaptations
Studio DEEN's 26-episode anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Seki Tomokazu (Tatsumi Takeshi), Okiayu Ryotaro (Murakoshi Shigeyuki), Mizushima Takahiro (Tsubaki Daisuke) and Ono Daisuke (Yoshida Luigi) aired between April and September 2010 on NHK.
 | ILIAD 「イリヤッド～入矢堂見聞録～」 |
 | Lost Man 「ＬＯＳＴ ＭＡＮ」 |
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European comics/BDs (2012.03.28)
- Leonard: Tamasya Naik Gondola (Léonard, Tome 36: Le génie se gondole) by Turk & De Groot
- Lucky Luke: Dalton City (Lucky Luke, Tome 3: Dalton City) by Morris & Goscinny
- Suske & Wiske: Gameguru (Suske en Wiske / 308 De gamegoeroe) by Willy Vandersteen
Adamas 「ＡＤＡＭＡＳ」 by Minagawa Ryouji
Kodansha Evening, seinen
Volume 3 first published in Japan 2009.08