Kouhei Midou is a cameraman with a problem. He'd like to be well-known for his stunning camera work and great picture taking, but whenever he takes pictures, most of them turn out to contain ghosts. Even though he cannot see ghosts, they invariably show up in his photographs. Even though he finds this irritating for his career's sake, he finds himself working with a famous psychic investigator instead.
When he's sent out to take pictures of a haunted castle, Kouhei takes a picture of a beautiful girl perched on the roof of a nearby Castle. But when the pictures are developed, she, too, turns out to be a spirit, despite the fact the Kouhei could see her. Sent back to investigate, Kouhei wants to ask the girl to model for him, but she requests to be allowed to kiss him before she agrees.
Kouhei tells her to go ahead, and not only does she kiss him, but she also bites him and sucks his blood a little. Unbeknownst to Kouhei, Hazuki, the girl in the castle, is a vampire imprisoned there by a spiritual ward. Biting Kouhei and drinking his blood is supposed to make him a willing servant or slave to Hazuki, but Kouhei doesn't seem to be affected by any of her powers.
Why is this so, and can Hazuki find other ways to manipulate the hapless boob she's pinned all her hopes on? First, she must find a way to get him to help her destroy the spiritual ward surrounding the castle so she can leave. Then, she wants him to help her find her mother. For Hazuki isn't the sweet girl that she likes to appear to be, and she has plans for Kouhei, plans he probably isn't going to like very much. Can his employer save him from Hazuki, or is it already too late?
I never would have picked this one up on my own, and as soon as I started reading, I knew why: the whole "manipulative girl" and "Hapless boob guy" theme didn't do a thing for me. Hazuki definitely isn't sweet, and as soon as she's free of the spiritual ward, she shows up to browbeat Kouhei and try to manipulate him and his family into becoming her slaves and doing her bidding.
According to his family and employer, Kouhei is immune to her power to enslave him because of his massive cluelessness. Apparently, he's immune to just about everything, except nagging and browbeating, because that's how Hazumi makes him do what she wants him to do.
I found the whole manga insulting to my intelligence and I was very glad that this one was a library donation and I'm not the one who spent $10 for it. Since it was the only one of the series to be donated, I'm pretty sure that the donator felt the same way. Avoid this one like the plague.
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