The Record of a Fallen Vampire
The Record of a Fallen Vampire (ヴァンパイア十字界, Vanpaia Jūji-Kai, "Vampire Cross-World") is a Japanese manga written by Kyo Shirodaira and illustrated by Yuri Kimura. The story centers around Strauss (a vampire king) and follows his search for his queen who has been sealed away by humans unable to defeat her thousands of years ago. As this takes him to his set-aside Kingdom of the Night where he encounters dhampirs (half human, half vampire), and humans out to stop the reuniting of the King and Queen at any means possible. The story was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan and has been collected into nine tankōbon published by Square Enix. VIZ Media released The Record of a Fallen Vampire from May 13, 2008, to May 4, 2010.