I guess we are supposed to have our web search engine open at all times, to look up all the Japanese slang and pop references. Long time readers may be surprised to find not a single footnote. It turns out that Japan has some unique permutations and variations on vampirism and related supernatural beings.
In this case, eh appropriates Japanese folk tales, Manga, and sci-fi movies, as is appropriate to the setting.
What’s going on? Will the good guys win the day? Who are the good guys, anyway?Īs always, Newman gives us lots of references to pop culture of the last several centuries. Dracula’s younger brother is in the house, as are the weird planetary defense force, EarthGuard, another weird planetary fixit force, Wings Over the World, an old flame Syrie Van Epp, master hacker Jun Zero, and a lot of other dangerous weirdos, The hostess isn’t the only one up to something. Enter through the tail, the party is in the ballroom in the dragon’s mouth 100 stories up. She is planning something, probably something that the Diogenes Club will want to stop.Īn A List of celebrities and wannabes are assembled in Cristina’s headquarters, which is a Godzilla Robot shaped skyscraper. The hostess is a strange lady, Vampire Countess Christina Light. Richard Jeperson, the man from the Diogenes Club, accompanied by a 1,000 year old Drearcliff girl (?), attend a millennial bash in Tokyo. Don’t worry, it’s a great yarn even without all of the context. Richard knew who his money was on in a scrap.This story is the latest in a long series of stories about the alternate world of Anno Dracula, most of which I haven’t read. The flathead assessed the white-haired girl. Thrown out of the party, she must fight her way back up through a building that seems designed to destroy her in a thousand ways. And vampire schoolgirl Nezumi – sword-wielding agent of the Diogenes Club – finds herself alone, pitted against the world’s deadliest creatures. The distinguished guests are held hostage by yakuza assassins and Transylvanian mercenaries. But the party is crashed by less enlightened souls.
Vampire princess Christina Light is throwing a New Year’s Eve party in Daikaiju Plaza – a building in the shape of a giant mechanical dragon – in Tokyo, attended by world leaders of technology, finance and culture.
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