miseryxcompany's manga / #Incubus(1)

Oh my god… The art is so smooth and fine, like a silk dress or an expensive suede heel. And Radu… so effortlessly he embodies both feminine and masculine beauty. Beneath his eccentric facade is a deeply lonely man plagued by his own immortality, who envies the brevity of human life as much as he despises it. He takes Mamoru in as a ‘familiar’ but naturally craves a connection in spite of his fear of loss. Mamoru lives in attempt to fulfill an ideal that his nature prevents, he almost gives up on furthering his education to search for work and through Radu he learns to live for himself. And this embodies the core theme of Dreaming Vampire. Time will not wait for you. Opportunity and fortune will find you and it won’t last forever, but you must seize it anyway. You cannot deny yourself good things because you fear pain. Had Radu stayed true to his plan and stayed in Romania he would have missed out on those valuable memories and experiences his life with Mamoru gave him. And that Mamoru’s death ends with him having a positive outlook on their life together, ready to brave the world again, is a testament to his growth. It also does a great job in transitioning into its comedic bits, there are no abrupt shifts in tone and it reads just as smooth as the art.