ヴァンパイア十字界 [Vanpaia Jūji-Kai / The Record of a Fallen Vampire]

In this 2003–2007 series from Square Enix, a vampire king awakens after millennia to hunt the woman who trapped the moon and sealed his power, only to find her reincarnated as a modern-day high school girl. What begins as a quest for vengeance unfolds into a sweeping, 9-issue saga spanning centuries of hidden history, secret organizations, and the blurred lines between monster and man. Writer Kyo Shirodaira and artist Yuri Kimura craft a dark fantasy romance that subverts vampire tropes, earning a cult following for its intricate time-jumping narrative and tragic, morally complex characters.