is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Amatou. It has been serialized since August 2014 in

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's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

Comic Cune is a Japanese seinen manga magazine which mainly serializes 4-koma manga published by Media Factory , formerly is a Japanese publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Future Publishing. History It was founded on December 1, 1986, and its head ...

'', which was originally a magazine supplement in the ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

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'' until August 2015. It was collected in eight ''

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'' volumes. An

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television series adaptation by Studio Gokumi and

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aired between October and December 2018.

Characters

; : :An approximately 360-year-old

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girl who came to Japan in 1986. As a never-aging

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, she is incredibly weak to sunlight and thus usually stays awake during the night. Her diet consists solely of blood, albeit refrigerated as she can't bear to drink it directly from humans. While often maintaining a refined appearance, she enjoys going to comic book conventions and ordering

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goods. ; : :A school girl who begins living with Sophie after meeting her. She keeps a collection of

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and is particularly fond of Sophie due to her doll-like appearance. ; : :Akari's best friend, who often worries about her. ; : :Another vampire girl who is a long-time acquaintance of Sophie's. She first meets Akari after having slept for over 100 years in her house in America before later moving into the neighborhood. Her character is based on Elizabeth Báthory. She later falls in love with Hinata. ; : :One of Akari's classmates, who is in love with Yū. ; : :Another of Akari's classmates.

Media

Manga

''Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood'' is a four-panel manga series by Amatou, a Japanese manga artist who mainly draws adult comics. It began serialization in ''

''s October 2014 issue released on August 27, 2014. ''Comic Cune'' was initially a "magazine within a magazine" placed in ''

'', but later became independent of ''Comic Alive'' and changed to a formal magazine on August 27, 2015. It was last published in the December 2021 issue on October 27, 2021. The first ''

'' volume of the manga was released on September 26, 2015; eight volumes have been published as of December 27, 2021.

Anime

television series adaptation co-animated by Studio Gokumi and

aired in Japan between October 5 and December 21, 2018 on AT-X and other channels and simulcast on Crunchyroll. Ponimu also simulcasted the series in

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. The series is directed by Noriyaki Akitaya, while Tatsuya Takahashi handled the series composition, Takahiro Sakai designed the characters, and Yoshiaki Fujisawa composed the music. The opening theme is , and the ending theme is , both performed by

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, Lynn, and

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. The series ran for 12 episodes.

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