Li'l Miss Vampire Can't Suck Right
| Li'l Miss Vampire Can't Suck Right | |
 First tankōbon volume cover | |
| ちゃんと吸えない吸血鬼ちゃん (Chanto Suenai Kyūketsuki-chan) | |
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| Genre | Comedy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kyōsuke Nishiki |
| Published by | Fujimi Shobo |
| English publisher | Kadokawa (digital) |
| Imprint | Dragon Comics Age |
| Magazine | Monthly Dragon Age |
| Original run | May 8, 2021 – August 8, 2025 |
| Volumes | 9 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Sayaka Yamai |
| Written by | Yuniko Ayana |
| Music by | Tomoki Kikuya |
| Studio | Feel |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, Kansai TV, BS Asahi, AT-X |
| Original run | October 12, 2025 – present |
| Episodes | 4 |
Li'l Miss Vampire Can't Suck Right (Japanese: ちゃんと吸えない吸血鬼ちゃん, Hepburn: Chanto Suenai Kyūketsuki-chan; lit. 'Vampire-chan Can't Suck Properly') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kyōsuke Nishiki. It was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's Monthly Dragon Age magazine from May 2021 to August 2025, and was compiled into nine volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Feel premiered in October 2025.
Plot
[edit]The series follows Luna Ishikawa, a popular student who has a reputation among her classmates for being cold and mysterious. Despite being a vampire, she has difficulties in sucking blood, much to her chagrin. When her classmate Tatsuta Ōtori learns her secret, he offers her to let her suck his blood in exchange for him training her how to suck blood better.
Characters
[edit]- Luna Ishikawa (石川 月菜, Ishikawa Runa)
- Voiced by: Amane Shindō (voice comic),[2] Minami Tanaka (anime)[3]
- The title character, she is the most popular girl in class, but has a complex regarding her difficulty in sucking people's blood. Because of her inability to suck blood, she is often hungry, which she passes by eating sweets. She develops feelings for Tatsuta, who offers to help her with her problem. She turns small at times from lack of sustenance or when sucking Tatsuta's blood or for other reasons.
- Tatsuta Ōtori (大鳥 辰太, Ōtori Tatsuta)
- Voiced by: Shun Horie (voice comic),[2] Kensho Ono (anime)[3]
- Luna's classmate who offers to help train her become better at blood sucking.
- Eiko Sakuma (佐久間 瑛子, Sakuma Eiko)
- Voiced by: M.A.O[4]
- Misa Kusunoki (楠木 美紗, Kusunoki Misa)
- Voiced by: Ikumi Hasegawa[4]
- Daichi Chiba (千葉 大地, Chiba Daichi)
- Voiced by: Katsumi Fukuhara[5]
- Satoru Deguchi (出口 悟, Deguchi Satoru)
- Voiced by: Yūya Hirose[5]
- Maimi Suzuki (鈴木 舞美, Suzuki Maimi)
- Voiced by: Shion Wakayama[6]
- Yui Hashimoto (橋本 結衣, Hashimoto Yui)
- Voiced by: Konomi Inagaki[6]
- Yukari Henmi (辺見 紫, Henmi Yukari)
- Voiced by: Ayasa Itō[6]
- Misuzu Kirimine (霧峰 みすず, Kirimine Misuzu)
- Voiced by: Kotono Mitsuishi[7]
- Ruri UmiShima (海島 瑠李, Umishima Ruri)
- Voiced by: Hikaru Tono
- Kanae Yamada (矢又 叶, Yamada Kanae)
- Voiced by: Haruka Aikawa
- Akari Karakida (唐木田 灯, Karakida Akari)
- Voiced by: Momo Harumi
Media
[edit]Manga
[edit]Written and illustrated by Kyōsuke Nishiki, Li'l Miss Vampire Can't Suck Right was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's Monthly Dragon Age magazine from May 8, 2021, to August 8, 2025.[1][8] Its chapters were compiled into nine tankōbon volumes, released from October 8, 2021 to October 9, 2025.[9][10] A series of voice comics (voice comic) starring Amane Shindō and Shun Horie as Luna Ishikawa and Tatsuta Ōtori was posted on the official Kadokawa YouTube channel in 2021.[2]
On February 7, 2025, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the series for English publication, with the first volume releasing in July.[11] In June 2025, Kadokawa announced that it would digitally publish the series in English on the BookWalker Global service starting on June 7.[12]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 8, 2021[9] | 978-4-04-074314-1 | July 22, 2025[13] | 979-8-85-540966-6 |
| 2 | March 9, 2022[14] | 978-4-04-074464-3 | January 20, 2026[15] | 979-8-85-540968-0 |
| 3 | September 9, 2022[16] | 978-4-04-074671-5 | — | — |
| 4 | April 7, 2023[17] | 978-4-04-074938-9 | — | — |
| 5 | October 6, 2023[18] | 978-4-04-075171-9 | — | — |
| 6 | May 9, 2024[19] | 978-4-04-075441-3 | — | — |
| 7 | October 9, 2024[20] | 978-4-04-075645-5 | — | — |
| 8 | April 9, 2025[21] | 978-4-04-075868-8 | — | — |
| 9 | October 9, 2025[10] | 978-4-04-076122-0 | — | — |
Anime
[edit]An anime television series adaptation was announced on February 4, 2025. It is produced by Feel and directed by Sayaka Yamai, with scripts written by Yuniko Ayana, character designs handled by Takuya Tani, and music composed by Tomoki Kikuya.[22] The series premiered on October 12, 2025, on Tokyo MX and other networks.[3][4][23] The opening theme song is "Seishun no Silhouette" (青春のシルエッ; 'Youthful Silhouette'), performed by HΔG, and the ending theme song is "Senkō Hanabi" (線香花火; 'Sparklers'), performed by HΔG and Minami Tanaka.[4] Crunchyroll is streaming the series.[24] Plus Media Networks Asia licensed the series in Southeast Asia and broadcasts it on Aniplus Asia.[25]
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title [26][27] | Directed by [26] | Written by [26] | Storyboarded by [26] | Original release date [28] | ||||||
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| 1 | "Li'l Miss Vampire Is Very Bad" Transliteration: "Kyūketsuki-chan wa Metcha Heta" (Japanese: 吸血鬼ちゃんはめっちゃ下手) | Yuri Pinzon & Elijah Ragas | Yuniko Ayana | Sayaka Yamai | October 12, 2025 | ||||||
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In a world where monsters and spirits live alongside humans vampire Luna Ishikawa is popular at school due to her mysterious, refined aura. One day she and her seatmate Tatsuta Otori are assigned cleaning duties and Tatsuta notices she is actually clumsy, messy and snacks constantly. It transpires Luna is unskilled at taking blood and snacks to distract herself from being hungry. Tatsuta offers to let her practise on him but when she bites him he feels an unexpected motherly affection for her he enjoys immensely. Luna makes a mess of his arm and also takes too much blood at once, making him faint. Luna notices his blood was particularly tasty and asks if they can keep practising in secret. In public they continue to act as strangers so Luna's secret won't be revealed. Tatsuta notices her becoming hungry in class and lets her bite him without anyone noticing, though he faints again despite enjoying the feeling. Having lunch on the roof he convinces her taking big bites would be more effective than nibbling to find veins. Luna reveals she has retractable wings and can fly when well fed. | |||||||||||
| 2 | "Li'l Miss Vampire and Sakuma-san" Transliteration: "Kyūketsuki-chan to Sakuma-san" (Japanese: 吸血鬼ちゃんと佐久間さん) | Yuri Pinzon & Neil Lamadrid | Sumika Hayakawa | Ichizō Kobayashi | October 19, 2025 | ||||||
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Tatsuta finds Luna reading vampire light novels and she admits she bases her persona on her favourite character. Tatsuta points out typical vampires bite necks but Luna is too embarrassed for that. She is happily embarrassed when Tatsuta prefers she keep using his arm as he can look at her face. Their classmate Sakuma catches them and admits she heard everything. Luna fears Sakuma won't think she is cool anymore, but Sakuma finds Luna being incompetent even more adorable. She volunteers to let Luna bite her as well, but finds her so cute she passes out before Luna even bites her. Luna is surprised Sakuma likes her real self and her cool persona too. The next day she is hear real self in class, making her even more popular. Tatsuta flees when he is outed as one of Luna's close friends as he doesn't like receiving attention. He is further pushed aside when dozens of people offer to share blood if she needs it. Luna goes looking for him but meets vampire fans Kanae and Ruri instead. By the end of the day Tatsuta is a nervous wreck from people staring at him. Luna finds him and he explains about being bad with large groups. Luna suddenly bites his neck, explaining she too is bad with people, so she needs him to keep practising on. | |||||||||||
| 3 | "Li'l Miss Vampire and the Sports Tournament" Transliteration: "Kyūketsuki-chan to Kyūgisai" (Japanese: 吸血鬼ちゃんと球技祭) | Neil Lamadrid & Jake Marquez | Tani Haruhi | Yasuo Ejima | October 26, 2025 | ||||||
| "Li'l Miss Vampire and the Club Search" Transliteration: "Kyūketsuki-chan to Bukatsu Tanbō" (Japanese: 吸血鬼ちゃんと部活探訪) | |||||||||||
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During sports festival Luna proves a skilled basketball player, but only for a few minutes before exhaustion leaves her starving. Tatsuta rushes to feed her but she is too tired to do it properly, so he has her bite one of his existing wounds. She returns to normal and helps win the match. They are declared heroes of their class, but Luna quickly becomes hungry again, making everyone think she is adorable. Luna decides to join any club that lets her practice sucking blood after school. They try Theatre, Occult Research, Karuta, Radio, Photography, Wall-climbing, Tennis, Kendo, Modern Slang and Volleyball. Sakuma turns out to be on the volleyball team and asks for help as they keep accidentally breaking things and the Principal is threatening to disband the team. Working from a volleyball light novel Luna helps train them to play properly, though the effort required leaves Tatsuta faint from blood loss. Luna decides the ideal club for her would be in a dark room with only a few members, on the second floor in a corner room with heating and air conditioning. Tatsuta realises the only club that qualifies is Art club, of which coincidentally he is the only member. | |||||||||||
| 4 | "Li'l Miss Vampire and Cooking Class" Transliteration: "Kyūketsuki-chan to Chōri Jisshū" (Japanese: 吸血鬼ちゃんと調理実習) | Yuri Pinzon | Hitomi Ogawa | Ichizō Kobayashi | November 2, 2025 | ||||||
| "Li'l Miss Vampire's Day Out" Transliteration: "Kyūketsuki-chan to Odekake" (Japanese: 吸血鬼ちゃんとおでかけ) | |||||||||||
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In cooking class Sakuma suggests Luna make cake for Tatsuta to show her appreciation. Their classmates discover Tatsuta and Luna are the only members of Art Club and spends hours alone together, leading to Tatsuta being thoroughly interrogated. Luna finishes the cake and gifts some to Tatsuta, who is thrilled. He later worries his blood tastes unpleasant to her so she was trying to make his blood taste sweeter with the sugar. Luna learns Udon broth from the Udon Prefecture is so good it is rumoured to be a blood substitute. She invites Tatsuta to a nearby udon restaurant in a shopping mall. Luna has so much fun in the mall she forgets the udon. Tatsuta thinks about improving his blood's flavour, starting with a tomato juice smoothie. Luna buys a pillow to practise biting then suddenly remembers the udon. At the restaurant Tatsuta realises Luna is researching blood substitutes and fears his blood isn't good enough for her anymore. Luna eats comical amounts of udon but concludes it isn't the same as blood after all and finishes the meal by biting Tatsuta. | |||||||||||
| 5 | "Li'l Miss Vampire and Kusunoki-san" Transliteration: "Kyūketsuki-chan to Kusunoki-san" (Japanese: 吸血鬼ちゃんと楠木さん) | TBA | TBA | TBA | November 9, 2025 | ||||||
| "Li'l Miss Vampire's Birthday" Transliteration: "Kyūketsuki-chan no Tanjōbi" (Japanese: 吸血鬼ちゃんの誕生日) | |||||||||||
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External links
[edit]- Manga official website at KadoComi (in Japanese)
- Anime official website (in Japanese)
- Li'l Miss Vampire Can't Suck Right (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
