Fifteen-year-old Alfred, the heir to the prestigious Saionji family, spends his days training to become the perfect gentleman. His only respite from his strict lifestyle is his cool and collected maid, Magley. But Magley has a secret—she's not only a vampire, but an aggressive, naughty vampire who can't resist sucking Al's blood in all manner of seductive ways. Nevertheless, Al cares deeply for her, and in a world where humans and vampires aren't supposed to coexist, all he wants is to keep her safe. Just what sort of fate lies in store for them...?

The Maid is a Vampire has art and story by Yasushige. Translation by Christine Dashiell and lettering by Caroline Hdz. Published by Yen Press. (November 25, 2025). Rated M.

Jean-Karlo Lemus
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I love a good maid with glasses. But The Maid is a Vampire is a bit too much of a mess; the manga can't quite decide the tone it's going for. Al gets up to all kinds of shenanigans with Magley, which usually involve her turning into her sexy vampiric form and sucking his blood suggestively. That's fine, I guess; repetitive, but inoffensive. The story is light-hearted enough for the old gag about Al walking in on Magley while she's changing (and trying to hide the walls plastered in photos of him) to come off as just another goofy bit. But at points the manga tries to be a bit more serious, like with Al's classmate Sakurako being a vampire hunter or with Anemone, the rival vampire. Except these characters fail to make any significant impact; even Anemone kidnapping Al doesn't get more than a “Well, that was rude of her,” in the end. Even the late twist about Al's own possible transformation into a vampire doesn't make much of a follow-up.

It's also a bit hard to get a grasp on the characters. Magley's a cute maid; she's got some “gap” appeal, what with her prim-and-proper attitude and the large bosom. And of course, she's got the “silly” gags going on (like a chapter where we see her licking a framed picture of Al), but the manga can't decide how silly she is; for most of the book, Magley's quite dignified. Anemone and Sakurako don't show up enough to make much of an impact, either.

I'm also a little confused by the explicitness in The Maid is a Vampire. Fanservice is a major part of the book, hence Magley's transformation involving her losing several yards of fabric on her outfit. But the series also goes from relatively-horny to borderline softcore at times, and I'm not sure the manga could really commit to any of it. I'm still not sure if I can recommend The Maid is a Vampire purely on that front because it's so all-over-the-place, even if you dig the “naughty maid leading on a younger guy” angle.

I'm giving The Maid is a Vampire a “2” because Magley is cute, and some of the shenanigans she gets up to are entertaining. But The Maid is a Vampire is just too much of a mess otherwise, neither lewd nor expansive enough to really recommend on either front. Weakly recommended.

Kevin Cormack
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If there's anything positive to say about this chunky three-in-one volume, it's that there's a lot to get your teeth into. Sadly, that's about as complimentary as I'm going to get here. Superficially, The Maid is a Vampire has a lot in common with both Call of the Night and The Duke of Death and His Maid. Sadly, it can't hold a candle to either. From clumsy characterization to uneven plotting and amateurish art, there's little here that I can recommend to anyone, even those keen to add another ecchi title to their shelves.

Whereas both Call of the Night and Duke of Death have their hornier moments, they're generally enhanced by self-control. Duke of Death's Victor and Alice can't even touch for one, and Call of the Night's central couple aren't even sure how to go about romancing one another. Halfway through The Maid is a Vampire, once the ecchi content really gets going, titular maid Magley can't seem to keep her levitatingly globular breasts within her uniform.

I don't have a problem with ecchi manga per se, only bad ecchi manga. I'm unsure if it's due to the abysmal quality of the pre-release materials I was given for review, or if it reflects the art itself, but this manga looks terrible. I really dislike the titanically mammaried main maid character's design, both in her more human and more vampiric guises. That's a problem when she's supposed to be the main attraction. I guess the fact that both she and her master's love interest look like little kids creeps me out.

An awful lot of not very much happens for most of the book, until it gets a sudden urge to cram some plot and character development into the final chapters, culminating in an extremely abrupt ending that feels both poorly planned and extremely unsatisfying. As an ecchi manga, it's disappointingly weak sauce for most of its duration, with only a couple of slightly more racy scenes peppered here and there. I can't imagine anyone, whether romcom, vampire, or ecchi fans, being satisfied with this frankly dull and unattractive manga.