I like vampires.
Considering the current trend in popular culture of turning this particular legendary monster into a toothless Abercrombie model for tweens to fawn over, that statement probably seems a bit strange. But as a classical literature guy, I know the roots of the vampire and its origins connect to humanity’s most obsessive thoughts on faith, youth, death and sexuality. And yes I can back them all up and I didn’t take a master’s class on Bram Stoker.
So how does that fit into this particular review? Well let’s discuss the subject itself. Nachtigal is an ambitious title from Cyanide Tea: the group that has brought us Ristorante Amore, the Elevator and the upcoming Break Chance Memento visual novels. It’s ambitious, even for them, because it wants to tell an old-school vampire story but within the realm of ‘otome’. Yeah otome: the genre not exactly known in the West for avoiding the ‘toothless Abercrombie model for tweens’ stereotypes. BUT even with CT’s track record, considering my reputation on otome this can only turn out bad for yours truly right?
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