The song of the lambs
Lament of the Lamb ( Jap. 羊のうた , Hitsuji no Uta ) is a manga by Kei Toume that as a template for a live-action film of 2002 and for Anime - OVA served. The author tells the story of the young Kazuna, who is confronted with a terrible family secret. The relatively brittle style of drawing captures the atmosphere of the action.
action
The 17-year-old student Kazuna Takashiro grew up with his uncle Eda, an old friend of his father's. Kazuna's mother died when the boy was 3 years old, and while his father was taking care of Kazuna's sister, the boy ended up with the Eda family. Accordingly, the boy has hardly any memories of his family. However, lately he has been feeling limp and has dreams about his childhood too. When he feels the need to visit the house again where the boy lived with his parents, he meets his sister Chizuna, who is one year older than him. She tells him that her father is dead and that she is now back in the house. Chizuna also reveals to him the family secret that Kazuna's parents wanted to hide from him. The Takashiros have suffered from a genetic blood disease for generations. Your body needs regular external blood supply. Worst of all, however, is their lust for blood, which has already led many family members to madness. Chizuna has also been marked by this bloodlust since childhood, but hopes to get it under control with the help of the doctor Minase (an old friend of her father's). And Kazuna, who has been spared from it, is now starting to break out.
publication
The manga first appeared in January 1996 in the Japanese manga magazine Comic Burger by Scholar- Verlag. After the magazine was discontinued, Das Lied der Lämmer was published in November 2002 in the Gentosha publishing house's Comic Birz magazine . The series finally came to an end in 2003. The story was also published in seven paperback books. The manga is published by Tokyopop both in the USA (under the title Lament of the Lamb ) and in Germany .