Funny and cozy!🥰

A Vampire in the Bathhouse is a sweet, funny, and heartwarming manga that immediately won me over with its humor and beautiful art style.

The story follows a vampire/demon who sees a bathhouse on TV and decides to travel to the human world to experience it for himself. He ends up staying there, leading to plenty of amusing moments as he navigates a world that is new to him.

The beginning isn’t the most logical—why exactly does he decide to stay at the bathhouse, and why does Sakura react so casually?—but that didn’t really bother me since the manga doesn’t take itself too seriously. The pacing is fast, and the character dynamics are fun. I especially loved the adorable side characters, like Sakura’s little brother and the flying demon familiar.
There are plenty of moments that made me smile, as the differences between the demon and human worlds create some truly hilarious situations. Despite the lighthearted tone, the story even introduces a bit of tension in the second half, and the way the found family trope is explored really touched my heart.

If you're looking for a cozy, funny, and heartwarming read, this manga is definitely worth checking out!

This was absolutely adorable! The characters were so sweet and really added to the cozy atmosphere. I love a manga with low stakes even when they seem high i initially. I also loved that it’s seemingly quite a slow burn between the two male leads!

I absolutely loved this manga, it’s really beautiful! The story feels incredibly adorable, and I enjoyed the whole found family theme woven into it. The fantasy elements were a great touch, especially with the protagonist being a vampire with special powers.

Every character introduced was truly lovable, and they all managed to win my heart. The balance between the heartwarming moments and the fantasy aspects made this a delightful read from start to finish.

A Vampire in the Bathhouse is a cute, no stress, fluffy series of stories about Luka, a flamboyant, hungover vampire, and Sakura, the overworked eldest son trying to run the family's bathhouse. I picked it up because I wanted something quick that wouldn't be too heavy, and this definitely delivered. And as an added bonus, Niko Izuki's art is pure eye candy to look at.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kodansha Comics for the eARC!

A lovely lighthearted story for a cozy read. I read it in one go, because it was too cute.
The illustrations are amazing and the story is well written. I wish the ending was a bit longer especially the part where Sakura was taken to the other realm. I think it would have been fun to see that. The two brothers have a lovely bond and our cocky vampire seems to fit in right away, he is lovely to the little one and enjoys irritating Sakura.
The biting is barely shown and not sexualized which makes it actually really cute. Our couple is definitely an old married one, Sakura is just not completely aware of it yet.
Really loved this one.

A Vampire in the Bathhouse is a light-hearted, funny manga about exactly what the title says. A vampire travels from the demon world into the human world and discovers bath houses, community, and the found family that takes him in.

The art style is really nice, and the story itself could be classified as a cozy fantasy. The found family aspect is the strength of this story. I stuck around to watch the bonds between the characters strengthen, especially Sakura and his brother Ume and Ume and Luka’s familiar.

I expected there to be a bit more romance since the first section has a good amount of fanservice and flirtation between Luka and Sakura, but I found that plot underdeveloped and sort of tossed aside as if the pseudo-romantic magical bond between them was a joke. Some of the side characters like Luka’s cousin were also underutilized and really had no point, but most of the characters were funny or charming or had interesting character designs to make them compelling.

Overall I enjoyed this, and I like that it’s a complete story in one volume rather than a long, drawn out series. It’s a quick hit of comfy vibes.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to Niko Izuki and Kodansha Comics for providing me with an ARC copy of, A Vampire in the Bathhouse!

A funny and entertaining little manga story. I enjoyed the banter between Luka and Sakura and the artwork is fantastic! I am giving this a three-star rating because I felt that the story lacked "substance" and in the beginning, it was a little confusing to work out who was actually talking to who in the story. Overall, I did enjoy it!

Release day is April 29th 2025!

Once upon a time "Spirited Away" altered my brain chemistry and now I'm automatically drawn to every story that promises a somewhat magical bathhouse time, so here I am. I got a wholesome manga about a vampire who decides on a whim to go to a human bathhouse for some healing and relaxation, and he finds it in form of the family that owns the bathhouse. The story is truly nothing groundbreaking, but it was some cute fun and I enjoyed reading it a lot. There are some classic manga moments, like the summer festival or the sports event, and mixed with the demon/vampire theme it makes for an interesting enough story. The art is nice too, with the vampires being especially fancy.

It's marketed as "a full story in one volume", but I think it becomes pretty clear that this was supposed to be a series that got cancelled early on. There was a cliffhanger in the final chapter that was then quickly resolved in the extra chapter at the very end. It works well enough as a single volume, and I'm not sure if this would have held my attention until a second volume anyway, so I'm not too mad about it.

Huge thanks to NetGalley and Kodansha for providing a digital arc in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to Netgalley and Kodansha for providing this eARC in exchange for an honest review!

Incredibly wholesome and wildly chaotic, this is such a sweet manga!

The whole story is contained in this one volume, so its great if you're not looking to commit to a series (though I wouldn't mind at all if more volumes for this story were created haha).

I recommend checking this out for a fun and quick read!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for this ARC!

This was such a cute manga! I really liked the dynamic between Sakura and Luka. I thought it was funny trying to see Luka and the other demons try to fit in to the human world. It felt like there could be more done with this story and I'd definitely read more of this!

Nestled in the pages of this manga is a wonderful slide of life about a vampire helping out at a bath house.

While I love that this started as a one shot which led to a whole book full of short chapters about the adventures that go on in the bath house.

I do hope there is a volume two with more side stories!

Thank you NetGalley and Kodansha Comics for the Arc!

Absolutely loved it! The characters were all fun and quirky in their own way, and just the overly dramatic scenes that made it so much funnier. I wish this was more then just a standalone Manga, I want to know if Lucas and Sakura ever get together, and just left me wanting so much more, even another volume or two. I would have definitely binged more of it!

This was really fun. I started giggling on page two and I really didn't stop the whole time. Luka is so rude but he means so well you can't help but love him 😅

I could easily read several more stories about these characters.

Did I pick this up for the white haired vampire on the cover? Absolutely, yes.

I came in expecting a cozy fantasy and got that plus a giggle-inducing relationship between a vampire and a human. This was a quick heart-warming and hilarious manga!

Thanks to Netgalley and Kodansha for the early review copy!

An absolutely adorable read about a vampire who transports into a bathhouse and finds a family with the family who runs it.

My only really complaint is that I could read a story that was 5 times longer and we left desperately wanting more and to know if Sakura and Luka get together eventually. I thought the character dynamics were utterly delightful and it was really fun to see windows into events and how Luka ingratiated himself into daily life.

Highly recommend

Thank you to NetGalley and Kodansha Comics for a complimentary early release copy of A Vampire In The Bathhouse by Niko Izuki.

A Vampire In The Bathhouse art style is pretty, I especially liked Yomi, Luka, and Pequeno character designs. I also liked the scenes where we got to see Luka and Sukura with more detailed outfits. Luka looked absolutely stunning and Sukura was so cute. I mainly enjoyed the friendship/family relationships from this story, my favorite had to be the bond between Ume (Sakura little brother) and Pequeno (Lukas familiar) the two of them were just the cutest together and I was happy we got lots of cute scenes between the two.

I really wouldn’t say there is much of romance in A Vampire In The Bathhouse, there aren’t any cute scenes between Luka or Sakura, the little romance that is there feels forced. I liked Sakura more than Luka and honestly I wasn’t routing for them at all during my reading time. This was a quick read but I would say I mainly stuck around to see where things were going to go with the characters rather then where the plot went. I would have liked to have seen more of a storyline between Yomi, Sakura, Pequeno, and Ume. If more cute scenes like the bonus chapter was included I think I would have enjoyed it more. The characters make a good friend group/found family type of thing but I didn’t like the romance included.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC in exchange for my honest review!

This is such an adorable manga. I loved the art and the characters. Sakura and his brother were so sweet and had such a great relationship. Luka and Yomi were hilarious and seeing them trying to fit into society was fun. I really enjoyed this and I’d love to read more if there ever was!

I can’t believe he forgot the rice 😭

This was such a cute read! I love anything with found family and a cute lil…. Pet…. Companion thing. I’m fairly new to reading manga but this was super easy to get into! The characters were all so funny and cute, it was the perfect silly read for my lunch break.

I wish it wasn’t a standalone! I want more from these characters!!

thank you netgalley for the arc! the only thing that makes me click “open” faster than a manga about bathhouses, is a manga about vampires in bathhouses! the niche content we all need and love <333 gorgeous art style, the story was heartfelt and wholesome, all the characters were fun and the jokes were spot on. the only downside is that this is a standalone, and i wish there had been more about both the demons and sakuka’s family. needless to say, i’d be keeping an eye out on any other titles by this mangaka.

An extremely cute slice of life comedy/fantasy/romance about a vampire who decides to come to the human world and try out a bathhouse. Complete with a cast of very sweet and funny characters, it oozes charm. It's just sugary sweet all over, I can't wait to read more volumes in the series as they become available in English.

There's a lot of male nudity so keep that in mind, its probably going to get that T for Teen sticker or 16+ rating on it. There's no gore or violence, some sexual innuendos, but no "spice." The tone reminded me of Yuri on Ice out of the admittedly limited amount of mangas and animes I've engaged with.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for this early copy in exchange for an honest review!