Lament of the Lamb Chapter 47 Discussion

I'm not going to do a review proper because it already has a (16/16) review on MAL and I'm feeling lazy. Sorry!



Lament of the Lamb - 7-8/10



LotL is a gradual descent into the darkness of the mind. There are very few main characters, and most spend the majority of the series brooding. It's a compelling read because of the gloomy sense of hopelessness the series has. The cast reflect the situation by very rarely smiling. It's depressing to read, certainly, yet I always found myself wanting see what was around the corner, despite the often sluggish pacing.



Reading it, I couldn't help but be sucked in. When I first received the first five volumes way back, I started reading the opening volume at around 1 AM and stayed up until 6-7 AM to read through all I had. That's how much it absorbed me; pulled me into its bleak world.



The most fascinating aspect is, without a shadow of a doubt, the relationship shared between Chizuna and Kazuna; the brother and sister of a cursed 'vampire' lineage. They grew up not knowing each other, Chizuna suffering from her need to suck the blood of others from childhood, living off her father, and Kazuna living a relatively normal life. However, Kazuna's life all changes when he starts lusting for the blood of others and, after going back to his old family home, runs into his long lost sister. They start living together shortly after this - Kazuna seeing his mother in Chizuna and Chizuna seeing her father in Kazuna. Chizuna is best described as twisted, having had a love-hate relationship with her father because, after her mother's death, he started seeing her as the replacement for her mother due to her resembling her, and she depended on him for blood. With Kazuna in the picture and her father dead, the roles are reversed - he takes blood from her - but he still fulfills the role of being the replacement for her father, him resembling their father. It's hard to get a firm grasp on their relationship - they aren't brother and sister in actions, as them kissing highlights, but they also are not lovers.



What ultimately let the story down was its lethargic pacing and 180 ending. In the sixth volume in particular, too much time was spent on needless subplots. One subplot involved a character trying to uncover the truth behind the suicide of Chizuna and Kazuna's father, going over old ground and then vanishing. Although it did open the path to the big twist of the series, far too much time was spent with the 'camera' on this mostly pointless character. As for the ending, it came close to ruining the entire story; ending on an illogical high after all looked lost at the end of the next to final chapter. In short, if the story had been 'tighter' and chapter 47 hadn't occurred, it would've been a far more enjoyable story to read.



Worth reading? Yes - it's different enough to be worth the time of most - but it's far from perfectly executed.

I think it was great. I don't know what you people raging about.



It just showed that there might be a chance for a complete recovery for someone that is dealing with that illness which plagues their family for generations though Kazuna didn't remember anything about it at all, they do know that it will come back anytime in the future and when that happens, the people around him are prepared to helped him. Though a chapter 46 finale would also be not that bad since this is a tragedy manga.



Also, Chizuna's death is a bit disappointing as well as depressing because she just quited and accepted her inevitable fate after she learned about her mothers death. I would prefer to see her fighting till the end.



Well, anyway, that was a great read since it has a different approach on vampirism and I could really feel the emotions that they are portraying.

THIS IS AN MANGA ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING BEYOND THIS CHAPTER.

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                uggg... this ending makes me wish it had ended with the final page of 46.  Having him forget the whole last year is such a fucking cop-out and piss poor unimaginative writing.

It should have ended with incestous banging shit ending 4/10 imo

I wasn´t expecting too much to be sincere but now that i´ve finished reading this manga i found it quite entertaining and well written ;)



Well about chapter 46 it would have been a nice ending but in my opinion that was a little bit predictable and cliche.

Can´t say i actually find chapter 47 a masterpiece ending... but in fact it was a good way to put an end to a cycle and to let us readers know that even after all those hardships sometimes life reserves something that we can use to start anew.



Well i guess that " as long as you keep on living good things are bound to happen" is a good way to sumarize what this ending meant to me  ;)



Score: 7 or 8 / 10 cause i found this manga quite enjoyable and not the typical vampire story.The ending (chap 47) was a little bit too immature and rushed and that is probably what prevents me of giving this manga a better score.

I think it was a good ending for manga(no,very good I should say)really liked it

I don't know if this is worth a reread to remember, but here were my Original thoughts in 2015:


Great manga.

Unique, interesting. Very mature, the way I like it in this age and feeling.

The despair and struggle of coping with being a vampire and his lack of family life was great, now living with his sister in a somewhat weird relationship, bound to protect each other.

In the end though her weak body gives out, he takes pills committing a double suicide of sorts but we then learn that it was not a killing pill.

The trauma then gave him amnesia of the year before he knew he was a vampire and met his long lost sister. And so it ends in a cliff hanger with the girl who loves him attempting to protect him with everybody else. It was a very enjoyable unique read.

8GaugeBrett said:
uggg... this ending makes me wish it had ended with the final page of 46.  Having him forget the whole last year is such a fucking cop-out and piss poor unimaginative writing.



Exactly my opinion. After rereading the manga, the mangaka betrayed me as a reader and gave an immature ending that did not fit the two teenage protagonists' struggle to deal with their emotions maturely.



MANGAKA FAIL!