If I was to give a single explanation about what Vampire Juujikai is about, i'd say that it asks the question what does it mean to be a king. What is the truest form of a king. I believe that Vampire Juujikai answers that question. A king is someone who in a split second can sacrifice everything to save his people. He is able to make the hard decisions.

When I read a manga I look for story above all else, well maybe not look for because a good one is so hard to find in manga or tv these days. In all the manga and anime I have read only about 2 of them have lived up to my expectations including this manga. The other being full metal alchemist.

The thing that I look for is a intro with a huge number of story elements in it.

In Vampire Juujikai we have Strauss the 1000 year old vampire who abandoned his own people, now hunted by his own kind and humans alike. With a curse that is seemingly absolute and almost guaranteed to kill strauss eventually. A seemingly endless task of breaking thousands of seals to free his vampire bride who almost destroyed the world. Now with 1000 years of backstory his mortal enemy the Black Swan wants to work together with the vampire king to fight a common enemy.

Any other story mongers out there should recognize, these elements are the makings of an amazing story. These are all introduced at the very beginning of the story and throughout the story are tied together in a web of ellaborate lies and misconceptions.

Don't even read into the sci fi element, there is no sci fi element. I got turned off of reading this amazing story for ages because I thought for the longest time that it was gonna be about some weird ass space invasion.

The only flaw that I can see is the characters. There are several characters which are given seemingly important parts but turn out to have absolutely nothing to do with anything. They are never explored, but they look weird as hell and you think theres a story there, but it's never explored.