Gunbured x Sisters (Volume 1) – Bound by Blood, Lust, and Secrets!

Dorothy is the heir to the church, however, despite her father’s pleas, she would rather fight the monsters plaguing the people as part of the Crimson Sisters. Then, when she finds a dhampir, her dreams come true.
Gunbured x Sisters (Volume 1) – Bound by Blood, Lust, and Secrets!
What happened?
Her father, the Pope would prefer Dorothy to stay in the safe confines of the church and pray for the monsters to be eradicated. However, she wants to take a more hands-on approach. Raised by her wet nurse who told her about the dhampir, half-vampires. Since her wet nurse died at the hands of the vampires, Dorothy has been searching for a dhampir to help her fight back and eradicate the vampires once and for all. So, when a dhampir falls through her church’s roof and impales herself on the cross, Dorothy is overcome with joy. She offers the dhampir one chance to survive – become her pet!
Maria is not thrilled by the idea of becoming Dorothy’s pet or working for the church, especially since she is classified as a monster herself. However, Dorothy has given her little choice. Maria also got to see the power she would be granted from drinking Dorothy’s blood. It made her almost unbeatable. Reluctantly, Maria becomes a Crimson Sister and begins to work with Dorothy, although it’s anything but an easy-going relationship, especially since Dorothy seems to want to play with her pet more than Maria is comfortable. Maria puts up with it, however, as she needs Dorothy’s power to find her sister who was taken by vampires.



What did you think?
This is a series about a horny nun who fights vampires with a dhampir who she also has a thing for. It should be an absolute slamdunk as far as I’m concerned, but sadly, that’s not quite the case. While there are lots of things that I liked, there was a big problem with the pacing. Several times while reading, I found myself moving back a page to make sure that I hadn’t turned two pages at once. I can understand that happening maybe once, but several times! The story jumps from one place or situation so quickly that it can be quite jarring and leave you wondering what is going on.
That said, I quite like the artwork and the character designs. I liked how Dorothy was so unhinged that she made Maria, a half-vampire killing machine seem quite normal by comparison. I am interested enough to want to see where this series goes in the next three volumes as there are only four volumes in total. Hopefully, the story will reach a conclusion and not be one of those series where they just retired it before it was done. It was fun and the action was good, but like I said, the transitions were too quick. There was also a lot of exposition that took up the first quarter of the book.



What was your highlight?
Dorothy had been summoned to see the Pope because of her antics outside of the church. They were also suspicious of Maria, especially since her father knew that she wanted a dhampir. While Dorothy stood up to her father, Maria was being shown around the area by Shannon, a Knight of the Cross who is madly in love with Dorothy. She was also curious about Maria, especially as she seemed to know little about the church despite being fast-tracked to becoming a Crimson Sister under Dorothy. Eventually, Maria lets it slip that she calls her Dorothy and not Dolores, her true name that Shannon uses. Instantly, they are upon one another with blades drawn.
Maria, who was still unsure of how she felt about being Dorothy’s pet, suddenly made up her mind. I think it might have been down to Dorothy’s training and partially because of how jealous it made Shannon. Maria snarled with her vampire fangs as she declared that Dorothy was hers. Before the fight could go on any longer, Dorothy arrived and took Maria with her, despite Shannon’s claims that Maria was dangerous. I wonder if Shannon will discover just how dangerous Maria and Dorothy are. It definitely feels like there’s more to the vampires killing Dorothy’s wet nurse that her father is letting on. I can see Maria and Dorothy ending up going against the church at some point in the future.



Series Information
English Title | Gunbured x Sisters |
Japanese Title | Gunbured x Sisters |
Genres | Action, Drama, Ecchi, Mystery, Supernatural, Vampires, Yuri |
Demographic | Seinen |
Manga
Author | Wataru Mitogawa | |
Artist | Wataru Mitogawa | |
Volumes | 4 | Chapters |
1 | Bound by Blood, Lust, and Secrets! | 1-5 |
2 | Nuns Out, Guns Out! | 6-10 |
3 | When Nuns Cry! | 11-15 |
4 | The Final Bloody Chapter! | 16-21 |
