Midnight Secretary - Reviews

Midnight Secretary
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Eveamlizya's avatar
May 20, 2011

Midnight Secretary quickly became one of my favorite manga so far.  If you have an affinity for vampires, it's a good read and definitely a good alternative to other vampire manga/anime that deal will high school teenagers.  This is for mature audiences only.  There is sexual content and nudity.

Satozuka Kaya is a secretary who takes great pride in her work.  Her face is very child-like, therefore, she pulls her hair in a tight bun and wears glasses to make herself appear more mature.  She works at the Touma coorperation as an assistant, but is transferred to the private secretarial position for the Director, Touma Kyouhei.  Soon after starting, she finds out (by accident) that her boss is a vampire.  He decides to keep her as a secretary since it would benefit him.  She soon begins scheduling his "meals" with numerous women, but soon, after an accident with a client, he is weakened and needs blood immediately.  Kaya offers herself up to the vampire and Kyouhei quickly realizes that her blood is the only blood that will satisfy his thirst from then on.

Their relationship grows, but they have some inner problems.  Kaya isn't sure whether she is just a "meal" for him, just his secretary, or something more.  Kyouhei believes that Kaya is only doing her secretarial duty by keeping her boss in good health, which is what she says, but he wants her to let her guard down.  Kyouhei is also a very prideful vampire and it's looked down upon to fall in love with a human.

There's also those who try to seperate the two.  Kyouhei's brother, Touma Masaki, and a female vampire, Marika.  The vampire clan becomes a big deal towards the end of the manga since Kyouhei is "losing his pride" as a vampire by loving a human and drinking fake blood.

Kaya can be very childish at times, but most of the time she's fighting herself mentally trying to trust her boss.  Kyouhei is a very dominant person.  He's egotistical and hardly ever smiles.  At first, Kyouhei doesn't want Kaya as his secretary because she isn't good looking, but she quickly shows him that she's capable of doing any work he throws her way.  He says that she's the only secretary he'll ever have and that she's his forever.  Kyouhei refuses to let anyone else have her, which causes some problems when she is transferred to another coorperation.

The progression of the characters is fantastic.  Both Kaya, Kyouhei, Masaki, and Marika grow so much during the course of the manga.  I loved watching as Kyouhei let his guard down and Marika began to accept that his pride had only grown more.

I liked the way Kyouhei is drawn.  At first, I didn't, but after becoming aquainted with him...it fits.  The men are drawn in a bit more of an old fashioned way, but Kaya is beautifully drawn.  As far as, ease of read, it is.  It reads very easily and the story is easy to follow.  Everything is explained in detail, from the way blood tastes different for the vampires to his weaknesses to the handlings of the coorperation.

Midnight Secretary has now become part of my top five manga.  I loved it!  It's a must read for anyone interested in romance or vampires.

10/10 story
9/10 art
9/10 characters
9.5/10 overall
AFL's avatar
Mar 11, 2021

It is not really that great. Story is kinda boring and sometimes i am actually thinking if the secretary has any pride at all !?! Anyways it is kind of annoying to see how she humiliates and devotes  herself to someone as cold as her boss! She is smart and everything but C'mon woman don't you have any pride ?! Eventhough he is with all these other women she still thinks she shouldnt get jealous and keep offering herself! It's stupid! There is no way someone could think that way!

3/10 story
5/10 art
5/10 characters
3/10 overall
Juliam's avatar
Mar 2, 2018

O Manga Midnight secretary é uns dos meus mangas favorito. A historia dos peronagens é muito legal, gira em torno do Diretor Touma ( no começo voce não vai gostar dele ) e a secretaria Kaya  ( ela é muito fofa quando tira os oculos ). Nenhuma secretaria dele dura muito tempo, quando Kaya chega para se apresentar, ele a humilha dizendo que ela é muito pouco atraente com as sua roupas antiquadas. Então ela pede para ele um chance para provar que ela é capaz em seu trabalho. mais em uma noite, quando ela entra em seu escritorio, descobre que seu segredo...seu chefe é um vampiro.

Umas das coisas que eu gostei bastante é de como eles descrevem o mundo dos vampiros, tem aspectos diferente de outros mangas do mesmo gênero. O relacionamento dos dois personagens principais não é entendiante, você sempre quer saber mais, o que vai acontecer. Eu gostei muito da Arte, os traços dos desenhos são muito bom. 

Eu recomendo esse Manga para quem gosta do genero de romance/vampiro.

Eu gostaria muito que tivese uma continuação dele porque o final é muito fofo.

10/10 story
9/10 art
10/10 characters
9.5/10 overall
OneEyeMonkey's avatar
Dec 10, 2021

Classic romance nothing much going on and when something finally happens its way too short. Yes there are some realy well writen parts but most of this manga is same stuf over and over again. What i mean is before they finally say they love each other same stuf happes again and again. And after that its same too so yea most of this feels reused...

Art is worst part of this. There are realy rarely good drawing in there i can think about like 2-3 in entire manga. Most of this feels unfinished or whats even worst its floded with text and msot of the talk is always the same so you read same thing over agian...

Characters feel totaly stupid and girl is same from start to finish nothing changes only guy has his personality changed during story but even so it often feel unatural to read theire conversations...

6/10 story
3/10 art
4/10 characters
5/10 overall
Roshni317's avatar
Dec 2, 2022

It was okay. Really boring sometimes. The FL was so annoying. The only thing I really liked is the Vampire.

7/10 story
7/10 art
8/10 characters
7/10 overall
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