{"status":200,"data":{"id":26440,"state":"active","merged_with":null,"canonical_url":"https://mangabaka.org/manga/26440/The-Vampire-and-His-Pleasant-Companions","authors":["Marimo Ragawa","Narise Konohara"],"artists":["Marimo Ragawa"],"description":"Since becoming a vampire, Albert’s life has fallen into an unchanging cycle-day to night, bat to vampire, USA to…Japan? After a mishap at a meat-processing plant in Nebraska, bat-Al is flash-frozen alongside his midday snack and shipped to a foreign land! Explaining to police how he really ended up wandering naked is out of the question, not to mention he doesn’t know a word of Japanese! Al will have to rely on the kindness (?) of his new companions if he’s going to get by in Tokyo-that is, if he can convince them he’s the bat! \n\n(Source: Yen Press)","published":{"start_date":"2016-10-20","end_date":null,"start_date_is_estimated":false,"end_date_is_estimated":null},"status":"releasing","is_licensed":true,"content_rating":"safe","type":"manga","rating":79.38,"popularity":{"global":{"current":19967,"history":{"1d":19943,"1w":19700,"1mo":19197,"3mo":19772,"6mo":19422,"1y":19660}},"type":{"current":13691,"history":{"1d":13674,"1w":13543,"1mo":13358,"3mo":14602,"6mo":14418,"1y":15804}}},"publishers":[{"name":"Hakusensha","type":"Original","note":""},{"name":"Yen Press","type":"English","note":"6 Volumes - Ongoing"}],"last_updated_at":"2026-09-03T11:37:12.815Z","source":{"anilist":{"id":113690,"rating":8,"rating_normalized":80},"anime_planet":{"id":"the-vampire-and-his-pleasant-companions","rating":4.3,"rating_normalized":86},"anime_news_network":{"id":null,"rating":null,"rating_normalized":null},"kitsu":{"id":49555,"rating":null,"rating_normalized":null},"manga_updates":{"id":"am5kunc","rating":7.8,"rating_normalized":78},"my_anime_list":{"id":107328,"rating":7.66,"rating_normalized":77},"shikimori":{"id":107328,"rating":7.63,"rating_normalized":76}},"rating_count":336,"final_volume":8,"total_chapters":16,"titles":[{"language":"ko","traits":[],"title":"뱀파이어와 유쾌한 동료들","is_primary":true},{"language":"en","traits":["official"],"title":"The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions","is_primary":true},{"language":"ja-Latn","traits":["native"],"title":"Kyuuketsuki to Yuukai na Nakama-tachi","is_primary":true},{"language":"ru","traits":[],"title":"Вампир и весёлый компаньон","is_primary":true},{"language":"ja","traits":["native"],"title":"吸血鬼と愉快な仲間たち","is_primary":true}],"cover":{"raw":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/manga/cover/large/bx113690-1S3q9cEzqrwf.png","x150":"https://cdn.mangabaka.dev/imgproxy/plain/x150@1/aHR0cHM6Ly9zNC5hbmlsaXN0LmNvL2ZpbGUvYW5pbGlzdGNkbi9tZWRpYS9tYW5nYS9jb3Zlci9sYXJnZS9ieDExMzY5MC0xUzNxOWNFenFyd2YucG5n","x250":"https://cdn.mangabaka.dev/imgproxy/plain/x250@1/aHR0cHM6Ly9zNC5hbmlsaXN0LmNvL2ZpbGUvYW5pbGlzdGNkbi9tZWRpYS9tYW5nYS9jb3Zlci9sYXJnZS9ieDExMzY5MC0xUzNxOWNFenFyd2YucG5n","x350":"https://cdn.mangabaka.dev/imgproxy/plain/x350@1/aHR0cHM6Ly9zNC5hbmlsaXN0LmNvL2ZpbGUvYW5pbGlzdGNkbi9tZWRpYS9tYW5nYS9jb3Zlci9sYXJnZS9ieDExMzY5MC0xUzNxOWNFenFyd2YucG5n","blurhash":"|iI:wlO=9FM{FuwcShozj?E1r?xtbcsCbbaeR*kC0ers%2t7xGS4aeWBj@-pS#M{n$oeV@a}t7WBI:o0kCj[oLofniWCkCxGX8jFRjX8s;WVjZe.s:s:n*WBn%V@SfofW.V@WBjGozofo2nif6bHt7niWBf+jZShoLaeay","width":460,"height":651},"anime":{"exists":false,"start":null,"end":null}}}