MURCIÉLAGO, Volume 13 (ムルシエラゴ) is a rare volume. While there is a ton of violence and fighting and implied lesbian sex and the return of a fan favorite enemy, very little actually happens.

A new enemy appears, and is summarily dealt with by Rinko, after a dramatic rooftop battle. 

But, much more importantly, Narumi (former Therese at Rose Marie Acadamy) tells us that Gold Marie’s body is missing! And we can see that she’s up to her old tricks, or at least maybe she is, since a bed full of girls looks awfully like her old tricks.

And then a new enemy appears, in the form of a couple of corpses with their necks bitten almost all the way through. I applaud Yoshimurakana-sensei for her ability to convey visually that the bites were made with human teeth. That was extremely well done. And, as we’ve got Aika and Shizuka on our team now, I’m feeling a bit like this will be a grand battle.

I’m always fascinated by the violence and the new, even more horrific forms of death explored in every volume. I’d love to be a fly on the wall during the ideation sessions.

“So, this time, we’re going with a depraved lunatic who rips people’s throats out with their teeth.”
“Nah, too conventional. We need a better hook.”
“Oh! How about they *take a bite* out of the victim’s throats. Like they are food.”
“Now you’re talking!”

Ratings:

Art – 8 In so far as it is conveying horrific violence, I think it’s getting better.
Story – 7
Characters – 8
Service – 7
Yuri – 3 One bed scene and a threat of Chiyo’s jealousy does not much Yuri make. Not in this series

Overall – 8

I quite like this gang of lesbian psychopaths and I like watching them kill the people they kill so cheerfully. ^_^ More lesbian grindhous,e please.