Published in the U.S. by Tokyopop
Slugline: Powerfull vampire is re-constituted from ashes to seek revenge and/or save and/or destroy the world.
If you like big, DBZ-style magic fights, read no further and go buy this manhwa. (Korean manga, ICYDK.)
For the rest of us, Rebirth starts with a fairly standard set of characters (angry anti-hero, two girls struggling to be useful, snarky sidekick, emotionless female killing machine) and gets a bit distracted by its own massive combat sequences for the first two volumes.
(So distracted that a bunch of supposedly hungry monsters spend most of v.1 standing around with lunch in their hands -- take a bite! Up the tension! Doesn't the girl look yummy enough?)
In volume 3, the story launches into some good questions and answers, but then throws in a rather pointless fight and some unsurprising character background for the busty female "Catholic" preist/exorcist.
The characters are solidly developed, but not very interesting... dialog is good in places but mostly flat... plot keeps getting sidelined by combat... worldbuilding... well, it doesn't suck, specifically, except for the vampiric parts.
- Miranda
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