This Gyaru's Got a Thing for...Vampire Hunters?! Volume 1 (eBook)

Wasan Kurata (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-2590-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Deadly monsters who stalked innocents in the night and preyed upon them in secret, versus the select few who used mysterious powers honed by intense training and determination to battle their foes... This was the world of bloodshed that Ginka Shijunana knew and lived for-an endless clash between vampires and vampire hunters-until one final victory ended their war.

Ginka decides to become a normal high school student now that her vampire hunting days are over, but her combat skills are no match for the challenges of everyday interactions with other teenagers. Still, she hits it off with the flashy and fashionable gyaru Ruka Moriki. When remnants of Ginka's old life start to mysteriously reappear, however, will she pull Ruka into the darkness with her? Or will Ruka help her remain in the light?

Find out all of this and more in the exciting first volume of This Gyaru's Got a Thing for...Vampire Hunters?!

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“Hola!”

“Mornin’.”

Ruka giggled at how all over the place their greetings were and sat down.

Hinaru, the girl with champagne-pink twin ponytails, grumbled, “Ugh... Look, Ruka-chin.”

“Hmm? What?”

“Like, our latest masterpiece.”

Hinaru had the social media app DipZip open on her phone. There was a video of the Hie High dance club in a hallway, with Hinaru right in the middle. She was moving her arms and legs like a pro, her pink ponytails with bold, dark streaks swinging wildly as she danced. The whole club’s moves were so smooth, anyone could tell their dancing was top-tier just by watching a clip.

“Ooh, looking good.”

“Yeah, but check the comments.”

“Huh? Oh, oof...”

Their dancing was solid, and they’d chosen a popular song, so the video had a ton of views and just as many comments. But...

“‘Ty for the swinging tits, shake your ass more’...” Hinaru read out loud before making a face. “Gross! These comments are so ick. Ick, ick, ick!”

You never knew who or how many people were going to see you on social media. And you almost had to expect comments like that on a video of high school girls dancing. Hinaru getting angry wouldn’t get creeps like that to shut up—she’d just tire herself out. The best plan was to report those comments.

Ruka knew getting mad wouldn’t help at all, but she still felt anger boiling up inside. Hinaru was her friend, her adorable pal who was cute in her own way with the bright makeup she wore and the funny (and sometimes mysterious) things she said. If some random troll was causing trouble for Hinaru, Ruka wasn’t gonna keep quiet about it.

“Now I’m annoyed too... Hina, gimme your phone. I’m gonna fire back.”

“H-Hey, what’re you getting all worked up about, Ruka-chin?”

“I’m in the dance club too, so I gotta pitch off for my buds.”

“Yeah, but only on paper... And don’tcha mean ‘pitch in’?” With an awkward laugh, Hinaru held her phone away from Ruka.

Ruka couldn’t really do much to help, but at least her friend got to vent a little. It was frustrating, but maybe it was best to back down for now. Pushing harder would probably make Hinaru mad at her instead.

“Ungh...” another voice groaned.

Ruka turned and found her friend with black hair and peekaboo highlights, Meiri, glaring at her phone with a frown. A necklace swayed back and forth along the neckline of her slightly unbuttoned uniform top. She was pretty, which wasn’t surprising for an amateur model in a fashion magazine, so even her pained expression looked like something out of a painting.

“What’s up, Mei?” Ruka asked.

“The lip balm I’ve been wanting went up on Maruoku.” Meiri’s phone had an auction site called Maruoku up, and there was a picture of a package with “Lip Creature” written on it.

Lip Creature was a type of lip balm sold by the Japanese cosmetics company KATHY. It was famous for lasting all day and was so popular that it kept selling out all over the country. People buying and selling Lip Creature on an auction site like Maruoku proved how crazy the demand was.

“Wait, isn’t that kinda expensive...?”

The Lip Creature on the page Meiri was looking at was pricier than usual.

“It’s Maruoku. Everything’s kinda pricey there.”

“Isn’t Lip Creature budget stuff? Paying that much is, y’know...”

“I know. I know, but it’s not in stock anywhere...” Meiri replied with a sigh.

Ruka wanted to help her friends whenever they were in trouble, but she also had to keep the state of their wallets in mind. She’d been pals with Meiri ever since middle school, but money wasn’t something she could bring up lightly. So Ruka decided to stay neutral without agreeing or arguing with her.

But then Hinaru spoke up. “Mei-chi, you totally got swindled when you bought face cream without thinking last time. Tryna buy Lip Creature’s gonna be a total disaster, so you should quit before you make yourself look like a dummy again.”

Everyone froze.

To be fair, Hinaru was right. Meiri had gotten screwed over on auction sites before. Last time, she’d agonized a ton over the package pics of the high-end cream like she’d just been doing with the Lip Creature listing. She’d decided to buy the cream...and they’d sent her an empty box. Total scam. Meiri had at least managed to return it, but she’d been a mess for a few days after that. Ruka definitely agreed it was best not to tempt fate again, but she also thought Hinaru could’ve phrased it a little more gently.

“Oh, like you’ve never done anything like that,” Meiri snapped back. “There was that whole deal when you bought those knockoff hoops. Me and Ruka spent forever trying to cheer you up. Doesn’t forgetting about that make you the dummy?”

“Um, unrelated.” Hinaru looked more intense now. Her face wasn’t scary or anything because she looked so young, but Ruka could clearly feel the anger coming off her.

Class hasn’t even started yet, but sparks are already flying between Hina and Mei?! And the reason is kinda really dumb! Ruka sighed and braced herself for the oncoming crash. This was just a little squabble, not a serious fight. They might stop talking to each other for a few days, but they’ll make up on their own. No big deal—but dealing with that for a few days is gonna be a pain...

Ruka was gonna be stuck scrambling between the two of them until they made up. Having fun was her number one priority, so she really wanted to avoid a situation that was basically a hundred percent pain.

She decided to interrupt her friends’ argument. “No, you are both ze most foolish of fools,” she announced.

Hinaru and Meiri both went pale.

“Ruka-chin, what’s with that accent?”

“What the heck is that, an impression? Who or what, even?”

Ruka ignored those objections and kept going. “Madame Mei, ya worried over purchasing ze Lip Creature precisely cuz you remember your previous failure, ja?”

“Well, yeah... Seriously, though, what?”

“Next, Señorita Hina, you didn’t desire Lady Mei to be sad, so ya attempted ta make her give up with the harshest of words, si?”

“Right...I-I think. You’re kinda hard to understand...”

As the pair of them grimaced, Ruka gave an overblown nod. “As I figure it, folks who learn from mistakes ain’t no fools. And I gotta say, worryin’ about buds don’t sound so dumb. I’d reckon neither of ya’s dumb, but what say ya?”

Hinaru and Meiri looked at each other, then awkwardly averted their eyes.

“I know you were worried, Hina, but that way of putting things...”

“Yeah, I shoulda watched my phrasing, maybe...”

“But you were right, and I know you were concerned and all... So, well, no need to apologize...”

Both of them started mumbling and squirming.

What. So adorable! Ruka thought. The hostile mood in the air was drifting away, and she was feeling pretty good from having avoided a lot of trouble. She shot her two friends a satisfied smile. “No shame, you two. I mean, I didn’t even get embarrassed when I almost followed an old guy into a hotel because he said he’d give me some money.”

“Um, you should be embarrassed,” Hinaru and Meiri said at the same time.

“Excuse me?” Ruka snapped.

“Whoa, Ruka’s pissed off— Ah, my phone!” Meiri yelped.

“My baby!” Hinaru reached for her phone and missed.

With both of their phones in hand, Ruka smudged her fingerprints all over the screens. Then, as the school bell rang, she handed the phones back to her friends. “That’ll do it for today,” she said. “Hina, head on back.”

“N-No fair...” With her shoulders slumped, Hinaru took her phone and went back to her seat.

From the seat behind Hinaru’s, Meiri glared at Ruka while wiping her phone down with a handkerchief. Everyone else had taken their seats too. Their homeroom teacher, Toumi Tani, would be there to start the day soon. As Ruka started to get excited, the door at the front of the classroom opened.

“Huh...?”

It was impossible to tell who had said that. Maybe it was one of the noisy boys or serious girls. It could’ve been a loner guy or even that one sleepy girl. Heck, it could’ve been Ruka herself. Anyone could’ve been so surprised that they’d said something out loud. After all, it wasn’t their teacher at the door. It was a beautiful girl with silver hair and silver eyes.

That gorgeous hair would’ve been tough to replicate with any amount of bleach. Her irises might’ve been color contacts, though. She seemed like a foreigner, and her face was almost too pretty. Oh, and she had a ton of piercings, with her main earring shaped like a cross. There was even a faint scar over her smooth cheek. To top it all off, she wore glossy black tights and leather gloves.

To Ruka, this beauty could have stepped right out of an anime. “A-An anime character...” she mumbled.

Since she was wearing the girls’ uniform, the newcomer was a Hie High student. But Ruka...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.9.2025
• Reihe/Serie: This Gyaru’s Got a Thing for...Vampire Hunters?!
• Illustrationen: Wasan Kurata
• Übersetzer: Wasan Kurata
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: female protagonist • Gyaru • High School • Light Novel • modern day • Supernatural • vampire hunter
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-2590-8 / 1718325908
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-2590-6 / 9781718325906