published by Kadokawa Shoten on March 17, 2006 as a guidebook to give an overview of the Chibi Vampire series. The first portion of the book contains illustrations by Yuna Kagesaki; the second part contains an overview of the series' setting, including a map of the town featured in Chibi Vampire; the third part has the results of a reader questionnaire; the fourth part has descriptions of the characters, and outlines of some of the popular scenes throughout the series. This book was published by TokyoPop as Chibi Vampire: Bites on December 28, 2010. Reception The English language light novel, and manga adaptations have received generally favorable reviews by various notable critics. Theron Martin from Anime News Network gave the first two manga volumes an overall B+ grade. Martin said that there is a good twist in play on a genre badly in need of one, he also added that the artwork was good, but it was also generic as well as sometimes "cartoonish". Martin also did reviews for the fifth, sixth, tenth, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth volume. Martin referred to Elda as a "juicy" new character in the fifth volume, but said that some of the plot was too generic. He praised the sixth volume for having much drama and important plot info. but was unimpressed by the "true humor", and un-translated sound effects. Martin gave both volumes an overall B rating. In the tenth volume which was also given a B rating, Martin again praised the plot developments but said that the addition of the half-vampire character was "not particularly interesting". Martin gave the twelfth, and thirteenth volumes an overall grade of a B+ saying that there is more "intricate writing" than meets the eye. His criticism about these two volumes were that some of the content is too clichéd. The final volume received a B+ rating from Martin who gave a plus to almost all of the plot resolutions that didn't involve Maki. He said that reasons behind Sophia's existence were an issue though along with action scenes that were hard to follow. Chris Johnston from Newtype USA gave the first manga volume a positive review calling it a "charmingly macabre manga ". Johnston stated that the addition of the vampire plot accentuates the humor, and gives the story more of a purpose than just puppy love. Chris Beveridge from Mania also gave the fourteenth volume a