The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess
is a Japanese light novel series written by Kotei Kobayashi and illustrated by Riichu. SB Creative began publishing the series in January 2020, with eleven volumes having been released as of May 2023. A manga adaptation by the novel's illustrator began serialization in Monthly Big Gangan in December 2021. As of January 2023, the series' individual chapters have been collected into two volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Project No.9 premiered in October 2023. Characters

Media

Light novel
Written by Kotei Kobayashi and illustrated by Riichu, SB Creative began publishing the series on January 11, 2020. As of October 2023, twelve volumes have been released. In August 2021, Yen Press announced that they licensed the series for English publication. Volumes

Manga
A manga adaptation, illustrated by the novel's illustrator Riichu, began serialization in Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan magazine on December 25, 2021. As of January 2023, the series' individual chapters have been collected into two tankōbon volumes. The manga adaptation is published in English on Square Enix's Manga Up! app. Volumes

Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced at the "GA Fes 2023" livestream on January 5, 2023. It is produced by Project No.9 and directed by Tatsuma Minamikawa, with scripts supervised by Keiichirō Ōchi, character designs handled by Tomoyuki Shitaya, and music composed by Go Shiina. The series premiered on October 7, 2023, on Tokyo MX and BS NTV. The opening theme song is "Red Liberation" by fripSide, while the ending theme song is  by MIMiNARI featuring Tomori Kusunoki. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series outside of Asia. Episodes

Reception
Demelza from Anime UK News liked the illustrations, while harshly criticizing the story and characters. Rebecca Silverman from Anime News Network liked the illustrations and thought the writing was "solid", while also criticizing the characters, especially Vill and Komari. Notes

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2020 Japanese novels
2023 anime television series debuts
Adventure anime and manga
Anime and manga based on light novels
Fantasy anime and manga
GA Bunko
Gangan Comics manga
Japanese fantasy novels
Japanese webcomics
Light novels
NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Project No.9
Seinen manga
Sentai Filmworks
Tokyo MX original programming
Vampires in anime and manga
Webcomics in print
Yen Press titles
Yuri (genre) anime and manga
Yuri (genre) light novels