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Dark Moon: The Blood Altar
DARK MOON: 달의 제단
Dakeu Mun: Dalui Jedan
Genre
AuthorHYBE
IllustratorHYBE
Publisher
Original runJanuary 15,  2022
Anime
Licensed by Crunchyroll

Dark Moon: The Blood Altar (Korean : DARK MOON: 달의 제단; RR : Dakeu Mun: Dalui Jedan) is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written and illustrated by HYBE in collaboration with Naver Webtoon and a separate web novel with an alternative storyline on Wattpad. An English physical version was published by Yen Press' imprint, Ize Press. [1] The Korean release was published by Haksan Publishing.

It ran from January 15, 2022 to August 12, 2023, consisting of 70 chapters.

The characters and storyline are based on the South Korean boy band Enhypen and their music videos. The original story began with their "Drunk-Dazed" music video released on April 26, 2021. [2]

It is the first story in the Dark Moon series, consisting of Dark Moon: The Blood Altar with Enhypen, the prequel Dark Moon:Children of Vamfield and the spin off prequel Dark Moon: The Grey City with the Japanese boy band &Team. [3]

An anime adaptation has been announced.

Plot

Welcome to Riverfield, where the most popular boys at two rival schools happen to be vampires and werewolves. When a mysterious new student, Sooha, transfers to Riverfield, the rivals find themselves inexplicably drawn to her. As horrible incidents start to shake the town, the boys' forgotten pasts slowly start to unravel... and their world turns upside down. [4]

Characters

Main characters

The protagonist of Dark Moon: The Blood Altar. She is a human with supernatural strength that often makes people mistake her for a vampire. The discrimination she received due to that, started her deep hatred towards vampires. She transferred to the tenth grade at the Decelis Academy.

The vampires

A vampire in the twelfth grade at the Decelis Academy and the captain and center of the Nightball Team. He has the ability of telepathy and is able to converse with others through his mind.
A vampire-werewolf hybrid in the tenth grade at the Decelis Academy and a forward of the Nightball Team. He keeps the fact that he is half werewolf from his vampire brothers.
A vampire in the ninth grade at Decelis Academy and the wing of the Nightball Team. He is the smartest among his brothers and has supernatural speed.
A vampire in the eleventh grade at the Decelis Academy and the enforcer of the Nightball Team. He has supernatural strength.
A vampire in the tenth grade at the Decelis Academy and a back of the Nightball Team. He has the ability of manipulating others' minds, as well as gravity manipulation.
A vampire in the eleventh grade at the Decelis Academy and a back of the Nightball Team. He has pyrokinesis, the ability of manipulating and creating fire.
A vampire in the ninth grade at the Decelis Academy and a forward of the Nightball Team. He can control darkness and cast shadows.

Side characters

A human and Sooha's childhood friend. Despite passing away at a young age, Sooha appeared to see him after transferring to the Decelis Academy.

The werewolves

  • Khan (based on &Team's K)
  • Tahel (based on &Team's Taki)
  • Najak (based on &Team's Nicholas)
  • Enzy (based on &Team's EJ)
  • Ruslan (based on &Team's Harua)
  • Camill (based on &Team's Jo)
  • Mahan (based on &Team's Fuma)
  • Luka (based on &Team's Maki)
  • Louis (based on &Team's Yuma)

Soundtracks

Original

All songs are from Enhypen's extended play Memorabilia unless otherwise stated.

Other

Media

Webtoon

Dark Moon: The Blood Altar began publication on January 15, 2022, on the webtoon hosting services Naver and Line Webtoon. [5]

Web novel

Simultaneously published alongside the webtoon, HYBE and Naver Webtoons co-planned the web novel edition on Wattpad in which the storyline differentiates from the Webtoon version.

Print

Ize Press published an English print edition of the webtoon Dark Moon: The Blood Altar on December 12, 2023. [1] [6]

The Korean version was published by Haksan Publishing (학산문화사) on December 15, 2023, as well as the webnovel on December 1, 2023.

The German version was published by Manhwa Cult on June 6, 2024. The French version by Hugo Publishing and the Thai release by Amarin are set to be published soon.

Anime

An anime adaptation was announced during the Aniplex Online Fest event on September 16, 2024. [7] Crunchyroll licensed the series. [7]

Reception

Dark Moon: The Blood Altar is the most successful works among the HYBE Original Story Webtoons by HYBE and Naver. It exceeded 100 Million cumulative page views on Naver and is also highly evaluated in South Korea with a score of 9.78 out of 10. The webtoon ranked in the top five in the platform's chart in seven different language services including German, Spanish, French, Chinese and Indonesian, topping all Sunday series for 10 straight weeks. [8] [9] The Comic Book Resources similarly included the series in their "25 Top Manhwa You Need To Read". [10]

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