In this review of Blood Type #3, Ada’s history is shown to have one more little twist, and Max’s true insidious nature is revealed.
Blood Type #3
Writer: Corinna Bechko
Artist: Andrea Sorrentino
Main Cover: Miguel Mercado
Variant Covers: Andrea Sorrentino, Albert Monteys, Patricia Martin Samaniego
Page Count: 32 pages
Release Date: August 13, 2025
We catch up with Ada in Blood Type #3 as she tries to piece together what Max’s deal is. He has that taste of vampirism, but can walk around in the sun. He heals quicker than a normal human, as well.
She can tell he’s looking for her, and goes looking for a place to hide.The housekeeper that drove her back to the resort earlier offers to help with that. She has her suspicions about Ada, knowing she wasn’t up-front with her about who she was/why she was there…but also knowing that if Max is looking for her, that can’t be a great sign.
A brief flashback shows Ada back in the 1800s again…but she was actually the maid and not the Lady of the house. The two resembled each other enough that they were able to switch places so that Ada could attend a school interview in her place. Two weeks after this, we come to the household where Ada was eventually turned.
In the present, Ada summons a swarm of rats to cover her planned escape. But Max catches up to her. He tells her that his family’s been perfecting a vampirism formula, but they’re missing something that can only come from Ada…and given that his ancestor was the woman Ada claimed she’d turn (and then didn’t)…there’s some definite resentment. She goes to bite him, he drugs her in response.
He has her (and the housekeeper that witnessed this whole thing) brought to a lab so he can have Ada drained for that final immortality-granting component. And unlike Ada, who kills only when necessary, he has more megalomaniacal ideas…
So, Blood Type #3 really drives home the fact that we’ve got two very different sorts of monsters in play, and it shows this well. On the one hand, we’ve gotten to know Ada over three issues. We’ve seen what she’s all about: survival, no longer wanting to be a punching bag to those around her…
It’s all been about one thing: giving herself the most fulfilling (un)life she could muster. She even states that she’s not out to drink everyone…just what she needs (or those that irk her enough). Just enough predation to get by.
On the other hand, we’ve got Max. He tries to portray himself as sympathetic (of course, the arm injury probably helps). But by the end of Blood Type #3, he’s talking about what he’d do with the full vampirism package. Wanting that sort of power specifically to be a ruler is a definite red flag. The fact that he’s leaning into a generational grudge to obtain that immortality? It also speaks volumes as to what kind of a person he is.
The crab hunting in the previous issue, as it turned out, was relevant to Max’s plans. Initially, that could’ve been taken as just something one might do on an island like this. Crab’s likely a meal served at the resort, and all, so my thought was along those lines.
Why bring that up? It pushes the point that every aspect of this story is very intentional. Even the fact that the housekeeper was pulled into things tells me she’s there for a reason other than “deal with the witness”. She may be in shock over what Ada is…but the fact that Max is worse feels like she may be a key to helping Ada out of her current desperate situation.
Art-wise, a special mention goes to the sequence just after Ada is drugged. The panels in Blood Type #3 slant in such a way to emulate Ada’s current disorientation. The lettering follows suit, and the two-page spread that comes next is easiest read if one flips the book around 90 degrees…or it could be read as-is, which also adds to the effect. Some might find the orientation aspect to be inconvenient, but I, personally, thought it made for a cool choice.
Final Thoughts
Blood Type #3 answers the biggest question of the series, while leaving things on a biting cliffhanger. The reveal of what Max really is wasn’t too surprising, but the question was begging to be answered all the same. Looking forward to seeing how Ada gets out of this situation.
