Lament of the Lamb (Japanese: 羊のうた, Hepburn: Hitsuji no Uta, lit.

It was adapted into a live action film in 2002 directed by Junji Hanado, a three-part Drama CD in 2002–03, and an anime OVA series in 2003–04.

The manga was licensed in North America by Tokyopop,[1] and in Russia by Comics Factory.

[2] The story centers on Kazuna, an "average high school student" who starts to lose control at the sight of blood, or even just a blood red colour (as seen in volume one when Yaegashi shows him a bottle of red paint).

Kazuna is friends with an aspiring artist named Yaegashi, who later learns about his condition.