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Newhope · 2009-02-10, 21:54

Here's the glimpse of the adult Anju who's still watching over Karin and her niece 22 years after the main story finished.

Spoiler for Anju:

Vexx · 2009-02-10, 22:29

Aye, no dispute there... it wasn't the concept of Winner and his ancestry that got on my nerves so much as the ham-fisted performance and delivery :P I just found it annoying rather than "funny". The historical tie-backs were actually pretty neat in the anime.

dpryciak · 2009-02-12, 22:51

The light novels are actually supposed to tie in with the manga, and some of manga actually list/suggest where the novels "fit" in the story arc.

I just cannot remember when the first book fits into the mangas....around book 5???

Ann

ps....what does that script say in the Anju scenes? (heck, I'd love to know more about what happens with all those people, even if I oppose the way the author handled Karin's family way of handling the Issues)

dpryciak · 2009-02-18, 15:26

So, does anybody know anything about future Karin/Chibi Vampire novels? (nonmanga). Tokyopop stopped at #5, but I know there are more in Japan.

GuidoHunter_Toki · 2009-02-18, 17:08

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Originally Posted by dpryciak

So, does anybody know anything about future Karin/Chibi Vampire novels? (nonmanga). Tokyopop stopped at #5, but I know there are more in Japan.

Tokyopop cut about half of its publication releases and the Chibi Vampire novels were part of the cut back. So there is no more novel releases in america in the forseeable future for Chibi Vampire.

dpryciak · 2009-02-23, 15:43

Wah! I thought that was what I read. Sucks. Maybe they'll change their mind...or maybe they'll start offering a Netflix-like manga-online reading site where you can pay $15/month to read novels online....

Shinji103 · 2009-02-27, 17:24

Having read the Karin Airlmail volume now, I personally think Freheed's (or however you're supposed to spell his name in english) aunt looks more like Elda than Karin. (and her name being Elga......)

Not much to say about the first two extras since they weren't about the Karin story, but they were nice.

Spoiler:

My favorite part of the whole volume was actually the 4-panel shorts at the end where Kgaesaki tells of the trip to Seattle for the Sakura-con. With the 4-panel on "BL," it makes me wonder if Kagesaki went to the store and saw those guys there who were always shouting "YAOI, GET YOUR YAOI!!" all the years I went there. They actually scared off some friends of my friends when they went there for the first time one year....

dpryciak · 2009-02-28, 09:45

Kikuchi?

Otherwise, LOL. I've never been to a comicon (I'm so afraid) but it sounds...strange.

MatriXX · 2009-03-01, 00:21

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Originally Posted by dpryciak

Wah! I thought that was what I read. Sucks. Maybe they'll change their mind...or maybe they'll start offering a Netflix-like manga-online reading site where you can pay $15/month to read novels online....

We can only hope...

(I'm learning Japanese right now, so I'll probably be able to read them completely sometime in the future)

Anyway, there's 11 novels total. The later ones are... interesting, to say the least.

novel 8 has Kenta bitten by another vampire who sucks out his "morals".
I thought it would be more interesting than the way it turned out though.
All it did was turn him into an asshole for a little while.

And I think novels 7,8,9 are inter-connected. The same character appears in all 3 volumes (that reverse trap vampire lady).

The two last novels take place during a sports festival at Karin's school, where she learns to become a cheerleader. (and fails at it)

Oh, and did I mention Anju wears NORMAL CLOTHES in one of the novels? (looks more like gym clothes though) Weird.

dpryciak · 2009-03-01, 23:20

Well, thanks for the info! I suppose I'll have to learn to read Japanese, too. (not that it's a bad thing, just timely)

arkxkra · 2009-03-03, 11:01

just finish reading the last volume a moment ago. love the ending, although some part is sad

, but it do not failed me at least

.

Spoiler for last last...:

Karin is a good series !!! love it ^^.

Newhope · 2009-03-16, 13:33

Well I didn't expect that Elda's the strongest liveing vampire left in Japan no wonder there all scared of her.

hollowification · 2009-03-17, 07:43

i just read chapter 58 and

Spoiler for Spoiler:

but something else the karin family are watching over them even when the older and what i put up i understand but

Spoiler for secret:

Newhope · 2009-03-17, 10:44

Well they've missed or haven't translated yet the last 5 or so pages.

Spoiler for About the last pages:

Spoiler for About the daughter:

hollowification · 2009-03-17, 17:50

yeah i think so

Spoiler for about her daugther:

dpryciak · 2009-03-17, 22:31

Would That One have the same, er, needs?

ANd I still think it sucks (pardon the pun) that Karin was the one that had to "change" in the final agreement, just so she could be with Kenta and live a normal life.

hollowification · 2009-03-18, 00:37

i hope the be season 2 or another chapter beginning with there daughter on her trail of founding out that she is half vampire

Mandrake · 2009-03-18, 02:07

About the ending

Spoiler:

Deadwings · 2009-03-22, 23:58

Just finished reading and

Spoiler for ending:

But it was a very nice reading in the end.

dpryciak · 2009-03-23, 21:34

I agree, completely cruel, and it could have been done differently by the author. It felt...somewhat like a copout, too.

How could that be happy Sure, it has a happy ending...but not a completely happy one. Maybe that is the pont? We can't have our cake and eat it too?

At least it didn't have that usual tragic ending that a lot of animes seem to adore: one dies, and the remaining lover lives on with passion in his/her heart. Ugh.

2009-02-10, 22:29	Link #222
Vexx Obey the Darkly Cute ... Author Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ... Age: 66	Aye, no dispute there... it wasn't the concept of Winner and his ancestry that got on my nerves so much as the ham-fisted performance and delivery :P I just found it annoying rather than "funny". The historical tie-backs were actually pretty neat in the anime. __________________ "It Really IS Rocket Science", Novel series rough drafts; vol. 1 thru vol. 3 complete Volume 4 in work, Visit the thread for short stories! Last edited by Vexx; 2009-02-19 at 01:14.

2009-02-27, 17:24	Link #227
Shinji103 Crazy Devout Fanboy Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: 1st Ra Cailum-class battleship Ra Cailum, port-side officer's bunks	Having read the Karin Airlmail volume now, I personally think Freheed's (or however you're supposed to spell his name in english) aunt looks more like Elda than Karin. (and her name being Elga......) Not much to say about the first two extras since they weren't about the Karin story, but they were nice. Spoiler: I thought Maki trying to get Kikuchi to confess to Fumio, then setting him up for the fall, was quite a bit beyond harsh. My favorite part of the whole volume was actually the 4-panel shorts at the end where Kgaesaki tells of the trip to Seattle for the Sakura-con. With the 4-panel on "BL," it makes me wonder if Kagesaki went to the store and saw those guys there who were always shouting "YAOI, GET YOUR YAOI!!" all the years I went there. They actually scared off some friends of my friends when they went there for the first time one year.... __________________

2009-03-03, 11:01	Link #231
arkxkra 全力全開 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Non-management 97th world	just finish reading the last volume a moment ago. love the ending, although some part is sad , but it do not failed me at least . Spoiler for last last...: lol at the final extra chapter, their daughter is love Kenta so much lol, father complex? Karin is a good series !!! love it ^^. __________________ \| Anime Series' Window XP/7 Theme \|

2009-03-17, 07:43	Link #233
hollowification Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005	i just read chapter 58 and Spoiler for Spoiler: karin and kentai have a daughter name kanon but something else the karin family are watching over them even when the older and what i put up i understand but Spoiler for secret: her daughter does not knows that her grandparents on her mother side are vampires and so her mother __________________ Those who can't see the mirror of the own reflection cannot Reflect the one true self

2009-03-17, 10:44	Link #234
Newhope Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008	Well they've missed or haven't translated yet the last 5 or so pages. Spoiler for About the last pages: They missed the pages where Karin and her daughter are fighting other Kenta. Spoiler for About the daughter: She may be a vampire seeing how she's the vampire goddess or whatever she was Sophia reborn.

2009-02-10, 21:54	Link #221
Newhope Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008	Here's the glimpse of the adult Anju who's still watching over Karin and her niece 22 years after the main story finished. Spoiler for Anju:

2009-02-12, 22:51	Link #223
dpryciak Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Michigan	The light novels are actually supposed to tie in with the manga, and some of manga actually list/suggest where the novels "fit" in the story arc. I just cannot remember when the first book fits into the mangas....around book 5??? Ann ps....what does that script say in the Anju scenes? (heck, I'd love to know more about what happens with all those people, even if I oppose the way the author handled Karin's family way of handling the Issues)

2009-02-18, 15:26	Link #224
dpryciak Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Michigan	So, does anybody know anything about future Karin/Chibi Vampire novels? (nonmanga). Tokyopop stopped at #5, but I know there are more in Japan.

2009-02-23, 15:43	Link #226
dpryciak Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Michigan	Wah! I thought that was what I read. Sucks. Maybe they'll change their mind...or maybe they'll start offering a Netflix-like manga-online reading site where you can pay $15/month to read novels online....

2009-02-28, 09:45	Link #228
dpryciak Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Michigan	Kikuchi? Otherwise, LOL. I've never been to a comicon (I'm so afraid) but it sounds...strange.

2009-03-01, 23:20	Link #230
dpryciak Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Michigan	Well, thanks for the info! I suppose I'll have to learn to read Japanese, too. (not that it's a bad thing, just timely)

2009-03-16, 13:33	Link #232
Newhope Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008	Well I didn't expect that Elda's the strongest liveing vampire left in Japan no wonder there all scared of her.

2009-03-17, 17:50	Link #235
hollowification Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005	yeah i think so Spoiler for about her daugther: but i wonder does she even know that she a vampire herself half one __________________ Those who can't see the mirror of the own reflection cannot Reflect the one true self

2009-03-17, 22:31	Link #236
dpryciak Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Michigan	Would That One have the same, er, needs? ANd I still think it sucks (pardon the pun) that Karin was the one that had to "change" in the final agreement, just so she could be with Kenta and live a normal life.

2009-03-18, 00:37	Link #237
hollowification Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005	i hope the be season 2 or another chapter beginning with there daughter on her trail of founding out that she is half vampire __________________ Those who can't see the mirror of the own reflection cannot Reflect the one true self

2009-03-18, 02:07	Link #238
Mandrake Senior Member Join Date: May 2004	About the ending Spoiler: I found it rather cruel, they're orphaning her. Yea sure to the families eyes they are still watching her, but for Karin it's not. You ask any orphan if that doesn't bring sadness. Even with someone to love her. Stupid decision.

2009-03-22, 23:58	Link #239
Deadwings Heaven's Nightmare Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Why should you care? Age: 35	Just finished reading and Spoiler for ending: well, it wasn't the ending I expected. Only the last part felt really serious and dramatic but in the overall, I didn't really see this kind of ending coming. All the way through the last pages I was thinking "No, that's wrong. That's too much". Even tough the results are those of a generic happy ending, taking away her family is quite a cruel way of "protecting" her. However, if it had been just a standard happy ending, I think I would have catalogued this manga as just another one of the bunch, the bitter ending was the final touch for me, even if a complain about it But it was a very nice reading in the end.

2009-03-23, 21:34	Link #240
dpryciak Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Michigan	I agree, completely cruel, and it could have been done differently by the author. It felt...somewhat like a copout, too. How could that be happy Sure, it has a happy ending...but not a completely happy one. Maybe that is the pont? We can't have our cake and eat it too? At least it didn't have that usual tragic ending that a lot of animes seem to adore: one dies, and the remaining lover lives on with passion in his/her heart. Ugh.