except maybe a crime-scene's worth of blood after a nosebleed and a bit of sexual harassment (he gets his, don't worry). Despite Kenta Usui (the above mentioned classmate) thinking Karin might be a "prostitot" as the Tokyopo translation puts it, this particular volume doesn't contain much questionable material. This is a quirky little rom com manga that you just kind of roll with and laugh. Karin is about as un-vampire as a girl can get, but if that wasn't bad enough, her new classmate sets off the nosebleeds just by being near her! Oh, and he thinks she might be a prostitute. She likes the sun, eats normal human food, and once every month or so, she produces extra blood and has to go inject it into someone or suffer the consequences. What makes her weird is that she isn't even a normal vampire. No, she'd be somewhat normal as far as her familiy's concerned if that was the issue. (By "flipping" I mean mirroring the contents so that it reads left to right like an American book)Ĭhibi Vampire (or "Karin" in Japanese) is the story of a girl who is an.
#ANIME LIKE KARIN SERIES#
My volume comes complete with a reversed cover because Tokyopop was totally going to flip this series and then changed their minds. This manga series is sweet and funny, and the Japanese twist on vampire mythology is fun.īlood-sucking-fiends gothic graphicnovels I liked her family a lot, too, especially scary-looking dad who's really a big sweetheart, and Anju, Karin's doll-like sister who has some REALLY creepy dolls. Karin is impossibly sweet, a terrible student who you can't help but like. But somehow, I think these two crazy kids just might have a future together. He thinks she's really weird after she gets a nosebleed all over him, and then even more when he misinterprets some of her actions. Maybe that's why he has crazy eyes (according to his classmates, I didn't really see it, myself), and Karin finds herself reacting very strongly to him. Otherwise, she just gets an embarrassing nosebleed.Īnd there's a boy, the new kid at school, Kenta, whose mom keeps losing her job causing him to be very stressed out. She can't even do the blood-sucking thing right - instead of taking blood, she injects it, if she can find an appropriate person. Unlike the rest of her gothic family, she has no trouble with sunlight, eats regular food, and is hopeless when it comes to controlling bats or other people's minds. Her mother's memento ring shines brightly in their presence and fills her with its radiance, making her smarter, faster, and capable of granting wishes.Karin, klutzy Japanese schoolgirl, is also an adorable misfit vampire. All she has left of her parents is a ring given to her by her mother, which she treasures dearly as the sole thing left of her past.Kamichama Karin begins the moment her life takes a turn for the better, when she is approached by Himeka Kuujou, a cute girl who has also lost her parents, and Kazune Kuujou, her cousin who finds girls to be troublesome, both of whom are searching for a goddess. Her only friend, her cat named Shii-chan, passed away recently, leaving her completely alone. Thirteen-year-old Karin Hanazono feels like her life can't get any worse, Her parents died when she was younger, leaving her with an aunt who doesn't hesitate to call her stupid and useless over her poor grades.