Yeeehaaa… this is my first anime review ever! Sorry for not coming up with a real introduction >_> Content: The story is about Karin who is a vampire but trust me she’s not a normal one. In fact she’s quite the opposite: She is a daywalker and lacks of the special vampire-abilities like erasing someone’s [...]
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So yea, with my new awesome anime downloading app that I just got I figured I might as well try it out. And because I had seen the art on the cover of Chibi Vampire in a bookstore and I thought it looked cute I decided to go download it. Yes. Cute. Do you have
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   Title: Chibi Vampire Vol 14 Author:  Yuna Kagesaki Publisher: Tokyopop ISBN: 9781427816252 May Contain Spoilers Sadly enough, yet another of my favorite series draws to a close.  Chibi Vampire is a title that I didn’t have very high expectations for, and the only reason I bought the [...]
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Title:  Chibi Vampire Vol 11 Author:  Yuna Kagesaki Publisher: Tokyopop ISBN:  9781427808257 May Contain Spoilers This volume focused on Anju and her quickly approaching awakening, and left Karin and Kenta mostly in the background.  As Anju’s aversion to sunlight grows and her sense of taste is diminished, she’s [...]
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Favourite quote, “I’m being tricked by a magical raccoon, aren’t I? I know a magical raccoon when I see one…” When you discover a Tokyopop vampire manga for older teens labeled as comedy/horror, you might expect seductive creepy vampires, but Chibi Vampire turns the normal vampire story on its head. Karin gives people her own blood, [...]
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Title:  Chibi Vampire Vol 10 Author:  Yuna Kagesaki Publisher: Tokyopop ISBN:  9781427806741 May Contain Spoilers This was an excellent installment of the Chibi Vampire series.  The entire Marker family just couldn’t resist poking their noses into Kenta’s and Karin’s business, making for some tense times for our love-struck teens.  Worst of all, Elda reawakens, [...]
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Amazon.com Widgets Title:  Chibi-Vampire Vol 7 Author:  Yuna Kagesaki Publisher:  Tokyopop ISBN:  9781598168815 May Contain Spoilers Young love is so rough, especially if you splurt blood whenever you’re near the boy you like.  Poor Karin, a reverse vampire, has been rejected by Kenta, whose misfortune makes her blood rise.  Her family [...]
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Please just hang on a moment whilst I laugh at Tokyopops renaming of Karin again…
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My damn scanner was being cranky so I had to go the analog route. I stayed up all Sunday night trying to write a paper so I read the first volume of Chibi Vampire (aka Karin) while eating breakfast at about six Monday morning. I thought it was an enjoyable introduction to the romantic comedy [...]
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Anime Fans: The Cult of Japanese Animation in Global and Historical Perspective - Susan Napier (Palgrave Macmillan) I can’t find much info on the content of this book, but if you’re poor like me, you might not want to pay £35.60 for the hardcover, wait untill August for the paperback at a more reasonable £7.76. At [...]
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