It’s time for another installment of “Anime I’ve Seen Extended Cut”! For those who don’t know what “Anime I’ve Seen Extended Cut” is here’s the basic premise; I take a longer look at one of the animes that I’ve seen on my “Animes I’ve Seen” list. Pretty simple, no? This was created for Clan of the Fanboys and you can check out the original post here. Oh and please note that I’m in no way, shape, or form trying to review said anime. This is more of an in-depth look into what I thought about the show. Now, let’s sit back and bask in
Karin Maaka is just your average high school girl, except that her family are vampires. However, she not your normal vampire. She’s different. Instead of sucking blood, she creates it, making her an outcast in her family and vampire-kind as a whole. When her blood level increases, she has to bite someone, else the excess blood explodes out of her nose. Thankfully, there are benefits to this problem. She is able to walk in the sunlight, can sleep during the night, and do ‘normal’ things that ‘normal’ girls would do. Unfortunately, her ‘normal’ life changes after a new student arrives, a boy named Kenta Usui. Whenever he is near Karin, her blood rises and she gets violent nosebleeds. Kenta witnesses one of her nosebleeds and promises her not to tell anyone about what he saw. A little later, he learns that Karin is a vampire and promises to keep her secret as well. But not all secrets can be kept for very long.
Just did what needed to be done without taking the next step to become something more. The execution and close to everything else was average to the extreme. The characters were average, the story was average, and the animation was average. Average, average, average.
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The story is fairly simple, girl meets boy and falls in love with boy. Simple right? Well, let’s throw in a few vampires, a guy who is hopelessly in love with Karin, and some twists to make this show a bit more interesting. Problem is, it didn’t make it any more interesting. In fact, they only barely worked. Why? It never took these things a step further. It just stayed on the ‘safe’ path and didn’t stray to far from it. When it did,
Is that the whole series could have been over in just one or two episodes. All Karin had to do was bite Usui, but she never did. If she did, the whole series would have been pointless. So instead we have a drawn out plot. This really hurts
A lot. This plot hole is the most damning issue about this series because after you realize it, you start to think that
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Is utterly pointless. Why couldn’t she bite Usui anyways? There is no reason she couldn’t. Even other characters ask her why doesn’t she just bite the boy and get it over with. All Karin says is that she can’t do that. There is nothing more than that. She just can’t do it. Why not? Does she love him? No, that can’t be it, they only just meet. Is it because he promised to keep her secret? Kind of, but still it’s a weak excuse. There is even a point when Usui tells Karin that if she needs to bite someone to bite him. Just do it! It’s not like you are building up to the last episo- oh wait, you are.
‘s averageness. Almost. Let’s take a look at our main character, Karin. Karin was decent, but there isn’t anything more to her than that. She’s just decent. She’s not really remarkable or even that special. In fact, she comes across as your typical female lead in shows like this. She’s a bit of a klutz and can be extremely stupid, but that’s really it. The only thing I can remember about her is that she has huge breasts, or at least that’s what the series wants you to think. Just go back and watch the trailer. What do you see the most? Her topless. It’s not like she was portrayed like that in the show itself
. Sure, there was a joke here and there, but nothing that obvious. Also, Karin can become annoying. Her wishy-washy attitude towards Usui is the best example for this. It’s painfully obvious that she is head-over-heels in love with him, but she can’t admit it to herself, even when she admits it. Also, Karin severely over-analyzes her every action and that’s probably the most annoying thing about her. Other than those things, there isn’t much more to her. That’s really all there is to Karin.
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Kenta is just unbearable. I never thought I would find such a dull main character and love interest, but somehow I did. It’s surprising how little I thought of him. He was just ‘there’. For being such a prominent part of the story, he blended in the background most of the time. Now, this may be due to the horrid dub acting, but he just never had a presence. He looked average (for the most part), acted average, and talked average. The only thing that I remember him for is his creepy way of dealing with Karin and his creepy eyes. Okay, so maybe is defining trait was that he was creepy. However, he fails at that. I’m amazed that Karin even likes this guy, but I guess her interest does make sense, in a weird, twisted way. Still Usui is unremarkable as they come.
Aside from them, we have Kenta’s mother and the rest of Karin’s family. Kenta’s mother was okay at first, but soon became annoying. It just seemed like she could only display two emotions; sad/depressed and bubbly. It felt like she was made out to be something more, but that never really panned out. There isn’t much more to her than that. On the other side of things, we have Karin’s family. Her parents, Henry and Calera Marker, were just there. Henry was the more developed of the two, but still barely stood out. You could tell that he loves Karin the way only a father could, and that trait does make him likable. However, he still is unfortunately forgettable. Calera could have never existed in this series and I wouldn’t care one bit. She had a few humorous moments (her shoe and when Karin’s friend Maki came over) but it wasn’t enough to really make her into anything memorable. Karin’s older brother, Ren, was interesting, but ultimately didn’t really do much. He was the ‘typical’ vampire and did have quite a few interesting aspects. He preys on young women, mostly for sexual reasons along with the ‘bloodlust’ and that made him seem more like a vampire than any of the others. His other trait was that he cared about his family, but never really showed it. It was slightly touching to see how much he cared. However in the long run, any interesting aspects he had never really moved beyond that. Finally, we have Karin’s grandmother, Elda Marker. She was interesting, but extremely cliché. There was nothing about her that felt new. Her past felt like it was something that I’ve heard and seen before. There is nothing new. It’s still touching but it could have had a deeper emotional impact. Aside from that, Elda is just like Ren, only a bit more extreme. Elda really only comes across as a newer version of Ren. There was just so much wasted potential with her character. Elda could have been something special and a unique character in
If there is one character worse than Usui it’s Winner Sinclair, a vampire hunter who is hopelessly in love with Karin. There is absolutely nothing appealing or even likable about him. He is annoying, whiny, and just too stupid to exist. There is almost nothing redeemable about Winner other than he somehow is the object of the most interesting character’s affection. Everything about him is annoying; his stalkerish love, the way he looks, his voice, his personality. There is nothing about him that is remotely interesting. Even the reason why he is in love with Karin is petty and childlike. I just can’t sympathize with him at all. There is nothing about him that makes you identify with his love. Winner is just a stalker. Now, let’s look at his ridiculous style choices. Seriously? This show isn’t set in the middle ages, so what’s up with that trench coat, silly hat, and puny pistol? Is there any purpose other than looking silly? Is this a joke? It’s not funny. It’s stupid. I can deal with odd clothing, but this is just plain stupid and annoying. Let’s not even talk about his voice in the dub, until the next paragraph. I will say that his voice takes the cake for annoying voices. As for his personality, he is just a whiny, lovestruck character that can’t take an obvious hint. Winner almost singlehandedly ruins
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Kenta is just unbearable. I never thought I would find such a dull main character and love interest, but somehow I did. It’s surprising how little I thought of him. He was just ‘there’. For being such a prominent part of the story, he blended in the background most of the time. Now, this may be due to the horrid dub acting, but he just never had a presence. He looked average (for the most part), acted average, and talked average. The only thing that I remember him for is his creepy way of dealing with Karin and his creepy eyes. Okay, so maybe is defining trait was that he was creepy. However, he fails at that. I’m amazed that Karin even likes this guy, but I guess her interest does make sense, in a weird, twisted way. Still Usui is unremarkable as they come.
Aside from them, we have Kenta’s mother and the rest of Karin’s family. Kenta’s mother was okay at first, but soon became annoying. It just seemed like she could only display two emotions; sad/depressed and bubbly. It felt like she was made out to be something more, but that never really panned out. There isn’t much more to her than that. On the other side of things, we have Karin’s family. Her parents, Henry and Calera Marker, were just there. Henry was the more developed of the two, but still barely stood out. You could tell that he loves Karin the way only a father could, and that trait does make him likable. However, he still is unfortunately forgettable. Calera could have never existed in this series and I wouldn’t care one bit. She had a few humorous moments (her shoe and when Karin’s friend Maki came over) but it wasn’t enough to really make her into anything memorable. Karin’s older brother, Ren, was interesting, but ultimately didn’t really do much. He was the ‘typical’ vampire and did have quite a few interesting aspects. He preys on young women, mostly for sexual reasons along with the ‘bloodlust’ and that made him seem more like a vampire than any of the others. His other trait was that he cared about his family, but never really showed it. It was slightly touching to see how much he cared. However in the long run, any interesting aspects he had never really moved beyond that. Finally, we have Karin’s grandmother, Elda Marker. She was interesting, but extremely cliché. There was nothing about her that felt new. Her past felt like it was something that I’ve heard and seen before. There is nothing new. It’s still touching but it could have had a deeper emotional impact. Aside from that, Elda is just like Ren, only a bit more extreme. Elda really only comes across as a newer version of Ren. There was just so much wasted potential with her character. Elda could have been something special and a unique character in
If there is one character worse than Usui it’s Winner Sinclair, a vampire hunter who is hopelessly in love with Karin. There is absolutely nothing appealing or even likable about him. He is annoying, whiny, and just too stupid to exist. There is almost nothing redeemable about Winner other than he somehow is the object of the most interesting character’s affection. Everything about him is annoying; his stalkerish love, the way he looks, his voice, his personality. There is nothing about him that is remotely interesting. Even the reason why he is in love with Karin is petty and childlike. I just can’t sympathize with him at all. There is nothing about him that makes you identify with his love. Winner is just a stalker. Now, let’s look at his ridiculous style choices. Seriously? This show isn’t set in the middle ages, so what’s up with that trench coat, silly hat, and puny pistol? Is there any purpose other than looking silly? Is this a joke? It’s not funny. It’s stupid. I can deal with odd clothing, but this is just plain stupid and annoying. Let’s not even talk about his voice in the dub, until the next paragraph. I will say that his voice takes the cake for annoying voices. As for his personality, he is just a whiny, lovestruck character that can’t take an obvious hint. Winner almost singlehandedly ruins
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