Nosebleeds For The Young and Embarrassing: Karin the Anime

Very rarely would a story of vampires in a fluid plot with hilarious characters be made into an anime series such as Karin. Unique and unlike other vampire anime series, Karin's story as a "blood-sucker" — one who ejects blood to prevent — is entertaining. The creativity involved is flawless and insurmountable. The heroine of our story is Karin Maaka, an immature vampire with a heavy secret. Although the rest of her family are ordinary vampires who suck human emotions, Karin's true identity as a blood-sucker was finally discovered of a new transfer student, Usui Kenta, and the only one privy to Karin's secret. However, it seems that Usui has a few secrets to keep himself, and supposedly this is what causes Karin's blood to react.

As the anime progresses, several new faces and scenarios connect with the main protagonists and their predicaments. The drama and the romance is what pretty much make up Karin, for not one episode in the series had expelled both. A twenty-four-episode anime, Karin refuses to be un-original; practically all of the characters in the series possess unique stories to tell. Karin never refuses to get old with its plot and side stories, and the deeply thorough flashback of Elda Marker, Karin's grandmother, extended for nearly three episodes, concludes how monsters can never fall in love with humans, the point sadly proven for Karin's love ordeals later on in the series.

The art for Karin is simply amazing. Not too realistic and not too forged, but somewhat gives a relaxing gesture to its audience. For those blood-queasy people, please stay away from Karin, because the anime features a lot of it. Maybe a little too redundant, but it does prove a point for all the red mess. The puppet performance at the beginning of every episode (with the exception of cliffhanger episodes that feature no opening credits) is very appealing, catching up with the main basics of Karin with its short synopsis and random pop-ups of protagonists, but not until later in the series will a Vampire Hunter, Karin's best friend, and even Karin's oversexed brother Ren make an appearance.

Although no anime is perfect, Karin isn't sadly immune to perfection it should've deserved in storytelling Karin's receding blood flow. This includes Karin's slightly disappointing ending where only honorifics were added instead of removed to the protagonists Karin and Usui, and the survival of Karin's family that were supposedly gunned down and killed by a malevolent Vampire Hunter. Also the obnoxious appearance of Winner Sinclair, the son of this feisty Vampire Hunter, has made too many attempts to win Karin's heart, making his character and personality underrated and irritating to behold. Withstand Winner's scratchy dynamic three-word sentences and you'll eventually be rid of the phobia in order to continue the episode.

Ultimately Karin will reveal dramatic changes in each of its characters, which makes it worth your while to continue and finish the series. Lastly is the comic relief; the obscurity of a depressed mother suddenly turning kung-fu to attack her perverted assailant or Karin trying to repel Sinclair by resentment is what sums up Karin's comedy. Whenever character you root for in the end, you won't be disappointed with the results. Endure the flaws of overcooked characters such as Sinclair and you just may want to sink your teeth into a nice helping of Karin.