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Karin (Novel) ![]()
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Description
The story revolves around the title character, Karin, the middle child in a family of vampires who immigrated to Japan two centuries earlier. However, Karin is different from the rest of the family in that she produces blood instead of feeding on it. Because of her unusual condition, Karin lives her life just as an ordinary teenage girl would, despite being considered something of a freak by her family. She is able to venture outside during the day and attend high school, and follows the sleep pattern of normal humans. However, the general peacefulness of her life is disrupted with the arri...
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Type
Novel
Related Series
Associated Names
Cheeky Vampire (Nippon Novel) (German)
Chibi Vampire (Novel)
Karin Zouketsuki
かりん 増血記
Chibi Vampire (Novel)
Karin Zouketsuki
かりん 増血記
Groups Scanlating
N/A
Latest Release(s)
N/A
Status
in Country of Origin
9 Volumes (Complete)
Completely Scanlated?
No
Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A
User Reviews
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User Rating
Average: 8 / 10.0 (23 votes)
Bayesian Average: 7.04 / 10.0
Bayesian Average: 7.04 / 10.0
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Last Updated
January 20th 2021, 12:19am
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Categories
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Bakemonogatari dj - Sakkn
Recommendations
N/A
Author(s)
Artist(s)
Year
2003
Original Publisher
Serialized In (magazine)
Dragon Magazine (Fujimi Shobo)
Licensed (in English)
No
English Publisher
TokyoPop (Canceled / 8 Vols)
Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #770 
(+30)
Monthly Pos #1747(+145)
3 Month Pos #2302(+1135)
6 Month Pos #4711(+319)
Year Pos #5738(+1525)
(+30)Monthly Pos #1747
(+145)3 Month Pos #2302
(+1135)6 Month Pos #4711
(+319)Year Pos #5738
(+1525)List Stats
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The Karin light novels are a decent read to complement the manga, especially if you're a huge fan of the series.
I initially had a few quirks with the Tokyopop translation in Volume 1, which seemed to "Americanize" the words used a little much. Thankfully, this seems less evident in newer volumes and it feels a lot more faithful to what the original novel probably had written in it.
As for the little mystery story contained in each volume, they're not exactly what I'd call "mystery" in the sense that you can usually figure out what's going on very easily (though Volume 3 had me guessing a little).
Also, there are new characters added in here and some of them actually reappear in later volumes as well. Some of them seem like they would conflict with the storyline a little (Noel Ambrose, a vampire who sucks morals/ethics), but I think it's done well all the same, especially if Kagesaki approves of the novels herself.
With each volume, the stories seem to get better, so I have high hopes for the later volumes when they come out (the light novels are finished in Japan with Volume 9).
Overall, I'd recommend reading these novels if you like the manga series 'Karin'/'Chibi Vampire', and even if you aren't a fan, it's still worth a read (but reading the manga first will allow you to understand what's going on, because all the novels take place "in-between" whatever happens in the manga.
I initially had a few quirks with the Tokyopop translation in Volume 1, which seemed to "Americanize" the words used a little much. Thankfully, this seems less evident in newer volumes and it feels a lot more faithful to what the original novel probably had written in it.
As for the little mystery story contained in each volume, they're not exactly what I'd call "mystery" in the sense that you can usually figure out what's going on very easily (though Volume 3 had me guessing a little).
Also, there are new characters added in here and some of them actually reappear in later volumes as well. Some of them seem like they would conflict with the storyline a little (Noel Ambrose, a vampire who sucks morals/ethics), but I think it's done well all the same, especially if Kagesaki approves of the novels herself.
With each volume, the stories seem to get better, so I have high hopes for the later volumes when they come out (the light novels are finished in Japan with Volume 9).
Overall, I'd recommend reading these novels if you like the manga series 'Karin'/'Chibi Vampire', and even if you aren't a fan, it's still worth a read (but reading the manga first will allow you to understand what's going on, because all the novels take place "in-between" whatever happens in the manga.
I have a hard time connecting these novels to the main Karin story (which is a supernatural Rom/Com with some drama thrown in). These novels are basically all Mystery stories…super dramatic tales with rapists and fires and kidnappings galore… And we're supposed to believe these outlandish stories happened between the chapters of the manga (the manga makes several references to this) - and they just don't mesh.
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