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Ranmaru Kotone

Autore di Blood-C Volume 1

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Comprende il nome: Kotone Ranmaru

Serie

Opere di Ranmaru Kotone

Blood-C Volume 1 (2011) 54 copie
Blood-C Volume 2 (2011) 33 copie
Blood-C Volume 3 (2013) 22 copie
Blood-C Volume 4 (2013) 14 copie
Your name. 03 (2018) 3 copie
NAMAMU... 1 copia
Your Name. T01 (2017) 1 copia

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female
Nazionalità
Japan

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Prelim Review: Its important to remember that this manga is predicated on two things:
1) This was originally an anime series.
2) Its part of the larger 'Blood, the Last Vampire' universe.
If you're going into the manga having watched the anime, read/seen previous incarnations of the universe (Blood for instance, which is both an anime and manga domestically available in America) or a combination of the above, your mileage will vary from my experience. For me I've only seen one episode of the anime Blood and the live action movie (which...if it wasn't for the British actors I probably would not have seen that movie).

The animated version of Blood-C featured character designs from CLAMP and Ranmaru does a good job of mimicking that style. A really good job, which unaccountably disappointed me. From the art images I've seen of the anime vs this GN, Ranmaru didn't change very much. A few details here or there, but nothing to really make it stand out as her own. It does however manage to avoid the pitfalls of soulessness that other anime to manga adaptations seem to have. (Yu Kinutani looking at your Motoko Kusanagi artwork).

If the above synopsis is vague, its because the first volume is mostly set up for later stories. At least, that's how it feels. We meet Saya, her father (who tends a Shinto Shrine), Fumito (an old family friend, who runs a nearby cafe), Yuka (Saya's leveled headed best friend), Nene and Nono (identical hyperactive, slightly ditsy, twins), Itsuki (polite, affable classmate who has a crush on Saya), Kanako-sensei (their...slightly shady teacher) and Shinichiro (quiet, mysterious, loner classmate).

That's a lot of people. Thankfully they're all easily distinguishable and have interesting (if well traversed) personalities. Content wise, the four chapters are fairly episodic, with a monster of the week appearing. Only one is really important, when she meets a talking 'Ancient One' (which seems to be the phrase for supernatural creatures) the plot picks up at this point though we're still left with a LOT of questions.

Saya goes from complete klutz to crazy sword-wielder when she picks up the blade, which was left to her by her mother (also a crazy sword-wielder). I'm not entirely certain if her Klutz persona is a put on, or if the blade somehow empowers her or what however.

In all this was an okay read for me. I think I'll picking up the anime though because honestly? Waiting to find out what's up with the 'covenant', the shady teacher, Fumito, Shinichiro...well. Hey I'm impatient you know?
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lexilewords | Dec 28, 2023 |
I'm just learning about manga so this might have colored my thoughts about this book. I read it through once very quickly and was left confused. I hardly knew what happened. I then read the synopsis of the characters on the back of the book and read it through the book a second time, more slowly. I understood it better, but parts of it remained confusing to me. I have no idea what happened in the epilogue or who those characters even were. Maybe the anime from which this book was taken would have made the story clearer? I'm not sure. I'm not a great fan of time travel stories so I think I'll look for other manga to explore and leave this story for others.… (altro)
 
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SqueakyChu | Apr 5, 2016 |

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Opere
9
Utenti
176
Popolarità
#121,982
Voto
3.9
Recensioni
2
ISBN
18
Lingue
5

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