Karin is a 24 episode comedy on six discs, about a growing relationship between two people in two different situations, and the connection of two worlds, vampires and humans.

It’s the 21st century and vampires are still around! Karin Maaka, and her vampire family have moved to Tokyo. There’s just one little problem, Karin is an un-vampire. Instead of taking blood, she gives blood. Also, Karin isn’t affected by sunlight, so she goes to a human school regularly, and she works at Julian’s, a local restaurant. Every morning Karin gets up and eats breakfast, makes her lunch, gets ready for school, then says “good-bye” to her family, but they are all asleep (and they don’t really care). At school she hangs out with her best friend, Maki Tokito. After school, Karin goes to work, then home, where her family has probably just waken up. Life is pretty normal, until the day a new student joins the school. Karin isn’t feeling so well, and it’s gym day. The teacher stops the activities to introduce Kenta Usui. Suddenly, Karin’s blood is rising. She’s getting really warm, and then, she faints. Sometime after she recovers, she notices Usui looking in her direction, her blood starts to rise, and she rushes out of the room. She can’t control her blood, so she calls her little sister for help. Karin ends up bitting a random man in the park. Her sister, Anju, erases the memory of the man, and then they go home, before their parents wake up. Unbeknownst to them, Usui saw the whole thing. Usui is curious about why Karin was in the park with that man, and so he pursues her. Through comedic events, Usui learns that Karin is an un-vampire. Her family lets Usui keeps his memory, and meet the whole family, though he’ll have to learn how to deal with them. The rest of the series concentrated on the growing love between Usui and Karin. Though they deny it at first to those around them, they can’t help wanting to be close together, even if it means breaking a promise.

Episodes :
Disc One “Infusion”: 01 Bleeding is Embarrassing, 02 My Affinity is Embarrassing. 03 Happiness is Embarrassing, 04 Being Exposed is Embarrassing

Disc Two “Vampire Hunter”: 05 A Family Gathering is Embarrassing, 06 Mother is Full of Energy! How Embarrassing, 07 Being Chased is Embarrassing, Being Discovered is Embarrassing

Disc Three “Thicker Than Blood”: 09 Looking Back is Embarrassing, 10 Papa is Embarrassing, 11 It’s Summer! It’s the Pool! It’s Embarrassing!, 12 Big Brother Is Really Embarrassing

Disc Four “Human or Vampire”: 13 Awakening is Embarrassing, 14 Together Until Morning is Embarrassing, 15 Elda’s Appearance is Embarrassing, 16 Elda’s Love Story is Embarrassing

Disc Five “Ascendance”: 17 Elda’s Farewell is Embarrassing, 18 Big Brother’s Secret is Embarrassing, 19 A Couple’s Eve is Embarrassing, 20 The First Time is Embarrassing

Disc Six “Ceremony of Blood”: 21 What Should I Do! This is Embarrassing, 22 Being Like a Lost Child is Embarrassing, 23 Farewell is Embarrassing, 24 Together Forever is Embarrassing

I enjoyed this series at the start. The funny moments were just right, and I really liked the way the character interacted with each other. Their personalities were easy to relate to. The animation is slightly above average, with realistic movements that were going on the whole time, but, I did find them to be slightly perverted sometimes. There was a lot of time spent explaining what a vampire is, and what affects them (and what doesn't). I happen to know what a vampire is in general (and no, they DO NOT shine in sunlight, those are fairies), and I was comfortable with what the stories creator, Yuna Kagesaki, made vampires out to be. The conclusion of the series was a little week, and left almost nothing resolved, but, I suspect they are trying to tell us that life will keep going, even after some great event has happened (though, I feel sorry for Maki, you don’t know if she wins the heart of her love). Also, it got pretty mushy towards the end. Oh, and I just discovered that it comes with interchangeable DVD case covers (the most random and frivolous things ever, and yet I am impressed!).

For being a series about vampires, there is an extremely lighthearted feel. There is only one character that is the stereotypical vampire, and that’s Anju. Because the story is about an un-vampire, it works well in this sunny atmosphere, and even helps with the comedy. I would say teenaged girls are perfect watchers for Karin .

ComicsOnline gives Karin: The Complete Series 4.5 out of 5 delicious boxed lunches.