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I'm sorry I enjoyed the first 2 seasons but this was a clip show for the majority of it (They practically break the 4th wall to tell you such). It felt as if I was just watching an ad for the character soundtrack. I felt there were a few areas that still were left open which is never good for anything that has a "graduation" in it as a graduation is supposed to leave a note of finality leading to new beginnings. Also knowing the next season doesn't have the same protagonists doesn't offer much hope on that front. I was so angry by ... the obvious clip recap in the beginning and very obvious animation loops that after the 30 min recap clip show was done and we finally get to something I found it rushed. after all there was only 26 mins left. Like I said I did enjoy the humor in the first 2 seasons, and I would recommend those. But this I would only recommend to those who are looking to see AMV's made by the series. Oh and maybe if you want to see a non zombie look to Mr. Tawarayama. He does have such rosy cheeks!

Sorry but the series was so much much better than this "OVA" I too feel that there's parts missing to this story, though I can accept that whole heartedly knowing if I want to see the in between I can just read it. The Lazy... lazy way the animation and art direction was done is the reason I was wanting to write this. I think the art is just too obnoxiously distracting. Every scene with extras makes them appear as pink and blue ghosts no details... no expressions. It made every scene feel entirely empty, even with extras they interact with they have no distinction ... or humanity portrayed making everything feel so hollow and the story they are trying to tell deserves more. Animation was nothing but stiff and stills. Also I watched the episodes on Crunchyroll, I can't tell if that was the reason, but the audio was regularly cutting out and sounding like the music, bg sounds, and voices were recorded on substandard equipment that sounded tin-esque. I could barely hear the voices at the highest volume seriously a mess. I do feel that the first season made expectations for these OVAs to be better and they weren't I can only give a mediocre score to such laziness as every other scene was taking me out of the immersion spotting every pink or blue ghost in the foreground or bg in groups everywhere. I wish they would have put the effort in for these OVA that the series itself got.

Basically I recommend the manga here 1000% The story of Karin is actually quite moving and quirky from beginning to end. I actually dislike the anime because it is so much filler and the characters don't really grow as much.

In the manga you actually learn about Kenta Usui and his mother. You see the struggles and the romance that builds between him and Karin. You actually learn some history of the Maaka Vampires and even meet other families. You learn about Karin's condition of releasing blood and what it means to the vampires as well as to her future among them. It's a much ... more solid story and leads you through the roller coaster of the developing relationship and eventual sacrifices that must be made. I loved the whole of it.

The anime was weak in comparison stripping a lot of the dramatic and familial tensions for cheap filler and stripping some characters and plots out entirely. I feel that the characters don't really grow at all there.

So if you engage with this wonderful vampire story please just read the manga. You'll be glad you did.

It really is a predictable storyline set up. I did find some amusement in some of the humor, but literally my favorite character is never seen on screen once (The DearS obsessed shopkeep's wife). All in all there is no real stakes. The Antagonists just stand around acting liking they are going to do something about Ren and then nothing really comes of it. When they do get to it you as the watcher never really believe they are capable of follow through. The R rated suggestions are kind of teases. I personally would not have been at all satisfied if the ecchi was ... all I came for. The protagonists just are so bland and outside of Miu you barely learn anything about them.

The promiscuous teacher was so annoying, but sadly she was a perfect embodiment of this series a lot of show but imaginary payoff. It is an overall harmless series that was a bit of a rough sit through. The art is bad and the voice acting at times seemed like it was done in one take as well. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone except if you are looking for a so-bad-it's-good kind of thing. Still I think the blandness kinda sucks even that away.

My recommendation is to just stop after Vol. 1. The story was a bait and switch. I love Vol. 1 and my score would be a solid 8 if it just finished off there. As the pacing and the character progression of Tae in her desire to get her crush's attention. I found her very easy to like and want to see her in a better place. I even found Jung- woo far more developed in this opener.

Vol. 2 through 5 is a completely different story and I find it weak in comparison. I personally felt that the story between Jung-woo and Que-min was ... not only a rough draft, but actually hurt Jung Woo's character totally destroying his dynamic. He went from being a quirky and independent boy. A embodiment of the support as he who would dress in drag (as Tae) for his cousin not to get into any trouble. To a guy always moping about looking like a bishonen. Que-Min is like Prototype Myung-Ee from the same artist's Moon Boy manhwa, and even Myung-Ee isn't as disappointing. I really didn't like Que-min, her trying to get Jung-woo's attentions and eventual affection is just creepy and borderline a stalker's position. and really I don't see them as a lasting couple. So it was really hard to keep invested.

Que-min and Jung-woo, sorry I just don't buy them being in a relationship as it seems so incompatible.

So as I said earlier just stop at Vol. 1. I have read and reread and re-reread that one and I liked it a lot. It is a solid and casual story that shows, and I recommend it for the lengths people will go through for love. The rest is basically filler that fills nothing.