From back to front, left to right: Cassandra Jill Warlock, Sage 'Alice' Eve, Kotaru, Jirou, MimikoA great anime!! Spent the whole sunday afternoon and evening watching it. Loved it, but then, i may be biased- i have a thing for vampire stuff.
But the anime is cute and the story quite interesting. Its about this one uber-vamp named Jirou who's like a hero in a great vampire war in 1997 hong kong. Fast forward 10 years later he's travelling with a cute 10 year old boy who he claims to be his brother (but they look nothing alike) to a secret city where all the vampires have ran off to after the war.
They get into a lot of trouble because this Jirou guy is just way to popular (in a people wanna kill him way) and a wierd breed of rogue vampires he killed off in hong kong are out to get him and his little bro. A nice lady, Mimiko, comes to his aide as a representative of the peace-keepers in this place he's travelling to. She crushes majorly on Jirou and even lets him drink her blood. It doesn't turn her into a vampire though, there needs to be an exchange of blood to transform.
The lot of them manage to get into this secret city but none of his old mates (from the war and way before that) wants to take him in. In fact, there are people who are trying to get rid of him. Everyone's got their own agenda, and somehow, Jirou is involved. He's not interested in anyone's business, but when people starts messing with his brother and Mimiko he gets pissed. Then an arch nemesis comes into town. She's out to destroy the city but Jirou thinks she's out to get his brother. So he proceeds to take her out.
In the end, he takes arch nemesis out, Mimiko foils the plan to destroy the city and the real reason why his little brother (Kotaru) doesnt look like him comes out. In the end Jirou, Kotaru and Mimiko move into a warehouse together (across the road from her apartment that got torched).
Jirou is typically serious, dark and broody but then comes across as naive, funny and innocent. He was dedicated to his sire and lover Alice, even after her death. He's hot, but what's with the outfit- the oversized witch's hat he wears make him look like he's halloweening everyday. But the silver-bladed katana he wields is super-cool. So are his powers. Kotaru is cute, blond-blue eyed with infectious happy-ness. You cant hate him, he's so adorable and perceptive for a 10 year old. Mimiko is ok, not my favourite of characters, but she's there for a reason. Its gotta be tough for a girl to fall in love with a vampire and knowing that his heart belongs to another (and in the end realize he's gonna die in plus minus 8 years.....).
And the whole thing about vampire bloodlines and reincarnation is nice. Adds an interesting twist. The thing is initially you think everyone is out to get Jirou and then at the end you realize he's just a popular guy who walked into a mess at the wrong time.
Too bad there's only 12 episodes- the story can really go somewhere. And if ever you're bored on a sunday afternoon, u-tube it. Its all there and if you can be bothered to find it, the song at the end is great.
But the anime is cute and the story quite interesting. Its about this one uber-vamp named Jirou who's like a hero in a great vampire war in 1997 hong kong. Fast forward 10 years later he's travelling with a cute 10 year old boy who he claims to be his brother (but they look nothing alike) to a secret city where all the vampires have ran off to after the war.
They get into a lot of trouble because this Jirou guy is just way to popular (in a people wanna kill him way) and a wierd breed of rogue vampires he killed off in hong kong are out to get him and his little bro. A nice lady, Mimiko, comes to his aide as a representative of the peace-keepers in this place he's travelling to. She crushes majorly on Jirou and even lets him drink her blood. It doesn't turn her into a vampire though, there needs to be an exchange of blood to transform.
The lot of them manage to get into this secret city but none of his old mates (from the war and way before that) wants to take him in. In fact, there are people who are trying to get rid of him. Everyone's got their own agenda, and somehow, Jirou is involved. He's not interested in anyone's business, but when people starts messing with his brother and Mimiko he gets pissed. Then an arch nemesis comes into town. She's out to destroy the city but Jirou thinks she's out to get his brother. So he proceeds to take her out.
In the end, he takes arch nemesis out, Mimiko foils the plan to destroy the city and the real reason why his little brother (Kotaru) doesnt look like him comes out. In the end Jirou, Kotaru and Mimiko move into a warehouse together (across the road from her apartment that got torched).
Jirou is typically serious, dark and broody but then comes across as naive, funny and innocent. He was dedicated to his sire and lover Alice, even after her death. He's hot, but what's with the outfit- the oversized witch's hat he wears make him look like he's halloweening everyday. But the silver-bladed katana he wields is super-cool. So are his powers. Kotaru is cute, blond-blue eyed with infectious happy-ness. You cant hate him, he's so adorable and perceptive for a 10 year old. Mimiko is ok, not my favourite of characters, but she's there for a reason. Its gotta be tough for a girl to fall in love with a vampire and knowing that his heart belongs to another (and in the end realize he's gonna die in plus minus 8 years.....).
And the whole thing about vampire bloodlines and reincarnation is nice. Adds an interesting twist. The thing is initially you think everyone is out to get Jirou and then at the end you realize he's just a popular guy who walked into a mess at the wrong time.
Too bad there's only 12 episodes- the story can really go somewhere. And if ever you're bored on a sunday afternoon, u-tube it. Its all there and if you can be bothered to find it, the song at the end is great.
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