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For all the hijinks and strange setups, ''Karin'' is a remarkably natural boy-meets-girl series. The relationship between Usui-kun and Karin is never rushed, developing smoothly from the admittedly supernatural set-up and arrangement of convenience into understandable affection. The secondary characters are generally well-rounded and, if not deep, consistent. The notably grating exception is anime-only Winner (pronounced "Weiner") Sinclair... and even he manages to pull off a little sympathy near the end.
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* WrongBathroomIncident: An early chapter of the manga has Karin think about how she would have left her life behind if Usui revealed her secret of being a vampire while changing into her waitress uniform in the restaurant's dressing room. Usui comes in to get ready for his shift, [[ComedicUnderwearExposure and sees Karin in a stage of undress]]. She screams and he apologizes while running out of the dressing room, and notices that he ran out of the men's dressing room and informs Karin, through the door, of that fact. Karin comes out fully dressed in her clothes and explains that she was so focused on her thoughts that she didn't notice that she went into the wrong dressing room.
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* AnythingThatMoves: Kanon. First time we see her, she's trying to wake up her father with a kiss. When her mother tries to stop her, she tries to give ''her'' a kiss. And when said mother mentions that Kanon's grandmother is coming over, Kanon clearly starts fantasizing about kissing ''her''. Probably justified, due to her nature. [[spoiler: She was Sophia, a slave and martyr to the vampire race for thousands of years, until she was freed by the PowerOfLove and reincarnated in a young girl, who is now Kanon.]]

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* DisappearedDad: Kenta's father left before he was born. He shows up several times, [[spoiler:unsure if he wants to be a part of their lives or not, but ultimately decides it's impossible.]]

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* DisappearedDad: Kenta's father left before he was born. He shows up several times, [[spoiler:unsure if he wants to be a part of their lives or not, but ultimately decides it's impossible.better not to reopen their wounds.]]



* KarmaHoudini: Glark and the other Brownlicks [[spoiler:kidnapped Karin, and planned to rape and eventually murder her.]] They fail, but the worst punishment they receive is Elda Marker staying at their mansion for a few years as an uninvited and very unwelcome guest who allegedly beats them all black and blue as a regular thing. Also, the one who started the idea of raping Karin gets raped herself by Ren, so this qualifies as a subversion.

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Glark and the other Brownlicks [[spoiler:kidnapped Karin, and planned to rape and eventually murder her.]] They fail, but the worst punishment they receive is Elda Marker staying at their mansion for a few years as an uninvited and very unwelcome guest who allegedly beats them all black and blue as a regular thing. Also, the one who started the idea of raping Karin gets raped herself by Ren, so this qualifies as a subversion.subversion.
** Fumio, Kenta's mother, was beaten senseless by her own mother to try and force her to miscarry while she was pregnant with him. This after Fumio refused to abort him at her command. She was viciously abusive to her daughter and grandson, and is the reason Kenta's father wasn't [[spoiler:and will never be]] able to be a part of his life. [[spoiler:And when all is said and done, Kanon, Kenta's daughter by Karin, showers her great-grandmother in love and affection - seemingly unaware that the woman would have rather she never existed. And if her expression in the one panel she appears is any indication, that attitude hasn't even gone away.]]
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* DisappearedDad: Kenta's father left before he was born. He shows up several times, [[spoiler:unsure if he wants to be a part of their lives or not, but ultimately decides it's impossible.]]
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* GratuitousJapanese: Or GratuitousJapanese. It is usually how Winner starts a speech. They're usually sort of relevant, but it's an odd way to speak.

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* GratuitousJapanese: Or GratuitousJapanese. It is Winner usually how Winner starts a speech.speech with a Japanese idiom. They're usually sort of relevant, but it's an odd way to speak.
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Overprotective Dad has been disambiguated.


* OverprotectiveDad: Henry, who's not exactly thrilled about Kenta's effect on his daughter's life.
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* GagBoobs: The manga lampshades Karin's bust. She inherited her looks from her grandmother on her father's side, but her breast size from her mother. Grandma isn't too happy about this.
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* GagBoobs: The manga lampshades Karin's bust. She inherited her looks from her grandmother on her father's size, but her breast size from her mother. Grandma isn't too happy about this.

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* GagBoobs: The manga lampshades Karin's bust. She inherited her looks from her grandmother on her father's size, side, but her breast size from her mother. Grandma isn't too happy about this.
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Carerra Maaka, Karin's mom, is an evil shot with a slipper, up to and including charging it with a BattleAura. And since she's never wearing slippers, it's apparently a HyperspaceMallet as well.

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* BloodyHilarious: Karin's nosebleeds

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* BloodyHilarious: Karin's nosebleedsnosebleeds are so exaggerated that the blood she spills around leaves the place looking like a murder scene.



* BananaPeel

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* CuteMonsterGirl: Karin and Anju, of course.
* DeadpanSnarker: Boogie-kun.

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* %%* CuteMonsterGirl: Karin and Anju, of course.
* %%* DeadpanSnarker: Boogie-kun.



* ElegantGothicLolita: Anju.
* EmotionlessGirl: Anju.

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* %%* ElegantGothicLolita: Anju.
* %%* EmotionlessGirl: Anju.



* GratuitousEnglish: Mostly from Winner.

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* %%* GratuitousEnglish: Mostly from Winner.



* LesbianVampire: Noel from the novels.

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* %%* LesbianVampire: Noel from the novels.



* LittleMissSnarker: Anju.

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%%* NoblewomansLaugh: Carerra Marker, and later Elda Marker as well.



* NoblewomansLaugh: Carerra Marker, and later Elda Marker as well.



* SchoolFestival: Culture festival.

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* SchoolFestival: Culture Karin's school holds a culture festival.



* SkinshipGrope: The manager at Karin's second job.
* SlidingScaleOfVampireFriendliness: Friendly.

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* %%* SkinshipGrope: The manager at Karin's second job.
* %%* SlidingScaleOfVampireFriendliness: Friendly.



* TechnicallyLivingVampire: Vampires are all naturally born among their race. Vampire children are basically the same as humans, but when they hit puberty, they grow fangs, lose their sense of taste for human food and their bodies burn under the sunlight. Only Karin is a special exception as she retains her human traits even after becoming a teenager.



* WhiteSheep
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent

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* BloodyHilarious: Karin's nosebleeds
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* IllGirl: Everybody in Anju's class believes that she has a terrible disease that keeps her mostly at home. It is noted that she only comes when it's cloudy or raining, though.
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* CryCute: [[spoiler:When Anju and Karin hug after Karin's release, and a few scenes later while begging Kenta to make the now-mindwiped Karin happy.]]

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* DramaticHighPerching: Anju stands atop a lamppost to watch Karin covertly, Ren mounts a powerpole to give Winner the slip.



* IHaveTheHighGround: Anju stands atop a lamppost to watch Karin covertly, Ren mounts a powerpole to give Winner the slip.

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* MagicSkirt: Somehow, busty breasts and nudity are okay, but [[PantyShot panty shots]] aren't (allusions to them are as far as it gets). Go figure.
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* LeapDay: Kenta was born on 29 Feb 1988. Elda threatens to wipe his memory back to his fourth birthday, not realizing that she is doing so ''on'' his fourth birthday.
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* HybridsAreACrapshoot: Half-vampires are mentioned to be sterile. This is much to the dismay of ones like Yuriya, who resents her hybrid nature because of this problem and feeling that she is flawed as both a vampire and a human.
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''Karin'', also known as ''Chibi Vampire'' (English title of the manga, the anime is translated using the original name) is a shounen manga created by Creator/YunaKagesaki.

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''Karin'', also known as ''Chibi Vampire'' (English title of the manga, the anime is translated using the original name) is a shounen manga created by Creator/YunaKagesaki.
Creator/YunaKagesaki. The manga ran in ''Monthly Dragon Age'' from 2003 to 2008, and it received an anime adaptation that aired from 2005 to 2006. It was also adapted into a series of LightNovels illustrated by Kagesaki and written by Tohru Kai, which were published from 2003 to 2007.

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