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REVIEW: Vampire in the Garden




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FireChick
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PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2022 11:42 am Reply with quote
Yeah, I wanted to like this more than I did, and had it been longer, developed more of its cast, and thrown in some moments of levity, it might have been good or great. I also felt it seemed way too morose and edgy for most of its run time.
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PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2022 12:49 pm Reply with quote
I cannot help but feel that the review is as truncated as the series is.....
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PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2022 3:44 pm Reply with quote
I dunno if I'd call this a 'romance'. Fine was in love with the the original human that died and maybe was in love with Momo as a replacement but it definitely was a one way attraction. Which is good since, you know, Momo is 14.
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PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2022 3:59 pm Reply with quote
I'd like to say this was good, but I think it's best described as subpar. Not really bad - nothing I can complain about too much. But a lot of things in it just miss the mark. I just barely cared about any of these characters - the hook should've been there in the first episode (the show has no time to waste). But without really asking me to invest, I'm fairly certain if it was longer I'd probably have dropped the show. Just another flavor of vampire story that won't stand out and will likely be forgotten.
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PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2022 5:02 pm Reply with quote
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they have even gone so far as to abandon nearly all remnants of their art and culture, especially music, to avoid the risk of exposing themselves to their undead enemies.

Because not making noise while living in a city with dozens of klieg lights all over it is the best way to hide.
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Florete



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PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2022 4:55 am Reply with quote
Leviathonlx1 wrote:
Which is good since, you know, Momo is 14.

I wouldn't have believed this if it wasn't stated in the show itself. It really baffles me, because nothing about who she is and what she does suggests she's that young.

Which makes it extra awkward that I definitely felt the attraction went both ways.
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PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2022 10:49 am Reply with quote
I can't believe anyone would call this gay when the (horrible) ending has spoiler[ one woman die and the other has kids with a man.]
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PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2022 12:27 pm Reply with quote
Dark Mac wrote:
I can't believe anyone would call this gay when the (horrible) ending has spoiler[one woman die and the other has kids with a man.]


Eh, the stinger doesn't show anything indicating that Momo actually got married or had kids. Sure, spoiler[she's seen holding a vampire baby, but nothing says that it's specifically hers.]
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PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2022 12:28 pm Reply with quote
Dark Mac wrote:
I can't believe anyone would call this gay when the (horrible) ending has spoiler[ one woman die and the other has kids with a man.]


I talked about this on the podcast, but sadly that specific ending is common in S-class yuri stories, or at least it was earlier in the genre's history. If you look at manga like Claudine or Shiroi Heya no Futari, they have similar tragic endings that lead one of the characters to settle down in a "traditional" relationship.
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PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2022 12:33 pm Reply with quote
Leviathonlx1 wrote:

Momo is 14.

So the human government is using child soldiers ─ that's just great.
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PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2022 2:57 pm Reply with quote
Dark Mac wrote:
I can't believe anyone would call this gay when the (horrible) ending has spoiler[ one woman die and the other has kids with a man.]

I mean Fine was absolutely, undeniably gay.

spoiler[And all we see of Momo in the end is her holding a vampire baby. Given she doesn't look much older here, my first assumption was that it actually wasn't hers. We don't see her with any man.]
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PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2022 6:49 pm Reply with quote
Leviathonlx1 wrote:
I dunno if I'd call this a 'romance'. Fine was in love with the the original human that died and maybe was in love with Momo as a replacement but it definitely was a one way attraction. Which is good since, you know, Momo is 14.


indeed and both seemed best friends than anything else lol.
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PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2022 3:13 am Reply with quote
I'm not sure the series needed more episodes - maybe one or two, but they wasted the time they had in few places. I don't care about the spoiler[village] and think it should be cut down, and despite the time in the spotlight I only cared about Momo as Fine's partner, she was bland character on her own.

Also, I agree that there was nothing to suggest spoiler[the kid was Momo's]. It was clearly traditional spoiler[doomed "lovers from different worlds" story from the first episode, Titanic also had one of the leads dead after all, so I don't agree this was somehow homophobic that Fine died, even if I agree it would be better if they found a way for her to live - but I don't see her staying with Momo anyway, she was both 14 and only started as a replacement for her first love, they could be at most sisters which would still remove the gayness from ending]
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