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Dark Moon Diary, Vol. 1

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Often, when a comics character loses his/her parents, the loss is mentioned briefly, & never referrred-to again, & the character's behavior is rarely affected. Not so here. Pricilla's sense of loss is real, as is her difficulty in adapting to her new life.

There are comic moments in this amerimanga, but touching ones, too.

The art style is fun, the humor handy & well-done, & the characters are well-rounded.

Buy this.

Where the heck is Volume 2?

The Hipster gives it a Big Thumbs UP!

I purchased this because it looked mildly interesting and I needed something to complete Amazon's 4 for 3 deal. I was pleasantly surprised by both the charming storyline and artwork. This is not Japanese Manga. It is not even American pretending to be Japanese Manga. This is American Manga establishing itself as a separate genre, and I like what I see. I am eagerly awaiting volume 2.

I found this story to be surprisingly creative for a american manga.
I'm not going to give you a review of the book, you can just read the one above.
This story has creative chracters, altough it doesn't quite break away from the manga mold.
Anyway I did like the story, it was quite charming. With a real (excluding vampires) storyline.
Meaning the characters responded like rational people would, not just turning into insane chibi characters.

Altogether I am hopefully waiting for volume 2. ;)

I found this "manga" to be unexpectedly entertaining. I'm not a fan of American manga, this is the first I've actually liked. The story is a typical kind of cinderella story, girl loses family, goes to live with her aunt, uncle and bratty cousin only to find out their vampires, and so was her mother. She has to make a lot of adjustments, and has a lot of freak outs, especially over food, the lack of human food actually. It's silly and really cute, and has good humour. I'm looking foward to the second volume if Tokyopop ever feels like releasing it.

This manga was very good
fun to read,nice art
i Recommend it to everyone
You get your money's Worth

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Again, I said "almost" only because this manga contains vampires. You can't deny it. Ever since Twilight hit the scene, vampires are now the *bleep*. However, it wasn't the Twilight crazed that led me to this book. Nope. Instead, it was my love for a good manga. And Dark Moon Diary doesn't disappoint.

Opening the pages for the first time, I was kinda turned off by the art, which (to me) didn't seem as "superior" compared to other mangas I've read. Stupid, I know. But I immediately shook it off & gave this manga a chance...and I'm glad I did. ^_^

Without spoiling everything for ya, Dark Moon Diary tells the (horror slash comedy slash adventure slash drama) tale of a "seemly normal" girl name Priscilla who, after her parents' death, is sent to live with her aunt & uncle (on her mother's side) in Nachtwald. Sounds like a "seemly normal" story, right? WRONG! There's a catch. Priscilla aunt & uncle (and her late mother) are vampires! Holy wooden stakes!!!

If that wasn't shocking enough for Priscilla (including dealing with her new bratty, vamp cousin Kitten), all of Nachtwald is filled with monsters & every other thing that goes bump in the night.

Will Priscilla fit in? Or (like Bella once said) become the meal?