Ranked #143

Tsukihime (Manga)

The first thing id like to say is if you are put off from reading this manga because of the anime of the same name don't be, the difference between the anime and the manga's attempt to recreate the visual novel are worlds apart. Now on to the actual review.

Story: 10
For anyone who does not know the story for Tsukihime there is one phrase that i use that i believe describes it effectively. That is that Tsukihime has "the biggest characters you can imagine in the smallest story possible". The reason i use this phrase is because the story simply involves a young high school teen who gets involved in vampire like murders around his town. With a small plot layout like that you wouldn't expect characters to be bigger than the story itself but the characters include the princess of the true ancestor, the top assassin from the church and a member of the group of the most powerful group of vampires in existence while the story doesn't change to anything bigger. And if that isn't appealing enough the main reason for anyone to pick up Tsukihime is the amount of plot that is continuously uncovered thought the entire story. Although it would be impossible to recreate the exact story from the visual novel, i love the direction the manga takes.

Art: 8
The art is the only complaint i can make about this manga is the art. Although the art has gotten better with each volume its still not up to par with most others out there and during the first volume it felt like it lacked alot of appeal. Although the action in this manga rivals the action of even most animes i have seen.

Character:10
For anyone who has played Tskihime you can understand why i believe the characters are perfect. Like i said earlier the characters could be considered bigger than the story which for me adds great appeal to them. Even with all the anime i have seen most of my favorite characters ever come from Tsukihime and i assure you that you'll have at least one character from this manga added to your top favorite characters.

Enjoyment:10
Its without saying that i love this manga and it started my addiction to all Type-Moon related projects.

Overall: 10
Even with its one flaw this manga makes up for it tremendously with its unique approach of recreating the visual novel. read more

This manga is great. It's more of a psychological, gory, horror manga, but it has enough of a great plot that anyone could read it. Enjoi!