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Synonyms: Rose Witch - Crimson Shell
Japanese: Crimson-Shell
English: Crimson-Shell
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 6
Status: Finished
Published: Aug 18, 2005 to Jan 18, 2006
Genres: Action Action, Drama Drama, Fantasy Fantasy, Mystery Mystery, Romance Romance, Supernatural Supernatural
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: GFantasy
Authors: Mochizuki, Jun (Story & Art)

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Score: 6.961 (scored by 38893,889 users)
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Ranked: #93172
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Popularity: #2440
Members: 8,405
Favorites: 83

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A genius mad scientist once bred a special flower in his quest for eternal youth and immortality, implanting the seeds of this "Premier Rose" in human beings. Housing roses inside their bodies granted the human hosts not only various benefits, but also various side effects, including the need for the roses to feed off of victims. The majority of the test subjects, "Black Roses," were used as living weapons and kept under control by their creator. One subject of the experiment was dubbed a "defective failure" and hidden away.

Claudia the "Rose Witch," also called a "Crimson Rose," normally does not need to feed on humans and only does so if she loses her self-control. When the Roses' creator disappeared five years ago, the organization conducting research swiftly rebranded as "Red Rose." Brought out of the shadows, Claudia became Red Roses' primary means to eliminate the suddenly untamable Black Roses.

Guarded by the "Thorn," Wilhelm, who shares a blood covenant with her—and working with a special division of Red Rose named "Crimson-Shell"—Claudia must survive betrayal by a suspected traitor within the organization, as well as discover the truth behind a "Jet Rose" who may be leading the Black Roses.

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Crimson Shell was published in English by Yen Press on November 17, 2009, and digitally on April 15, 2014.

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Characters

Liddell, Shion
Liddell, Shion
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Claudia
Claudia
Main
Wilhelm
Wilhelm
Main
Xeno
Xeno
Main
Les
Les
Supporting
Wingfield, Robin
Wingfield, Robin
Supporting
Melissa
Melissa
Supporting
Benz
Benz
Supporting
Ruskin
Ruskin
Supporting
Victoria
Victoria
Supporting

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3 Recommended
1 Mixed Feelings
0 Not Recommended
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Jun 18, 2011
KandaRainbowsoul
Recommended
So - I admit I don´t read much manga, but I´m translating one series by this mangaka, Pandora Hearts. And I browsed around and found Crimson Shell. As I saw it has only 6 chapters, I decided "why not read it?" In the end, the length was the thing that made this series lose a point because it was outstanding.
Story - 9
The story was shockingly outstanding right from the beginning. It was exciting from the start and in the ends it had breath-taking situations which is a great +. Yet after finishing the last chapter I was like "why is this not any longer?" ...
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Aug 27, 2014
kawaiiklutz
Recommended
I would give this a all 10 but it had the capabilities of being more than a one-shot. This one-shot had everything perfectly placed for how short it was. Excitement, betrayal, love, friendship, evilness, and at the end a very sad part that made me cry.

It's obviously done by the same author which makes me love it even more. If you love Pandora Hearts then you will love this one-shot. The art was beautiful, the character were done quickly and right. It doesn't look that much but Pandora Hearts fans! Read this one-shot! You will like it! And the plot is really good. Too ...
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Jul 26, 2023
banannamatic
Mixed Feelings
After reading the other reviews for this manga I had high hopes. Unfortunately it did not live up to my expectations or even come close to them. This was not good and the reason is that it is too short. It has a very interesting premise, but not nearly enough time to flesh it out. You don't learn new information organically at a moderate pace, you get infodumps. Except the infodumps don't even make sense because you haven't seen the information applied to a scenario to fully grasp it. Aside from that, the characters are very flat and I didn't care what happened to any ...
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