This manga was canned after a meager 11 chapter run. Each chapter bounces from 10 to 15 pages. The longest one is 22 pages (the first chapter). Why land emphasis on this, you ask? Because even if it wasn't given the chance to run before it could walk, nothing much is done to lay down the "dangerous" power struggle relationship it promises.
Killing Me reduces the premise to playful lashing between both parties and lame levels of introspection. The story is told almost exclusively through the vampire hunter's eyes, and most of her inner thoughts and reasonings come off as surface level. Little flashes of background
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Oct 24, 2020
Half & Half
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The original 1996 one shot was clunky and saccharine. It suffered from rough sketches of 2 mostly stereotypical characters. This was foreseeable as it was a debut and not really a finalized idea. Over in the updated full version we get something with darkness to it. The dynamics shift now to 2 characters who are apathetic and cynical, finding themselves in a fitting situation. It's interesting to see how their attitudes evolve in this life and death contemplation. The supporting cast is near nonexistent but luckily both main characters balance each other out enough. Their exchanges and just "walking around and doing stuff" is the
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