Nothing special   June 29, 2003

Actually 4 and a half stars   January 1, 2003

Either way if you're looking for a good and moving and somewhat dark anime check both of them out. It's well worth it.


"Footprints I leave behind, washed away"   December 21, 2002
  5 out of 5 found this review helpful

In these episodes, we meet two of Miyu's spirit acquaintances - The snow demon Reiha and her doll like companion Matsukaze. Reiha likes to hunt Shinma, but more from a killing lust than an ethical trust. She and her doll have neither care nor interest in humans. Their real motivations are suspect as well. By contrasting Reiha and Miyu, director Toshiki Hirano underscores the Vampire's frustration with the tragic nature of her tasks. Rarely does the banishing of the Shinma undo the damage they have accomplished.

In "Reiha has come," Miyu is spending the night at a pilgrimage cottage, where she meets a young man and his daughter trying to heal from his wife's suicide. Reiha makes here introductory appearance. The next day the travelers have vanished. Reiha and Miyu trail them, and must unwillingly join forces to fight a Chinese demoness with the powers of Circe.

Then a curious set piece, "Sepia Colored Portrait," raises the question of what is real when a university professor resurfaces a film he once made of the woman who captured his heart 40 years ago. Unfortunately, a shinma chose to inhabit the film. To watch the dream is now death.

"Ghost of Miyu" finds the vampire wondering if she is haunted. An identical Miyu has been appearing, attacking cab drivers and menacing Miyu's friends. Chisato is put in considerable danger, and Reiha provides the kind of help one would prefer to do without.

"Fate" again underlines the essentially tragic nature of Miyu's task. Two orphans, a young boy and his sister are gifted with mental powers that have made then outcastes. When a shinma that appears as a large dog befriends the boy he urges the death of Miyu. Reiha's untimely intervention puts Miyu at risk and piles misfortune on top of misfortune. A gift, Miyu reminds us, can be a curse.


about this dvd   June 27, 2002
  5 out of 8 found this review helpful

i for one think this seres is a little sad but all in all its a good seres.this chapter is where the girl i cant recall her name but if you look at the cover shes the one with the simbel on her head well any way she is like a snow child and cuses miyu troble but in a way helps her on the first story.one outher story is when a shinma makes herself look like miyus twin and cuses troble for her.the last story i think is the sadest its called fate where a little girl and her older brother live on the streets but they both have powers not like miyu but just as deadly. they brfriend what they think is a dog but a shinma in dicuse and trys to make the brother kill miyu. the last one is good but sad and the rest youll have to see for yourself g2g.


Much Improved   January 26, 2002
  4 out of 7 found this review helpful

As disappointed as I was in the first DVD, I was very surprised at the level of improvement in the second. Pretty much all of my complaints about the cutting of the openings and closings, and the lack of indexed scenes were taken care of. In fact there was even additional bonus material! While the TV series does not compare in quality and beauty to the OVA's, the story is still very interesting, and this DVD has been produced in a way that does justice to the series and its fans. I hope those who were as disappointed as I was a the treatment of the first, give the series another chance.