Kamichama Karin, Vol. 05

かみちゃまかりん [Kamichama Karin] #5

by Koge-Donbo*

Karin is an average girl--at best. She's not good at sports and gets terrible grades. On top of all that, her parents are dead and her beloved cat Shi-chan just died, too. She is miserable--but everything is about to change. Little does Karin know that her mother's ring has the power to make her a goddess!After the death of her parents, Karin discovers that her mother's ring can make her a goddess and she along with Kazune, a cute boy with godlike powers as well, will have to protect Karin's ring and Kazune's sister from the evil Kirio Karasuma.

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels, Shojo, Magic, Greek Mythology

192 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2006

About the author

Koge-Donbo (or Koge-Donbo*) is the pen name of a Japanese manga artist. Koge-Donbo* started her career soon after college as a doujinshi artist. She got the idea of a unique pen-name, Koge-Donbo* from Akira Toriyama's pet cat. She made her first official US appearance at Otakon 2004 in Baltimore, MD as a Guest of Honor.
She's known best as the author of Pita-Ten, Kamichama Karin, and Kamichama Karin Chu series.

Reviews

[Bibliothecat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review for complete series

Kamichama Karin is by no means a perfect manga, but I've always loved it. True to Koge-Donbo style, at first glance, this is over the top cute which may or may not put people off. Her works are usually a strange mixture between over the top cute, ridiculous humour sprinkled with darker elements that don't surface until later down the line - Kamichama Karin is no exception.

There are elements of magical girl, characters can take on a god form which are loosely based on greek gods. It's very much up in the air as to why they can turn into gods or what their exact goals are, but it's utterly hilarious. I love the characters, their arguments, their silly antics. It's not until quite late in the game that we actually receive some answers. And I'll be honest here, I was so disappointed when I read the ending years ago. So many new elements are sprung at the very last minute, almost turning this into more of a sci-fi work, and it feels like we barely scratch the surface before it concludes.

Despite the lack of proper closure, I've always considered this a favourite manga, which just goes to show how much I enjoyed the characters and humour. Not long after my first read, I found out that there is a sequel - hurrah! Although I picked up those volumes years ago, I never got around to reading them, but I am hopeful that we will find out more about what actually caused the events of Kamichama Karin.

[Em Mirra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pending.

[Serena · Rating 3 out of 5]

Man the play was pure chaos lmao. But it did reveal things that just gave me more questions so I'm excited to continue and see where things go from here.

[Nyssa Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 Stars

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actual rating: 4.5 stars

This was such a great volume. My favourite of the lot so far. Karin and Kazune are just so cute. Micchi provides such entertainment as well. The whole play synopsis was great. We're starting to get into the nitty-gritty now, things are starting to take a turn for the worst and even though I have an idea of what happens as this is a re-read, it's been long enough that I'm still worrying for the characters.

I liked that the whole plot-arc was actually included in the entire volume, instead of having to wait to continue in the next one. It gave a more satisfying reading experience but it was still nice to see the little extra at the end.

The mini chibi's and their one liners had me howling with laughter and this was definitely the funniest volume of the series so far in my opinion.

[Madeleine - Tei · Rating 3 out of 5]

Weeelllllll, I thought this book was pretty good. Of course it was one of the first mangas I've read so I judged it compared to other books, not to other mangas and found it to be pretty good.

The plot finally seemed to be getting good. It was there before, only subtle and by fore shadowing.

Karin is in love. So obvious. It's cute how she's total tsundere though, not what you would expect from Koge-Donbo's work.

All in all, pretty good, enjoyed it, would recommend it to fantasy/manga readers/YA.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finally, after 700+ pages, we get something resembling a plot, hints of backstory, and a small mystery is traded for a big one. Is this series going to make an attempt at complexity, or even depth? It might be a while before I find out, because this is the last in the series that my public library owns.

[Firiel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finally, after 700+ pages, we get something resembling a plot, hints of backstory, and a small mystery is traded for a big one. Is this series going to make an attempt at complexity, or even depth? It might be a while before I find out, because this is the last in the series that my public library owns.

[Mara · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read/rated this in grade school.