Kamichama Karin
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| かみちゃまかりん | |||
| Genre | Magical girl, Romance, Comedy | ||
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| Author | Koge-Donbo | ||
| Publisher |  Kodansha |
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| Demographic | Shōjo | ||
| Magazine | Nakayoshi Yatta! |
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| Original run | January 2003 – 2006 | ||
| Volumes | 7 | ||
| Manga: Kamichama Karin Chu | |||
| Author | Koge-Donbo | ||
| Publisher | Kodansha |
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| Demographic | Shōjo | ||
| Magazine | Nakayoshi |
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| Original run | July 2006 – April 2008 | ||
| Volumes | 6 | ||
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| Director | Takashi Anno | ||
| Studio | Satelight | ||
| Network | TV Tokyo |
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| Original run | April 6, 2007 – September 29, 2007 | ||
| Episodes | 26 | ||
Kamichama Karin (かみちゃまかりん? lit. Mini-goddess Karin) is a Japanese series originally written by Koge-Donbo about a thirteen year-old girl named Karin who finds out that she can transform into a goddess. The series began as a manga first serialized in January 2003 in the Japanese shōjo manga magazine Nakayoshi published by Kodansha. While the first manga series ended at seven bound volumes, a second entitled Kamichama Karin Chu began serialization in the same magazine in July 2006, and as of March 2008, six bound volumes have been released. Kamichama Karin has been licensed in the U.S. and Canada by Tokyopop. An anime series based on the original manga began airing in Japan on April 6, 2007 on TV Tokyo produced by the animation studio Satelight and directed by Takashi Anno.
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[edit] Plot
Karin Hanazono is an orphan, living with her aunt. Her life has never been easy, her studies are not well, she is not the best in sports and technically she is miserable. Left with only a ring as a memento from her departed mother, she suddenly finds her life changed, as she was mourning her pet cat, Shii-chan. On that night she met a strange boy, Kazune Kujyou. After that event, she experiences several mysterious incidences that soon led her to find out that she is a magical girl. Finding others like her she soon sets out to understand herself better as her mysterious powers grow and she becomes beset by opponents.
[edit] History
Kamichama Karin is often considered a parody of the mahou shōjo (magical girl) genre. Examples include battle cries (which, on page 183 in volume 1, Koge Donbo admits the point of Karin's "I am God" was to have her say something stupid and how the manga started was as a gag).. Kamichama Karin was originally going to be a two chapter one-shot manga, according to Koge-Donbo.. Due to its unexpected popularity, she continued the story..
[edit] Characters
- Karin Hanazono (花園 花鈴 Hanazono Karin?) Voiced by: Mai Nakahara
- Age: 12-13 Born:July 3, 1993 Bloodtype:O
- Karin is the protagonist of the series. Her name literally means "The Flower Bell of the Flower Garden," with the "Flower Garden" as her surname and "Flower Bell" as her given name. Karin used to live with her aunt because her parents died a long time ago, but she moved in with Kazune and Himeka after they found out about her goddess powers. She is an outgoing person, even though she does bad in school and sticks up for her friends. She is in 7th grade. The ring Karin originally thought was her mother's ring allows her to borrow godly power. Her ring is silver and has the power of the goddess Athena (Aphrodite in Chu). Karin, at first, was in love with Kirika Karasuma but later falls in love with Kazune, not just because she finds out that Kirika is a woman. It is later revealed in the last volume of the manga that Karin is actually Kazuto Kujyou's wife (Suzuka Kujyou), which was stated in Volume 7 that Karin was returned to her child form by Kazuto Kujou.
- Kazune Kujou (九条 和音 Kujō Kazune?) Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro
- Age: 12-13 Born:February 1 ,1993 Bloodtype:A
- Kazune is the main male protagonist. His ring has the power of Apollo Greek god of sun (in the sequel, he has a different ring with the power of Uranus). He is in 7th grade. While he acts cool during much of the story, Himeka states that in the past, he was weak and cried frequently, only becoming his present self when he turned ten years old, after knowing who he was. While Himeka loves bugs, Kazune hates and fears them; in Kamichama Karin, Himeka reveals that Kazune's fear of bugs developed when he had tried to save Himeka from some bugs when they were little, but instead, fell into a ditch where the bugs started to attack him until he passed out and he was even at risk of dying. Even though he is a clone of professor Kazuto Kujyou, he is incomplete and passes out after transforming in god form. He often speaks Karin that she deems sexist, talking about things like the inherent stupidity or weakness of girls. Kazune is in love with Karin (and tells Michiru such), and has known since the age of ten that Karin is his wife, Suzuka. He himself is the clone of his "father".
- Himeka Kujou (九条 姫香 Kujō Himeka?) Voiced by: Noriko Shitaya
- Age: 12-13
- Himeka is Karin's friend and Kazune's "cousin". She is also Suzune's sister in Kamichama Karin Chu. She is one half of a goddess; the other half is Kirio's younger sister who is also named Himeka. When one Himeka becomes stronger, the other becomes weaker. Since she was a young girl, she has always defended Kazune, who was a bit of a crybaby when they were little. She loves bugs and is a good cook. She is in 7th grade. Like Karin, she does poorly in school. It is later revealed that she is Kazuto and Suzuka's daughter. She tells Karin at one point that while she has a strong affection for Kazune, it is not necessarily a romantic attachment, as Kazune is "kind of like a brother and kind of like a dad" to Himeka (referencing Kazune's identity as a clone of Himeka's father). She also witnessed Kazune and Karin kissing in the anime.
- Kirio Karasuma (烏丸 キリオ Karasuma Kirio?) Voiced by: Shintaro Asanuma
- Age: 15
- Kirio is the main antagonist. He is the student body president of Sakuragaoka Academy. He tests the protagonists and fights them outside the campus. Karin refers to him as "Mr. Glasses Man" (meganekko), "Four eyes-san" or "Glasses Guy". His only true relative is his twin sister Kirika, but he does have another "sister" by the name of Himeka. In the anime, he is a running gag character; often leaving before ever winning and revealing his plot to Karin and the others while they didn't know, thinking they did. His ring has the powers of the god Ares. Later in the series, his ring is destroyed by Kazune. He gets possessed as the person who split the two Himeka with the ring he is wearing, but in the end Karin and Kazune saved him.(episode 26)
- Shii-Chan(Nike) (しーちゃん Shii-Chan(Nike)?) Voiced by: Nanae Katou
- Age:
- Shii-Chan is also known as Nya-Ke. She is the ally goddess hidden within Karins's dead cat, Shii-chan. Her spirit was finally released with the soul of the cat died and she took over the body. From then on she helped Karin on her adventure.
- Miyon ( Miyon?) Voiced by:
- Age: 12-13
- She is Himeka's friend from grade school. They're very close; She has a crush on Yuuki.
- Yuuki Sakurai ( Yuuki Sakurai?) Voiced by:
- Age: 12-13
- Karin's classmate, who rocks at the violin. He has a crush on Miyon.
- Kirika Karasuma ( Kirika Karasuma?) Voiced by:
- Age: 15
- Also has the power of a god. She is Kirio's twin sister and Karin's former crush. At the beginning she pretends to be a guy, but Karin later discovers Kirika is actually a girl.
- Michiru Nishikiori ( Michiru Nishikiori?) Voiced by: Akira Ishida
- Age: 13-14 Born:April 13
- A transfer student from Britan. He also has the power of a god like Karin and Kazune. When he was young, he got into a car accident which left him orphaned. He was in critical condition and would not of survived if it weren't for Professor Kojou. Though he was okay, one of his eyes were not. Professor Kojou had to replace one of his eyes. That is why one of them is blue and one purple (purple being his original eye colour). Most people (like Karin and Himeka)call him Michii. He was in the hospital for some time so he is a year older then most of his classmates. He had very tight bonds with the professor and treated him like his dad. When he arrived to Japan he mistook Kazune for Professor Kujou. Even though he is not able to use his god powers until episode 26(anime) and the sequel called Kamichama Karin Chu(in the sequel, he has power of Neptune),(manga, anime not out yet). When he gets to know Karin too well, Kazune got jealous and kissed Karin. Michii is a very nice person with a joyful personality. He also trys to help Kazune by giving help information about Professor Kujou.
- Kazusa Kujyou ( Kazusa Kujou?) Voiced by:
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- Kazune created her the same way he was created. She can transform into a bird and has the same powers as Kazune. She looks a bit like Himeka except blonde.
'Jin Kuga'
Age:13 Born:October 4 Bloodtype:B
Appearing in Kamichama Karin in episode 1 during battle, Jin is the god, Hades.In Kamichama Karin Chu,he is given a deeper character role.He loves Karin, and refers to her as his goddess.He is also an upcoming idol.
[edit] Adaptations
[edit] Manga
The Kamichama Karin manga series has been released into a total of seven full volumes. The story continues on in a sequel series Kamichama Karin chu. Currently, there are five regular edition volumes (通常版), and five special edition (tokusouban 特装版) volumes of the Kamichama Karin chu manga released in Japan. The special edition volumes include the same basic content as the regular editions but include additional content making them highly valuable to manga collectors. The special editions feature different cover artwork including a gold foiled logo on a clear plastic dust jacket. Each special volume is accompanied by booklets which contain whole extra chapters (bangaihen 番外編) to the story (usually the information in these extra chapters is supplementary, and not critical, to the main story).
