Vanitas no Karte Part 2

Vanitas and Noé Archiviste head out to the town of Gévaudan in search of the "Beast," an enormous wolf-like creature that has slaughtered hundreds of people. Suspecting that the Beast is a curse-bearing vampire, Vanitas primarily aims to heal it using the powers of his grimoire.

Along the way, the two get separated and suddenly travel back to the past—to the exact moment the Beast is lurking in the woods. After a battle against the gigantic wolf and a vampire hunter, Vanitas decides to team up with Jeanne in order to find Noé. Despite being allies, Jeanne's goal is the opposite of Vanitas', as she was tasked to kill the Beast—suspecting it may be someone she used to know.

Meanwhile, a severely wounded Noé is picked up by the mysterious Chloé d'Apchier and her servant. Like Noé, Chloé is a vampire whose existence was erased from the public's knowledge. She has been a guardian for future generations and once tried to find a way to become human again. While Noé is grateful to Chloé for her hospitality, little does he know that she might be siding with forces far more dangerous than the Beast itself.

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Vanitas Main

Hanae, Natsuki Japanese

Archiviste, Noé Main

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Jeanne Supporting

Minase, Inori Japanese

de Sade, Dominique Supporting

Kayano, Ai Japanese

d'Apchier, Chloé Supporting

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Fortis, Roland Supporting

Kawanishi, Kengo Japanese

Murr Supporting

Komaki, Miyu Japanese

de Sade, Louis Supporting

Shimabukuro, Miyuri Japanese

Granatum, Astolfo Supporting

Murase, Ayumu Japanese

Vampire of the Blue Moon Supporting

Park, Romi Japanese

Odagiri, Narumi Producer

Komatsu, Shouta Producer

Itamura, Tomoyuki Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Wakabayashi, Kazuhiro Sound Director

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Sep 25, 2025

KYRIEIRVING_

Recommended

A complex story done right. From the world building, the character development and the progression of the plot, all of it was done to perfection. And this doesn't surprise me considering Jun Mochizuki's works never fail to blow expectations.


Season 2 of Vanitas no Karte achieved what rarely anime does: Keep the story interesting throughout all the episodes. I believe that this is mainly due to how complex the characters are. In my personal experience, I couldn't ever guess what was going to happen next, and it kept me extremely hooked and wanting to watch the whole thing in one sitting. From the protagonist all ... the way to side characters, all of them have their back story and feelings really well expressed, especially the protagonist Vanitas. Mochizuki managed to create a protagonist that is fun and intricate, his unpredictability and his persona overall is very intriguing, which keeps the show refreshing, avoiding burnouts. Jeanne and Noé also add a lot to the story. Jeannes background is not explained/ finished, yet you understand her frustrations and her thought process. Noé, however, is yet someone to make up his mind, his tragic past still marks him, and he still must find his own purpose, as so far following Vanitas seems just like an instruction that his teacher gave him and he is obeying it. Noé's relation with Vanitas is complicated, though compelling, their personal ideals consistently clash, but their shared goal of helping the red moon vampires, makes them bond together and keep pursuing a long journey. Finally, the author doesn't just show the past of characters and gives up on it, she stays true to it, as it reflects their actions and personalities.


The world building. Season 2 has 2 changes of scenery, firstly in Gévaudan and later they go back to Paris to finish the last conflict. The town of Gévaudan completely changes the scenario, even so it gives continuation to previous plot construction, and it freshens the story. Chloé d'Apachier is the which responsible for the creation of a time loop happening in Gévaudan. She created this time loop in order to isolate the town from the outside world that would enable her to execute her revenge plan, and this is a pure reflection of her personality buildup. Her whole life she was isolated in her family's castle for being a vampire. In addition to the fact that she stopped aging, she saw all her family's descendants and how they came to crumble. She felt agonized and responsible for their downfall, which added to her loneliness, made her create an isolated world, where she could destroy the town that made her feel this way.


To sum up, I think I can't really give an exact review of all the points of the anime because it is putting into words all that I felt while watching this show is impossible. Exaggerations apart, Vanitas no Karte is a great and well-developed show, it doesn't lack anything particularly, what I did wish is that they continued the 3rd person narrator that was shown in season 1, but not in season 2. The complexity as you can tell was what I liked most about the anime, the fact that it has so many details, but you can easily understand everything, captivated me. I personally recommend this show to basically anyone that likes good action, romance, with an innovative and well-putted plot.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Nov 7, 2023

SenApai07

Mixed Feelings

This series is unapologetically mediocre, to say the least. First, let's start with the art. The art isn't breathtaking per se, but is very visually pleasing. It complements the story along with its world and characters extremely well. Unfortunately, I can't say the same thing for the story. Long story short, it's convoluted. Emotional scenes carry no merit, I don't know whether to laugh or cringe half the time. This show also has a weird fixation on Vanitas and Noe, plot twist it ain't no JoJo bromance (but the friendship is there). The show quite literally ships them despite both having an obvious love interest. ... —And lastly, most of the plot points feel very predictable and cliche.

Nonetheless, I think we could have really had something here. The lore, setting and characters were quite fascinating. — But like Fireforce this show had top-notch animation with a subpar story and plot points. Don't get me wrong the story sounds good on paper but the way this anime executed it was horrible. It felt very miss-queued and incoherent, which is probably why it took me so long to finish it —despite finishing the first season in 2 days.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Oct 25, 2022

Panda_Roll

Not Recommended

Part 2 of the show that somehow managed to make it two seasons without giving anything away.

In season one I complained that the show was missing the 5 Ws of basic story telling. I don't know who these characters are, why they're doing this, what are the stakes or even the when and where since they keep bringing up this alternate world/history where vampires hide away from humans YET they keep running into them at random times because plot.

In season two we continue with this tradition. Vartis and Noe's personalities are... yeah I still have no idea. I just know the fanservice sections are given ... far more attention than the normal or fight scenes so they come off as awkward. They also continue in the tradition of having the women "love interests" as stand-in for the two males. Maybe because that's actually hotter than having it straight up Yaoi for some, who knows.

Again this season suffers from tonal inconsistency and VERY focused art.... by that I mean they focus on the fanservice bits and nothing else. That book animation is starting to remind me of Sailor Moon's transformation sequence they use it so often. The budget cuts here are painfully obvious.

I haven't read the manga so I don't know if the author is to blame or the show's director but good GOD was this shambling mess of a plot sloppy and lazy! I actually laughed when a character showed up angry that everyone confused him for a girl only to reveal his name as Astolfo, they even gave him pink hair they were so lazy! They didn't rip off the historical figure from the poem but just copy/pasted the one one from Fate like nobody would notice lol!

Overall season 2 is just as messy as the first, the budget cuts are more painful here and everything is in service of the fanservice scenes. There is no rhyme or reason for anything that happens on screen outside of that it leads to one of the mains being vulnerable/sexy for a few seconds. That's really it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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