Vanitas no Karte
The Case Study of Vanitas

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I've been a fan of Jun Mochizuki since Pandora Hearts and have noticed her art style has evolved a lot since then. Overall, she and her team did an amazing job drawing the scenes, with great attention to detail.

Story 8/10 :
—Good point—
"Vanitas No Carte" is a Slice of Life , Drama and Fantasy series about the problems of Buddy Vanitas and Noé who have differences and have to help vampires to escape from being cursed.

Overall the plot is romantic and Vanitas X JEANNE is well written telling the inhumanity of being treated and used as a tool. They either have mercy on each other or ... see similarities.

Vanitas learns compassion through Noé, but also learns love and caring for others through Jeanne, as she seeks answers from Vanitas, whose fragile side is hidden behind a cold mask. I think it connects well from the masquerade party where Jeanne saves Vanitas, to wanting to get to know him on their date. It's a good way to answer questions, but it also details how Jeanne sees Vanitas as a person.

It's definitely not romantic, but it's very sweet, especially Vanitas and Jeanne , I hope to see more exploration of characters other than Vanitas and Noé.


The biting scenes are the highlight of the series, as they sometimes depict the teenage self-discovery. Vanitas' curiosity to try sex with his friends is a useful description, especially in vol.4.


Bad points:
I would have given it a full score if it weren't for the fact that Vanitas and Noé, as well as Jeanne, are sexually charged and make sexual assault jokes that go against what they're proposing as unsupportive. It's a shame.

The scene where Vanitas dances and asks for consent to kiss and the scene where he bites Jeanne is okay, but it's a shame that the beginning or the overall story is not consent. But other than that, it's good. I think Jun Mochizuki conveyed the toxic relationship better.

But I also criticized Vanitas and Noé in the Blu-ray manga vol.1. I didn't like Noé being shy with Vanitas, especially the kiss. It seemed too comical for a non-consensual kiss, and it toned down the violence in the content.

Overall, it's not bad, but I wish Jun Mochizuki would improve the characters in Vanitas, such as Vanitas, Noé, and Jeanne.

Art 9/10
The art is all good but unfortunately the monster designs aren't quite as compelling. However, the character and background designs are well done. I love how Mochizuki drew a heart on Vanitas' cheek when Jeanne ran up to him and hugged him in Gévaudan.

character 10/10
The background of the characters is well told, especially Jeanne. Telling the story of being a tomboy, belonging to the LGBTQ+ group, is a concept that Thailand has done very well and tells the story of her being a doll.


Character relationships 8/10
I love the dependable relationship between Vanitas and Jeanne. I hope to see Jeanne in a wedding dress or some VaniJeanne artwork. It's official merchandise.

I love that Vanitas and Jeanne are heterosexual, but they're queer. Especially the scene where Jeanne flirts with Vanitas in the AU, even though the school knows he's a girl. It was really cool. Telling the queer code is such an art.

I feel sorry that so many people abandoned Vanitas because of the shipper that, regardless of vanoè and vanijeanne, in true to the charm of mochizuki Jun is that she wants to write as she wishes and don't care about the flow of people around you Even though people disagreed about the destruction of their ships, Which is a shame. The trend of readers wanting to push Vanitas to be bl, forgetting what is most important is the core plot, such as the existence of the Vanitas series.

Character relationships are not just romantic as lovers/special people. ... But there are also stories of friendship and family , Including problems with characters that cause toxic relationships between other characters.

Many elements incorporate the atmospheric theme at Mochizuki Jun tried to create that world. It looks very beautiful But I'm very disappointed. If Mochizuki chooses to push the plot or cut out characters like Jeanne, because from my point of view, the relationship vanoè and vanijeanne are both important and help develop Vanitas in a different perspective, I hope the story will be expanded especially vanijeanne+ domijeanne+noejeanne and other characters.

I think other characters have potential for character development like Amelia and Nox, but Mochizuki's problem is that the character roles are not evenly distributed. (There's a problem since the old story. I wanted the main characters like Vanitas and Noé to be lessened. Focus on the roles of other characters)


At present it's okay to focus on other stories like Domi and Vanitas and the teacher, but evenly balancing the chapters and crossing stories still seems strange. Overall I still enjoyed it but I hope Mochizuki finds a way to fix this one day.

More : Don't get me wrong because I adore vanijeanne and domijeanne and love art. including her story But I accept that the distribution of the script and the explanation of the problems the characters had were not clear. Just got good in Noe's episode. (Second half of the story)

I don't know if Mochizuki really saw the problem. that vanijeanne and vanoe's relationship goes beyond just one cannon And the relationship is more like a polyship or 3p. In other words, Vanitas seems to have two husbands like Jeanne and Noe. When they write it as a single canon, it's strange. And I think 3p blood drinking between vanitasxjeannexnoe It's sexier than someone being on top or bottom (I mean mxm,mxf, I think it would be better if the relationships were written together as both male and female relationships, making the main characters have a more sexual relationship. Husband and wife together + go out via polyship)

Vanitas No Carte is an "overrated" manga series and is only good for its art.

That Paris scene Mochizuki has put quite a lot of effort into depicting the atmosphere of Paris which shows her determination.

But my problem when reading her series is that the chapters are not evenly distributed like an amusement park. It is a very clear example. And she chose to push the most interesting female character in the series, Including Vanitas' relationship with Jeanne that was strangely skipped.

Sometimes roles that should be focused on get pushed too much to main characters like Vanitas and Noè. To the point that ... sometimes it doesn't seem necessary, like Chloé's role, which should have a scene that reveals a conversation after a terrible event and Jeanne's comments Instead, it was unnecessarily pushed to two partners.

Compared to "Pandora Hearts", it's not the best manga series but at least it has well-written character relationships, but "Vanitas No Carte" didn't make me connect with any of the characters. (both Vanitas and Noe and Jeanne) except Vanitas and Luna's relationship And only Domi and Vanitas.