Did have the new sound effect ' tokun ~ tokun ' ( )

When best friends Darren and Steve visit a mysterious freak show known as the Cirque du Freak, they encounter a vampire and a deadly spider and are forced to make life-changing choices.

I read the real book some time ago and enjoyed it substantially more than the manga adaptation. If it were not for having read the real book, I would be greatly confused by much of what was happening. Actions are portrayed poorly and much is far too implicit to really parse together unless you are already aware of what is going on. Unless you have the attention span of a gnat, stick with the real book, and skip the manga. ( )

Did have the new sound effect ' tokun ~ tokun ' ( )

As a huge fan of the book series, I was intrigued when I heard they were making a manga version. Overall, this was a solid adaptation book one: Cirque Du Freak.

I admit, I haven't read the first book in this series for a while, but from what I could tell it was pretty true to the story and any changes made sense. Frankly, I had a huge grin on my face the entire time I read this title. The charm and overall impact of the story seems to still be present.

My only issue is the manga style chosen for this manga. It's good, but brings nothing new to the table. To me, it looked like every other shonen title I've picked up. The drawing style, however, is pretty easy to get over as the story is still as great as it was when I first started reading about Darrens journey into the vampire world those many years ago. ( )