Vampire in the Garden offers an absolutely heart-wrenching take on the road trip plot trope.
Vampire in the Garden is one of the most heartbreaking anime out there. The creators have clearly worked very hard to make the viewer cry, and in our case, they succeeded.
We will spoil quite a lot of the plot here, seeing how it is a road trip plot. Check out Vampire in the Garden if you have not already, and then come back!
In Vampire in the Garden, two unlikely friends (and possibly more than that) bond over the course of a couple days and decide to try and travel in search of a paradise where they would be able to live together. You see, one of those friends is a human, Momo, whose mother holds a significant position in the ranks of a militant human city; the other is Fine, a vampire queen, from a city of vampires, and those two cities (or, possibly, countries, it is not very clear) are at war. There is no hope for Fine and Momo in either of their homes, so they try to find a little place for the two of them somewhere else. Which, naturally, calls for a road trip plot!
This road trip plot has two stages. At first, the girls have a lot of fun, listening to music and learning to sing (Fine is not good at it, but Momo is). It is a very short section, but it shows that the characters are bonding, and it does make the viewer feel for them.
Then, after a stop in a city that houses both humans and vampires, the situation changes. While both humans and vampires live in that city, they do not really interact outside of business, and the city is divided, with humans not allowed on the vampire territory. The girls find it impossible to simply coexist in the vampire part of the city, and they have to flee again.
Early in the plot, a map of a paradise is shown where humans and vampires coexist. The girls use it to try and find that paradize, and this road trip is completely different. This time, it is by boat, and it is so far north in this snow-covered world that Momo and Fine have to eventually drag the boat across the ice. What this section of the series shows is that they are bent on finding that paradise, even if the journey has changed them and they are not their initial, jovial, hopeful selves anymore. It is them holding onto a sliver of hope, and they are grim, if determined.
This road trip plot helps us to learn more about the characters and the world around them, and the characters are changing because of it, which makes it a very satisfying and heart-wrenching experience. Using the road trip plot was a good choice for this anime.
Vampire in the Garden offers an absolutely heart-wrenching take on the road trip plot trope.
Vampire in the Garden is one of the most heartbreaking anime out there. The creators have clearly worked very hard to make the viewer cry, and in our case, they succeeded.
We will spoil quite a lot of the plot here, seeing how it is a road trip plot. Check out Vampire in the Garden if you have not already, and then come back!
In Vampire in the Garden, two unlikely friends (and possibly more than that) bond over the course of a couple days and decide to try and travel in search of a paradise where they would be able to live together. You see, one of those friends is a human, Momo, whose mother holds a significant position in the ranks of a militant human city; the other is Fine, a vampire queen, from a city of vampires, and those two cities (or, possibly, countries, it is not very clear) are at war. There is no hope for Fine and Momo in either of their homes, so they try to find a little place for the two of them somewhere else. Which, naturally, calls for a road trip plot!
This road trip plot has two stages. At first, the girls have a lot of fun, listening to music and learning to sing (Fine is not good at it, but Momo is). It is a very short section, but it shows that the characters are bonding, and it does make the viewer feel for them.
Then, after a stop in a city that houses both humans and vampires, the situation changes. While both humans and vampires live in that city, they do not really interact outside of business, and the city is divided, with humans not allowed on the vampire territory. The girls find it impossible to simply coexist in the vampire part of the city, and they have to flee again.
Early in the plot, a map of a paradise is shown where humans and vampires coexist. The girls use it to try and find that paradize, and this road trip is completely different. This time, it is by boat, and it is so far north in this snow-covered world that Momo and Fine have to eventually drag the boat across the ice. What this section of the series shows is that they are bent on finding that paradise, even if the journey has changed them and they are not their initial, jovial, hopeful selves anymore. It is them holding onto a sliver of hope, and they are grim, if determined.
This road trip plot helps us to learn more about the characters and the world around them, and the characters are changing because of it, which makes it a very satisfying and heart-wrenching experience. Using the road trip plot was a good choice for this anime.
