American Kitsune, Vol. 2: A Fox's Tail

American Kitsune: A Fox's Tail picks up a month after where the first book (A Fox's Love) left off, and introduces two more major characters while providing even more video game and anime references along with a ton of echii.The first character introduced is Kiara, the brother of the previous antagonist, Chris Fletcher. The Second is Christine Fraust, yes there is a pun there, but I'll leave it for you to spot. Kiara takes the place of antagonist, at least to an extent. Her showing up also provides some more back-story to how Lilian ended up in the state she was found in.Christine doesn't have much screen time, but she's a tsundere. A gothic loli tsundere at that. The few scenes she's in the same place as Lilian is comedy gold. I mean, the seductive and playful Lillian and the loli tsundere Christine, sparks fly.Beyond the new characters, the comedy becomes even more prevalent,and the echii meter is turned up to 11 in this book, with even more echii than the first book and even more jokes and references. The fan service is prevalent throughout the book, with Lilian being the main focus of it. Also, even though the author openly admitted he is not planning on the story becoming a harem story, he has set up the option for it becoming one quite nicely.The differences from the first book to the second are stark, the Scene Breaks and the little chapter summary are both gone, profanity is introduced and characters besides Kevin and Lillian have more time as the the focus of a scene. The first and last changes are both good, but the profanity is unnecessary for the story. While it may not bother me too much, I know that others don't care for it. Although the biggest change is the echii itself, aside from being far more prevalent it is now much more natural. In other words, it no longer seems to have been put there simply for the sake of echii.Bottom line, if you are a fan of echii anime, comedic shounen anime or just a fan of the first book, this book is a good purchase.

It's not too often where you come across a sequel that's even better than the first installment. This, however, is a VERY beautiful exception. Book 2 of the "American Kitsune" series far surpasses the first book in many ways.For the most part, Book 1 wasn't terrible, not even close. It served mostly as an introduction to Kevin, Lilian, and the kind of world they live in, and it did it well. Book 2, however, took a potentially interesting story and made me love it even more.The humor is as funny as ever and you'll find yourself chuckling here and there at the many crazy situations, whether it's Kevin feeling embarrassed or Lilian occasionally arguing with the author. Yep, the Fourth Wall is penetrated once again and it's a very fun quirk as it happens when you least expect it.The story isn't all laughs, though. The plot has gotten deeper and there are many serious sections to counterbalance the humor. On top of that, the characters are given much more attention. Kevin's becoming more confident, Lilian learns to be more serious, and we even get an insight into Lindsey and a couple new characters. Sometimes, switching between Points of View can throw a reader off kilter, but Mr. Brandon Varnell does it in a way that feels natural.I can't express how much I love character development. To see these characters go from one state to another just makes reading the book that much more magical.Book 2 was a massive improvement and I look forward to reading Book 3, given where things currently stand.PROS:-Humor is hilarious-Good Character Development-Feels just like an Anime-Multiple POV-Story is longer-Beautiful IllustrationsCONS:-None that I can think of"Book 2 - A Fox's Tail" gets a 9 out of 10 and a big THUMBS UP for the future!

Most of the problems from the first book have carried over: the self-destructive 4th wall gags, the out-of-place anime cliches, the confusing characterization, but it's not as bad and there are more good points.However, there is one objective flaw this book has that the first did not. The climax is completely misplaced. The entire book builds up to a confrontation between Lilian, Kevin, and the elder sister of the "villain" from the last book (who the author retroactively attempts to give depth to with mixed results). That confrontation happens about 80% of the way through, then the remainder of the book is spent farting around in the mall with the occasional emotional revelation or development.Granted, it's an interesting confrontation, albeit strange that this sister has henchmen at her beck and call, but good nonetheless. She really comes off as a responsible human being who is only doing this irresponsible stuff out of a misplaced sense of obligation, and I found it easy to empathize with that sense, once the source was explained.Despite that, it should've happened at the end. Once again I get a bad fanfic vibe from this decision to place it in the center-rear, as bad or shallow fanfiction will either end abruptly or carry on long after the meat of the story was burned to a crisp. I really wish the author could've injected more interesting things into the last fifth to at least justify its length. It feels like the inverse of the ending to Desolation of Smaug, where the end of the movie was cut out and slapped on to the beginning of the next one. Here, it feels like the beginning of the next book, barring one occurence, was cut from that and stuck to the end here. It really does feel like incompletw rising action, probably because the author had this one moment they NEEDED to happen in this book but couldn't think of a better way to transition to it.Which is really too bad, honestly. That last fifth quashed any good will I had for this book. There's this annoying tsundere character who has little to her outside of being a tsundere, who is obviously attracted to Kevin for even shallower reasons than Lilian (at least Lilian's infatuation is SOMEWHAT plausible), and the amount of repetitive tsundere outbursts she has in the last chapter only highlights how barebones her character is.

Got the 1st one and this one so haven't got around to reading it yet. But just as good quality as the first book and may have to buy the rest in the series now

A really well written book the tropes were plentiful and a few well placed refrences for good humourThe caracters showed real growth cant wait for the next book

A very good continuation, fixed things that could use work, let alone things that were awesome. I wait for further development of Kevin's and Lilian's relationship, i like how you're trying to move it forwards at a somewhat realistic pace. Good job here and wish you luck with the sequels!

A continuation of all the romance, awkwardness and hilarity from the first book, with an ever-expanding cast of weird and wonderful characters. The gentle pacing of the character development and the ever-referential and irreverent humor are the real hallmarks of this series, and is definitely worth a read for that alone.

Just like the 1st one I knew that this was going to be just the kind of book I like. If you enjoyed the 1st book then you're defiantly going to love this one.