Owari no Seraph
Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign

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I write this review as per chapter 136 published by official translator. This is light spoiler review, because it neccesary to tell bad thing and good thing.

Talk about the story, the story itself is full of betrayal, conflict, sadness, depression and so many other thing involve around it. There is good time when they are talking to each other, laugh etc but it takes so much panel which i think its kinda filler. Story start with conflict and plot running around that conflict which loom into conflict and again and again and again. The good thing from story is the ambition to want something even ... do something bad thing, The bad thing from the story is way too many plot twist, plot twist is good but in reasonable amount, but for this one, there are ALOT OF THEM, example there is plot twist in this chapter, next chapter, another plot twist and so on so on. Reader who are not veteran of reading wont catch up in this type story. Its unpredictable which make me read till the latest chapter. I originally also anime watcher and decide to read because S3 wont happened any point and i also lose the hope so i just binge with manga.

Talk about character, this is the problem, everyone here are childish, i know the world already mess for around 8 years, everyone just like kid. beside demon army high ranking and vampire high ranking/noble. The problem is main cast is so childish despite living in hell everyday, it should make them mature faster than normal kid today.
Yuu which our beloved mc who are have bad backstory, is so childish, naive and empower by power of friendship. Everytime i see him, he always like, yea u kill my friend, i forgive u, yea u kill people, okay i forgive u. I mean come on, really bro?. Next main cast, Shinoa, which u can said "female lead" yea she is, the story itself always flag her as female lead/ love intrest, u know something funny, Yuu himself (male lead) like Mika more than Shinoa despite she is confess him like many times (i think Yuu think it as a joke, never take seriously because her character also like that) She is strong woman but simp one. No complain but i demand justice for her. Mika, this guy right here, is the most realistic one, mature, always on watch, never trust somebody, train to become strong, and always protect his precious thing. I cant complain about Mika because he is the only character that i root more. Guren, senior of Yuu, HE IS MANIPULATOR, like how many times in the story, he betray everyone, even his friend. Like come on, everyone should sentence him to prison or something, he just roam around like nothing, commit another crime and roam freely like nothing. In this story, there is "provisional gov" which there is law, this guy break way so many law. He is realistic character, indeed but again, like law doesnt apply to this guy.

Talk about the art, its good, the action scene pretty damn good, the angel drawing is hella accurate. I love there are many bibilical reference here.

Overall, its good reading, try it by yourself, at first few chapters, its boring but it gets better chapter per chapter.

I liked the series from the first time I saw the anime even knowing that it probably wasn't adapted as well as it should.
Reading the manga has been quite interesting for the most part, I think it has been declining with the passing of the chapters, reaching a point that right now I consider that they are prolonging it for the sole reason of selling.

It has several good points such as a fairly well worked story, some characters that offer more than you could expect at first and for some, such as my case, an entertaining theme.

On the other hand, there are characters that as ... you continue reading you realize that they are childish, without personal development and without a clear goal or with a clear goal but that the way of acting changes every two chapters without ever reaching anything and for On the other hand, the scales of power are absurd and meaningless as you progress through the story.

At the moment I like it but less and less.

Okay so it's been a while since there has been a recent review. Most recent one I saw was from a year over.

It's, in all honesty, great. The story, the concept, and especially the art are splendid. For the earlier chapters and volumes, that it.

The story was pretty decent up to about the 50-ish chapters. As you read more and progress through the series, plot and enjoyment, in my opinion, dropped a bit at the 60-70-ish chapters. And sunk a bit more when I reached the 80-ish chapters. Then at 90+ chapters, motivation to read just plummeted. And that's me being generous. Very close ... to dropping though.

Characters and the whole plot become confusing, always talking about two things: family and betrayals. The latter made the whole plot a mix mash of shit you can barely make things out of. It's like reading a computer generated English translation of Chinese texts without even being proof-read. No, actually it's even worse than that. As for the former, it's just Dom spouting shit about family and calling it a day and making it plot. No substance whatsoever because its just plot armour over armour over armour.

The plot of this is like mixing a beverage. You make a fruit smoothie with cream and confectionary on top. It even has a little umbrella. It's packed with flavour and looks aesthetically pleasing. But as you drink it, the contents decreases. But because you want to keep the cup full, you add water. You keep adding water until its just plain water, effectively removing any flavour or decorations. It's become bland with little to no thrill and excitement. Just like the plot of the series the more you read it past chapter 60.

If it wasn't for so much confusion, plot armor, plot holes, and 'family' shit, I think about 23 volumes worth of reused and recycled plot can be condensed to just about 5-6 volumes i But hey, that's what I think. There's just too many shit going on that it drags the story and destroys it instead.

There are some characters that irk me because of:
1.) No character development whatsoever, except a select few. But considering the time for all the shit that took place (not even being a year after Yu got his black weapon series), it's understandable. But in retrospect, it's been month's that they have been together yet they stick to the same personality and become overbearing at some point.
2.) Their personality archetype are so overused that its become very irritating. You know those single minded characters who only think of one thing without contemplating of the consequences afterwards and only thinking about 'friends' this and 'family' that? Yeah, that's Yu. That single thought process affects everyone, apparently, and should have thwarted the plans of schemers. But nope, it became plot armour instead. :v
3.) The curious case of the missing characters who suddenly disappeared off the face of the manga because they are lesser than side characters but had some impact on the story. I mean, okay the story is more focused on specific people, but at least inform the readers where they at. Something along the lines of 'They are back in their base, recuperating'.


It's come to the point where reading the comments become more interesting than the manga/ novel itself. You know it went south for you if that's the case.

Well, right now, I'm just reading because of Shinoa, the best grill, and Ferid, the comic relief.