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Nov 17, 2010
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (5/12 eps)
Your enjoyment of Fortune Arterial will no doubt be dictated by what exactly your expecting, This sort of Harem, comedy drama hybrid show isn't my preferred genre, but i do tend to pick one up every so often as an easy watch after completing a deeper show.

I'd been led towards this show in particular because I'd read the cast was somewhat popular among the current season's offerings, so went in with high hopes towards the cast being above average.

Story

The shows story is still yet to convince me, it's leaning towards a supernatural mystery of some sort, the vampire element cements the supernatural status, while Kiriha and Iori seem to each respectively have something unknown going on behind the scenes, which just about constitutes a mystery.
The comedy element is non existent, the show takes itself fairly seriously, and has yet to find anything amusing in the character interactions.

Art

I've been fairly impressed with the art, the production values seem well above average, the character models are good, as is the back ground animation and general movement of the show, while not at the level of big name shows, the animation is definitely this shows main selling point, putting it ahead of similar shows in my view.

Sound

Nothing distinctive episode to episode, but a pretty good opening track keeps the sound above average. The voice acting is solid, Kohei's voice now actually annoys me, but that's almost certainly more down to the dialogue than the voice acting,

Character

Disappointing, i can't fault the supporting cast, they fill a variety of over used roles to a satisfactory standard, in particular Kanada regularly injects a high spirited atmosphere to the show, and Iori fills his role well with a subtle menacing tone.
Unfortunately the main characters are not allot of fun to watch, Kouhei genuinely irritates me with some of the nice guy lines he comes out with, while Erika is perhaps the least interesting vampire imaginable, Kiriha is yet to be fully fleshed out but it's a lot to ask of one main at this stage.

Enjoyment

From the second episode i've had no great desire to watch on with this show, there might yet be some substantial twists and turns with the plot, but i'm doubtful as to if the cast are capable of holding my interest through the rest of this show, oblivious as to if the writing improves.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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