Story - 3
An interesting initial concept but everything is very dull and predictable. The story plods along very straight forwardly without any twists or turns and you know exactly what is going to happen when the outline of the episode is shown in the opening minutes. I felt as if my time had been wasted by the end of each episode.
Art - 8
The highlight of the series. The animation quality is up to the industry standard in this day and age however, the bright, vibrant sceneries and characters make every scene extremely pleasant to watch. If I had one issue it would be that the fight scenes with the Alone could have been more spectacular but they do still look good regardless.
Sound - 5
There's nothing to complain about but also nothing to praise. All the voice actors do their job adequately, however due to the simpleness of the plot, and thus dialogue, there is not really anything in particular to note. . The ending theme does change with each episode, depending what the episode is focused on, which is a nice touch. However, the opening theme doesn't stand out at all and don't get you pumped up and ready to watch the episode.The background music suits every scene but it doesn't really stand out or add anything to the scene.
Character - 3
There are no real stand out characters, all of our protagonists fit generic archetypes and have no progression. The only interesting character is Rei, a mysterious girl who is in Akane's class but seems to be helping the Alone's. However, when her story is explored in episode 5, you can pretty much map out what is going to happen to her for the rest of the series, making her just as dull as the others.
Enjoyment - 2
My main gripe with the show, other than the points above, is that for some reason, it is regulation for middle schools' female uniform to consist of hot pants. There seems to be no practicality to this other than to get as many butt shots of the girls in the show as possible. I was left laughing and sighing at some of the ridiculous shots that were either nothing but butt or included someone's butt at the side of the shot for no good reason. When a big breasted girl gets thrown into the fray the ridiculousness just gets worse. I feel as I've said butt way to many times in the paragraph, but hey, there's VO has a lot of butts!
Overall - 4
If you want to just sit and let your mind do nothing for 24 minutes and you don't mind seeing an abundant of ridiculous fan service, then you might be able to get some enjoyment out of this series. On my experience though, I cannot recommend Vividred Operation to anyone as, other than the visuals, there is nothing to recommend.
