Black Bullet

I personally enjoy Black Bullet although it could've been much better.
I was a fan of this Light Novel and also its manga adaption which was incredibly well done.
The story started off well but really lost its track with all the rush.
The story missed out on several key points and the fight scenes were to say..anti-climatic. Unlike in the Light Novel which focuses on Rentarou's emotion and the other characters the anime rushed this.-didn;t get to see any dem feels in the anime.
I enjoyed it and wll still recommend the anime but personally still feel that the anime had a lot of room for improvements.
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First: If you're searching for Loli or anything else to feed your fantasies, this is not for you. Contrary to other reviews who claim this to be your typical loli-fest, it is not. What it is, is a group of little girls who act like little girls, not little tramps, they have childish ambitions of MARRYING the main character; not having sex with him.

The other reviews already sum up the story in detail so I'll just sum it up.

Fighters of all kinds (swords, guns, fists, ect) have a partner called a 'cursed child' these children vary in abilities just as the fighters do. Their duty ... is wipe out parasites, doing so grants them a higher ranking.

Typical anime stuff> Big parasite attacks a tower keeping them out, leading to an all out war against them.

Typical really strong antagonist>
Typical OP protagonist>

Worth a watch, but nothing to drool over or rant about.

Action and Mystery. A common combination of genres, isn't it?

Black Bullet is an adaptation of its still ongoing Light Novel, was announced last year, 2013. Then became a long-awaited series of 2014.

Although, the main idea isn't too impressive or original if we want to put it like that, the plot has much more in store. To be precise, the story is rather fast-paced. It is basically some short stories put together into 13 episodes. And even though it's true that there was some sort of bridge between two 'short stories', it is very obvious that the staff just wanted too many elements in the ... same place. Luckily, this doesn't spoil the whole atmosphere as a whole.

There were many truly good closing scenes which are suggestive and aditive to its genre. The thing is that many of these 'floating ideas' could as well have been used. But, they weren't. Most of them were left unexploted and to be straightforward, I'm pretty sure that using these ideas instead could have made a 20% better story.
With these said, however, there is one thing that I especially liked about the plot. That is the discussion of rarely mentioned and taught issues like discrimination, human inhospitality and cruelty. This little addition just made the everything twice as dramatic as it would otherwise be.

The art of Black Bullet was at times breath-taking but in other cases it was rather mehish. But, whichever is the case, the art, without a doubt, matches the story and contributes well to the mood of it. The best example for this would be the openings; as they indeed served as a good 'programme guide'. They showed what you should expect of the series and determined the attribute of the characters, too.

The characters sometimes tended to prove themselves amazingly unnecessary. To me some of them seemed to be introduced because the other person who, simply put, had exactly the same traits won't turn up again.

Also, everybody's lives revolve around the protagonist's. The main of all characters, Rentaro Satomi in this universe is a god. And this actually is true from the first to the last word. Not only is he incredibly strong but he's also drop-dead gorgeos, has his harem of little girls and has two teen girls with respectable size of chest love him. But he's lacking one thing; common sense. This is what, in fact, refers to all of the charcters. By this, I mean that when an unforeseen event occurs nobody seems to pose questions like 'why?', 'how?' or just the most obvios one 'what?!'.

Another problem is character development. As a matter of fact, there isn't any. Well, there is but it is so short-term. People go through very sad and tear jerking event, these scenes were done brilliant, to be honest, and they are emotionally shaken.. For an episode. Then in the next episode they are as happy as ever. Unfortunatelly, this is also applicable to peronalities and behaviour displayed towards other characters. Just change overnight.
This is so exposed to the viewers that this just ruins the characters.

The very best reason I would recommend this anime for is the soundtracks. They are unbelievably catchy and something that remains on your mind for like a week. They match the particular scenes they are in.

While there are many components that resemble things from real-life, many just really go in the face of nature.
There are tons of hilarious moments which are worth re-watched. It's rather sad to say; that is all that increases the value of re-watching.
I believe that many good words could be said about Black Bullet but liking (or not liking) it comes down to the viewers only. This is a type of series that you either hate or like sort. It is highly unlikely that it leaves you without any feelings about it.

Let's start with the opening. If you've seen Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin), you'll notice that the opening music, art (and world-concept in general) are kind of really similar. I won't say it's a copy, you decide that for yourself. The opening was in my opinion not really fitting, that's all.

Anyway, to get to the story line. I gave it a 6/10, because the story wasn't boring or tiring, it just wasn't really original. I realize that, in some dose, the creators gave thought into it, but everything was rushed to the limit where the timing became ridiculous. To cut it short, too ... much content was packed into a small number of episodes.

Characters were... well, okay. (6/10) They were too specific though, with clear behavioral patterns and only slight character development. No one actually surprised me. In the end there's, I suppose, some sort of cliffhanger, which was shortly after ruined, because the main character had to say something irrelevant about it. Let's say that everything is too obvious, and that's why the characters are just "okay".

Moving on to enjoyment... it was good. I can't say that I didn't enjoy it. It didn't amaze me, but it's one of those random anime which bring up some feelings, even though you don't really bind with the characters. It's too bad that everything is rushed. I suppose I would have enjoyed it more if it was a 24-episode anime with slowed down plot and more (also better) character development.

I wouldn't necessarily recommend it, but if you like little cute girls with superpowers... watch it.

This is my first review and english isn’t my first language but bare with me

Story(8/10):
The story takes place in the future where a strange viral parasite has driven the human race almost at the edge of extinction. It creates monstrous bug like creatures known as Gastrea and is also responsible for giving superhuman powers to some of the female population (young girls) who are despised by others and are called the "cursed children". The story centers around Rentarou and his partner Enju (cursed child) who fight to push back the Gastrea threat.

Art(10/10):
The art was wonderful, action was fast and pretty. Character designs ... were everything one would hope for.

Sound(9/10):
The opening and outro music were both something you would freely listen to in your free time. The ost which recently came out is the perfect music when the action starts. As for voice acting it was as expected - good.

Characters(10/10):
Black bullets true strength lies with it’s characters! One wouldn’t expect a 13 ep anime to have such dept and character development right? Wrong!

The two main characters Rentarou and Enju partnership is well developed with the short time given it doesn’t feel rushed at all like most manga promotional animes, what to me is amazing.

As the story continues Rentarou and Enju’s bond deepens and they rally up a few friend along the way. Even most side characters have their little story and reasons for fighting.

The main villain is mysteries masked badass who is strong and a bit out of it but looks cool and is a good match for the two mains.

In the character development view point it feels like every second of the anime goes as it should nothing is slow or rushed it just feels natural.

Overall(10/10):
The story itself isn’t unique or astonishing BUT it’s the well developed characters what makes it one of the best animes i have watched. It also doesn’t hurt to have awesome art and glorious music along the way as you see the story unfold.

Overall, I believe Black Bullet was a great anime that although still did well in just 13 episodes, could have been better if they extended the series. Black Bullet has a lot of tragedy and an idea that could lead to a very good long term plot.
Despite being only 13 episodes, the plot that we were presented with was still very well done and you are clearly presented with the problems that the characters attempt to fix. Overcoming obstacles and witnessing and experiencing pain, there is defined character development. However, I believe that certain events occurred too quickly leaving the audience little ... time to experience the emotional turmoil. The death of certain characters happened to quickly and when the main character mourned for her friends, it consisted of only about 1, perhaps 1 1/2 of an episode.
While the plot was good, it was overall to rushed and I feel that the creators cut out scenes of character development to fit this into just 13 episodes.
However, despite my critique of the plot, I believe that the art style was fantastic. Sound effects and voice acting too were also great.

Since the day i have watched shingeki no kyojin, i started to become a slighty attached to animes with some apocalyptic themes, where humans are faced with something that would end their existence, and in the same time, we could see the despair and the feeling of less hope in their eyes. This Spring's year have launched a lot of good animes as No game no life, DBZ Kai 2014, Fairy tail 2014 and others animes aswell. Most of them have catch my attention like NGNL and this interesting anime called Black Bullet. After reading the sinopse, i had some high expectations, even if the ... idea is not so original, somehow, catches me because have a different setting and also a different enviroment and atmosphere. I Won't say that the series is a disappointment, unlikely, is a very good series, the problem is...the adaptation. Lets not waste time and start to the point uh?

Story: 6/10
Let's go to the part that makes me a little disappointed and yet amazed, the story. The story focus near the future where humans are being exterminated by a parasital virus called Gastrea, while they live this hystorical terror moment, they are obligated to live in small territories living with the despair, horror and fear of the monsters. For at least increases a little the hope in the heart of the humanity, is created the "civil security", members of organization that fights against gastreas. The story starts with Satomi Rentaro, one member of the civil security aside his partner Enju Aihara, where they both have to take dangerous missions involving gastreas for fight for survive and save the humanity from the destruction. The story may be not so original yet...is extremelly amazing duo the events that happens on it principally with the cursed childrens(childrens like Enju that born with some gastrea blood for fight equal to equal with them) that constantly suffer racism and prejudice and more other factors in the anime, increasing the dark atmosphere and gripping events. I'm pretty sure you will ask "LoneNinja123, if the story is that much amazing and good, why you give it a 6?" - is simple, the adaptation. Black Bullet have a mediocre adaptation, by watching it, you can easy see that the animators skipped a lot of important things that caused some less impact in some scenes of the anime. Is very rushed and left a lot..and i mean A LOT of things unexplained. Duo this fact, a other problem appears, the anime itself have different arcs at 4 and 4 episodes. Duo the bad adaptation, it feels like in the first 4 episodes you are watching a arc, then in the others 4 episodes(4-8) you are watching a other arc, that don't have any ligation with the first one. Is very weird, i believe that because of the bad adapation and a lot of skipped inforation, every arc don't have a ligation one by one. I'm pretty sure if they adapt the anime just like the novel and manga, somehow would be something that would link every arc to make sense of why the events are going like that. Thats why i rate 6 in the story and also why i'm disappointed, the bad adaptation makes some parts very confused and they could have done better than it, explained everything but they end making this and left many things without explanation and also confused to understand.

Art: 8/10
I really liked the art of Black bullet for most simple it is. It doesn't have full of details but yet the colors and designs are pretty good, i really enjoyed Hiruko, Satomi and Enju's designs, also i really loved every effects in the fights scenes on the anime. They did a very good job, but for a anime where humans are facing the fear and despair for being destroyed, more details in the facial expression would be pretty good aswell, incluing the eyes that could be better, they come out too simple.

Sound: 9/10
One of the best things in the anime are the soundtracks. I really like OP and i really loved the ED(i prefer the ED more) also every track and OSTs fits the scene that the anime want to show. Its simple beautiful the beats on the fight themes, the orchestra, guitarl and piano themes are very well done. It helped a lot build the gripping dark atmosphere of the anime and also are memorable for many people that will hear.

Characters: 5/10
This part will be mixed between positive and negative. I loved Most of Black bullet characters as Satomi, Enju, Tina, Hiruko, Kisara and etc. They all have different personalities: calm, insane, cute, violent, determinated and etc. For most stereotypical they be, they have something that differ from the characters of other animes, thats is how they react depending of a event they are in. It express a lot of reality, and somehow you can feel how they are feeling in a determinated scene, where most of the times you beg for them and other times you feel very sorry for what happens, it's really good. Now that we have heard the positive side, lets go to the negative, i really wanted to rate 9 in the characters, but i have already told you guys the problem of Black bullet having a bad adaptation, and duo the a lot of missing informations, most of the characters don't have a very well constructed backgroud story, in other words, in a scene where you could be sad for them....you will be like...for example...neutral. The lack of information creates some characters that could have been memorable somehow...but ends being left without causing any impact, of course there are exceptions but cmon, this really disappoints. All characters should have their respective attention, so we could have enjoyed them more. Other problem is...how i can put...the characters fast change of mood during some scenes....from sad...goes to determinated...happy to angry, etc. Is very unreal in this part but they are stil enjoyable somehow.

Enjoyment: 7/10
I personally enjoyed Black Bullet very much but duo the lack of information and a great amount of a unexplained things, the anime come out with some confusing things, decreasing the excitement but yet, is still a very good anime to watch and you will personally enjoy.

Overall: 7/10
Black Bullet had eveything for become a very good anime, with amazing sounds; characters and stories. but for a mediocre adaptation, it turned to be something inferior than what could have become, a memorable anime. Is still good to watch and enjoy. The Novel is still ongoing, so i hope if they make a second season, make a better adaptation than what the season one be, with a lot more of suprises and twists.

Pros:
+Great Atmosphere
+Great Character Variety
+Beautiful Memorable Soundtracks and OSTs
+Gorgeous Animation and Stunning Visuals/Effects.

Cons:
-Its very rushed. Lack of Information and Many unexplained things that affected in many areas of the anime.

There are certain types of shows that I like to call “ones you know are bad but couldn't help but like anyway”. Basically what this means is that despite a series having some sort of massive flaw, depending on how you look at it you might (or might not) still be able to ignore that side for the most part and just have a good time watching it anyway.

And at least in my opinion, Black Bullet is one of those shows.


Let's start with the bad part then. As you'll find out by reading the comments for this anime essentially anywhere, what this show doesn't ... seem to understand is a little something called pacing. Like so many other series before it, Black Bullet is an anime that quite simply should have had a 2-cour airing instead of 1, without extending the amount of content it covers from the original light novels. The story moves on with an absolutely blistering speed, making every episode feel like it was actually two or three episodes compressed together into one. This results in the seemingly simplistic plot becoming somewhat incomprehensible at times, simply because the anime doesn't spare the time to take a breather and explain just what the hell is currently going on or why.

The premise itself isn't that bad though, it's a classical setup of a post-apocalyptic world where the last remnants of humanity are trying to survive and eventually push back the invaders called Gastraea; a species of ginormous parasitic bugs that can look like anything spanning from insects to dinosaurs. Mindless, but it works, it's just that the plot moves along too fast for its own good most of the time.


Well then, with all that out of the way, let's move on to the slightly less negative aspects shall we?

The character cast of this show doesn't really have too much depth behind it, which again is an indirect consequence of the absurd pacing the anime has. However fear not, because as it happens, Black Bullet's choice of character tropes is aimed at an audience which doesn't care about such plebian details. I am of course talking about badass supernatural lolis with guns and swords!

This is a total make or break factor varying from viewer to viewer I should say. If you are part of the loli hate train then I would say that this fact combined with the pacing should be enough for me to say that this anime is probably not for you. However if you're as much of a lolicon as I am, then it will instead be part of what saves the show, as the anime has countless of them and they deliver pretty much what you'd want them too. Especially the lead heroine Enju is incredibly moe and adorable, and just livens up the anime whenever she gets screen time. Love her character design.


Other than that there really isn't too much to say about Black Bullet. It is a bit dark albeit nothing massive, and the plot kind of stumbles upon itself, however at the same time it also resulted in the anime constantly switching from exciting scenes to exciting scenes, as the hyperactive pacing at least assured that there was always something happening in the story. Ironically this might have actually increased the enjoyment value for me in a way, as it became an extremely marathonable show due to its constant action, however looking at the big picture then obviously the overarching story is suffering from it.

As a final shoutout I also have to mention that out of all the anime I've seen this season (note, I have not seen all of them mind you), Black Bullet has by far and wide the best OP *and* ED songs at the same time, especially the opening reminded me a lot of the first OP from Shingeki no Kyojin. Of course that’s hardly enough to carry the show on its own, but it deserves an honorable mention at least.


Final rundown:

Story – 4/10: However I think this could have been like 7 or 8 had it been properly adapted
Characters – 3/10: If you're not a lolicon, 8/10: If you are a lolicon
Art – 6/10: Didn't even feel the need to comment on this, but it was pretty average/standard
Sound – 10/10: Best of the season
Enjoyment – 9/10: Despite its flaws, I had a ton of fun watching this show. This number would probably be lowered quite drastically if you, again, don't like lolis, or try to take the plot too seriously, as doing so would only make you focus on its shortcomings. You're better off just turning your brain off a bit and tagging along for the ride, because if you do so then it's actually a pretty fun ride.

Human extinction is coming near
the Tokyo area is filled with fear
Humans are defeated by some parasites
but they don't give in without a fight.

As the vile plague gets worse,
people begin to feel the curse,
But then comes our Promoters,
who comes and saves the day
and then comes the Initiators
... who keeps the Gastrea at bay.

Then a man comes into the scene
who is half a human and half machine
Here comes the savior, our hero,
and his mighty name is Rentarou

He is assisted by a moe girl, young and wild
But Enju is more than just a child.
She is in the "Cursed Child" class
and will definitely kick your ass
and is stronger and faster than 20 men compiled

Along comes our villain
who wants to kill by the million.
he wants to wipe out everyone,
and purposely kills for fun.

He wears a mask, we don't know his identity
his stiff face, lacks serenity
He has a daughter
who he uses for slaughter
and he is clearly a evil entity.

Now enough of introductions,
of course that could wait
Black Bullet is a great production
let me get that straight

This anime has really great art,
the animation is off the chart
Every episode is bursting with color,
enough to make you holler.

As for the story line, its nothing special,
It's plot been reused, but Black Bullet is on a whole nother level.
The plot is paced to fast
But that dont matter,
Black Bullet was a blast
as they destroyed Gastrea with a splatter

I have to admit
I was kinda disappointed about the sound
i kinda barely noticed it
Most of the music was never found,
Besides the great openings
everything was cool
I almost forgot to include the closings
that'll make you'll drool

So at the end of the day, you stare in awe
The question is,
should I watch this? Or Nawww
This could probably be an hit or miss

But imo, i loved the characters and action scenes were great
and I clearly loved it.
So what's the wait?
Go watch BLACK BULLET!

Black Bullet is another one of the 5 light novels to be made into an anime this season (if im not mistaken). The series follows Rentarō Satomi and Enju Aihara as they fight against a virus that is causing the end of humanity. First off the opening is awesome its done by FripSide (same people that did the opening for Rail Gun "Only My Railgun). It's an action packed anime with a story line that progresses intermittently but not in a bad way. I think its going to be enjoyable to all audiances. There are epic battles, ecchi, heart warming moments it has it all! ... Every main character has characteristics that make them lovable in their own way. I would love to go into more but the space is so limited. If your looking for an anime that could go anywhere and will leave you wanting more this is one of them for sure. I have not had a chance to get much of the light novel in because I can't get even the raws :-(. But as soon as I can i will work my butt off to let you all know how it turns out! :-D

I came back to watch Black Bullet since I have exams tomorrow and needed something dark, depressing and cute gals (its ironic but.. yea)

You want a clingy teary-eyed loli call out the protagonist's name every episode?
YOU GOT IT

You want some kick ass action with lolis?
RIGHT HERE

You wanna fall into despair and watch lovable loli girls die?
SHIT ITS HERE
...
You want a busty gal since you're not into lolis?
HELL ITS IN THE PACKAGE

But really, I came back to watch my clingy Enju and tragedy for dem feels.

Never have I seen so many lovable lolis die in a single anime series ;_;

This is one of my favorite animes since it got all i search in anime: a good story, good characters, some action and expecially feelings (and no, i am not talking about the usual "i love you").

If it is so good why 8? Because i love the mix of these elements but in truth they are just good, no more and no less: it's like when you try something good to eat but not exceptional, you'll remember only "it was good" without remember every single detail. But let me explain better.

Story - It's not really an original one but more like an original mix of ... many things: a duo team, contagious virus and a discriminated superpowered race (surprise! they are loli). The story has "small arcs" and a very fast pace, often too fast (almost nothing of their past) and many scenes are "condensed" in few minutes (that's probably because it's an adapation and 13 episode were not enough) but it's easy to understand with small "surprises" occasionally.

Character - I don't like loli, really i don't, but you can't possibly don't like good natured people fighting to protect even people who despise them. So, returning to the topic, even if i really don't like loli and these little girls don't have a "deep personality" (except Tina) i think they are more then fine; i want to remember to many of you that are thinking "they are just bland" that they are kids, so don't expect "death note"-like reasoning from them ! About MC (main character) i think it's a bit classic but he faces some interesting "moral choices" making him somewhat interesting.

Action - This is the "weak point" for me. There is a lot of action but is often rushed and for most of the show not really "spectacular": fights here are usually done with bullet, blades and punches; nothing flashy.

Feelings - Here the best point. I don't really think it's an "harem" because unless you are really a pedo you can't really want to marry a little girl so in this anime we are talking about the "true meaning of love". Hey what? Are you serious? I am. I am not kidding. Love is care about others, even enemies: sometimes you got hurt for your misplaced trust and sometimes your love make people better, letting them love other people and the circle continues.

So if:
-you are good guy (i don't think you can understand many things here if you are a selfish one)
-you like action
-you like the seinen

you should watch it!

There's a lot of elements that go into creating a truly spectacular anime, at least from a critical standpoint. An interesting story, excellent writing, fluid pacing, an appealing art style, a good soundtrack, and character development just to name a few. This, as you can imagine, is really difficult to do; that's why there's not that many "great" anime titles out there. But even if a show isn't "great" by critical standards, that doesn't mean it can't be incredibly fun and satisfying to watch. Black Bullet is one of these shows - I'll be the first to admit that the writing isn't the best. Many ... of the plot points are hopelessly contrived and at times while watching you'll just kind of throw your hands up in the air while mouthing, "Really?"

But… that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the hell out of this series. Which I did. I laughed and I cried (the feels - oh did I cry), cheered, yelled, frowned and ultimately smiled. In that way I feel like Black Bullet is on the same level of (if not slightly higher than) shows like Strike the Blood, Tokyo Ravens and Guilty Crown: if you enjoyed those you'll probably enjoy this one. Black Bullet has a lot of things going for it - the music is amazing and the art is beautiful, especially the character designs.

Just a word of warning though - you WILL shed some tears during the course of this series. Black Bullet is a decidedly dark show and the darkness is dealt with in a very real way. This isn't your typical loli fighting anime. Everyone will enjoy watching this anime

Author: Kanzaki Shiden (神崎紫电)
Book: Black Bullet (ブラック・ブレット)
Genres: Action / Mystery / Sci-Fi


[PLOT]
Set in a dystopian, virus-ridden near future, Black Bullet depicts humanity’s struggle against the parasitic Gastrea, creatures terrorizing the human race and spreading the highly-contagious Gastrea virus.

To counter the threat of Gastrea, colossal monoliths made of Varanium have been erected around the remains of civilisation to prevent the approach of Gastrea. However, despite the monoliths, there are rare instances when Gastrea are able to surpass the barriers and invade the towns within.

Enter the Civil Security Corporation, the organisation formed for the control and regulation of Gastrea attacks. The Corporation forms teams consisting ... of one Promoter and one Initiator, who are sent to subjugate the invading Gastrea. The Promoter is responsible for battle strategy, whereas the Initiator, a Cursed Child, is in charge of combat. A Cursed Child refers a young female, infected with the Gastrea virus, which possesses heightened or even superhuman abilities, ranging from close combat to marksmanship.

Starring the calm and level-headed Promoter Satomi Rentarou and his Initiator, the bubbly and agile ten-year old Aihara Enju, Black Bullet revolves around the pair whose job is to counter the threat of Gastrea.

[REVIEW]
On the surface, Black Bullet is essentially a series targeted towards shounen to seinen, given that its content depends heavily on cute, young girls fighting monstrous creatures also known as Gastrea. As with many other series targeted towards said audience, light-hearted comedy ensues in spite of the story’s evidently dark and post-war setting; the characters do benefit from the occasional change of pace, from fast-paced combat to a more relaxed and casual daily school life setting. Inevitably, this seems to be where majority of Black Bullet’s relief from fighting takes place, with moments of comedy and fan-service condensed so as to satisfy the young male demographic.

That said, Black Bullet does still do what it says on the box. Action and combat scenes are depicted cleanly and consistently, offering high-adrenaline fighting sequences to give the viewer a sense of being on the battlefield itself. For the most part, fights take place between the series’ protagonists and various enemies aiming to conquer the post-apocalyptic Earth, and not solely Gastrea. This helps to ensure Black Bullet does not turn stale as quickly and gives the reader something to look forward to.

Nevertheless, some might feel that Black Bullet does regrettably struggle to set itself apart from other titles in a widely-explored, albeit repetitive, genre such as action. Fans of the genre can tell you that “a world where the human race is devastated by a new superior species”, be it aliens or parasites such as Gastrea, is a commonly used backbone of many action novels (see Attack on Titan, Guilty Crown, Noragami etc). Predictably then, Black Bullet does therefore rely heavily on its “young girls fighting our battles for us” theme to distinguish itself from an array of other dystopian combat series.


Story: 7/10
As stated above, Black Bullet does seem rather reminiscent of other apocalyptic action series. It does thankfully stand out due to its use of adorable lolis though.

Art: 9/10
Clean and crisp art, with fight scenes being quite well-paced and exciting. Animation quality is also very consistent and is generally eye-candy. Especially if you're someone who likes adorable lolis, which is like, everyone. :shot:

Sound: 7/10
Voice acting and music are well done and consistent, although the music does get a little repetitive at times. Plus Hidaka Rina is your female lead. Instant win.

Character: 7/10
Not as much character development as compared to the light novel, which could have been expected, honestly. You still get a sense of each character being an individual and not just a copy off some other shounen manga though. And pretty much everyone but Rentarou is very likeable. Not that having another protagonist who always wins is a bad thing.

Enjoyment: 8/10
Very enjoyment, er, enjoyable. Black Bullet fulfils its job as an action series while boasting fantastic art and great voice acting. Plus lolis. Did I mention lolis?

Overall: 8/10
All in all, while I feel that Black Bullet might not be the most unique output of the “action” genre, it does hold its own niche as a child-combat anime/ novel. It does also deliver on the action as promised. Comedic relief used here and there during downtime from fighting prevents the story from crumbling into a dark, overly-negative mess, which is greatly appreciated due the fact that Black Bullet is, after all, a series targetted towards seinen, and to an extent shounen. Black Bullet's tried-and-tested story allows it to be a very enjoyable series. And while I may have spoken highly of the sereis' loli aspect earlier, I do feel that Black Bullet is the kind of series which can be enjoyed even if lolis aren't your thing.

After reading all the reviews there is no doubt the autor got mentally unstable and had to stop the ln. In my opinion it was rally good and the story is a lot different than the other animes so i really liked it. Its true that there are a lot of lolis but still its just the joke overall it was really good.People really hatre it but if its really bad then it woudnt haverating over 5 but itdoes and its fax. There were a lot of deaths in it but taht just make it more realistic since they cant all survive ... like in otheer animes "TENSURA' uh yeah. Anyways the mc was really kind hearted and idk why people call him lolicon when he is a really nice guy. I would really liked to see another season but sadly they dropped the ln series.

I want to love this anime so much. It has a lot of potential but I feel it could had been handled better. Despite that I really enjoyed it.

STORY: People have compared this with Attack on Titan and its not hard to see why. Civilization has closed itself off from an outside threat which threatens to consume every person. That's the overall plot, each individual arc was interesting. My one problem is that it feels like it could had been so much more. I never read the LN so I don't know exactly how much story there was available to adapt from. Just by ... extending it to a 24 episode season could had helped so much. To gradually see the relationships and bonds grow would had made all the struggles and difficult choices each character had to make have more of an impact. It is still very enjoyable, I simply found myself thinking "I would had liked to have seen how they first met" often

ART: Art style plays a major role for me. For the most part I really liked it in this series. The characters look great, fights are carried out well enough. I also like the imaginative enemies they come up with. Its nothing spectacular, but very few are. I'm normally not a fan of cg animation, but it was rarely used and well done when it was.

CHARACTERS: This is where to me, the anime excelled at. The main protagonist is interesting, entertaining. His loli partner is cute and funny plus also quite the fighter. Every character plays a role. Towards they end they seemed to throw a couple characters into the mix. Not much of a backstory for them. That isnt really a bad thing since you'll mostly be caring about the main characters anyway.

OVERALL: I enjoyed it a lot, though the end did feel a bit rushed. The small twist a certain character had in the end felt really forced and out of nowhere. Don't go in expecting a deep and detailed story. Just watch it for what it is, a interesting, funny when it can be, heartbreaking when it has to story. If you haven't read the LN definitely watch it. If you have read the ln.....maybe just stick with the story you have in your mind

Now this is only my opinion on how the anime was and everyone has different opinions but I least like people to give the show a chance.

Story- 9

Well the story or synapse is already said in the page but I will try to give a summary in my own words. Basically is about these two partners Enju and Rentarou who are part of "Civil Service". the "Civil Service" are partners who are called when there is a Gastrea. Why do they focus on these specific partners? Well lets just say Rentarou is not your ordinary HS student. There is also the problem with the ... Cursed Children (which if you watch the anime you will find out what I mean). The story has many different mini stories within it (like with Tina, Midori, etc). The twist at the end is definitely something to look forward to as well. The story also consist of very dramatic sad scenes as well as action packed scenes and the usual comedy in between. the only flaw was that the story may have been a little rushed at times.

Art- 9
Personally, I liked the art. However, it sometimes really depends on which type of animation you like. But they were really adorable at times. A character that's really known for cuteness is Tina Sprout.

Sound- 9
I absolutely loved the ending and the opening was nice as well. The OST when fighting was amazing really suited the mood. The sad scenes I wouldn't say the OST was the best of all time but it was nice and it did go with the mood. The OST was well suited for the scenes chosen.

Character-7
There were many different type of characters. Rentarou the badass, Enju always going after Rentarou, Tina the cute type, Hiruko and her "Papa" the crazy type, and many more. Each character was different from the other and it was enjoyable to see new characters with different personas each time. Never got tire of meeting them.

Enjoyment-10
The anime was very enjoyable it had action as well as many surprises and sometimes comedy. It totally left a mark on me especially the ending. But the story you cold say was sometimes predictable but other time had your mind saying "What the heck did that really just happened". Each time the episode came out each week it always left me wanting more.

Overall-9
I loved the anime, it left me wondering about of lot of things in the end but it also left such a strong impression on me that I can remember clearly remember what happens in the anime and many more minor details.

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After seeing the trailer, I really look forward to watching this

Story 9
the story is really similar to Attack on Titan where humans are almost destroyed, but I would not compare BB to AOT, they are different anime with different story, the plot itself is really interesting, but I do dislike how the story moves so fast, like for some ep some stuff happens sooooo much in one ep, it was hard to take them all in. Overall I do really enjoy the story that it gives. From just the first ep. it really draw me into watching it was just like BOOM BOOM THIS ... AND THAT, if you know what I mean.

Art 10
any anime with good quilaty art i give it an easy 10

Sound 9
I love the opening, but some music sounds really dark o_o. Voice actress seems to fit every character too.

Character 10
I love how every Character is quite different from another. The cursed child are all different from another too. What I always love to see is character development and where the story would take them. All the character has a good bond with each other. I found myself really feeling bad for the cursed child for what they went through and I pretty much just LOVE THEM. I did wish we get to learn a lot more about the characters, we only get to learn a certain amount about them. Like i would totally love to learn more about their past.

Enjoyment 10
I can't wait for the next ep is what i always thought when watching or finishing the newest ep. I really enjoied watching it

Overall 9
As someone who just really enjoys watching anime I would really rank this as 10 out of 10, but what i did really dislike was the pace of the story, it goes way too fast. If you like fast pace anime and gets right on to the point Black Bullet is really good at doing that. It keeps the anime going and making it interesting.

This fall anime season was just full of bad manga/LN adaptions and unfortunately Black Bullet was a causality of that force too. Well I'm not here to talk about the other crappy adaptions but here to talk about Black Bullet the anime so here we go.

Story: Here we have the story of Satomi Rentarou a young promoter in a civil security agency headed by his childhood friend. A world over run by monsters called gastreas who threaten the world as they know it and want to just kill all the humans cause otherwise there wouldn't be a story. Also we have a bunch of bad ... ass lolis with super powers that help out our young hero and the other promoters that you sometimes see. Don't forget though that everyone but the civil security people despise the lolis because fuck them I don't care that they are constantly saving our world but they have some gastrea blood in them thats slowly melting them away so they are bad guys too so fuck them.
The story all though very rushed in the anime is good but often gets held back and never really gets as dark as it does in the manga and LN possibly because the budget was low so only had 13 episodes which defiently wasn't enough for this story to shine and also is constantly over shadowed by the said lolis and all the other women that flock towards Satomi.

Art: The art in the anime is to say the least is very bright and colorful and really displays the choas and depravity of humanties last stand and is also very moe-y. HAHA but in all seriousness it seems like the artists for this anime didn't even look at the art from the LN or manga and just decided to go with what they saw would make all the cute girls and lolis look good.

Sound: I can say that the OP and ED were good but the sounds of the guns and everything else seemed like they just copied and pasted the same sounds and were like yes no one will notice how low this budget was and that we spent it all on the OP and ED.

Character: I'm only going to talk about Satomi Rentarou here because he seems to be the only character that the staff really cared about in this anime and the only one who got in character put into them. So we have Satomi Rentarou who at the very beginning of this story as any typical shonen protag would have it had his parent killed by the gastrea and then shouts out that hes going to kill them all (not really was just poking fun because of same VA as SnK's Eren) then he sets of to become a promoter for this company that his childhood friend and sweet heart set up and teams up with very own loli who he tries not to touch throughout the series. He learns that the world isn't all that great as it used to be and that everyone seems to be an asshole and wants to kill his loli sidekick and all her friends and that the world his is protecting might not even be worth protecting and all that typical shonen stuff that protags seem to go through. All that said I find him to be interesting to say the least but just typical and but better than all the other characters in this anime.
Also to say it here he and everyone else gets better development in the LN and manga so go read them.

Enjoyment: I got some enjoyment out of watching this slaying of a favorite series of mine just cause I kind of forced myself not to hate it in case one day by the grace of the anime lords they decide to re boot it and do it correctly I would say that I stuck by it and enjoyed it.

Overall I know it seems like I bashed it throughout this review but in all honesty I feel like as a fan of this series I was betrayed that the animators and staff just threw this half assed work at me and were like enjoy it and cut out a bunch of interesting characters and cut out major fight scenes and just expected everyone to roll with it. I'm giving it an 8 only because I feel like even though it was a pretty bad adaption it wasn't the worst and certainly wasn't terrible but could have been 20 times better if done correctly.

In saying the least I would say watch this but don't expect anything ground breaking and if you read the LN and or manga then be prepared to be disapointed.

Peace out and enjoy all the anime there is to watch.

*Note* This is my second review, so once again, any feedback you guys may have after reading would be much greatly appreciated :).
I thought i'd start with the conclusion first to change things up abit.

To conclude my thoughts on this anime, I thought that the premise was quite interesting and it had much potential but I felt the execution was rather weak. I went into Black Bullet with no prior expectations (since I had no idea of it's origins - manga/light novel etc.) and while I wasn't disappointed, I wasn't really addicted to it either. I rated it an 8/10 but in actuality it would ... probably be closer to a 7.5/10.

Story (9/10):
The story, in my opinion, was quite intriguing. The anime is set in a time where the humans have just been invaded by Gaustrea and is set showing the aftermath of the war. The story revolves around a civil officer named Rentaro and his partner Enju and their experiences as they live out their daily lives as survivors of the war.

The background on the Gaustrea is that only objects (swords, bullets etc) made out of Vanadium can do any decent amount of damage to them. The only other 'weapon' humans can utilize are 'cursed' children who are born with Gaustrea-type powers (like insane strength).

Art (9/10):
I quite enjoyed the art-style in this anime, it was easy on the eyes to watch.

Sound (7/10):
The voice acting throughout the anime was rather average, there were only a few characters who really had their personalities emphasized through the voice acting were the masked man (Hiruko Kagetane) and Tina Sprout. The music used helped enhance the experience but there were no outstanding sound-tracks.

Characters (8/10):
While non of the main characters really struck me as 'interesting', some of the side ones had quite the impression. Most notably, the masked man caught my attention and had an mysterious personality. Also, some of the 'cursed' children you could sympathize with as they portrayed their emotions pretty well.

Enjoyment (7/10):
Like I said already in my conclusion, the story was cool but the execution wasn't as great. I felt as if I should've enjoyed it more then I had done.

Overall (8/10):
Neither unenjoyable nor 'The Void' worthy (see my explanation on my profile about how I rate my anime if you don't know what 'The Void' is), an equilibrium found somewhere between the 2.