Black Bullet

I dont know how to start this review, so it might be the best to put a little disclaimer: Black Bullet is an anime, that requires your attention. It is an anime that you have to watch concentrated, else it will throw you of and you probably will tend not to like.

Reasoning for that is the fast pacing, everything happens in a fast manner that it may throw you of if you werent watching carefully. Go in with an open mind at it will pay of.
Black Bullet may be an overdone scenario, but it is yet more unique than you might think it to be. ... At the beginning you are greeted wiith a rather horrible scenario. Humanity in colonies, the sky is red and clouded while their surroundings are partly burning. They think they might be save but a giant monster crashes through the sky, inflicting panic and many death before it finally came to death as the scene stops on our main protagonist, Rentaro.
It is unfortunately only later explained what actually was happening to them. Humanity was attacked by a terrible menace, an alien virus called ,,Gastrea''. The virus was sent in by monsters with animal-like behaviour and the most terryfing part is the one hit -certain death, penalty. The reason for the eradication is that we had no anti-bodies to fight the virus - once bitten or just a tiny bit entering our body and the virus would assimilate aggressively. When it has 50 % of the cells under control, the virus will destroy the human shell of a host and thus a new gastrea is born.

Next in the plot we see Rentaro in New Tokyo or better the Tokyo District - as those who survived have hidden together in the rest what was left of their cities, these are protected by huge walls made of varanium - a metall that Gastrea despise and thus avoid.

Rentaro had found the signs of an infection in the city, but is yet greeted by a misterious masked man - calling upon that he would bring destruction to the world. Rentaro was unfortunately defeated as his partner Enju arrives but likely they found the infested citizen. Here comes the tricky part then, which makes me kind of angry and confused everytime i come over it. Humanitys' last Hope are the cursed children. You hear that the gastrea virus was passed down over the mouth into pregnant women and instead of taking over the body it deeply hardened in the cells of the child. Those childs gain red eyes and superhuman abilitys to destroy the other gastrea.
The fucked up thing i had with that is that those children are treated like trash. They live in slums and only the least citizen treat them like actual humans - except the promoter and even those have some a**holes in them. You get a really hard example, where a young girl had blinded herself by bleaching her eyes, just to be excepted by the other humans. What you deal with is no light anime, but one that deals with heavy questions like:

- How can you survive?
- How do you treat your friends?
- What ideals will you stand for?
- Can you accept one of them, or can you stand being one of them?

As you see, the story can be really astonishing and confusing- if you want to watch it then you have to keep on. The art is quite fascinating, the gastrea are well made and terrifying to see, though i may have wished for some drawn versions instead of CGI ones here and there. Sound instead is very spot on, you will feel pumped and sometimes also scared. The op , sung by fripside is very fitting to the anime universe. It shows a dedication to a well thought out plot and invites you to let you immerse yourself.
Unfortunately due to the fast paced plot, much of the information had to be squished in a thus much other characters have been left as cameos and are not even nearly explained, which is disappointing. Though it having a lot of flaws, i had great fun with it and kept on watching.

Given the respective points, i have calculated the score based on story- sound , art and characters and my personal enjoyment which is why im am issuing the series a 7.6 which rounds up to 8.

It is unfortunately opinionated, you can not definetly say ,,Watch it, you definetly are gonna like it.''
I personally advice you to at least give it a try.

Another typical anime with a male main character and a perverted side kick, as unoriginal the idea, Black Bullet is filled with hilarious scenes and aspects which make you want to watch more. Despite its idea to follow the safe route in storyline which left it comparable to a lot of other anime, it still allows you to enjoy the show with each character unique traits and designs.
The anime is filled with side characters and villains which give the show a lot of fight scenes where each fighting style is different, this provides a good interest point. I recommend you try the first few ... episodes for yourself to decide ^_^

Story: The first time I saw this anime was during an anime club meeting in high school. Anime club was supposed to be more than watching stuff, but because the original leaders graduated, things went downhill from there, but I don't have any regrets watching Black Bullet. I was obsessing over it for months afterwards because I forgot the title of it until I saw it on Crunchyroll (Heaven bless you). It may be true that the dystopian society obsessed with killing mysterious monsters who can turn human beings into monsters isn't so original, but if my friends know anything else about me, it's that ... I love anything dystopian (Except the Hunger Games, and they call it art?). Normally, the monster thing would creep me out, but the whole concept glued my eyes to the TV screen. Despite being grossed out sometimes, the whole concept gets a full score from me.

Art: It's clear that Black Bullet has more of a male audience focus because of how techy and dark the anime can get. In fact, everything in atmosphere is just gigantic and bold. The characters may not have as bold of features, but you can tell at every moment exactly how each character is feeling just by looking at them. Plus, just how mechanical Rentaro's metal limbs are just amazes me and makes me remember how cool anime is. Plus, the fact people can tell who the Cursed Children are by their red eyes just reminds you that this is a sci-fi dystopian story. It does get bloody, and you can just know when it's going to happen, too, because the art actually foreshadows everything. But still, I'm in love with it, and I'm a female. I know girls who are obsessed with the show and want a season two of it already. This section gets a full voting score.

Sound: This is the first anime that I've watched in which I love both opening and ending theme songs. The opening is catchy, but it's catchy to the point where it doesn't get so annoying compared to the Ouran opening theme. As the opening explains what goes on in the series, the ending just reminds you that the story is all about Enju in all honesty because the whole war with the monsters vs the humans affects her the most. Putting Enju clips at the end just makes people's hearts sink into their stomaches. I know my heart did that. Overall, this portion also deserves a 10.

Character: There are four characters in the series who stand out to me most of all, two of them being the main characters of the show. When the monsters first attacked Rentaro's country, he was fatally injured and his mentor's doctoral skills saved his life. For those fifteen years, he was only focused on killing those who killed his family. His partner, Enju, is an orphaned Cursed Child and Rentaro was her only friend (and for some strange reason, not really lover. The crush thing? What the fuck is that? I mean I know little girls have crushes on older guys as a more fan base thing, but Enju wants to marry Rentaro and have his children, which is fucking scary to me). After learning of Enju's backstory, you tend to feel very sorry for her since she didn't do anything wrong. Cursed Children in Rentaro's society are the equivalent to the blacks before and during the civil rights movement, the majority just want them gone. Kisara was so badass. She knows what she wants, and no one is going to stand in her way, not even when Rentaro is so appealing. Ever since I saw those two together, I wanted them to get together. Then, realizing that this is a dystopia we are talking about, I found it very unlikely. The end proved me right (You will have to find that out for yourselves because I'm not telling you want happens). The end of the season just made me hate her, and with good reason, too. Though Tina Sprout is not considered a main character, I just felt guilty and hatred for her all at the same time. When I first met her, I thought she just wanted to destroy Rentaro and Kisara all together. No. The more she hung out with Rentaro and Enju, the more she wanted to do good in society, the more she wanted to keep Rentaro and Enju safe. Inside, Tina has a good heart. That's why I love her so much. Just because I don't like some characters, doesn't mean that this portion gets a lower score. To be fair, I drew a 9 out of 10.

Enjoyment: I didn't want to stop watching this show when it was close to midnight. The gut-wrenching events and epic battle scenes just have you glued onto your computer screen. Do I want a second season? Yes, and I hope they make it because I want to see more of Rentaro so bad. Great characters, epic story, and brilliant effects just give this whole thing another perfect 10.

Overall: This anime didn't get a perfect 10, but after doing the math, I had to round it up, so overall, it did by default. This is based off of my opinion. If you don't like it by the end of the day, fine. However, if you're tired of watching shojo or robots fighting each other, Black Bullet is a must see. You will get just as addicted as I did.

Black Bullet...

Before I ever watched it, I thoroughly read through a lot of reviews, nearly all who proclaimed it to be an overall mediocre show. This drastically lowered my expectations and I almost never watched it, but i just couldn't get passed the idea of the whole promoter/initiator partners concept. So I gave it a shot. Looking back now I actually wonder if I saw the same show as everyone else. Not to say anyone's opinion was wrong, I was just so impressed with Black Bullet that I didn't see the drastic negatives many others did.

The story takes place about 16 years or so ... in the future, in a world where humanity has been exiled into small safe territories by evil creatures called the Gastrea. The story focuses on Rentaro, a young civil officer who's job it is to fight and kill gastrea that manage to make their way into the Tokyo Area. His partner is a young girl named Enju, who is known as a "Cursed Child", which is a child born of a woman who was injected/impregnated with the venom of a gastrea. A new powerful Gastrea threat appears and both Rentaro and Enju, along with many others, must work together to prevent human extinction.

Just to get it out of the way,
Animation quality: I thought it was great. so yeah. the dark colors emphasized the dark intense atmosphere of the anime.
Music: good (mostly in terms of its intense OP and beautiful ED)

The plot as a whole, although some could argue it bears a resemblance to Attack on Titan, is actually very unique and interesting. I don't think this story can't be categorized as simply as "humans vs Gastrea" because one major conflict throughout the show is the relationship between normal people and the Cursed Children. Now even though along side human partners it's the cursed children who are risking their lives to kill gastrea, they aren't accepted by society because they have gastrea blood in them. The general public treat them cruelly, and don't allow them to be a part of normal society. This bodes the question for the viewer "who really are our main protagonists fighting for? Is this even worth it?" it provides emotional and mental conflict for both the characters and us viewers, and that makes the story that much better. Although the anime is very serious and... sad, it has it's light air of relief comedy in the relationship between Rentaro and Enju and other cursed children, who all want to marry him, which is adorable (because it's not meant to be taken seriously by the viewer, if you do, then you're watching the show wrong... it's not a loli harem). It's very enjoyable.
One unfortunate negative thing to point out is the plot did feel a little rushed, which I wish wasn't the case. I think some things could have been more properly elaborated on and explained. What would have made this show better to me is if it had been say 22-24 episodes spanning this exact same plot line. Then the pacing at times wouldn't have felt so rushed and information you need to know wouldn't have felt sort of thrown in your face at times. Do I think that messed up the anime as a whole? nah. It just prevented us from being able to further appreciate the story.

As a whole I genuinely thoroughly enjoyed this anime specifically due to it's interesting and heartbreaking action packed plot and it's plethora of unique and like-able characters (even the main antagonist is awesome.)

Even if it was too short to have 100% accurately adapted itself from it's light novel, I still believe Black Bullet is worth a watch. It's highly entertaining, emotionally gripping, and full of good quality action. However if you read the LN and are an absolute stickler for adaptation accuracy, then steer clear because you'll just end up all upset.

Its awesome, go watch it.

Really though this is just high action, heartfelt fun. The sound is HORRIBLE and absolutely laughable at points but its also really good at others, the weakest point in the series by far. The art is good the story is well done and the characters are really wonderful. I highly enjoyed this anime and would love to see more progression with the characters.

A disease which mutates humans and turn them into various sized Godzilla's. That's the summary of what a Gastrea is. On the other hand there are cute little girls with red eyes called the lost children. They are the almost human counterpart of what a gastrea is. the lost children have Gastrea's genes in them which supply them with superhuman powers. Together with civil officer they fight the ghastly Gastrea. All's good and well right? well not exactly. Black bullet is riddled with sadness, depicting the true nature of human beings discrimination to corruption. I believe that black bullet captures all of this ... in this series

STORY 9/10
It is divided into 3 main arcs. The masked man(self titled because i dont remember the name),Tina sprout arc and the war arc.Black bullet shows us a solid story structure which shows both sad and hilarious scenes where it is needed. However the story does have some holes in it which makes you go "what the hell is happening here!?" and the constant jokes of marriage of a 7 year old girl with a highschool boy can become more than annoying sometimes.Yet despite all the holes and lame jokes black bullet will keep you at the edge of you seat wondering what will happen next.

ART & CHARACTER 7/10
Even though black bullet dosent have awe-inspiringly good art scenes, it does have amazing battle scenes. The characters are a bit cliche'd but what the hell. Of course there has got to be an oppai girl, loli girl(s), silver haired ojou-sama and the rich girl and guess what? BINGO, you guessed it. They are all in love with him. The character designs aren't note-worthy but it isnt complete shit as well.Furthermore There is less to no character development as well(except for a 1 or 2 people).

SOUND 8/10
The music and soundtracks actually blend better than I ever imagined. Music while a fight is going on is nice and it kinda relates to the battle. I personally loved the opening theme.

CONCLUSION
In a nutshell Black Bullet provides decent animations jumbled up with impressive characters. A strong,awesome protagonist and a magnificent antagonist provides a flurry of awesome battles and surprises.The nice music combined with the incredible battle scenes only make it better. So all in all , i would recommend this to anyone that likes cool battles and seeing sad, heartbreaking themes.(yeah that's right I'm looking at you Akame Ga Kill"


FINAL RATING 8/10

Opening Words

(NO spoilers in this review)

This anime has had some rather negative views from people I however actually (My opinion) really like this anime.


Main Discussion

It seams that when ever an anime has loli's people seem to hate it (excluding NGNL) but I actually like anime that aren't afraid to show loli's.
... (In no way am I talking sexually (Note: At no point in this anime are loli's viewed in a sexual way)).

Don't get me wrong I understand why some people don't like loli's.

Just so people dont think that the only reason I wrote this review that that I'm a lolicon I have a few other things to say:

- Action in this anime was pretty good
- Was a little to fast paced
- Had a thing for not explaining things well/or at all
- Needed more time/episodes to explain the full story (skipped large parts of LN (or so i have heard))
- Had very impressive music/soundtrack (That OP doe)
- Had Very impressive art (Enju doe) (as to be expected from kadokawa)
- Story was pretty good (although not adapted well (from what I have heard))
- Had loli's (:P just for the haters)
- Could get kinda goreie at times.
- Had pretty good character development.

To those Haters
I like this anime and I don't like to see others disrespecting other peoples Beliefs/Likes/Interests
(Be it their opinion (I respect that) there is no need to disrespect those who actually care about it)

Final Words
I give this anime a rating of: 9 / 10
Reason for this rating: The anime feels rushed.

Sequel: If they make it I'll Definitely with out a doubt watch it (Unlikely to happen :( based on sales)
Will I read the LN/Manga: If I can find paperback copy's (I dont like digital dont ask me why) definitely

Story: 8 / 10
Art: 9.5 / 10
Music 9.5 / 10

I don't care if people call me a lolicon (maybe I am).
Anime is for everyone not just you haters who can only accept naruto clones no matter how something is made people find ways to hate and spread said hate to others.

Thanks for you time and I hope you agree with what I have to say (I know there is going to be haters) :D
Martin, Hyland

Black Bullet... First off, the review I’m about to write doesn’t contain any spoiler. So it’s safe to read even if you haven’t watched the show yet. A lot of you might think Black Bullet is just another Harem story, well, you sir, are correct. And a bit off, too. Why? ‘Cause Black Bullet’s a lot darker than your average shounen-action-series out there.



Story: 9
Gastrea. Gastreas are freakishly-oversized-insects. They inject their viruses on humans to turn them into one of them. Faced with the threat of being annihilated by these abominations, Civil Securities are made to combat Gastreas. Satomi Rentaro is an initiator and is ... a member of Tendo Civil Security. Along with his Promoter, Aihara Enju our main Loli, one of the many “cursed child” (I don’t need to explain this, you’ll be introduced to them early in the show). Together, they are tasked with completing missions given by the higher-ups. That’s basically the gist of the show. Further explanations will result to spoilers, and you don’t want that, right?
You might think it’s quite high, no? But 9 is a reasonable score for Black Bullet’s plot, and plot twists, lots of it!

Art: 9
Like I’ve been saying with my past reviews, “We rarely, most likely, not see any art that’ll disappoint us these days.” Primarily, because of the technology today. It is not a bad thing at all. Most of the shows today are crappy, to tell ya the truth. And guess what their redeeming point is? It’s the effin’ art. A shitty-show with great art will still attract lots of viewers. After all, most of us “Judge the book by its cover”. Well enough with my shitty-ass lecture. Black Bullet deserves a nine in art on every aspect. It has great details on everything. Enough said.


Characters: 9
Loli(s)!? Loli(s)!? Loli(s)!? LOLITAS EVERYWHERE!!! Yep, 80% of Black Bullet’s world is composed with lolitas. Jk. Although, there are “a LOT” lolitas in the show, which makes me happy! Don’t get me wrong! I am not a lolicon! I swear on me mum (guilty).
Jokes aside, Black Bullet’s a harem show. So Rentaro will be flocked on by girls (mostly, little ones). Every character in the show compliments Rentaro’s personality, which is a great thing. Each one of them are drawn perfectly, to supporting casts, to the main characters. No character has been short of personality.


Enjoyment: 9
I absolutely enjoyed Black Bullet, no sarcasm intended. Or maybe I just enjoyed it because I’ve watched it after watching Neon Genesis Evangelion, I wonder? I enjoyed watching the show. Although, it’s a bit short, it was able to portray where its plot headed to. No episode disappointed me, everything was placed well. The “calm before the storm” episodes were quite heart-warming. Black Bullet’s story telling impacted a lot on me. I mean, it can make you smile at one episode and it’ll make you feel devastated at the very next one.


Overall: 9
The fact that Black Bullet is not your typical shounen show which consists only of cliché-one-liners is damn great. Although, a lot might say the show's a bit grim. Reality's fairly grim, too, no? Black Bullet exceeded my expectations. With the way the plot has turned to, with all the plot twists. It fairly deserves a 9! Overall, Black Bullet is a great show. The balance of heart-warming episodes to action-packed scenes are totally great.

Ok, I break my promise right here. I’m about to write where I think the plot is heading to. *WARNING* *DO NOT READ IF YOU DON’T WANT TO GET SPOILED*

With all the deaths and plot twist that happened in this season, a season two is inevitable, I guess?
Black Bullet’s brimming with potential. Yes, I just love protagonists turning into antagonists! With Tendo Kisara’s dark side awakening, I can imagine something big is happening! I just hope Kadokawa won’t make us wait any longer!

Imagine a friend telling you of some mythical anime that is like a combination of Claymore, Darker than Black, Tokyo Ghoul, Attack on Titan, and Elfen Lied with a loli multiplier. You would probably respond with something along the lines of, "Butter my buns and twist my nipples, I must be asleep because I've had this wet dream before!" ...That is what I originally thought when I picked this anime up. Let there be an emphasis put on "originally".

I really, really wanted to love this anime, hell I still do, but that just isn't going to happen. See you forgot that your friend telling you ... about Black Bullet is a huge dick and he might have forgot to mention to you that this anime also possesses all of SAO's worst qualities. The pacing is awful, the story predictable, the power-ups stupefying, the dialogue mind-bendingly atrocious, and the characters shallow. You will be surprised to see that even after that rant I still award Black Bullet a somewhat respectable 7/10, to be honest I am surprised as well. I think that was just the last remnants of me that want to like the anime. With this farce of an intro, I believe it's time that I break down the individual areas.

Story: 3/10
There isn't much to be said here. I will admit that the first arc is actually quite good and up to its conclusion I had high hopes for this anime. Then the rest of the anime happened. I almost feel like the staff poured themselves into that first arc and then just didn't have anything left to try and make the rest of the story as well. The pacing gets really wonky in the last half. Sometimes things happen/ people die and I'm pretty sure that the moment is supposed to have some profound emotional impact, but since we just met the characters it barely even registers as a bump in the road. I also feel like "story" is an adequate place for me to bitch about the dialogue. Whomever wrote the script needs to be drawn and quartered for cruel and unusual treatment because that dialogue was butchered. If you are watching an anime and are able to guess the next line with greater than 25% accuracy than something is wrong. It was just a wholly uninspired and dull work.

Art and Sound: 9/10 and 8/10
The art was really pretty and the soundtrack never bothered me. I also liked the OP a bit. The action scenes were executed pretty well also. Both of these categories get thumbs up from me.

Character: 5/10
Oh let me introduce you to our star-studded cast! We have Cookie Cutter Protagonist"-chan, "Tsundere Loli"-chan, "Drinking-that-Lean-Dere Loli"-chan, "Mysterious Mask"-chan, and last but certainly not least "Oppai with a Dark Past"-chan. These are literally the only characters you will see enough to even remotely care about and all of them have the most static, boring characteristics-- well with the exception of one and we only learn about that twist near the end from "Shy Furry Loli"-chan at the end of her thirty seconds of screen time. Which raises another issue of how characters were never allowed much if any screen time if they weren't a main. That would have been ok if it wasn't for the fact that the creators clearly wanted us to care about these transient characters' demises.

Enjoyment: 7/10
Ehhhhhh, I guess at the end of the day I did enjoy this anime. At the very least I wanted to enjoy this anime. When it began I thought this anime might be like a 9, but that was most assuredly not meant to be. I tried to dive into this anime, but it ended up just being a shallow stream. No amount of action and lolis was going to be able to turn around my opinion of this anime... Or can it ?? I change my mind! 15/10 best anime evar cause all meh lolis! Bullet Black for President of the universe.

This show is one of the few this season that did not reach my expectations. When it was first announced, I was stoked. The PV made me even more excited when I saw the artwork.
I read some of the manga, but as I realized it was nowhere near as far as the LN was, I stopped and figured I might as well just watch the anime instead.

Many people see this anime as overrated, which is understandable. I see it that way too. It was hyped up as it came out, and it certainly doesn't deserve the hyped it received. The same could be ... said about series like Attack on Titan, which I also find to be overrated. So why the high score? I suppose I'll tell you.

Story: 8
The story is similar to Attack on Titan, which is why it's compared to it all the time. Basically, the human race is cornered by an extremely powerful mutant species, and they're trying their hardest to struggle for survival.
The plot here is a bit different, though. The creatures, known as Gastrea, are like zombies in terms of being created by an infected directly implanted into the body. Except, these things are nothing like zombies. Whatsoever. Which is good and bad in it's own way. (I'm sick of zombies, though, there aren't many good zombie anime out there.)
Anyway, the plot is straight forward with a couple of sidetracks here and there. Usually these sidetracks are to introduce more characters, such as Tina. This can be a good and a bad thing whichever way you see it. I don't really mind, so it didn't really effect the score. Though the Gastrea aren't actually dealt with until near the end.
The pacing is fast. Extremely fast. To the point where it may be way too fast for you. The pacing bothered me, but at the same time, I understood that it was necessary, since the plot for Black Bullet is huge and hard to compress into 13 episodes.
Other than the pacing and sidetracking, the story wasn't very original. There are several series with similar story lines, but I suppose the way it's dealt with in this show can be considered "unique".
When it comes to the ending, though, I was satisfied. I won't say anymore because... it may hint some kind of spoiler.

Art: 10
The art style of this show is fantastic. It's fresh, new, and the animation is flawless. Definitely fits the 2014 quality bill. The way the city is portrayed is also perfection, in my eyes. It has a sort of dark sci-fi atmosphere to it. Which is great, because I love those kinds of things.
Character designs ranged, from simple and bland to... interesting. I liked some of the children's outfits, such as Enju. Characters like Kisara and Rentarou had plain outfits. So on and so forth. Either way, the art is outstanding.

Sound: 8
There isn't really anything stand-out in this section. The soundtrack was good but not worth mentioning. Though, I liked the atmosphere is helped create. The opening is catchy and fits the show well, but the ending... the ending song is amazing. I never skipped the ending song, I could not get enough of it. Beautiful.

Character: 8
Again, nothing really worth mentioning except for the portrayal of the character's feelings and conflicts.
For this, my biggest example is Rentarou.
After a bit of time, Rentarou actually begins to question why exactly is he even bothering to protect humanity. He's noticed how horrible we can be, especially in the treatment of the cursed children. He doesn't like or accept the way we treat each other, and begins to hesitate. There's also his feelings near the end of the show.
He begins to notice that, after the amount of murders and deaths he has witnessed and/or caused, he's starting to become used to people dying. It's uncomfortable for him, and it would be for anyone, to realize that you basically don't care anymore if someone were to die either because or not because of you. This aspect really only appears in the last episode, but the show did a fantastic job growing those feelings up until that point.
The relationship between Rentarou and Enju is also something else worth mentioning. Rentarou does his best to give Enju a good life, despite the times their living in. He pulls her away from gory scenes that may effect her mind or lies to her to make her feel better about situation, as any parent would. After a while, there's a shift. Really in the end though. Rentarou then turns to Enju, after realizing his feelings for people deaths are weakening, for comfort. An example of this is a scene where he begins to cry, lays his head unto Enju's lap and tells her "Please stay by my side, forever..."
It was touching, and it was a relief to see the main character not shy away from getting close to someone like her. If you consider it romantic or not, it's your call. I don't know what to call it yet.
One thing I disliked though was in the end. A certain character has a sudden shift in feelings, apparently turning "evil". But why? I don't understand the sudden change in emotions. Just before, they were acting fine. Now they're evil? Please help me understand!

Enjoyment: 9
Overall, this is a good series. Actually, I'll give it the status of "just above good" as in, it's not quite at the level of great, but it's a little in between.
The action scenes are VERY fluid, I may add, the there's many unpredictable twists and turns that lead to the deaths of certain characters. Trust me, it's not just random, merciless deaths like in Attack on Titan either. I promise.

Overall, this series receives an 8/10.
If you're looking for a sci-fi survival action series with outstanding animation and good action, look no further. It's fast-paced, but it's definitely entertaining in it's own, unique way.
(Plus there's a lot of emotional scenes that actually had me tearing up, and at one point I found myself crying like a baby, and I wasn't really sure why it had effected me so strongly.)

If I see one more freaking comment mentioning "lolis" i'm gonna flip s**t. "loli" is an abbreviation for "lolicon" and lolicon generally means that the character is attracted to underage girls. Rentaro (main) is by no means attracted to underage girls, he thinks of them as little sisters more than anything. I just wanted to say that because if you are anything like me, any anime that is a lolicon you just prefer to stay away from so I just wanted to clear that up.

Black Bullet has great characters, plot developement, animation, and it isn't sugarcoated or happy go lucky, all around this anime has ... impressed me more and more with each preceding episode. If you are that one person that goes around looking for a badass anime with badass characters look no further. I can't wait for the next episode to come out and I hope there will be more seasons.

Black Bullet is, for me, a very good anime, though not one of the best I've watched. Black Bullet has a good story line, the fight against the monsters, etc., though it's not very much used.


The graphics are very good, and really help to show this anime's atmosphere. The sound...Well, also fit the atmosphere, but isn't really that good.
The characters, though higly stereotyped, are my favourite part of Black Bullet.

First, the main character, Satomi Rentaro, is a classic anime hero, who believes in his friends and who will do everything too win, who will even sacrifice himself, etc. But I still like ... him pretty much, cause he's strong and doesn't just sit and watch his Initiator do the job.


Enju, his friend and Initiator, is always excited and full of energy, and it is one thing I like the most, because it changes of the sad and pessimistic personnality of many other characters such as Rentaro or Kisara.

Tina Sprout, who is at the beginning presented as an ennemy, and then join Rentaro, is my favourite character in Black Bullet. First of all, she's a sniper. She has an excellent eyesight, and tends to live at night. In fact, she's a Cursed Child from an Owl Gastrea. Also, she's - well, strong, obviously - but also very cute, in the way that she doesn't know much of the life and is pretty serious, which makes a good contrast with the over-excited Enju.

Conclusion : Black Bullet is a good action anime, but it also makes think a lot about great questions, such as racism or segregation, and having a reason to live, etc.

Where should i start?.... Black Bullet is an Anime...... I have to say that i don't think that there is a story like this. There are many Animes with an equal story but i can't remeber watching one with a story like this. But i also have to admit that i don't like the ending. I don't think it fits the story. I hope there will be a second season where this ending will be explained.

The Art is great and most of the characters are very good. I have to say at first i didn't like the man with the mask but then something changed. ... And i don't think that he is as bad as he is shown at first.
Renatro an Enju are both AWESOME! they are a really good pair. I liked it that Rentaro got more and more teammates.
Kisara..... she dissapointed me at the end. I just though... WTF?! O.O
I hope she will come to her sense. and what was this evil fuck about. Thats why i gave the characters only 9 points. And Somanii... is hot and special on his own. i really like him and what he has done.

but all in all. I would watch it again and again because i really fell in love with the story and the character, exept kisara at the end.

I hope everyone who will watch it enjoys it ..

:)

When I first started examining anime for the season, I completely passed this over. Every time I looked, I saw mediocre ratings. After reading what pretty much everyone else has to say about this thing, I wasn’t expecting much. I’m glad I gave it a chance.

Most shows of roughly this type spend half their first episode spouting expository dialogue (and probably a good portion of the rest as well). Black Bullet lets you pick things up on your own. It contains far less exposition than most anime, and what it uses is well-placed and unobtrusive. If your mood isn’t favoring a brainy show, but ... you’d rather do without the spoon-feeding, you’ve probably found the right anime.

I can’t think of any point where Rentarou really annoys me as a protagonist. On the contrary, he seems like someone who is genuinely trying to become a better person, even while learning to deal with the cruel realities of his world. In many ways, this show is about his growth as a person.

If you ask me to point to the show’s greatest flaw, I’d go right for the harem aspect. It holds the greatest potential for destroying suspension of disbelief. I certainly wouldn’t classify this show as harem genre, but for some reason EVERYONE in this show is enamored of its largely unassuming protagonist. I don’t mean to turn anyone off. Black Bullet shares little with harem anime besides Rentarou’s strangely magnetic effect. Even villains like him.

Wasted Potential. Initially i gave this a 9 when i was at episode 7, but my opinion changed when i finished this series. It met my expectation for a generic shounen show. good, but not excellent.

Story: 6
Story is the worst part of this anime, not the plot of the anime, the setup was fine and interesting, but the problem with it is the length of the anime. Black Bullet is only 12 episodes long, so there isn't enough time to fit the whole plot and character development. The anime felt very rushed, little to no character development. If it was 24 episodes, this anime would've ... been great. And the whole brink of extinction part, the streets and people in the anime feels very safe, doesn't feel like humans that are in the verge of extinction at all.
Art: 9
Art is outstanding and very beautiful. fighting scenes are animated very well. Art is very consistent throughout the series.
Sound: 8
Opening song is done by FripSide (who also did Railgun). ED is also good but the theme song is somewhat forgettable.
Character: 8
Our hero Satomi Rentaro here is not overpowered like other main characters, he is pretty balanced. There is character development but not much because of what I already said, 12 episodes is not enough. And the loli force are very cute and likeable. Kisara was a little bit annoying though.
Enjoyment: 9
I really enjoyed this show and I would recommend it to anyone who would like shounen and anime with a LOT of lolis :)
Overall: 8
Black Bullet is a good anime, starts out very well but ends wrong. I'm hoping that there will be a second season.


TL;DR
- Good setup but the anime feels very rushed
- Lolis
- Awesome fighting scenes
- OP done by Fripside
- Likable main characters

Story 6/10

This is one of those series who could have had an interesting story at many points but always fails because it follows the standard cliché most shounens follow which makes the story uninteresting and predictable. Instead of giving itself a chance to engage into a nice plot twist in which it had the chance several times it still sticks to follow a pale and uninteresting storyline where the main character and the authority are the good guys and lots and lots of lolis , how many missed potentials did Black Bullet miss?? a lot , unlike Attack on Titan which has always grabbed our ... interest with its unorthodox and unpredictable way in writing its story. even though it used long build-ups to do so , While in Black Bullet the storyline gets crammed to fit into 13 episodes and cramming the chapters made it unenjoyable.
Art 8/10
The Art is pretty good, The Visuals are pretty nice ,I would be lying if I said that I didn't enjoy the Art pretty much the best thing in this series is its art but it had some inconsistencies in its animation as there were a lot of frame skipping methods in the series which made the animation look stiff at some points.
Sound 6/10
The Voice acting isn't bad , It's not that top notch either , The real problem is in the OST, they use about 3 or 4 pieces of music repetitively and they are not that good anyway which does only further makes the enjoyment less, the opening is good though and is nice to listen to.
Character 6/10
The Characters are just too standard and predictable , They are not unique and uninteresting at most times, the excessive amount of lolis also bothered me a lot. Most characters were 2 dimensional which made it uninteresting to watch, Especially that I am not a fan of moe and all, the only really interesting character in the series would be this guy
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and at some episode he just seems to lose all his hype at a later episode which is not a good sign.
Enjoyment 7/10
There are some parts that I enjoyed and some that I haven't, The biggest downfall of the series to me is that how it creates interesting possible story lines then it just breaks them and move along the standard cliché , the dialogues are cheesy and the character development falls short because of how fast the events are going, I hope they fix these problems in their second season though.
Overall (6 + 8 + 6 + 6 + 7 )/5 = 6.6
Ceiling that gives us a 7
so its 7/10 (Good)

Black Bullet is a dystopian science fiction anime featuring little girls.

In the year 2021, giant ass parasites called "Gastrea" attack a rural village in Japan, killing all in their path. Among the survivors is a boy named Rentaro Satomi (里見 蓮太郎). 10 years later Rentaro is working for the anti gastrea force known as civil security. Rentaro works for the Tendo civil Security which is owned by Kisara Tendou (天童 木更). Another member of the Tendo security is 10 year old Enju Aihara (藍原 延珠), partner of Rentaro. The gastrea have a weakness against a metal called Varanium, which civil security agents make their weapons out of.

Believe it ... or not, about half the cast are little girls and it's not even a lolicon. These little girls, though cute, they are deadly beings known as "Cursed Children" because they have the gastrea virus in their little bodies causing them to have red eyes and super powers. Each civil security agent has their own cursed child partner which they are dubbed as Initiators while the human partner is known as the Promoter.

The characters in Black Bullet are pretty good, though half are little girls. The lore is pretty cool but lacks an explanation about the gastrea and how the varanium monoliths surrounding the Tokyo area actually work. Each cursed child has a different ability that they use to fight the gastrea. There arent a whole lot of fighting scenes and they're not that long but it's still entertaining to watch.

The art style is really good and the soundtrack is awesome.

There are 13 episodes so it doesn't take long to finish. I'm not sure if Black Bullet will get a second season or not, but I wouldn't mind if it does since it's a pretty cool anime. If you can get past the fact that the majority of characters are little girls in a somewhat dark anime then definitely give this one a shot.

This concludes my review so if you have any questons, just ask. In the meantime, I'll be forging my own varanium weapon to combat the gastrea.

Story: 8
Art: 9
Sound: 9
Character: 8
Enjoyment: 9
Overall: 9

Black bullet essentially has your typical oblivious lead with a tragic past which gave rise to better-than-usual abilities. Nothing new in that regard. The story essentially centers around humanity vs Gastrea, a kind of virus which causes beasts to mutate - the longer the mutation is allowed to occur unchecked, the stronger the beast will be.

Despite being only 13 episodes, the series definitely tries to give plenty of feels, especially in the latter half. There are also some OK battle-scenes, although they tend to be short. This is definitely "seinen" grade - younger viewers might not enjoy some of the more mature themes explored. Some ... other reviewers pointed out that there is a "loli" aspect. While there's a nod in that general direction, this also ties in with the story, although as far as I know, there's no explanation why that particular class of person [spoilers redacted] cannot be male.

Is this anime worth watching? I believe so. Black bullet is not a top 10 series by any means, but very enjoyable nonetheless, and at 13 episodes, why not?

"What a shitty job a civil officer is."
-Rentaro Satomi

TOO MANY FUCKING LOLIS. Yes, everyone already knows that. But I still have several unexplained questions about them. Why aren't any of them older than 10? What leads these Cursed Children to only be girls? Why do a good number of them lust over Rentaro? What the fuck were the writers thinking?!

I feel people have mistreated this show. I wouldn't consider it bad by any means, certainly not deserving of a 1/10. I also, however, can't say that this is a great show.
While I personally liked it, I can still tell it is heavily flawed. Lack of ... character depth, repeated plot scenarios (really, just two different conflicts being repeated with slight variations), and more, results in Black Bullet's noticeable imperfection.
Does that mean it's bad? No, it's still amusing enough to keep you watching. This show, while certainly not as bad as people make it out to be, is nothing new. (I feel like this kind of show's already been done, but better) It's a relatively normal, post-apocalyptic action anime. Nothing more, nothing less.


-bonus points for an unexpected ending, quite an amusing last 10 minutes

When I usually watch a Anime thats new, I tend to watch based on what I know is different. Most anime I watch is straight forward Shonen action shows. So I walked into Black Bullet expecting that and got a pleasant surprise. Despite the hate it gets from a lot of people Black Bullet is a enjoyable, fun, and refreshing show for me. It's not a moe, slice of life pandering anime thats been common. It's characters are fun, it's animation is amazing and colorful and the soundtrack is great. Kagetane, played by Rikiya Koyama is amazingly good and in general it's a good, fun, ... and solid anime.