Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid

This is, putting it simply, a softcore lesbian porn anime. It exists primarily to arouse the viewer; nothing more, nothing less. The story is simply an excuse for seeing sexy girls interact, fanservicey fight-scenes and borderline hentai scenes. The truth is, actual hentai anime tends to be stuck with very small budgets; meanwhile "softcore" anime can more often afford significantly better production values, as this anime shows, and I much rather enjoy a softcore show with decent production values over chicken-scratch "hardcore" OVAs.

The story of a bunch of girls being trapped on an island, the "Soul Eater, but with orgasms" premise of the action scenes... ... all of this, as I said above, pretty much an excuse for boobs and yuri, and the characters primarily exist to fit specific fetishes. In that regard, both the "plot" and characterization do a pretty good job.

The visuals are pretty nice; sometimes the amount of polish obviously falters, but the lewd scenes tend to look quite good and the character designs are obviously the best and most appealing out of all the Valkyrie Drive projects. They lack the typical VN-esque cheapness often found in such anime, instead managing to be quite stylish and charming and, while not particularly unique, nonetheless have their own look and feel. The animation is pretty competently done when it matters and the series succeeds at having many genuinely sexy scenes.

Sound-wise there's nothing to complain about; the VA cast is fine, as is the music, and the obligatory moans do their job quite well.

As a fan of competently done lewd yuri, I quite enjoyed this series in the basest way imaginable; and really, given what its intentions are, that's just about all that I needed.

This is lewd show for sure, everyone can read the description right? though I must admit, this one is not your average ecchi show, I think it is not exaggerated to label it borderline hen***. Is it bad then? that's up to the viewer to decide. personally I'll say this show is enjoyable, not because the perverted things, it has few good points too.

Story: 7/10
call me inexperienced, but I won't complain that much about this anime originality. the concept about human transform into weapon might have used in some anime. But combine it with other elements this anime has, I think this one is ... pretty unique. Okay let's move to real plot. The story itself is pretty decent in my opinion. It might have awkward and slow introduction, but trust me, you'll eventually understand almost everything about the chicks circumstance or even how their world is working. There are a lot of flashback as well, which is presented well and smooth. Also, there is good portion of battle in this show.Although, I'll call the battle itself a joke. No.. uhm, I don't mean the "intro", but the actual battle itself. It just went bam..bam! or maybe few flash, beam.. then its over, as simple as that. Some character might give a good show though, for example the four-eyes commander or duo lady.

Art: 8/10
There are a lot of oversized things here, if you know what I mean. I think they should made it moderate, not that I totally dislike it. Joke aside, I think the animation is good and fluid, the characters design are nice if you ignore particular part. I especially like the duo lady figures, it give "wild but cool" image matching perfectly with their personalities. And the last episode animation was amazing.

Sound: 8/10
character voices are not half bad, and I like the OP and ED.

Character: 9/10
I like most character.The blonde one have some development, everyone else are static though, just being what they are until the end. Some of them might even surprise you. I like how everyone participated in the last battle, that was some cool action there, the best part in this anime in my opinion.

Enjoyment and Overall: 9/10
Honestly, I'll even give this show full score in term of enjoyment. But I'll hold back since I don't want to be labelled as hen***. Still, this show keep me entertained until last episode, it has nice characters, decent story with good pacing. It's not show for some kid with weak heart as there are some intense scene, also not good for any good man who dislike anything lewd and irrational. But, if you think you like this kind of show, you'll realized this anime is not bad at all.. and you might want to double check your room door to ensure it's locked properly.

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The first time I watch this I dropped it before the first episode was over,I called it ugly fucking rape anime with no soul heart or noting just breast and sex,,,,,Then when I picked it up again I realised that I have never been more wrong in my life.This is my review on an anime I first hated but then it became one of my most loved anime ever!!



Mamori wakes up on an island afraid and all alone with only the crabs at company ,Sen early age Mamori have known she is not a normal girl she is different!! The Island is run ... by a male but he's right hand is a female that do most of the work. And soon some other females meets up with Mamori and goes for the attack. When all seems to be lost, a rescuer shows up. But it's not a prince on a white horse. It's a strong lesbian warrior princess and she are keen to protect Mamori. With her by her side their journey on this mysterious Island begins!!!



Story 7/10


I find the main story pretty,, Well stupid,,Girls kiss girls and give them orgasm and that turns them into deadly weapons,, But this anime is full of side stories that are really good and some of them are so heartwarming. And full of females that care for each other. Which is the most important aspect for me



Sound 8/10


I really like the fighting music . And all the female high moaning orgasm isn't the bad either =P Tip be ready to jump on the volume here because they really go wild sometime



Art 9/10


I think its looks really good ,,Crispy vibrant colours that pops really good. But not too much so they sting my poor old eyes.And the animation is flowing nicely in the battles, Explosion and everything else works.But to be honest im here fore the pretty girls.And when it come to the females this anime really shine in my meaning!



Character 10/10


Here is the strongest card in this anime. I first saw them as only giant walking boobs. With no heart or soul only cable of hurting and rape other females. I have never been more wrong in my life!! Even if many of them may have huge breasts they also have giant hearts. They are warm females and care so much for their sisters, lesbian partners, and lovers. We have the lady that runs the in,She protect her sisters look after them,making sure they have food cloth and a safe harbour! We have the high ranked strong female who have a friend that suffer from a mental illness and because of that she can't fight.So the stronger female fight for both. She raise in the ranks so she can protect her beloved.The love between the females are really strong and that is what I like the most in this anime



Enjoyment/Yuri 10/10


I love Yuri noting is warmer in my meaning than females that love other females. And because of all kissing lesbian couples and everything else I really enjoys this anime so much. And it makes me feel invested i cheer for my girls and having a fun time.And the drama segment are also good in my book.It makes you feel for strongly them! And isn't that what we are after? For me it's very important



Overall 10/10


For a Yuri lover life isn't always easy. If you are lucky they release one real Yuri a year and if you are lucky again you get a kiss,, sometime a peck on the cheek or something is blocking the kiss,,This anime really delivers. Lesbian kissing lesbian having sex lesbian couple and more. it's so much fun.Nice warm loving characters with big hearts and boobs,, To drop this anime was a big mistake i'm very glad I gave it a second shoot and if you are a Yuri lover then it is something here for you.But there are a lot of over the top sex scenes ecchi and other similar stuff.If you can see past that as I did, I can recommend this! Otherwise maybe its better if you stay away!!!! Give it a chance i'm glad I did!!!!!!

For my anime reviews I am going to review the anime on the order of which you would experience while watching an episode of the anime that is being reviewed.

1.Art - The art for this anime was not very impressive. Wow that's a really negative thing to start of with, sorry. I'm just say that the art was super average as well as the character models. Now, that being said, there were some moments where the animation became strangely good.... like actually outstanding. I couldn't help myself when I saw some amazing CGI in this show. It was kinda weird. ... Anyway I give art a 7.

2.Sound - At first I didn't find this soundtrack attractive at all but after a while I started to like it. By like it I mean I only enjoyed the opening and ending songs. Those were awesome and might I add a perfect display of the characters boo..... designs. The other songs in the soundtrack kinda suck. They pretty much felt like background music to the show. But I can't ignore the opening and ending I give sound an 8.

3.Character - This is where this anime really stood out and hung over to me. The plots on each of the characters were enormous, with a few exceptions. It was nice to see the relationships between the characters' plots, they were all mushing together and rubbing against each other. On an honest note, all of the characters were interesting. Surprisingly they all had pretty explained backstory and of coarse I'm not saying that there was a lot of backstory, I'm just saying that for a harem/yuri anime there was a surprising amount of it...... I enjoyed it. 10/10 for dose plots doe..... !

4.Story - Well here's the thing.... I'm gonna rate the story keeping in mind of the other Valkyrie Drive islands and stuff so the story didn't feel unfinished to me. I knew there would be more story adding on to Valkyrie Drive Mermaid so I had nothing to complain about but if you watch this anime while secluding it as it's own story, WHICH IT IS NOT, you will feel like it lacked. By the way how could you hate a show the has awesome boo..... character designs and a pretty interesting story. I know, you can't. I can't give it a perfect score because of the story that can be added to this overall Valkyrie Drive thingy mcbob but I loved it enough to give it a 9.

5.Enjoyment - This show was very enjoyable. Of coarse it has a lot of hilarious fan service in it but if you like story it does have some of that to. Honestly it was a very fun and relaxed show to watch. I totally recommend it to you guys. I enjoyed it at 10/10.

This anime is an overall 8.

*I will also recommend that this anime is only watched by a matured audience.

Caution:
!Keep in mind this anime has nudity.

Here is my review on the anime Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid

This anime is a rather unique and exciting one, mixing multiple genre elements into something new. New characters are introduced in just about every episode with clear introductions in various types, ranging from slow and explaining to quick and brief. The artwork of the anime looks great with pale and vibrant colors, plenty of detail, and lots of deep lighting effects. The audio is also great, being deep and clear with absolutely to disturbance between voice and sound effect The anime comes with lots of epic, high-paced, combat which shows the weapons, abilities, and skills of ... all characters engaged in it which is always loads of fun to watch. As for being ecchi (and a yuri). This anime clearly doesn’t shy away from anything and that actually makes it hentai-like showing lots of sexual activity between exter and liberator, or more freely between any other character. The intro and outro of the anime are amazing, having the intro being far better than the outro. As the outro honestly feels a bit misleading compared to whats shown in the anime itself. But the songs used in them are fun to listen to and are actually kinda addicting to listen to.

Overall, this anime is loads of fun to watch. It has a mix of multiple genres, amazing artwork and animation, and bold sound. It’s loaded with action and adventure, the yuri in the series seemed confusing at first glance, but the way everything has been cleverly put together just made it all make sense. This anime is recommended for those who like anime with action, adventure, and fantasy of sorts. It can be for people who like shoujo and/or yuri.

This anime is something that woke me up!!!


This is an anime I really like, not because its "Yuri" but because the whole series is about protecting one of the mcs, and not only that, then the series is nice, because of the ecchi, romance, action. The action is really, really, really, something that can facinate you, and the ecchi, is kind of fun, but its hard to explain, the romance is something that is really strong, between the main charaters.

This is an anime that really is fun, but in a weird way.

You will like this anime if you like Action, romance, ecchi and weird yuri, ... but when i wathced it, then my whole mind set was being changed, cuz this anime is really great, but not the best, but really great.

I hope you found this useful.

Cya!!!

I guess to start off saying... if there was a season 2 I would watch. That's how much I enjoyed this show. Despite everything that it is.

Story: 8/10
There's a virus that only concerns with girls, for in which if she is found with the virus she is sent to an island to fight as a weapon or the one that uses the weapon. The story mainly follows two characters Mamori and Mirei. They are partnered on first meeting. And use each other to fight off or for emergency uses. However to turn into a weapon one must get turned on, meaning her partner must help ... get her aroused to turn into a weapon. Which is a weird idea, but gives the boys their yuri ecchi scenes.

Art: 9/10
The art is beautiful! Studio Arms did a great job at animating this show. The fight scenes are fun and epic. However, one I thing I will say is that don't be fooled by the appearance Mirei and Mamori. Although Mirei looks like she 25 or something she's only 15, so watch out pedos! And it might come to surprise that Mamori is older than Mirei by one year. Other than that the art is fantastic!

Sound: 10/10
The opening is absolutely beautiful. The song amazing, and it's one of my favorite openings at the moment. The ending song is really cute. The chibi version of all the characters were so cute! Especially, Mirei!

Characters: 9/10
I personally really like the characters. I can understand how Mamori would feel in this situation confused and naive. And I feel that's something people tend to forget. Mirei was such a great character showing the her unusually care for Mamori's safety. Lady Lady and J were such a great duo I think. Mei Fong was absolutely hilarious. Overall loved them.

Enjoyment: 9/10
So I watched a while ago. But I wanted to rewatch to see if I still believe in the score I gave it the first time. And I still do. I really enjoyed this show and I for a season 2 at some point.

Overall: 9/10

Boobs and Yuri make a dreamwork ;)

If you are looking for funny yuri with lots of ecchi, I mean what is there not to love? I had a blast watching this, maybe cause I took it for what it was. I never expected a GREAT plot or the emotional aspect to the whole yuri aspect, and I really enjoyed it.

After watching stuff like Strawberry panic, I dont know if I want to put them in the same category, as their purpose and style is totally different.

Tho, if you want action, cool battles, ecchi yuri girls on the edge of hentai I dont think you'll be bored with this one

This is a 24 min, 12 episode show that has one of the best concepts of all time, what else do you want. Honestly, If you watch the first 5 minutes of episode 1 you can clearly realize what this show will be about so just enjoy this literal gift from God since there no many other shows out there like this one. Kaneko, Hiraku is a god amongst man and people need to stop taking this so seriously, but I'm not saying people should not have standards but come on this show was created to show a ton of fanservice and not as ... a serious show. In the end, this is was an amazing yuri and ecchi show that I hope more people will enjoy in the future.

Started for the yuri, stayed for the plot.

Story: 7

Premise is interesting enough.

I started watching this for the guilty pleasure, but the immersion took me in, and at the least, it provides literary enjoyment as well. Some characters I have sympathized in the beginning turns out to be antagonists, and in the end I sympathized with antagonists I never thought I would.

Ending has a madoka-feeling too.

... Art: 8

If you're looking for lots of yuri kisses, here you have more than enough.

Sound: 8

The only complaint I have is the awkward breast sounds, but the voice actresses and the ending theme are a blast to listen to.

Character: 7

The idea of an innocent maiden and a strong and determined partner isn't too unique, but it does the job for the setting.

Enjoyment: 8

Lots of suspense following rising action and during climax.

Overall: 8

Of course, this anime isn't to everyone's tastes. If you want sort of like a softcore hentai that has a better story than the one-shot hardcores, then give this a go.

Soul Eater: ECCHI EDITION

Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid's first impressions and what LA got out of the first couple of minutes was a softcore ecchi yuri anime, after watching the entirety of the anime, it's a softcore yuri ecchi anime that happens to have interesting characters.

Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid "plot" structure for the most part has a pretty in your face introduction as to what is in store for this kind of anime, a calm before the storm of a rather laxxed bulk middle and finally a major plot takes centre stage for the finale. As for character developments within this plot well...let's get into it and as ... to why Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid has interesting characters...but "typical" on the surface.

Our main characters are Mamori Tokonome voiced by Mikako Izawa, an extremely shy and often shameful fanservice girl who your usual timid character, she also your usual pacifist character but in tandem with her couple Mirei Shikishima voiced by Yuka Iguchi who's pretty much the exact opposite of being the stoic badass character "down to earth" and gives Mirei a purpose. form our main characters LA will say that their base personalities stick throughout the anime and never "really" changes and both of them wants to protect not only themselves in the situation they have been placed in but the rest of the residence of Mermaid Island...even those who oppose them.

Onto the rest of the main cast and we have LA's favourite character of Kasumi Shigure voiced by Masumi Tazawa a stickler for the rules but she means well at the same time having the same goal of Mamori and Mirei just using different methods, we have Akira Hiiragi voiced by Yuna Yoshino the "Lord" of the Island and much like Kasumi keeps the island in line and wants what is best for the residence of the island so that they might get off the island. On the other hand we have Charlotte Scherzen voiced by Asami Seto, a ruthless enforcer of the law and pretty much is the chaos factor early on for pretty much everyone on the island with the way she does things. We also have mercenaries and lone wolves duo Lady J voiced by Azumi Asakura and Rayne Hasumi voiced by Saori Oonishi who's mysteriousness is their charm and pretty badass in their own way with being a special "Liberator/Extar" pair. Finally we have Torino Kazami voiced by Kikuko Inoue the caretaker for those outside of Veste Castle handling an "orphanage" as it were for those who got kicked out of Veste Castle and the money hungry Meifon Sakura voiced by Yurika Kubo and she along with Kasumi were LA's favourites from the anime. Like Mirei and Mamori, they too mostly stay the same personality given to them with the exception of Akira who gets development from the laxxed middle before Akira takes a plot changing role to the build up for the finale.

For the most part the first half of the anime was rather basic with some hints to something major which DOES bring itself latter and even some of it's isolated episodes concerning one off characters gets the small limelight near the finale showing some sort of setup as "basic" as it was, well it's not until Momoka Sagara voiced by Hitomi Harada, is when things REALLY GETS CRAZY and to the point LA got soo invested and that's because with the order the setting of Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid had, Momoka gave SOO MUCH CHAOS, so much more than CHARLOTTE GAVE (that's saying something) that it made the plot actually interesting and yes, obviously we are given a "tragic" backstory to Momoka and why she is doing this (which also has ties to Mirei so affecting our main duo is a given, thus brings them into it and gives them the development they also need to shed away from their bland surface level personalities) and it was ACTUALLY GOOD.

Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid does however has some gaps in it's world building namely the entire thing of the Virus affecting girls and HOW it came to be let alone how it functions proper due to the virus allowing certain girls to be BOTH Liberators and Extars in the case of Lady Lady to the anomalies of Mirei and Momoka (though at least this gets touched upon a bit) let alone the organization that is affiliated with Momoka and what their entire deal with Valkyrie Drive is which COULD be touched upon in a sequel if anything but with that we got it was still plausible to ignore it and still have a decent plot, this flaw was more or less something LA wanted them to go into a "little bit more" detail into.

The animation done by Arms was decent for the most part we do have the "usual" Arms at times with the character designs but it's actually one of their better works and LA doesn't praise Arms' work but this one is worth praising even a little. The character designs again were decent and distinct with a bit of shine to the characters though it has RARE derps from time to time, backgrounding is probably the most basic, as they do atmosphere decently, but the battles especially during the final arc was ACTUALLY well done, sure beam spams and the like but Arms went ALL OUT for that final battle animation wise all things considered. Overall, decent to almost great work from Arms, unexpectedly...-sigh- but uhh if your into yuri ecchi, track down an uncensored version, the censors weren't that bad as you could tell what was going on but if you want all all bare assed, find the uncensored version.

As for the voice cast, oh the VOICE CAST, well what can LA say, there were ALOT of "playing against the type" roles in this anime, form Yuka Iguchi voicing the stoic Mirei when she usually voices the hyperactive genki types to HITOMI HARADA voicing the psychotically hammy Momoka and MAN did Hitomi go ALL OUT HAMMY as Momoka to the point LA pretty much gives Yuka Iguchi and Hitomi Harada MVP's in this anime especially Hitomi Harada as LA ACTUALLY SEES Hitomi's range and dang she has RANGE. Now on speaking of Hitomi Harada, LA actually thought Hitomi was voicing Mamori (which fun fact Hitomi did try to audition for Mamori but she thought it didn't fit her thus she picked Momoka instead) and when Momoka came into the scene, LA thought she was voiced by Rie Kugimiya at first (C'mon, LA knows some of you would've looking in), nonetheless Mikako Izawa did....the typical almost squeaky cadence as Mamori which was "ok" and was LA's weakest link in terms of voice cast for LA, on the upside Yurika Kubo as Meifon gave comedic life to this anime and made it much more fun with her in it and seeing Asami Seto in a psuedo-villain role as Charlotte was interesting as well. GREAT VOICE CAST, Arms knows their voice actress' and they delivered!

LA came into Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid looking at a smutty yuri anime, what LA got was a GOOD smutty yuri anime with a decent enough plot, decent to GREAT production value and with one wickedly good ending, sure the anime has it's flaws, bland characterization but offset by some good development and plot shifts that MAKES THEM GOOD, decent world building with some holes that could be filled with the mysteries of the Virus, a clandestine organization after the Valkyrie Drive and for what reason and some rare derps in animation, but don't go looking at Valkyrie Drive: mermaid as nothing but smut, it's has much more than that.

Yes much LA how LA's takes on Highschool DxD Hero, Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid has more to it's PLOT than you think in LA's eyes. Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid has potential and let's just say it brought a bit of it out near it's finale and maybe with a second season it can bring even more out if it could, it has potential and LA wants to see it kicking itself into overdrive *Pfft* if it ever gets a second season.

Nonetheless Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid is one of LA's surprisingly good animes from Arms, it has it's flaws, it has it's strengths and weighing in, it was a good yuri ecchi ride with some bright lights whenever the girls go commando...

10kg J's...10kg?!?!?!

The premise of this show is absolutely absurd and is an excuse for the anime to be a softcore porn. That being said, if you accept the fact that you are in fact just watching porn, it is actually executed pretty well. The plot arcs in the show are rather generic, but are executed well enough to keep you interested. The characters interactions with each other are often incredibly sexual, but in many cases they have deep or thoughtful conversations about the tasks and issues at hand without it sounding like an excuse to get to the next girl on girl scene. The girl on ... girl intimate actions also drops off towards the latter half of the series, but the girl on girl fighting action picks up for some pretty memorable and intense fight sequences. Overall, not a bad anime if you're ok with watching porn.

"Soul Eater with Tits- Some random guy in the comments of the 1st episode"

What a weird but awesome fucking show. I came for the Yuri but stayed for the tits.

The Quote " Soul Eater with tits isn't half wrong either. This show gives off a big feel of Soul Eater and Kill La Kill. With a school structure kind of similar too Kill La Kill and people turning into weapons and wielders like Soul Eater. This just has lots of tits.
~~Spoilers~~

The first episode or two are so fucking confusing, Nothing is explained and the viewer has no idea what's happening besides Boobs flying ... everywhere and girl on girl action. But you can't help but just watch it.

I really don't have many things wrong with this. Maybe that the MC ( Tokonome) Isn't all that likable with her overly passive/Innocent personality. She isn't bad but isn't that interesting either.

Something else that kind of bugged me about the show in general is that some of the character models just have this weird look to them. With the only normal looking characters in the show at first were. Meifon Sakura,Rayne Hasumi and Kasumi Shigure. Thankfully later on it seems even the characters that have a weird design kind of look more normal. The MC ( Tokonome) has a kind of weird design too. I narrowed what i think is wrong with her design down to her having Pigtails that just don't look good on her. It's seen in later episodes that she has her hair down and looks actually pretty normal. I honestly think she should have kept her hair down or in a pony tail for the rest of the show.

There is also the problem that the 1st episode isn't censored yet every other episode is censored more and more. .

The characters them self are pretty good. Really Meifon Sakura , Rayne Hasumi, Kasumi Shigure and Mirei Shikishima are probably the most likable characters in the show. Especially Meifon Sakura, She just has this very charming tomboyish personality and character model too boot.

While this is a Echi show with Tit's and physically impossible boobs. I don't really think it's all that bad really. It's seems tamed at times i guess when you compare to other shows. Still don't think you should be showing this to your Mom or Dad ( They're probably already disappointed in you enough)

The ending like a lot of shows is lack luster. With how easily the MC ( Mirei Shikishima) Is defeated over and over again and how many times she would have died if it wasn't for ex machina. She is meant to be a killing machine yet is always easily disarmed and never really seems all that badass at times. She is a badass but it's annoying how she can't even keep herself armed. There is also tons of illogical things like why the Government would send agents out to retrieve such powerful things when there is always a chance that those agents will use such power to rebel.

I do very much like the final villain and how it didn't end on a sour note with the MC and her.

I disliked is what they did with the MC's wish of wanting to see her parents. This was something i honestly was wanting to see. I imagine that sense she was kidnapped that her parents are assuming she is dead or something else. It's also shown that the MC was bullied a lot at school. So i think it would have been really nice for the Two MC's to go back see the parents that have probably given up or about to give up hope that their daughter will come back. Maybe have the MC's go and visit the school she went too ( Was also at school when she was abducted) We could see every students reaction to seeing the chick that has been gone for at least 6 months or so. We could also see their reactions to seeing the MC's girlfriend. I just feel that they messed up an awesome chance for something kind of cool and nice.

lastly, I dislike how the everything is by the government. I kind of wish the government and the world was oblivious to the existence of these people. I think it would have been better if it some type of mystical organisms that were nothing more but Drones sending people with powers to these islands. I always hate it when the show has these big evil Companies/Organizations and/or Governments that are evil for the sake of being evil. They are what i think is one of the worst cliches in all of media.

Great show with some obvious issues but good and fun none the less.

Valkyrie Drive is the fan service show I always wanted. An all girl cast who are all lesbian, fighting each other and ripping each other clothes and having sex. This is too good to be true. That being said is it smart, HELL NO! Is it dumb fun at least, HELL YES………...Okay more like sort of, except the last episode which was AWESOME. Let get to the review.

Plot: The basic plot is the fact they exist a diseased call arm, with a liberator and extar, where the liberator can turn their partner extar into a weapon by basically making them orgasm and only girls get ... the disease. When discovered with the diseases the girls are sent to an isolated island, in hope that they can adjust back to society.

So, as you can see this is going to be a heavy yuri fanservice with no guys, except this girl calling himself a guy for some reason. Trust me that not a spoiler, is super obvious. The anime can be divided into three parts. The first four episode just focuses on the two main character fighting the school. At first, is entertaining because how over the top the fan service is. That being said it quickly becomes less and less interesting. In something like Keijo where it has over the top ridiculous fan service, the show keeps managing to make it more and more ridiculous, keeping the show entertaining. In Valkyrie Drive, however, it plays all its card in the first two episode, and the gimmick of lesbians turning into weapon wear off. It never managed to keep itself from feeling fresh and new, and taking it seriously does not do the anime any favor. Luckily after the first four episode, the anime decides to have fun with some fluff episode. While nothing amazing, it at least is entertaining. That being said again, the fanservice just feel tame, which makes the comedy even tamer. There never a clear direction where the show is going, and just feel like a mess. Is starting to feel like just an excuse to have an all lesbian island. Which in that case I rather just have it be a hentai. Luckily the 8 episode and forward does have a plot and does have more weight to the story. The main characters get more flesh out, and we get an over the top villain, who is frankly amazing. It starts to have better action, and an actual direction and plot. That being said is it enough to save what was a rather forgettable fan service show despite having an all lesbian cast? The answer lies in the last episode, which loudly screams yes. The last episode managed to be the over the top fun I was looking for with all their animation effort clearly put in that one episode. It had great design, nice animation, a great villain and just a good episode.
The plot is not the best. The plot could have used the disease as a form of discrimination like Cross Ange, or be over the dumb fun like Keijo. The anime, however, is not clever, and it gets pretty tame quickly. That being is still a show about an all lesbian island, with some really good and even awesome scene. It does deliver the fan service, and the last four episode does get interesting enough to have the audience invested. That being said the majority felt directionless.
Characters: Most fan service show have a mediocre plot, but the characters are usually the saving grace. The two main lead consist of Mirei and Mamori. Mirei is an awesome character. She starts out not speaking almost the entire first episode, and just come off as a total bad ass. She gets jealous easy when it comes to Mirei, which makes for some fun interaction. Her backstory is decent and overall does what she supposed to do. Mamori at first can be annoying. She is basically the oblivious, optimistic airhead. Is fun to see her interaction with other people getting an orgasm in front of her, but it gets tiring fast. Luckily she does learn to accept it, to help other, but that where my problems lied. I wish her relationship with Mirei felt more romantic. I would have liked it if they went with the cliche, am I lesbian, and do I have a feeling for her. At first is clear that she has a problem with being touched, not only because she being sexually harassed, but because they are both girls. I wish there was a better development of her character. There so many ways you can approach with lesbian, and it never takes advantage of it aside for fan service.
As for the side character, they are fine. They managed to be fun, and don’t really need to be that developed. Lady Lady is also a cool character that managed to have a presence to her that I enjoy. Charlotte was a horrible villain, to be honest, and was unmemorable, but the real villain was great. Not going to spoil her, but she is basically Lady Ragyo from Kill la Kill if she had a smaller body, and more “touching”. She was just over the top fun evil.
Art: Passable. I mean there lots of great fan service that is just hentai, to be honest. I mean the only difference is that hentai scene is longer, but have censored vagina, while this anime never shows it.
The fighting scenes are decent, but sometimes are way too short. They never really felt any impact or danger until episode 8. Episode 12 as I mention was amazing, as the animation was on point, with the design, choreography, everything. So prop to the last episode.
Music: Is actually really good. The intro and ending are great to listen to. The intro has an awesome electric guitar, while the ending song is super catchy. My only complaint is that they could have to use the intro song more in the fights. They only used the song overdrive in a fight once. The score in the anime is decent overall.
Overall: There better ecchi action anime out there. Is it terrible, not really, but I can see people not liking it. Is not a must for yuri fans, and not a must for ecchi fans, but is a must if you are both because there are not many like this. That being said this was just dumb fun, that is really only memorable because of the last episode, and having an all lesbian cast.

This hentai had a surprising ammount of plot. To be real though, this anime is far from being yuri porn. All extreme nudity and sensuality aside, what you end up with is an anime with an enjoyable myriad of characters, each with their own flaws, and a story that had me thoroughly enthralled the whole time. Despite the ending not having all the romantacism that I was eager for, it was enough to satisfy and leave me with a warm feeling. All in all, if you can get past the "plot" you can enjoy a truely good anime.

Also that opening is fire.

Nobody can complain about the smut in this anime. It's not a secret. You know what you're getting when you watch it. If you're okay with lewdity, fine. If you're not, don't watch it. It's very simple. There are no surprises in that department and no need to include it in detail in this review. So I won't.

If you're okay with lewdity and tempted to watch this, I feel you should be forewarned. The main character is a whimpering annoyance. Her squeaky, cutesy, nervous, whiney voice WILL grate your last nerve. Guaranteed. ... If you can handle her, and don't say you weren't warned, this anime is actually very watchable. The story isn't great but the characters are reasonably interesting and there's enough going on to keep you interested. It's not a classic, by any means. It's just a bit of fun for a few hours, providing you can tolerate the main character.

I apologise for not going into too much depth about the story, but an anime this shallow doesn't require it. Girls fight each other. That's pretty much it.

The story - it's okay. There were animes showing us people turning into armor before but they used it nicely, it was an excuse for yuri moments - and I don't see any problem with that. It's a yuri. The plot itself is really okay. Kind of original, kind of not. But I got surprised a few times, so I think that's a big plus. The visuals are not shockingly beutiful but the show looks great. I don't recall any bigger issue with animation. Music isn't very memorable but it's nice. Opening has a really good vocals. Character are a bit "tropy" but ... some of backstories were really interesting. I felt some empathy for main characters and I was curious what will happen next. Fanservice may get you annoyed but if you like yuri this won't be a bigger problem for you.

Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid is an Yuri, ecchi, action anime. It is produced by Arms. It is about a 16 Year old named Mamori, who is contaminated with a virus, being sent to an Island with simular girls like her.

The show had decent pacing. The way that the story is written allows it to have a lot of fanservice. In the first 2/3's of the show, it is episodic, but then the they ended the show with a boring plot involving Mirei, the second main character and Momaka, the main villain, which ends the show with a boring fight. Anyways the fight had all the standard ... clichés and was nothing special. I would prefer if it kept things simple and It was just them having fun, instead of having some villain taking over the island.

The characters in the show had well defined strengths and weaknesses. There was decent character development. Mamori Tokonome was likable and a good main character. She doesn't really change during the series. Mirei Shikishima was also very likable and was mysterious. In the end of the show, she learns that having good friends is good. The main villain in the anime is Momoka Sagara and she is the typical villain. She has a backstory with Mirei and she is quite evil. In the end she learns that being evil is bad and stops being evil. The other characters are decent and are memorable.

The animation of this show was great. It is better animated than a lot of ecchi. The character designs of the show was decent, the main characters designs were the best. The fights or battles were 50% kissing and the 50% fighting. They were animated well.

The voice acting in this show was great. I watched the Sub and the voice actors fitted their roles. The OP was really good and the ED is an annoying, catchy song.

In conclusion, I found the anime quite enjoyable.I would recommend this anime to people want an anime with a lot of ecchi scenes.