Sengoku Night Blood

After a blinding light emanates from her phone, soft-spoken Yuzuki is suddenly transported to an alternate world known as Shinga. The strange place resembles the Sengoku period—a turbulent time in Japanese history known for long civil wars that ravaged the country.

Here, the Gekkazoku, tribes of non-human creatures like vampires and werewolves, live in harmony with humans. This harmony was maintained under the governance of Himemiko, a woman with the power to protect Shinga. However, due to her mysterious disappearance, the world has fallen into disarray. Now, Yuzuki must find Himemiko in order to go back home; but, the ongoing feud between the warlords only impedes her progress.

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Toyotomi, Hideyoshi Main

Hanae, Natsuki Japanese

Date, Masamune Main

Umehara, Yuuichirou Japanese

Takeda, Shingen Main

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Sanada, Yukimura Main

Yamashita, Daiki Japanese

Oda, Nobunaga Main

Morikawa, Toshiyuki Japanese

Uesugi, Kenshin Main

Toriumi, Kousuke Japanese

Yuzuki Main

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Uesugi, Kagekatsu Supporting

Aramaki, Yoshihiko Japanese

Shibata, Katsuie Supporting

Morita, Masakazu Japanese

Ishida, Mitsunari Supporting

Sasaki, Yoshihide Japanese

Kikuchi, Katsuya Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Animation Director, Key Animation

Yokota, Chikako Sound Director

Kosaka, Harume Episode Director

Nagahama, Norihiko Episode Director

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Nov 10, 2017

LegitOutlaw87

Recommended

Preliminary (6/12 eps)

This is based off of a otome mobage game, that only came out in the spring of 2017, so you can tell they had it set up for the anime. I can not express how much I hate the art style, beyond Sanada team which it might be an improvement there but that is also my own tastes. I just feel like compared to the actual game the art doesn't do it any justice what so ever. In the game each army is done by a different artist, and they're the top in the industry at that! So that is my MAIN big problem with ... the show is the art doesn't do it justice. Otome/ Reverse harem shows, hell harem shows in general, don't usually have a strong story. You watch them for the individual character, which I do feel the anime is rushing a bit compared to the game. Those are standard things that happen though when doing an anime for this type of game.

This one is no different, in fact its almost laughable, but its not bad enough to make me not enjoy it. Basically Himemiko ( The Mom ) decides to peace out, and supposedly sends Yuzuki from the real world into here to possibly replace her? Yuzuki might be inside a cellphone, the anxiety riddle tanuki adorable companion minion Imari probably the only one that knows. its not clarified in the game either. To make everyone get along she created the Moon fang tribe, consisting of two vampire armies, and 4 werewolf ones. They rule over the normies and fight these monster things called Yakuma ( WHICH DONT LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THE ONES IN THE GAMES FYI ). Since Mom disappeared without a trace everyone freaks out and starts fighting over unifying Shinga, kinda like how they fought over unifying japan in sengoku period.Like a bunch of kids wanting to acomplish something big to show off for when they find Mom ( Himemiko ) again. Rather than just get along and keep the peace like they're suppose to...Yuzuki's blood awakens them to a new color scheme and power level, which could give each army one hell of an advantage. So everyone is going to fight over yuzuki, while she helps each army in their own little way and probably in the end makes everyone get along.

Its a general, overplayed, theme and type. Yuzuki is your typical bland sweet MC.... annoyingly so. However the voice acting, is pretty top notch, and I really hope the show continues to show more character development though it will probably only focus on one or two relationships at most. The game is amazing for mobage, and so far the anime doesn't disappoint to badly. Getting music for it has been fun, I'm loving the sound track! 7/10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Sep 26, 2023

RESOLVING_POWER

Mixed Feelings

I watched Sengoku Night Blood. Here are my thoughts:

This is first and foremost a reverse-harem show (it's an otome-game adaptation). If that doesn't appeal to you then you shouldn't watch this. If you don't want to be surrounded by hot vampire werewolf warrior men in a historical Japan setting, then this is not the anime for you.

Unfortunately I think the premise of this show is not used to its full potential; the supernatural elements of the story aren't really explored at all, even though they are what makes the show most unique – definitely a missed opportunity there. Instead, much of the dialogue revolves around ... the military conflicts between various factions, which sounds like it might be interesting but the execution is underwhelming.

I found the story difficult to follow; a ton of random names (well, many characters are named after historical figures like Nobunaga) are thrown at the viewer from early in the show, and it's difficult to digest it all and keep track of the lore, plus the viewer is never given a reason to care in the first place. I often felt like this anime was designed with the expectation that the viewer already had background knowledge of the lore and characters, which I guess isn't surprising for a niche otome-game adaptation. The story (and its execution) is a weak point of this anime, at least from my uninformed perspective. I often felt confused by the events taking place. This issue is compounded even further by the enormous size of the supporting cast – there are dozens of warriors who interact with the MC throughout the show, and keeping track of all of them and their relevance to the plot is not a simple task. Anybody who intends to watch this should assume that they won't be able to fully comprehend the story if they're otherwise unacquainted with the franchise, particularly during the first half of the anime. Comprehension issues aside, I found the overall writing totally unengaging and dull; I was never interested in the story at all, aside from the romantic context it provided. Additionally, most of the characters feel underdeveloped and tropey. Although the enormous cast size is certainly one factor in this, even the MC herself is lacking in personality, beyond being shy and useless.

At times, I thought the character interaction in this was done well – particularly for the MC and her chemistry with the rest of the cast. Although a little cliche at times, this show shines during the many little moments of interaction between the MC and her male companions. It doesn't rush things either, and seemingly mundane scenes are frequently stretched out to savour these special little moments. As amateurish as this anime feels in other ways, the character interaction is sometimes surprisingly well done. A major component of this is the script: although the scriptwriting is a little crude sometimes, there are also scenes where it feels quite intimate (when the characters aren't loredumping random information). There are some really romantic scenes lurking in here that made watching this anime worthwhile. I'm pretty sure it was an unwritten rule that the MC needed to be princess-carried at least once per episode, haha.

The character designs for some of the men were a little too animal-ish for my tastes. The big wolf ears and big mane-like hair on some characters was a little too much for me. I'm sure other people like that kind of thing though. I found the vampire guys hotter than the werewolf guys. I also found some of the designs a little too bishounen-ish for me and wished a lot of them were more masculine, especially since they're supposed to be fighters. Somewhat conversely, I disliked the mullet-like hairstyle of the female MC. Like OMG honey you need some conditioner. She looks like she should be a greasy rockstar from the 80s, and I don't mean that in a flattering way. She also only wears one boring outfit the entire time, which was disappointing. If those guys (read: animation staff) really treasured her they would get her some nice pretty clothes!

Historical shows are often a good opportunity to exhibit unique outfits, and the outfits in this are fairly detailed, but some are pretty gaudy and aren't always aesthetically pleasing despite the effort put in to animate them. A lot of the outfits are 'overdesigned' so to speak. One small detail I appreciated was how they would include sounds for the sword scabbards shuffling around on the characters' hips. So for example, when somebody would sit down on a wooden floor you could hear the sound of heavy sheathed blades against the wood.

Although the animation quality is nothing special, the lighting effects in this, both indoors and outdoors, are often done pretty well and can enhance the romantic feeling of a scene. This show kind of feels like it's a decade older than its actual production year, in terms of visuals as well as the premise, story, and even the soundtrack. True to its title though, the night sky of this anime always looks good.

The voice acting for pretty much the entire cast is mediocre, including the MC. The OST is also nothing special.

The comedy in this is applied very lightly and is not particularly intrusive or frequent – I am grateful for this. The show takes place during some kind of military conflict/stalemate and the tone most of the time is serious. In terms of sexualization, it's not over the top and usually not graphic; a lot of it is subtext related to the supernatural warriors wanting to drink the blood of the MC (which is very erotic to be honest). The warrior men get power by sucking the blood of the female MC – to be candid I found this psychologically super hot and it's one of the main reasons I stuck with the show. In all seriousness, it's a very good idea for a plot mechanism in a supernatural romance story. The MC being a pivotal tool in warfare as well as sexually attractive is hot on like an abstract meta level.


My personal overall rating: 5/10
As much as I like the premise of this show, its execution is mediocre in most ways. Its best feature is the character interaction between the MC and the warriors. What kept me watching were all those little sweet moments between the MC and her adoring warrior companions. Sengoku Night Blood has some uniquely romantic scenes, but you need to tolerate a confusing storyline to get to them.

Hanakanaru Hachiyou Shou has a very similar premise to this anime but does it better; I would recommend you watch that before trying this if a historical reverse harem is what you're looking for. I suppose Akatsuki no Yona would fulfill that criteria as well. I wouldn't suggest watching Sengoku Night Blood unless you've already exhausted the better implementations of the reverse-harem feudal-Asia template.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Apr 4, 2018

sbmike

Not Recommended

I already have a bias because I despise passive, weak main characters. But, Yuzuki goes far beyond passive and weak. She's utterly useless. Honestly she's like a little toddler wondering around, although toddler's probably remember that you shouldn't just willingly follow any and everyone that tells you to so basically she's below that. He lines are a drag and her personality is as flat as there comes. What a boring show and complete and utter waste of my time.

Honestly even if you're bored out of your mind there's a million other things I'd recommend doing rather than watching this ... disgrace of a show.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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