Date A Bullet: Dead or Bullet

Objectively speaking, DAB is a mediocre anime that was made for fans of Kurumi Tokisaki. That being said, I slightly increased the rating to 7/10. I can't imagine people outside of the target audience being awayed away with it.

As for me I was never enthusiastic about DAB and expected it to be a disaster but it was quite pleasant to watch. I like that Kurumi's personality is very much like in the original, as I find it to be not only hers but also the movie's biggest charms(it's refreshing to have an anti-heroine for protagonist).

That being said I'll list the things that, in my opinion ... make the movie worse or don't make it good.

-Art&Animation
DAL always had stiff animation and although I appreciate that's not the case here I don't like how Kurumi changed. Her face changed quite drastically and she lost a lot of resemblance, her hair turned from black to dark brown. Kurumi in the DAL animes, VN and games looks pretty much the same. Here I sometimes had to remind myself that it's Kurumi.

-Plot&Logic
Very simple. DAB is a hybrid of Isekai and Murder Game like Danganronpa or Mirai Nikki. As for the logic... this Kurumi is a clone and yet she can summon Zaphkiel for no other reason than plot convienience. Her bullets now stop in mid air only to go back and hit her or her opponent which was never how they worked and it makes no sense.

-Characters
Don't expect them to be interesting, they're slightly more important than trees.

Story 5/10
Art 7/10
Sound 7/10
Character 6/10
Enjoyment 7/10
Overall 7/10

Story (6) :
The concept is not bad but the execution is just lacking, the enjoyment isn't felt yet and I don't know why this is a movie and not combined with Date a Bullet: Nightmare or Queen. But because this is a live series, I still have hope about their story

Characters (6) :
The characters are not bad, the characters hold a sense of respect for their competitors but their influence won't be felt because they are just characters, not like important characters. Except Kurumi, because people really like Kurumi and I also like her character lol.

Visual (8) :
The visuals are good with magic ... effects and the animation is decent

Audio (6) :
The opening is strange but the sound effects are okay and the OST is good

You better read the LNs of Date a Bullet, because this movie has nothing to do with the books much. Yeah you got your animated Kurumi fanservice and some cool soundtrack. But the plot.... even the oroginal Date a Live series are rushed. This one is on steroids and hardly makes any sense compared to the books' setting. It somewhat does the job as a story linker about Kurimi's past... but there are so many essential events that just got cutted out. I can't really recommend as a stand alone animated spinoff as well... For me it was a huge dissapointment. And the ... animations were also too sketchy... A crappy cash grab pruduct to feed the Kurumi thisrty fandom, with the aim for the people who would not dwell into the LNs... please do... you will see how much different it is.