Tian Mei De Yao Hen

really interesting story, the concept itself is quite intriguing to the viewers and the story is great as well! started the anime and since I liked it I continued with the manhua and the manhua was so good, I don’t regret it one bit 🥺💖 I recommend you all to read the manhua in case the anime makes you think the story is quite weird or abnormal. The manhua is so wholesome, I’m a sucker for romance so I guess I got way too attached to this but for me this is a solid 11/10. I loved the vampire-human concept and all the plot twists ... 😼

Since there are no other reviews for this I figured I could chime in...I just finished this ONA in one sitting after attempting to read the manhua. I dropped it after a couple chapters as it was following your very typical toxic, abusive, manipulative, diabolik lovers-esque tropes that I'm not fond of. The animation didn't look terrible so I decided to give it a try. With the <10 minute episodes it was super easy to binge and I was bored.

I did not go in with any sort of high expectations as I could tell exactly what type of story it was going to be in ... the couple chapters I read. I will say it's not as bad as diabolik lovers (IMO) but has a similar feel, minus the reverse harem. The male lead is very cringe and abusive towards the FL but warms up a bit as the story goes on /shrug.

*Minor and obvious spoiler: FL has like Stockholm syndrome after being essentially kidnapped and held against her will by male lead. She does try and fight him the best she can (meanwhile being bullied by everyone at school because of him...and they only began to lay off when HE decided she didn't deserve it anymore) but eventually gives in to his demands and lives life by his word. He does lay off a bit near the end but still says and does some very toxic and awful things.

CHARACTERS
No characters have received any fleshing out or depth thus far. Some semi interesting character designs but that's as far as it gets. We know virtually nothing about the leads by the end of this season.

ART/MUSIC
The animation was fine, I had no issues with it. The characters were pleasing to look at. The music was annoying or too loud/distracting at parts, tons of repetitive piano but I will say the ending song is enjoyable.

This is a story for those who are interested in vampire romances with a huge splash of sadism, blackmail, manipulation, toxic energy, and abuse. I put "mixed feelings" because I do believe there are people out there that would genuinely enjoy this type of show. I can't say I would watch a second season if it comes out, but it did cure my boredom for the time being. I'm a huge fan of the vamp genre but I wouldn't consider this story to be good by any means. It would be really great to see some more titles in this genre with less of these tropes that make it very difficult for people (women in particular) to enjoy.

This story had a lot of potential for a nice vampire story. Unfortunately, this weird Chinese imitation of Japanese anime is a huge disappointment. It's silly dialogue, silly main characters, just violence and harassment. I wouldn't recommend anyone to watch this. I like mystery, fantasy and romance themes in anime, but this had neither. Choppy and unfinished stories, all flowery and artificial. Nothing makes sense, nothing is explained. The two main characters are unsympathetic and don't have a single redeeming feature.
It was the first time I've seen such an incredibly spastic TV series in a very long time.
Good thing it didn't have a sequel. ... I always finish an anime, but this one hurt a lot..