Undead Unluck

With the conclusion of her favorite romance manga, Fuuko Izumo is ready to end her life of misery and loneliness having long accepted her fate of never being able to experience passionate love like fictional characters. Cursed with "unluck," anyone Fuuko touches is in grave danger of experiencing unimaginable calamity.

While the possibility of imminent danger would have most sane people run in the opposite direction, Undead has other ideas. He is an immortal being with superhuman regenerative powers desperately seeking death, which has always eluded him. When their paths finally cross, Undead sees an opportunity to finally end his suffering by using Fuuko's unluck.

But before Undead can unlock the full potential of Fuuko's power to trigger the final devastating blow, the duo must first fend off a murderous secret organization hell-bent on exterminating those with special abilities.

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Izumo, Fuuko Main

Kahara, Moe Japanese

Andy Main

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Xiang, Shen Supporting

Hanae, Natsuki Japanese

Kuno, Akira Supporting

Uchiyama, Yumi Japanese

Tristan, Rip Supporting

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Chamber, Gina Supporting

Yuuki, Aoi Japanese

Juiz Supporting

Ise, Mariya Japanese

Alfred, Billy Supporting

Koyama, Rikiya Japanese

Tatiana Supporting

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Vorgeil, Nico Supporting

Yusa, Kouji Japanese

Kamei, Hiroshi Producer

Satou, Souta Producer

Tomobe, Masahiro Producer

Shimoda, Hayato Producer

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Jul 26, 2024

DrCleaver

Recommended

Well, this is a damn masterpiece.
I've never seen a worldbuilding even close to be this unique and interesting. I don't even know where to start.
The characters and their dynamics is literally everything. I usually dislike romantic subplot in shounen animes but this shit made me blush
everytime our main couple interacted. Fuuko is adorable and Andy is a frickin' gentleman, periodt. I love the "polar opposites bring out the best in eachother" trope and it really works well in this setting. I especially love Andy's character because he sure has this "bad guy" vibe (which fits him perfectly) and still be a decent likable human ... being. Love that. There's just the right amount of edginess no more, no less.
Another green flag about this anime, is different and diverse each character is. Unique personalities that help the plot moving forward, no filler or fanservice characters. Just how i like it. The character designs are *chefs kiss*. They look incredibly cool, there's nothing more to say on this.
But what I love the best is the abilities. There are some I never even thought of, not just your basic mind reading and telekinesis. They're severely op but still have serious downsides. You wouldn't want superpowers in this universe that's for sure haha. Each character has their own tragic story that came with being a Negator and shaped their personalities into what they are in the present. So cool.
The animation is fine, the fights look awesome. There's some CGI mostly in the background but it's absolutely tolerable.

Give it a try if you love a good story, I wouln't wanna miss out on this one :DD

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jun 12, 2024

ecktt

Mixed Feelings

TLDR: I give it props for not being an absolute cookie cutter shonen and I LOLed more than a few times.

This show has a slightly less used story mechanics mixed in with quirky characters and comedic visuals. The story starts off with what appears to be a random encounter of our 2 main characters. The girl (Fuuko) is ready to end it all because she is imbued with the ability to bring anyone she touches bad luck, to the point of fatality depending on how much she touches them and how much she likes them, making her existence lonely as one would imagine. The guy ... (Andy) cannot die as he will regenerate, meaning he's lived way to long and just wants to die. Antics ensue as Andy now think if has sexy with Fuuko, he will finally end it all. This springboard starts the world building as to who they are, why they are and what's going on. For the most par everything was entertaining with creative visuals, mediocre story, acceptable voice acting, decent character and fairly good pacing.
But all the glitters is not gold. Some entirely stupid plot twist mixed in with the typical Japanese tropes such as not opening their mouth to communicate till it's too late for no good reason or ecchi moments for the sake of it, makes the show somewhat cringe. This show was trying to do too much. There is too much plot for a show that has all makings of something to switch off your brains and enjoy or vice versa. I cannot help but think things might have been a better show if it was handled by a Western production team. I take that back. Nobody wants a show about butch lesbians MCs with supernatural powers. Not even butch lesbians.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Mar 24, 2024

honzoslav

Not Recommended

A few years ago, David production were working on a new shounen title called Fire force. Long story short, it was a decent watch dragged down to mediocrity by one major flaw, the fanservice. The show couldn't resist shoving tits and ass right in your face every few minutes, even in the most inopportune of times, like the middle of a fight. It honestly amazes me just how much damage this decision managed to do. It's a damn shame, since the rest of Fire force was solid, but this single decision managed to change my rating from very good to above average. So how is ... any of this relevant? Well, imagine Fire force with mediocre fights, completely fucked pacing, constant changes in tone resulting in massive whiplash and plot contrivances through the roof. That show is called Undead unluck. I get that they were stuck adapting subpar material, but there really isn't an excuse for repeating the mistakes of the past. That being said, there are some good things that I should mention. I like the way Andy fights. Even with a very generic superpower, he manages to use it in a very original, although sometimes very nonsensical, way. The art is also decent. There are some very good scenes, but it's really inconsistent, so there are quite a few stinkers as well. They stopped using the meme 'bruh' sound effects in fights, so at least something has been learned from Fire force. Yeah, as you can see, I am running low on praise here. The silver lining is simply way too thin to rescue the show this time. I know that this is a very short review but there honestly isn't much to be said. Even if we were to ignore the aforementioned problems, the core of Undead unluck is a dime a dozen shonen slop that you have seen a thousand times already. In ten or twenty years, shows like this will probably be mass produced by AI and I doubt anyone will be able to tell the difference.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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