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| Has a solid grasp on atmosphere with really nice looking visuals but sadly, I'm not really feeling the story or characters so far. I think the setting is cool and I can still see some potential for future episodes which is nice |
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| Got bored quick so I watched it at 2x speed. |
| Confused as to why an overwhelming number of people rated this 1/5. Seems a bit unique so far but wouldn't say it's horrible. Anyway animation style is quite interesting. |
| Strangely I liked it. Feels like that can be interesting anime to watch. Im curious about the mechanics of the vampires. Very atmospheric,and looks good. |
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| It was interesting. I can't say much yet because it's been only one episode but it seems like a good anime. I really like the art style tho. |
sikkimye said: This is like Hellsing pretending to be Serial Experiments Lain, I only said Hellsing because it's the most popular vampire anime when in fact Sirius is much more similar in tone, but anyway. This anime is all about style over substance with virtually no world-building, almost no characterization and no depth to the story whatsoever, and no, I am not buying the bullshit explanation of "it's only the first episode" you need to establish at least minimum plot point with the beginning if you want to build a solid story. I won't even bother to mention some of the more obvious plot holes or inconsistencies in the character interactions. All in all, this is a vapid attempt at building a story solely on artistic vision without adding real substance to it, but I am sure those who like edgy stories with stylish look will gobble this up. You made a new account just to say that? You don't want to be associated with that comment? Why not? Are you uncertain? Do you have such shitty taste that anyone with even half a braincell will disregard your opinion? Just post on your main, if you won't then I can safely assume your opinion is bad and irrelevant. |
 "Awoooo!" howled Holo. Fear gripped the men. Even Lawrence stepped back. Should they have seen her fangs, he had prepared a cover story: that all sufficiently angry women seemed to bear fangs. |
sikkimye said: SigurdV said: You made a new account just to say that? You don't want to be associated with that comment? Why not? Are you uncertain? Do you have such shitty taste that anyone with even half a braincell will disregard your opinion? Just post on your main, if you won't then I can safely assume your opinion is bad and irrelevant.  .................................. Don't know what you're talking about, you said there was no world building(???) even though the world building is EXTREMELY clear. Early 1900's japan in a good economical situation planning to compose a taskforce to combat vampires. What do these vampires do, where do they come from? I don't know, but it's just the first episode so it's supposed to give questions rather than answers anyways. The military interactions were more intricate in what they were discussing, setting up and implying than I have time to write about. You saying that "you need to establish at least minimum plot point with the beginning if you want to build a solid story" is incredibly dumb as we have already established a clear fantasy vampire showa era whatever the fuck world, with the MC being the head of the taskforce against these vampires. We have also set up a political stance going on in the place we are following (the military dude saying that the guy who set up the taskforce better show some results unless he wants his funds reduced due to the higher ups in the country thinking they have room to do so with the assumedly fairly peaceful economically stable situation the country is in) which I will not go further into, you can just watch the episode I can't believe you have the nerve to say there was zero setup in this episode. Also there was characterization. MC clearly got softer towards the female vamp(Misaki, heavily implied, 99% confirmed fiancée) over the time of the episode. He started with seeing her simply as a vampire who needs to be carefully examined to see if she's possible to turn into a military asset(the cold demeanor referencing the stageplay Salome, in which a princess falls in love with a prophet but gets harshly rejected due to the prophet disliking her mother. The reason for the cold demeanors is similar in that it's something inherent, something that cannot be overcome and something that both the prophet and the MC find unacceptable.) Overtime, as Misaki speaks with the MC, saying "take care" and such, clearly showing she is still somewhat in control of herself, he takes a softer stance and finds her less of a threat. The way Misaki talks is carefully thought out as well, I won't go into full detail but can confirm most of what she says is somehow related to the story(trust me bro :))For example, the vamp saying "all other men were hateful" is clearly referencing the fact that other people didn't see her as human anymore, and that he(MC) was the only one who dared even come close without trying to shoot her down. At the end of the episode, he hesitates in taking out his sword, as he at this point he does think of her as a person. But he does eventually take it out (what comes next is up to interpretation) which possibly signals to Misaki that he is not willing to kiss her due to her being a vampire(risk of becoming one himself). She knows that it's an unreasonable request no matter how much she wants to kiss him. Probably the same thoughts in the head of the MC as well, which is why he hesitated with taking out his sword. Misaki kills herself, as the MC has clearly shown that they cannot be together now, no matter the circumstances as she is a vampire. She knows there is nothing more she can do in life, that she would want to do. She is self aware enough to know that her existence, especially if she loses her self awareness, is a threat to all of humanity, her fiancé included. He screams her name, clearly saddened/shocked by her suicide. He understand it, and knows it's the only choice, but is not happy about it. This interaction with Misaki will probably change how he acts towards vampires in the future. Would also be cool if he stops smoking for the rest of the story(Misaki expressed she doesn't like it). The vamp knew it was her fiancé due to seeing his signature written, she was paying very close attention when it was done. (some people missed this, just a cool detail.) And these things are just as a counterargument to your complaints. The music and the art direction are arguably even better than the writing(which btw, is also fantastic.) I'd like to hear about your "obvious plot holes and inconsistencies in the character interactions." I'm honestly curious, as I didn't find any. I'm open to changing my opinion about this episode, which atm I absolutely love. The whole interaction between Misaki and the MC is pretty closely tied to how Salome played out, I don't wanna write everything out tho :* edit: just a smol edit |
ValkidolMar 31, 2021 11:04 AM
"Awoooo!" howled Holo. Fear gripped the men. Even Lawrence stepped back. Should they have seen her fangs, he had prepared a cover story: that all sufficiently angry women seemed to bear fangs. |
| This reminded me of Joker Game and Sirius, but somehow it seems to be even worse than those 2 trash heaps. Dropped. |
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| Episode was ok-ish for me but I will drop by every week cause that ED is one hell of a banger! |
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| The art is stunning. I'm a fan! was absolutely captivated by each frame. Story seems okay so far, there's not really much to comment about it yet lol 53 % voted that they hated it at the time I'm posting this. I didn't expect the numbers to be that high whaaaa... |
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| Why are people hating this? Pretty good first episode. |
| Finally getting around to seeing this and damn, it's certainly giving off quite the interest factor from the first episode alone, and I'm sure more things will unravel and be more clear as the show goes on. With a very impactful first episode, hope it goes to be of this vein. |
| The CGI was really jarring and the camera kept lingering on it, for some reason. The blending was really bad and because it lingered on it so much, it was very, very noticeable. Other than that, the visuals were nice. I think it can be better, but it's good enough. I like it. The ending is fantastic. So far, probably my favorite song of the season. Not sure if I'm a fan of the main character, which is strange because I usually like stoic and serious characters. Hope the next episodes change my mind. All in all, it's something to look forward to, but not something I'll miss. |
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| What a tragic beginning. You just met your fiancé then she died right in front of you. At least they're together during her final moments. This is quite interesting. It's time to slay the vampires!  |
phantomfandom said: I've to assume a lot of things, like, could Misaki be that man's fiance? I'm kinda sad that she died but at the same time I'm happy that that Colonel man will be a virgin for life, just like the moon in the play! I'm almost certain that she was his fiancé. I felt bad too... he looked kind of upset even though he never met her before. It was cute and sad at the same time. |
| "Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.” ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear |
SigurdV said: Real quick gonna post a comment from another website since some people seem to be a bit confused. "The play/opera salome is a french tragedy about the execution of john the baptist (changed jokanaan later to circumvent the ban on depicting biblical figures in plays) written by irish poet Oscar Wilde in the early 1890s. In the play the princess salome is a a large banquet when she hears the prophet jokanaan preaching about how much of an incestuous whore her mother is while imprisoned in a well nearby. She hears that he is a young man and is intrigued at what kind of person would have the balls to talk shit about the queen so she demands the guards to take him out an show him to her much to the guards dismay. As soon as she sees jokanaan she falls in love with his beauty and asks to touch his body, but jokanaan realizes shes the daughter of the incestuous queen and is having none of it. He rejects her in the worst way immagiable, calling her all sorts of horrible shit that would get you cancelled before you can say emilia is best girl,but salome is completely unfazed. She begins to insult his body acting like she never wanted to touch it in the first place, then shifts her focus to his hair, complimenting him on how black and curly it is, begging him to let her touch it. But jokanaan aint so easily swayed and keeps insulting her, so salome switches gears again, insulting his hair and complimenting his lips instead. Jokanaan rejects her again but this time salome dosent back down, continuously asking and then demanding a kiss from him, then asking him what she must do in order to seduce him. He basically tells her to fuck off into the desert and find jesus and repent for being born from the piece of shit queen. But right then the captain of the guard who has been simping hard for salome cant take listening to her simp over jokanaan anymore, so he takes his sword and kills himself, the rest of the guards are like "yeah fuck this were putting the prophet back in the well" and throw jokanaan back in the well. Then the king comes over cause hes a sick fuck who has a thing for his daughter in law salome and is like WTF whys this guy dead. The guards say what happened and then some jews come over to talk to the king and everyone starts bickering about whether or not angels exist or not for an hour while jokanaan hurls insults at the queen from inside the well. Then the king gets tired of the theocracy debate and starts doing what he came over to do, flirt with his daughter in law. She aint having it tho and the king and queen have a very stereotypical back and forth about which parent salome likes and obeys the best like bickering couple in a failing marriage. Then the king asks salome to "dance" for him (basically like some stripper) and when she refuses he tells her she will have anything she desires if she does it, and she perks up at that idea. She agrees after getting his word that she will get whatever she wants, and dances for her father in law like a stripper. After shes done the king asks her what she wants and she says her price. "I wish for the head of jokanaan on a silver platter" she says. The king is justifiably freaked out by this request cause wtf why does this teenage girl want a prophets head, thats some real blood lust right there, but the queen thinks salome is doing it for her cause the prophet wont stop insulting her. The king eventually agrees and has jokanaan executed and his head brought to her on a silver platter. Salome is overjoyed and starts talking shit to the severed head, basically saying "you cant run now" and "i wont just kiss you ill bite your lips like a fruit" and kissed the severed head of the prophet jokanaan. Everyone watching is horrified and the king freaks out and has the guards kill her by crushing her with their shields. The End. Now i am very glad that whole fucked up story didnt get adapted here cause that was some of the weirdest shit ive read this whole year, but it does give a lot of insight on the actions of misaki. Its heavily implied that misaki is maedas fiance that hes never met, and she seems to realize that through her madness in the interragation room, and her suspicions are confirmed when he write his signature on the document. It also seems that that realization in misaki caused the salome she was playing to mark maeda as her jokanaan, and then the two personas overlapped on one goal, seeing maeda/jokanaan again. Then she breaks out but dosent kill anyone, evidence that misaki is still somewhat in control. Then comes maedas encounter with salome/misaki. Salome begins her final act as if she is already holding jokanaans head on the silver platter, and then begins to "kiss" him or in this case presumably turn him into a vampire, but the misaki takes back control and burns herself up." - Neckbeard69, from a website which shall not be named. Hmmm.... For a moment there I thought I watched something else. Good thing they didn't adapt that entire bullshit. |
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| I got to say, that is quite the underground base they've got there. Not like it did them any good tho. This show started off pretty weird, and honestly it wasn't the best opening episode. Congrats to Yoshinobu for his promotion, for doing something, I suppose. |
A-Simple-SquireApr 14, 2021 9:25 PM
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| Cinematography and aesthetic can only do so much when the rest is bland. Boring start. |
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| This animation is really unique, the ost feels old its beautiful |
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| So many people praising the art. I think it is its weakest point. Don't you see those washed up colors? |
Don't you feel if the colors were more pronounced, it would have looked better? I was like: "but why are colors so washed-up?" the whole episode. Then new anime comes up "Jouran, the whatever princess" dealing with the sameish time period. I was like: "man, this is how Mars Red should have looked". With more accentuated colors. I stay for the story and for the way they portray vampires, like eerie, confusing, operating on another level. Still I think it would have worked better with better emphasized colors and contrast. Actually since the episode came out (cause saw it right away) until now I suspected they spent too much time and resources on the moving animations and then rushed coloring or spent much less effort. |
| It was really confusing but its aesthetics made me like it. I hope it doesn't continue to stay confusing in the coming episodes. The animation is not like those highly rated and hyped animes that are coming out recently but I love these type of animation, they are really calming and refreshing to the eyes. Even if I don't understand a thing about this anime I will still continue to watch it just for the animation and ost. Even the way the characters spoke and the cinematography was so beautiful and calming. That ED by HYDE, I can already tell I'll be addicted to it for months. Can't wait for the next episode because I really want to understand what's happening... |
| Very different. It's directing was really interesting with lots of dynamic lighting and shot composition. It also had the 21:9 aspect ratio making it feel almost like a film. So it looks like the female vampire was his fiancé the whole time. A damn shame she had to die, but I saw it coming a mile away when I saw that the sun was rising. Why does it always have to be the pretty ones? Hopefully this doesn't turn into one of those shows where there was only like one attractive female, and the rest are ambiguous looking little boys with slight yaoi vibes, because if so I'm totally out. I think this has a lot of potential, it definitely hooked me for the next episode. I assume that's when we'll meet the squad of vampires. |
| That was a fantastic start. Love the cinematography and imagery - the editing and hard cuts. The background art, aside from some meh 3D elements, is beautifully textured and coloured. That underground scene showing a section of the tunnels, then panning through the bunker/maze was especially cool. Super intrigued by this colonized society with the clashing of imperial Britain and Japan - fashion + architecture. The main character and the boy who appears to be the villain are both really interesting too. The stoic experienced soldier and the dramatic secretly evil kid are both tropes I quite enjoy. I was involved in a production of Salome so this was a pleasant surprise. - really wasn't expecting this reference.... ever, really... in anime. First show this season I've been hooked on right away. |
whitherApr 2, 2021 10:38 PM
| Decent start with a nice subplot to kick things off. Some of the cuts were kind of abrupt, but it works in favor of the vampire scenes at least. I'm interested in seeing what direction this goes in with 1 cour. Based off this first episode it has potential, but for now it's just okay to me. |
| Interesting Anime i watch it because of vampire tags but this is something else!! |
| that was interesting lol. i like how the animation Looks but the movements are quite stiff, the cgi isnt great but its understandable on why they'd use it and it quite suits the anime. cant say i understood everything that was happening on the screen but i sure did enjoy it |
| Pretty intriguing stuff. Really love the art direction and directing in general. Who knows how the story will go but this has potential. |
| not sure about this one but let's give it a try... more on theatrical stage elements huh...? 4/5. |
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| Well, true that the first female vamp does look pretty and seductive, but why the fuck is Maeda being seduced when he was originally a vamp' hunter(?) of Code zero? I am pretty sure that later in the plot there will be another female vamp that'd do the same to Maeda and cause the plot to be stupid. Also, wasn't the theater prohibited after the incident? Why would an "employee" able to go in and out freely? No one has any doubt about that mysterious boy? For god sake... I am still following my 3 eps rule, after that if it was still as stupid, rating 1 will be given. |
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