Jul 30, 2022
The Case Study of Vanitas / Vanitas no Carte (ヴァニタスの手記) looks great and had a concept I was on board for. Vampire, action, some romance and best of all very attractive characters that are easy to fall in love with. But it’s misleading, you might hate the show or you’ll love it until it sets in that it’s only mediocre. And that what happened to me. I became obsessed with the main character, loved the design and the tragic mystery background but then it sets in that this show really isn’t anything amazing other than character designs.
-Plot- Decent
The plot is okay. But remember, there really
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aren’t any bad guys, and even if they’re bad they’re probably not actually bad, they’re probably just tragic characters. And that can become annoying. I’m not saying a antagonist can’t have good qualities, but is anyone here really an antagonist? I’m not so sure. The characters bounce around ideals. One second they go against or towards something out of character and another they just seem like they shouldn’t even belong in the story. The story is obviously not finished, but so far I’m not very impressed.
-Characters- Mediocre
Like I said, the character designs are what sells the show. Only thing after that is the tragic backstories which is something I personally like, and these characters really do go through a lot. But some characters only get tragic back stories and tHATS IT. No other qualities. It doesn’t expand on them, rather it says “oh look at how sad they are” and that’s all.
-Animation- Decent.. Bad?
Animation is the WORST. The first episodes, great, they’re fine. It looks good. But the more you watch the more and more the panels barely move. Scenes of objects fall become flat and characters disappear behind dust or glass. If you disagree I want you to go watch the scene with the Doctor and the book case and the fairest wheel and try to tell me that those weren’t lazy. Because they were. This was my biggest issue with the anime to be honest.
-Sound- Good
The music really fits the theme. Many animes in this environment (English environment) really fit the same feeling in regards to music. I really wish there would be a show that revolutionizes that feeling/sound but this anime took it safe. And I’m not mad about it.
-Enjoyment- Fair
I didn’t hate the series, I watch it all and then even went and read the manga even. However, after reading the manga, rewatching the anime and really stepping back… I enjoyed the show much more before I was able to see all the issues with it. I loved certain scenes and would rewatch them over until I started to notice the flaws.
-Manga- Not worth it right now… maybe come back in a couple years
Yes I went and read the manga. The art is much better (but not like amazing). But panels still hide action with convenient smoke/glass/props of course. The mangaka has works such as Pandora Hearts (which I watched forever ago, and heard the manga was better but never got the chance to read) and so I thought I should read this one because I’ve heard good things. However… I cannot recommend it, it’s not any better than the anime and it’ll be years before any new anime content will come from this series. The release dates of this manga is insanely frustrating. Single characters will have count downs for a month and then still wont be released for another 2 more months after the counter has already hit 0. Waiting 3 months for 1 chapter is awful, the manga is barely ahead of the anime and if you go to the manga after the anime you’ll read like maybe 5 chapters of practically nothing. Nothing has happened yet after the anime. I plan to put on hold the manga for a couple years, maybe we’ll get another arc by then but who knows.
—OVERALL—
Overall the anime is fine, it’s nothing special. The animation is lazy, and if that bothers you, you might not make it through this one. The plot is okay but chapters don’t develop enough. Although that could be because the story is new, practically just begun, the manga is so slow to be released we probably won’t know anything for this story for a couple years. The story is carried by attractive characters and falls on its face for most other things. I think watch it don’t, you aren’t missing out if you plan to not watch/read this anime/manga. It’s really up to you if you can look past sloppy writing/animation and enjoy how hot these characters are (Vanitas is the most attractive, my opinion).
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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