The anime revolves around Saya Otonashi, an high school girl who is a hemopheliac who has to get blood transfusions regularlly. She meets a mysterious man who plays a Chello who saves her life from a beast in her school. This mysterious man gives Saya a sword with a portion of the blade reversed whith a vein for her blood to travel down and through the blade. Apparently her (Saya) blood is key to destroying these "beasts".
As far as story goes, Some of you may think, "Wow, another conspiracy theory against the USA, BORING recylcled plot." but I assure you if you invest your time in the first 4-5 episodes you will be drawn into the series until the end.
The art is very mature, there is a lot of bood, the muzzle flashes from the gunshots don't look very animated, they look more like big lens flares and supernova effects. The detail of many of the characters are very well done, though overall it seems as though the artist(s) were holding back, for example the intermissions sequences show a little bit more of the talent that I believe should have been applied throught the entire series.
The sound isnt anything spectacular, it isn't bad but it isnt great. I bumped my score of it up to a 7 instead of a 5 because I absolutely love the opening and closing themes.
The Characters, oh boy isnt this a topic... Saya, David, Kai, Riku, Haji the list goes on. These characters have such a deep earthly connection to each other that (at least I could) it leaves veiwes able to connect with them and feel a part of the problems and emotions directed throughout the entire series. When Saya remembers her past one the day at the Zoo during *unnamed character*'s birthday made me feel as though I was in Saya's shoes, I actually felt really guilty, as if it was MY fault that the events had occcured.
Enjoyment, hrmmm I dont know how to put it other than, everytime I finished an episode I felt compelled to watch the next, and the next, and the next, so on and so forth. I would say that this is one of the most enjoyable anime's out.
I know there are going to be a lot of people who disagree with me and my thoughts, but I also think that there are a lot of people who are going to agree. If you have a differing opinion than me then please write your own review.
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