Both the predecessors of this anime were phenomenal, dark pieces of work that knew how to grip its audience. Blood C did not know what it was doing with itself.
It tried to mix multiple genres into the original action/ gore of the original franchise. It was almost as if they wanted to confuse the audience by incorporating slice of life and romance tropes into the story on purpose but it was not done successfully at all.
At the same time as trying to mix genres that should not go together the world that informed audience members were familiar with was expanded to introduce ridiculous characters with even more ridiculous names. I mean, come on, one was just a giant eyeball. They were certainly a downgrade on the terrifying Chiropteran's in the original film and Blood+.
The art work used was too light and resembled a comedy series which just made the dark themes impossible to fully appreciate.
Saya as a character has been one of my personal favourites since I was eleven years old but I just hated her in this. She was utterly useless in every situation and had little character development despite there being plenty of chances. She did not question anything and trusted too easily. Even amnesiac Saya of Blood + knew there was something off from the beginning. Blood C left me praying to every deity every created she would stop singing.
So disappointed that this sequel to one of my all time favourite animes was only a jumble of unexplained plot twists, unneeded fights and useless characters.
