Seraph of the End 終わりのセラ
Review
Every once in a while in anime a show comes along, that becomes so popular that it creates its own genre. The every so popular Sword Art Online spawned Log Horizon, No Game No Life and even this season's Overlord. So with the huge success of Attack on Titan comes many clones. Alongside God Eater, Aldnoah Zero and Knights of Sidonia comes Owari no Seraph also known as in English as Seraph of the End and also known as Attack on Titan: Vampire Edition. We follow our protagonist Yuichiro as he fights the Vampires in a post-apocalyptic world in order to get revenge for what the Vampires had done to his family and he does this by... by going to high school to make friend.
Seraph of the End was adapted from an ongoing manga of the same name because adaptations of ongoing manga are the best. The show has been adapted by Wit Studio the same studio that had its hands in Attack on Titan… aah that make more sense now. And also got a broadcast dub from Funimation which I watched. The first half came out this Spring with 12 episodes and the sequel is going to be released this fall with another 12 episodes.
Seraph of the End is the definition of generic. This reflects on every part of the anime. The story takes place when a virus kills everyone over the age of 13 [what?] and then Vampires come and enslave the children as a food source and treat them like livestock. So our group of kids try to escape, all die except our protagonist… well thats unless you’ve seen the opening which spoils one of the only redeeming qualities of the show. And this give him his reason [tiny face meme] for revenge. Not so bad right? Well thats the best this show has to offer. From then on to achieve vengeance he goes to high school.This is because he is
told that he needs to learn teamwork to join the Moon Demon Company aka the Survey Corps , and the best way for him to learn teamwork is by forcing a stupid highschool arc. The story is pretty slow and boring and the best twist, is still a cliche, is ruined in the opening.
Now onto the characters. Our protagonist,Yuichiro , who clearly a cool kid because unlike any other character, he always keeps his hands in his pockets and he is just generic trash. His character as a whole is kinda flawed. When he sees his family killed in front of him, he only helps Mikela despite all of the other characters killed even though they call themselves family. And even afterwards he only remembers Mikela not even regarding the rest of the family. In episode 6, when our protagonist has to kill his friend he just says this: [Episode 06 15:00]. What!? For all he knew he was actually going to kill his friend and all he says is “Sorry but you’re going down”. What???
Mikela, the kid who is supposed to be dead but even though he was in the opening, he didn’t appear much in this anime but he really is the most interesting character in this anime.
Shinoa, while writing this review I was thinking of things to say about her but then came to a realisation that she is one of the most forgettable and boring characters that anime has produced in recent time.
And other than that the rest of the main cast is made up of tropes including the blonde one, the old one, the shy one and the rival.
Though not a main character, I do want to talk about Ferid, the vampire that kills Yuichiro’s family and the person that Mikela works with. He along with Mikela are the most interesting part of the show due to their mystery.
And Finally I want to talk about the vampires, they for some reason really want to hurt little kids and do the Michael Jackson in more ways that one.
This anime is just generic and with more negatives than actual positives. The main plot twist of the show is literally ruined in the opening. The animation is average. The soundtrack is shit. The characters are shit and in a nutshell it’s Attack on Titan done wrong. And the worst thing about it is, it could’ve actually been a good show because I’ve heard that the manga is actually good but instead it is a cliched mess. But with all that being said, will I watch the second season coming this fall...Yes. Even though it the story is poorly executed, I’m still interested in it to see what will happen and that has to count for something right. So i give Seraph of the End a 4/10. Literally, just go watch any other show than this. Go watch Kaiji. Do that.
