What it isn't (probably it's biggest problem):
If you're looking for a well thought horror/gore anime, move along, there's nothing good to see here...does it have gore?, yes, tons, is it any good? no; why? because even though we see a ton of dismemberment through out the show, you rarely ever get to care about who is getting ripped apart, the character development in this anime is non-existent, they try, but the only thing they accomplish is setting relationship dynamics they expect us to take on "face value" (it's better to show than to tell) between cookie cutter characters like the unison sounding mutual sentence finishing twins, the serious yet shy class rep., the tall feisty macho girl, and the silent yet charming mysterious cool dude, you get my drift.
This is something quite surprising considering the amount of episodes dedicated to using a "slice of life" type format, some may say it's only for 5 episodes, but with the show lasting 12 eps. that's almost half, so to not get character development right, and to not establish relation dynamics through show rather than tell, well that's pretty off setting, and it hinders most of the deaths of those who die, and the effect and feeling those deaths cause to the audience, remember Gantz? how you felt when some one you've just started to like died?, yeah that ain't happening here, trust me you wont care.
Then there's the Other big issue: the sense of it all, and the convenience, when you're watching a fight scene and you feel frustrated of how the fight is going, it usually has to do with ether of 2 things depending on the genre: either the events in the fight go against the power hierarchy the show has established in it's universe (this happens most in shounen when a character that shouldn't be able to beat another, starts kicking the shit out of him with no feasible explanation), or you realize the character you're rooting for (you know the good guy/gall) starts doing stupid shit that even you can recognize as inefficient and moot, or nonsensical, in the case of Blood-C the latter of these happens, and it happens a lot. This diminishes the consistency and coherence of the narrative in a considerable manner, making you really get aaaaall the plot holes at once, which obviously sucks, good anime usually requires a second viewing for you to spot them.
The final issue that this show has is, it completely butchers the mythos of the previous entries in the franchise had, as well as neutering the main character, bad ass Saya.
Now let's wrap this up,
What it is:
Simply put? a bad anime, a nauseating and overly convenient excuse for gore and drama lashed upon inconsistent and irrelevant characters that fail to make you feel their hardships, although i will grant it this: the villain is a total ass hole and by the end you'll want to rip his spine through his butt hole, or mouth, which ever hurts more.
So is this worth watching? hell no!, don't throw 4 hours of your life at this piece of dung, go stare at your lawn instead, you'll feel better and it'll be more entertaining!.
