This series had all the elements in place to be a really fun (if derivative) shonen vampire series. Protagonist with special powers, vampires, shady military, 2 friends on opposite sides, cute girls, etc. However, at every point it made some of the stupidest choices imaginable. What could have been really entertaining was bogged down with interminable dialogue, inconsistent characters and bad action.
The bad action is a real faux pas here, partly because the weapon designs are all huge and lend themselves to one on one fights but all the action is group battles and so characters have to kind of split off in a way that doesn't make sense. Also, why do people stop and talk in the middle of a huge battle, I get that these kind of shows often have a lot of talking mid fight which kinda makes sense in a 1v1, or even 2v2 or 3v3, but makes no sense at all in a giant free for all battle. Aaaargh, and all the girls have such huge weapons that they are totally unusable in fights and so they end up just standing there.
One of the core themes here is friendship and family (pretty standard for this kind of show) and I have no problem with that but it is hammered home so often that it gets tedious. Also the main character starts off as a reckless loner but after like 5 eps he is the life and soul of the party, everyone loves him and he is an amazing leader. It is such a quick character turnaround that it rings totally false.
That said, it was still kinda fun so I can't rag on it too much. 6/10 - a real missed opportunity.
