I have learned one thing after watching this anime.
You sure become fashionable after becoming a vampire lol.
When I stumbled upon this anime, I thought it would turn out to be another romance horror but I was glad and surprised that it didn’t. Though the anime itself has a unique concept, however I still think it failed to deliver.
Story:6/10
The story is extremely slow paced to say the least. You get the gist of what is happening/gonna happen in the starting episodes. It takes a fair bit of time to develop the tension and horror that it unfolds. What I like about this anime is the element of surprise. There were some twist and turns that kept me interested to watch.
Characters:3/10
The characters play an important role in one's liking or disliking an anime. For this anime, the characters are mostly unlikable and annoying. You feel no emotional attachment to any character. This is the main problem with this anime. I expected a lot more backstory of the kirishiki family and the origin of shiki. I still cannot comprehend why that bland monk was given so much screen time. I personally believe that there should not have been such a vast cast of characters.
Art:5/10
The art style itself is fairly unique. The village, surrounding areas and backgrounds are nicely done. The real concern is the character design. Almost every other had weird super Saiyan hair which felt a lot of out of place.
Sound: 6/10
I don’t usually care about this category as much as the others as I don’t listen to anime op/ed these days. The op/ed were ok. It was not something that I would listen over and over again, neither something that was so bad that would make my ears bleed. I liked the creepy mysterious music. It works well overall with the creepy tone of the anime.
Enjoyment: 6/10
It was surely something that made me keep watching it and was interesting in its own way.
Conclusion:
The whole situation of who’s going to die next? What going to happen next? How will it end? Was compelling in its on way. I was really happy when I found out that this was not another romance vampire series and used the old school vampire tropes. But, bad characters, slow plot, moral ambiguity thrown at me at the end of the series ruined it for me. To conclude this, it was an anime that had the potential to become even better.
Will I recommend it tho? Well yes but actually no. Well if you have nothing to do with your life and you happen to be a vampire fanatic, I hope that you will enjoy it. Other than that, I don’t recommend this anime. It is not worth the time.
