An anime about vampires that is adapted from a stage reading by the same name. In 1923, the Japanese government creates a new unit within the army to counter the vampire's increasing numbers and their new artificial blood source.
I had to use synopsis from wiki because I had no idea what the show was really about. This was the most confusing show in terms of storytelling. The first couple episodes were pretty okay as things were slowly set up. However, about after an earthquake, the show spiraled into a mess where every time I watched a new episode, I thought I just missed some episodes before. The plot jumped between characters at a seemingly random fashion that I had no idea what's going on. Despite this, I still get the general sense of what was going on.
The animation was not an issue here. It looked different from other anime, and it made the show felt more mysterious and like a play. There wasn't much vampire action, as the animators seemed to try to avoid animating the fight scenes in full sequences.
With a confusing story came confusing characters. Maeda was a MC for the first half, and for some reason he vanished and got relegated into a side characters. There was a relationship between two vampires, Deflot and Rufus that made no sense because they didn't have a proper backstory at all. Other side characters were also confusing as well.
The ending of this show, again, didn't hit at all because of how disoriented the storytelling was. Some characters just lost for no reason. The more I watched the show the more "what" moments I had.
Overall, despite decent animation, the jumbled story took away a lot of entertainment that I could have. Quite a wasted potential. 4/10.
I had to use synopsis from wiki because I had no idea what the show was really about. This was the most confusing show in terms of storytelling. The first couple episodes were pretty okay as things were slowly set up. However, about after an earthquake, the show spiraled into a mess where every time I watched a new episode, I thought I just missed some episodes before. The plot jumped between characters at a seemingly random fashion that I had no idea what's going on. Despite this, I still get the general sense of what was going on.
The animation was not an issue here. It looked different from other anime, and it made the show felt more mysterious and like a play. There wasn't much vampire action, as the animators seemed to try to avoid animating the fight scenes in full sequences.
With a confusing story came confusing characters. Maeda was a MC for the first half, and for some reason he vanished and got relegated into a side characters. There was a relationship between two vampires, Deflot and Rufus that made no sense because they didn't have a proper backstory at all. Other side characters were also confusing as well.
The ending of this show, again, didn't hit at all because of how disoriented the storytelling was. Some characters just lost for no reason. The more I watched the show the more "what" moments I had.
Overall, despite decent animation, the jumbled story took away a lot of entertainment that I could have. Quite a wasted potential. 4/10.
