Undead Girl Murder Farce

ABSOLUTE GREAT Premise for the first vampire arc, UNDEAD MURDER FARCE Anime deliver the plot swiftly and make it unexpected and also not too hard to be understand 👍

And for the middle of the show, from theories to execution Is good enough to be done, but for myself, some decision Made by the core characters make some tiny hole mistake if we thinking rationally, but i still prefer to think that the plot still good and interesting enough if we think the smartest and skillfull human/non human Can still make mistakes 🤣🤫

And for the end of the show,
THIS ANIME REALLY MAKES ME THRILLED BY ... THE PLOT AND HOW ITS CONNECTING ONE PLOT TO EACH ANOTHER, 🔥❤️🔥

I know for some people who arent expert to case solving and only the one that only want to enjoy the anime without thinking much Is going to burden them 🤔🤓🤔

But for myself i really enjoy and even do a moment of silent for myself to think and reconnecting each other connection about what happen, and i really suprised that theres no plot hole for a big curve plot like this, 😱😱

But i think there Is one Tiny plot hole, Is it myself that getting Missinfo cause accepting too many information or it Is a Tiny plot hole, but i Will Let it slide cause the plot hole i thinking both of ITS result isn't going to change any bit of the plot story 🤣🤣

For personal taste i give this anime 10/10
But if i looking on every aspect and other watchers viewpoint i world give this anime 9/10

I really recommended anyone who watching this and be ready to clear your mind and thought first for you guys that arent expert at case solving ❤️❤️🔥

Undead Murder Farce is a unique anime with an ambitious, bizarre, and ultimately promising core, which starts our very strong but quickly loses steam by the middle, soon becoming a confused, overwrought, and unappealing mess, with even the initially visionary art direction falling to pieces during a rushed and unfulfilling final arc. In short, Undead Murder Farce is a disappointment, and moreover, like its name implies, a farce. Let's begin with the story, which bears most of this anime's worst sins. One thing that this show has going for it is that it has an interesting, malleable premise, complete with ... the potential for a ton of mileage. The concept of a half-monster monster hunter teaming up with the severed head of an immortal girl and her loyal maid to help track down her missing body and the man who stole it, all while solving mysteries along the way, complete with the backdrop of 19th-century Europe, is a total home-run. It's fun, mysterious, and has the potential to churn out episode after episode, mystery after mystery, setting up a huge, wandering adventure across the continent and potentially the world, as they slowly edge closer to solving the ultimate mystery which propelled them on this journey in the first place. If only that's the anime I was reviewing. Instead, it starts out very, very strong, absolutely nailing the tone, atmosphere, and pacing, complete with an excellently constructed intro episode and first mystery arc. But then, everything begins to fall apart. A whole cast of random new characters are suddenly introduced, many of them adapted figures from fiction and history, making their own jarring and ill-fitting appearances here. It robs the show of any sense of real originality when you have nearly a dozen characters ripped from preexisting literature and slapped with a fresh coat of paint instead of coming up with your own characters, or at least altering them in ways which make them engaging. There is a way to do this right, and it feels like they almost didn't try to. The field gets even more crowded when the insurance and monster hunting company called Royce shows up, whose garish and unappealing characters barely matter save to clutter the screen even more, and the identity of the mysterious villain is totally revealed alongside his team of evildoers, adding yet more characters to a story which has absolutely no room for these additions, as well as ruining the suspense and mystery of chasing this mysterious man across Europe. From here, the show also switches from showing us interesting things unfolding naturally, to long unbroken periods of dry exposition, leaving no room for intrigue or mystery. Instead, they fill the space that was once taken up by a novel and engaging story structure with a tired formula which introduces and kills off characters at random to artificially create drama and attempt to hold the attention of the viewer. Undead Murder Farce instead should have focused on a series of original, well-constructed mysteries, with the overarching mystery slowly being revealed over time. This show declined rapidly after the first major mystery, and I mourn what we could have had, as it started out near an 8, and decidedly fell from grace, languishing at a 5 when the other aspects of this show are taken into account.

This brings me to the art, which shares a similar fate to the story. It begins as one of the most beautiful shows in the past couple of years, with a unique art direction that captures this stylized, independent visual identity that sets it apart from your average anime. It is complicated, colorful, and well-animated, capturing a kind of mystical quality that is downright stunning. However, this magical world filled with the supernatural, dripping with lavish color and extravagant detail, ends up feeling mundane, tired, and even cheap by the final arc. Animation mistakes and shortcuts become immediately obvious, with the visuals messing up perspective at every turn, characters sliding across backgrounds instead of being properly animated, heavy reuse of flashbacks with lazy filters applied over them, and a general loss of color and visual uniqueness, trending towards a style that feels canned, like a single-serving industry standard that is decidedly dry and boring. This, in my opinion, is an unforgivable crime, and robs this anime of so much of what could have made it special.

The sound, at the very least, maintains its quality throughout, with passionate voice work and a fun, interesting soundtrack that lends itself well to every situation. For its consistency alone, I award it the title of this anime's strongest aspect.

Unfortunately, the Characters resume the trend. For the first half, the characters are distinct, interesting, and full of unique traits and complex motivations that makes watching them go through the world decidedly engaging. There are also only a few permanent characters, who get a lot of attention and development, as they're flanked by characters who are only present for the mystery at hand, but are nonetheless well-written in their own right, and are decidedly original. However, by the end, the cast of characters has ballooned by over a dozen new faces, with several more random additions, and our original cast is dumbed down to their most identifiable traits, losing the complexity which made these traits so interesting in the first place. This, too, is a crime, considering how well-written and powerful these characters internal lives were at the start. Of them, the main duo of Tsugaru and Aya are by far the strongest, not only for their individual characteristics of determination, intelligence, and acerbic wit, but also for their chemistry as a team, which is palpable throughout. Overall, this anime is a disappointment. I don't know if their office building was being condemned or something, but it really seems like the team behind this anime all of a sudden rushed the absolute hell out of this project, leaving us with half a masterpiece, forever attached to the half-formed, barely finished slop at the tail end. It would have been better for it if production were cancelled entirely, and the anime stand alone as an unfinished OVA series or something. As it stands, I don't know if it was incompetence, impatience, or greed, but the people behind this anime did not do it justice, and seemed to have totally given up on making the second half anywhere near as good as the first. I can't really recommend this anime as a whole, but I will recommend up to episode 7, since it is the tail end of that episode where the whole production really begins to go to shit. What a letdown.

It started with an intriguing premise and captivating first episode. The initial plot setup was full of potential, leaving you eager to see where it would lead. However, as the series progressed, disappointment set in. It became meandering and lost its direction.
The character designs were interesting, but with average animation and composition, it wasn’t anything special.
The animation quality also suffered, with inconsistent pacing, and lackluster fight scenes. It's regrettable that a show with such a strong start ultimately failed to deliver on its early potential.
... I would not recommend it to others due to its disappointing execution and overall lackluster animation.
The OP song was cool tho.