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The way this ended was perfect for me. It felt reminiscent of when I'd watch anime in the 90s/early 2000s. As much as I enjoyed this show and loved the ending, I don't want a season 2. I want it to end right here and leave the rest up to my imagination. So many shows over welcome their stay, I don't want this one to do that. The experience felt good and hopefully, I can hold onto that for awhile.
Amazing supernatural romance show, very grounded making thrilling scenes such as fights more intense. Animation, scenes, sound and compositing with lights really makes the show stand out. There's a bit of ecchi which sometimes feel like it takes away from the show, but makes sense thematically, and only happens a few times.
Bro honestly i fell him, no matter what gender i just dont understand people in general. Everyday it is like expierencing everything for the first time even with people you already know and it gets really confusing half the time.
damn this anime is masterpiece as shit
ended at the right time and ended correctly, which makes us wait for the second season.
(this anime is definitely an anime that I will recommend to any type of person who asks for an anime for to see, I will be waiting for the second season!)
The best vibes I ever got from the series, were neither overly dramatic nor too cheesy and worked really well with the comedic elements to really show off a progression in the feelings of both Nazuna and Yamori that felt natural and well deserved.
An incredibly awkward (like, painfully awkward) romantic comedy in the vein of Bakemonogatari that somehow manages to be wholesome despite its decidedly unwholesome subject matter.
2kMq said: I disliked the last episode beacuse it was so fast and everything didin't go as planned, well yea Yamori got to be a vampire but didin't get to be Nazuna's vampire, atleast they got their things that they wanted. The thing is we never got to know what happened to the detective and the other mates of his, that's what made me question the ending. But for all it was a good anime and i would recommend it but like i said, ending was too quick and almost had no sense to me.
Not sure if you actually finished the episode but at no point in time did Yamori become a vampire, whatsoever. Also why are you making it seem as if there won't be a season 2, I mean it's quite obvious with the way things left off and the large amount of source material available.
Absolutely great, the author really understands how people think and whilst it makes 0 sense that he's 14, a literal child, but since its girl on boy p3do is okay, right.
But ignoring that dumb fact, the episode was great, it truly showed how vampires and humans both think, and kind of explained how vampires and humans actually think about themselves, and didnt make vampires these all mighty beings that know everything, since they lvie forever.
The art was astonishing, very fun to watch. Overall great show, and a banger of an episode to end it on.
Wish he closed his eyes on the kiss tho, bruh.
Possibly my favourite show in an extremely stacked season, if there isnt going to be a season 2 announcement soon Im going to pick up the manga!
Exciting yet cozy, the perfect mix.
Uniquely the "boring MC" wasnt even boring here, usually the energetic interesting girl gets friends with a lame guy trope really is just that, one boring self insert and a cool girl. But Ko actually has a personality and is interesting enough to follow on his own. And Nazuna is obviously cool as well. This creates a dynamic which isnt utterly one sided for once, I dare to say an actual relationship! Anime needs more of that.
The show baits you with ecchi content but actually explores mature topics and it does so without feeling unnatural or forced.
Im not sure if Im inclined to watch it again in the future, it doesnt seem that rewatch worthy but it was a great experience the first time and Im hooked for more.
8/10
Comander-07Oct 9, 2022 5:23 AM
"This emotion is mine alone.
It is for Madoka alone." - Homura
or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica.
Rip to all the guys who found Hatsuka hot. The real question is would it be gay to feel attracted to her him?
I wonder if Hatsuka is bi or not. His offsprings might or might not be. Women who find femboys attractive and straight men who don't know that he's a guy and gay men who like femboys would be his offsprings I guess.
Looks like Nazuna and Ko have a much clear goal in mind now. Both of them will try their best to fall in love. They'll finally be putting some effort into their odd relationship. Earlier it was just Ko doing something once in a while. Finally, Nazuna will also be participating.
Okayish show. Wasn't too hyped about it, but then again I don't read the manga so that's that.
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"Everything I've witnessed... This whole system you have built has always rejected me. Now I'm ready to reject it. That's why I destroy. That's why I took this power for myself. Simple enough, yeah? I don't care if you don't understand... That's what makes us... Heroes and Villains."
The end of Volume 5 of the manga, wonderfully adapted to anime. I agree with the opinions expressed above, this chapter has been an ideal point to stop the anime and also to give it continuity later with a second season. To me it has been quite an experience to relive these chapters at the beginning of this story, both in the manga and in the anime, especially the tense moments of these last episodes. There is still a lot of story to adapt, and the stage, with all its characters and complexities, is already laid out. Alas, what can one say?
I don't think i've enjoyed an anime this much in a long long time. This show felt like this, perfect depictment of night life that can come in so many various forms. A calm and chilled out night, voided of cars and people with nothing but ur own thoughts to listen to. Or wild nightlife where you can party and enjoy yourself, flushing away all ur anxiety and stress if only for a few hours, but at the time, feels like a life time.
Story was quite straightforward. In one episode alone we are already given a decent size of information about Nazuna and Kou, Nazuna is a vampire, Kou has trouble socialising at school and their meeting changes Kou's trajectory in life, he now wants to become a vampire. Boom. The delivery was quick, which for a 13 episode romance show is what i like to see as it gives plenty of room for one of the main core plot points of the show that i looked forward to the most, Nazuna and Kou's relationship. The core concept can be seen simply as "Kou wants to become a vampire, and to do such must fall in love with Nazuna"
Putting that aside for now, the show in-between showing Nazuna and Kou's developing relationship, does an excellent job at introducing new characters and a borderline new world. New characters can been seen to quickly pop in but afterwards can be seen as very gradually integrated into Kou's story like slow burners. Characters like Akira or Mahiru appear almost instantly, maybe with some introductory points to their character, but later there point of being is explained as well which all has a large effect on the choices Kou makes. The later arcs with each new character added make the story more compelling and interesting, as the story starts to branch from the core concept and add things like stakes, risks, responsibilities and consequences for the main cast not to a major degree, just to one that makes the story entirely more hooking.
World building was also explored to a minor degree. There was some explanations on vampires and their function in the modern world, however in itself the supernatural genre can be creative, but needless vampire+romance shows have been spun many times, and to say this show does anything ground breakingly new to the genre would be a tad overstatement.
Characters were likeable and unique to the show. The main cast were entertain and unique to the show with their own personalities. Nazuna, besides from being a vampire, acts like a goof that spends her time indoors playing games, however when facing romance becomes a complete glass cannon to it. Kou can definitely read a room, maybe struggles with thinking before speaking but he shows awareness of his surroundings, he bounces of Nazuna's goofy side at times and together the two make a really interesting dynamic.
Side characters were also a really really great part of this show. Each had a play in the story in their own way, large or small, they effected Kou or Nazana's relationship. Of course each of their arcs or screen time the side characters got felt really thought out and hooking to watch. Akira and Mahiru i think hit the nail with what the author was aiming for, being Kou's friends that help him back to reality at times out of the supernatural, Akira's quiet personality that could partly be seen the same as Kou, Mahiru's way more social and extroverted personality that had Kou idoling him.
Other characters like Seri or Kiyosumi had some incredibly crafted stories to them that showed so many various types of lives people can live at night or in general.
Then there's Anko. Holy shit. Trying not to let my brain melt over her and turn into a incoherent mess, Anko imo was a incredibly well done character, not just in looks, but in entry and personality as well. From her debut in one episode, she reveals so much but so little of herself. Her ability to shift her personality from charming, big sister energy to lure you in, to literal pure intimidation from words alone was done amazingly. We see her do that in Kou's first meeting with her, she completely analysed him from doing this. Later on we see her exorcise a vampire with little explanation to how or buts still keeping that jokey flirty personality while smack shit into Kou's reality.
And for the endings sake, i mean Kou literally went to her for info, and she flipped the entire conversation onto her getting info on Kou. You can't tell if she's joking or dead serious, the tone of her voice matched with her choice of words and behaviour makes for a amazingly hot and intimidating character that plays the role of a detective.
This isn't to say all the characters were inherently perfect or introduced perfectly. Characters like Kabura could of very much of became new mommy so much more, but sadly i guess lack of time led to her just being their for appearance sake for now.
Akihito can be shown as his own example of a character that had a major impact on a plot point, but was rushed into the story last minute. His impact on Seri's arc was imo, hard to comprehend and understand without cutting to weird conclusion and dynamics. On a bright note, i think Akihito's character is really the only character imo that suffers from being a significant plot point but just being thrown in with little background and character explained.
Visuals were definitely a selling point for me. Back onto that theme of night time, chill vibes and supernatural, the visuals couldn't work or look better for that theme. The colours in the background can literally have their own representation in themselves, the contrast of bright purple when ever Nazuna appears of when something supernatural happens just completely heightens the environment to make it feel uneasy and mysterious. Likewise when Yamori is by himself or with other humans there can be a warm yellow shade at times, potentially trying to bring us back down to earth, or show how comfortable Yamori is when with Akira or Mahiru.
The OST of this show literally has to be, again, one of the best i've heard in so long maybe since i watched Mushi-shi. It's literally lo-fi. I have no better way to describe it, it feels like lofi with sprinkles of more techo and synth to it, but to me it truly feels like lo-fi. I never thought i'd actually see the day for an anime to incorporate a genre like or similar to lofi for an anime's OST, but here i am today, and what a time to be alive.
All in all 10/10. Story was hooking with its take on a romance, vampire anime having what i thought was amazing and realistic relationship development for the MC's that made them more enjoyable to watch. Side characters all served a unique purpose in the show, as well as having mostly having their own screen time to develop or have impact on the main cast. Visuals and screenplay are frankly a work of art that helps put emphasis on the theme of supernatural as well as make the show more enticing to watch. OST likewise accompanies the same theme of a chilled night with the use of techno, synth to create lo-fi esc beats.
Overall great watch, 100% my favourite anime this season and can't wait for a season 2 where i can see more Anko Nazuna and Kou development.
Great ending to hopefully soon released Season 2. Very Interesting series overall. Pacing can be fast or slow - such is the nature of the night after all.
Yeah happy ending I guess but the whole conflict started from the detective is pretty stupid. I get wanting to have a conflict about whether or not Ko actually wants to become a vampire but it should have been introduced do to more normal interactions with Nazuna or at least a vampire we know. Instead of get this cringe detective spouting bullshit about vampires being evil which is objectively false given what the show has shown us so far.
Man I really enjoyed this show. Everything from the characters, the atmosphere, the music, and so much more just really gripped me. I really liked the slice of life tone the show had and the way it progressed. I really hope we get a season two announcement but either way I'm probably going to continue this into the manga as I think this is my anime of the year.
Also I know I mentioned the music, but holy shit the music is so good in this show.