Jan 22, 2021
well first review, here goes, some minor spoilers and it probably wont make sense until you watch it
Servamp is an anime about a plain protagonist who enjoys simple things who accidentally takes in a shut-in emo catboy vampire. He has to learn to use his newfound powers as he is now an eve of the servamp of sloth and must defeat the villain guy.
story:
The story is... poor to say the least. The villain was honestly pretty boring and i couldn't undertand his motivations throughout the entire show. The show kept throwing characters at us instead of trying to make us take the plot more seriously.
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The stakes felt non existant and the resolution felt extremely rushed. I'm not fully sure if something is meant to come after this but is there is it still has a lot of thing it needs to answer. Who is the guy who created servamps and why did he do it? Whats with all the weird powers of an eve and servamp? Why can the mc change his weapon all of a sudden? how do the servamps know they die if their object gets destroyed when none of them have spoken to their creator? Where are the other servamps? Why is C3 a thing and what's the deal with them? Why does emo catboy have a lion form? What was the villain even trying to accomplish i still don't know??
art:
the art was pretty decent. The designs were good. The emo catboy Kuro was the whole reason why i decided to watch the show in the first place. I saw him, blacked out, and by the time i realised i had finished the whole anime (man i wish he had more screentime). The mc had the most boring design, i guess it makes sense since his whole thing is liking simple stuff but he couldv'e at least had a bit more of a unique design if we have to stare at him for the majority of the show. The world itself felt pretty empty, the backgrounds were nothing special and did the bare minimum of establishing a setting. The animation felt very stiff. The fighting lacked any kind of impact or force and felt ~muddy~. There wasn't any glaring issues with the art that took all of my attention though so i can't complain too much. Kuro's design is amazing though i still can't get over it
sound:
very good, nothing to complain about in this department. wasn't particularly memorable but was servicable. The opening theme was pretty fun
characters:
i mentioned earlier how this anime just kept shoving characters in with barely any development. The 2 exceptions to this would be the blonde hedgehog guy and his eve, angel piano boy. They had a super fun dynamic and had a lot of character growth. i got pretty invested in those 2. kuro, while his design was my favourite, was pretty boring. i'm not fully sure i understood his regrets but it was nice seeing him actually face his problems at the end. the grell rip off was annoying, the villain was stupid, green hair guy should've had a romance subplot with the mc, the coffin guy and pride were boring, and there were loads of others that were pretty disappointing. Luckily the mc was actually kind of smart and i could appreciate his independant mindset and all that, though he wasn't very memorable. I'm assuming the manga handled all of these characters a lot better but i haven't read it yet so i can't confirm.
final thoughts:
i mean, it could've been worse. would i recommend it? not really no, if you are gonna watch it don't set your expectations too high. There's some funny moments and some character interactions were an absolute treat but nothing special. it managed to keep my attention for the most part
at 5/10, not offensively bad, not terribly good either, i don't regret the watch though
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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