At first, I was quite interested. It's the first time I have ever watched an horror anime.
However, as a lot of reviewers wrote, the story is way too slow. Shiki could have easily have been a 12 episode anime. More than half of the anime is just people dying, we don't get any action or people actually trying to figure out what's happening, which is a huge waste of time.
The characters are written poorly, their motives aren't clear and they don't really have clear traits or personality. Their designs were cool though, the outfits definitely suited the characters and were quite original.
Overall, this
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Jul 16, 2024
Devilman: Crybaby
(Anime)
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What the hell did I just watch...
The story is mid, the characters couldn't even carry it. Didn't care about them one bit. All that they could show was nudeness. It feels like this was originally supposed to be a hentai but then the director decided that it should have a story and added a bunch of random demons and action into the mix. Which goes absolutely nowhere... The art is bland and tasteless, looks like everything was drawn in a rush. It's understandable when characters are standing in a distance and everything is blurry and not detailed, but even up close shots were drawn so ... |