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Since I am a pretty big RE fan I have been looking forward to this show even though it being a Netflix Original was quite concerning. Most of their shows tend to be pretty bad and sadly this one isn't any different. NO SPOILERS AHEAD!

The series takes place after RE4 but before RE6, so knowledge of RE2 and 4 is needed. Storywise the show is pretty mediocre and doesn't really add anything to the overall lore of the RE-Universe. The pacing is also all over the place because the show likes to switch not only between characters but also time, sometimes showing the same scene ... up to 3 times only to add another little bit onto it which becomes pretty tedious real fast.

Speaking of characters, the series brings back both Leon and Claire as the main characters, except that Claires plotline is completely unnecessary and she doesn't really do anything worthwhile. Even removing her from the story wouldn't change anything which is just really frustrating since all of the advertisement portrayed both Leon and Claire as equals, yet she again gets to do nothing like in Degeneration. The new characters also aren't anything to write home about. The asian girl is pretty bland and I already forgot her name, despite finishing the show like an hour ago. The main "bad guy" is pretty much the main character from Final Fantasy Origins who repeatedly screams CHAOS, except that this guy likes to say terror. I really couldn't take him serious. Leon on the other hand is awesome, though that mostly comes from him simply being Leon.

The Animation as a whole is pretty good, most of the time looking amazing and sometimes being pretty bad. It basically gets worse as the show goes on but never really becomes downright awful. I would say its simlply inconsistent. You can also recognize which characters are gonna appear more often than others because some character models reminded me of the old PS3 days.

Overall I would say that if you enjoyed the other CGI RE movies then you will probably get some enjoyment out of this. The show definitely could have been much better and I was really disappointed by it. It's pretty obvious that this was originally meant to be just another movie, that was then split into 4 parts to create a series and gather more hype since the previous movies didn't perform too well. Hopefully an eventual second season can fix some of the afore mentioned problems and thus turn out better in the end.

This is my first review on this site so I thought that I could start of with something small like this particular manga called "Killing Morph".

Story: 4/10
The story revolves around a girl that gets haunted by a dude that kills people very violently and later even gains some strange superpowers for no real reason. Throughout the story tough she slowly grows more and more confident to overcome her fear and the rolls of hunter and prey get switched. Overall pretty basic stuff with an absolutely horrible ending that just kind of happens. I appreciate sublety and scenes that get conveyed through emotions rather than text ... but this just felt kind of unfitting. Especially since the manga often shows lots of gore which brings us to the next category.

Art: 7/10
Easily the best part of this manga is the art. Gore is expressed in much detail and the characters aswell as the general scenery look really good. There just isn't much to say about this part. Simply really solid and consistent stuff which sadly can't be said about the next category.

Characters: 3/10
There are about 3, arguably 4 characters in this whole manga. Everyone else simply exists to get killed of. Not that I expected more but still kind of disappointing. You have the main-character that actually gets a bit of development unlike everyone else. Then there is also the killer that kills people because... He enjoys it I suppose. Very deep. Then theres another girl that obviously isn't as nice as she first seems. And then there is Ishigami from Kaguya-Sama who is depressed and remains depressed.

Enjoyment: 6/10
While the things above may seems a bit harsh and negative, they still didn't stop from enjoying this manga at least to some degree.

Overall: 5/10
Don't expect anything worthwhile except for the art. Everything else is just downright bad but I think that if you simply enjoy cardboard-characters getting brutaly killed like I do, you will have a somewhat enjoyable experience. Not to mention that Killing Morph is very short and can be read through in about 90 minutes so atleast looking into it shouldn't be too much of a hassle.