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This is an anime that has a great setting, music, and character designs but unfortunately suffers from both a sub-par plot and the annoying power of friendship; in other words, it is one of those fancy high-budget animes that don't have too much substance.

A huge portion of the anime takes place in an extremely pretty church. Now, this church has an interesting cast of characters, but what the hell does Teito Klein -- the main character -- do? He gets his ass kicked every time and relies on the same people to save his ass. Also, Teito has a pretty annoying personality too; he's ... all for "let's be friends" and "I'M FIGHTING FOR MY FRIENDS."

We also have Teito's lil' buddy: Mikage. Mikage is your ideal best friend. He's very loyal to Teito and he's even like, "I love you, Teito." However, there's not much else to him. He is annoyingly clingy to Teito for no reason even though he does have a life outside of his relationship with Teito (which he neglects btw).

With Teito and Mikage, many things are inspired by the power of friendship. This gets kind of annoying because I consider nakama power to be absolute BS.

As for the plot, it is really slow. There was almost nothing in the plot that kept me excited. I would say that nothing really happens until after episode 8 (episodes 2-8 are pretty repetitive). But once you get past that point, things become much better (even though the plot is still slow).

As for the battles, there's really not much to them. There aren't really any battle tactics (it's just mindlessly shooting around Zaiphon and stuff) and the battles were just... not engaging.

Other than that, this series is extremely pretty and has an excellent/heart-touching soundtrack.

Watch this to kill time. It's not awesome, but if you have free time to spend, you might as well spend it on watching pretty graphics and a beautiful fantasy setting.

Ao no Exorcist is a pretty decent shounen.

The story = GOOD
Son of Satan wants to avenge his father by becoming an exorcist and killing Satan.

Characters = GOOD
There is a diverse cast of characters. They are Rin's classmates. Each one of them has their own motives and backstories. If you don't like Rin, you can always enjoy the other characters! However, I personally found the character designs to be quite plain.

Humor = PRESENT THROUGHOUT ANIME
There's humor present throughout the whole series, so it's not one of those super-heavy-and-dramatic animations.
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Animation & OST = PRETTY DAMN AWESOME.
Ao No Exorcist has the most badass Opening and Closing themes!

***Consistency = NOT VERY CONSISTENT. THIS IS THE ANIME'S MAIN PROBLEM. THE ANIME STARTS TO LOSE ITS GRACE ONCE IT STRAYS FROM THE MANGA ON EPISODE 16.
The first half of the anime was pretty damn good. There was character development, lots of action, and a substantial amount of conflicts. The pacing was pretty good and the plot progressed pretty well. I could start to envision this series as one of those good shounen animes with 100+ episodes.
However, after episode 16, the anime became a bit boring and cliched. I didn't like how the plot was heading and I started to cringe at some stereotypical-shounen scenes. And by stereotypical shounen, I mean one-hit battles and an unreasonable "let's be unusually kind and save everyone (even if they don't deserve it) and torture ourselves for the sake of saving others" type of crap. It annoyed the shit out of me. The fights started to suffer in quality too.
In other words, the anime started out good but it didn't end that well.

In Conclusion: Had the anime followed the manga, it would have been a great series, but I would still suggest watching it anyway because everything else about it is good.

This series has an excellent premise and its graphics are ABSOLUTELY STUNNING! I also really like its Opening and Closing songs, character designs, and complex universe.

I enjoyed the first half of the anime a lot because it revolved around both Ai's mysterious status as a gravekeeper (the main character) and the issues in society that have arisen as a result of the fact that people can no longer die.

However, the second half of the anime was not nearly as good as its first half. The story strayed away from its original premise (there was less about zombie people issues) and suffered from a bunch ... of plot holes. I personally didn't find the 'school' stuff to be interesting at all.

I would still recommend this anime though. The graphics are just wayy too gorgeous. Though the last half of the anime was kinda shitty, I would definitely stick around for a sequel too see if the series shapens up.

The show had a promising premise, but it could've done a lot more.

Girl gets trapped in mansion. Her father appears to have a mysterious connection with the vampires. Seems interesting, right? But this series is filled with so many repetitive blood-sucking and abuse scenes (no joke - those scenes take up too much time), there really is not enough time to advance the plot that much (considering that each episode is only 15 minutes).

Every episode is a bit repetitive. Girl meets guy. All of the sudden, he sucks her blood. Practically every episode has long, blood sucking scenes. It sure gets boring.

There is ... a special sub-plot at he end of the series, but I didn't find it all that interesting.

I would also like to mention how there are still many mysteries that are left unsolved throughout the series.

But, I feel that the series did a decent job with introducing the characters and their respective pasts. However, the character development that occurs at the very end of the series is extremely rushed and doesn't-seem-to-come-from-anything.

Naruto (not Naruto Shippuden) is awesome. It had a nice setting, character development, plot, and fighting scenes. The thing I enjoyed most about Naruto was its character development. The diverse array of characters in Naruto all (with the exception of Ten-ten and a few other people) had their spotlight and unique identities. I especially liked Naruto because he was the hard-working underdog.

You also get these bad-ass fighting scenes. These fighting scenes, I felt, actually made sense. There weren't many nakama-power ups, and the good people didn't always win. Everyone was limited by chakra. You also get some cool strategies!

I really enjoyed this series. And even ... though I don't continue Naruto with the manga or watch Shippuden, I still like to rewatch old Naruto episodes.

Fairy Tail is one of those animes that start off really well but then turns to.. err... shit. Or at least borderline shit I should say?

What first attracted me to Fairy Tail was it's lightheartedness, humor, cool action, decent plot, and cool adventures. Watching it was very entertaining.

But after awhile, everything became predictable. The humor is still there, but the plot and fighting scenes turned childish. Without those two elements, the whole series practically fell apart and it felt as if everything in this series had NO REAL MEANING to it. Every battle is won with the "power of friendship." No one dies. ... Everything always works out fine and no one is harmed. Same characters always win. Rinse and repeat. Rinse and repeat. That is Fairy Tail. There are a bunch of rage-inducing moments that I have watched in this series.

But in all honestly, had the series ended before the Oracion Seis Arc, I would have given it a 10.

I really enjoyed this manga and I think that it would make an excellent anime. It has a very adventurous vibe to it, as the setting shifts to different places and there is almost always action.

Nakaba -- the main heroine -- helps turn this into a kick-ass shojo. Her major sense of responsibility prevents her from turning into a damsel-in-distress. Since she is a princess of Seinen, she has a bunch of social and political duties that she must fulfill. She is also willing to use violence and force to reach her goals.

Conflict is rampant in the series. You have political problems, relationship ... conflicts, racism problems, family problems, etc. At times, it can get a bit dark. But I think that just gives the story more depth.

This manga definitely has a lot of romance. But this isn't the "kissing-and-making-out" type romance. It's more of a "sweet" romance; the male leads go to great lengths to make her happy and are constantly concerned about her happiness. Both male leads have their strengths and weaknesses and are basically in no way unlikable. Romance is also, of course, very prominent in this manga.

This manga has the full package; it has a likable heroine, great plot(s), and sweet romance. I have yet to find an extremely annoying moment in this manga.