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Vlad Love is all over the place. There is no clear direction, no overarching story. The anime hops from genre to genre each episode. It's impossible to know what type of theme or mood it's trying to capture when it changes every episode. Next episode might be about fighting aliens in space for all we know. The pacing in this anime is done badly for the most part. An episode can go from sitting down and sipping tea to blowing up half the city in a matter of minutes. It's impossible to become engrossed in this anime.

This anime presents one of the most forgettable ... group of characters I've ever seen. The two main characters of this anime can be entirely summarized in less than a sentence each. Banba practically has no personality. Her sole personality trait is having an abnormal fetish for donating her own blood. Mai's characterization includes being a vampire and being cute. That's about it for the main characters. Both Mai and Banba are utterly shallow characters who don't receive a single drop of development. Of the supporting characters, every character can be described in less than five words. I can't recall any of the supporting characters' names because of how forgettable they are. The supporting characters are all one-dimensional. They aren't particularly likeable, nor are they dislikable. No originality, and no character development either.

Comedy... The comedy in Vlad Love is by far the worst part of it. The problem is, every single character is superficial. When a character only has one thing going for them, jokes get old really quickly. The anime hasn't seemed to realized this, thus repeating the same dreadfully unfunny jokes over and over again. Half of the time it's verbatim which makes it all the more insufferable. The joke might've been funny when I heard it for the first time, but not the fifth. It doesn't help when majority of the jokes weren't funny in the first place.

The one saving grace for this anime is the art. Most character designs look unique and distinctive, but are still forgetful due to poor characterization. The animation is fine for the most part. Characters aren't vividly coloured, but they look in place. The backgrounds are incredibly detailed, probably my favourite thing about this anime. I find them a hell lot more interesting than anything else this anime has to offer. I sometimes find myself staring at those nice backgrounds instead of paying attention to the actual anime. If there's one other thing that stood out to me, it was the cityscapes. They look mesmerizing, though I suppose they don't qualify as "art" considering the fact that they were literally recorded in real life.

Vlad Love's sound quality is substantial, nothing notable, but good enough. The main soundtrack consists of two openings that alternate every episode, and one ending. Music wise, the openings and ending don't really suit my preferences. Though how much you like or dislike them is all up to musical preference. If I had to pick a favourite opening it would have to be the first one. It exhibits a 'vampirey' vibe throughout the whole song and the complementary visuals are weird in a good kind of way. I'm not very fond of the second opening song, but the visual quality throughout it is surprisingly impressive. The ending song is my least favourite out of the three, but the art definitely makes up for it. It mysteriously captivated me, somehow I watched the entire ending every episode. The black and blue theme was uncanny and it heavily intrigued me. The voice acting throughout the anime was satisfactory. I recognized many of the voice actors, they did adequate jobs voice acting and fit their characters fairly well. However, I can't help but feel like the voice actors' skills and talents are just wasted on this anime.

As you can probably tell, I didn't enjoy this anime very much. Vlad Love features a poorly written and practically non-exist plot, shallow and uninteresting characters, and some of the most unfunny and insufferable comedy you will ever watch. Do yourself a favour and watch something else. Spending your valuable time to watch Vlad Love is a decision you will surely regret.

Story - 2
Art - 6
Sound - 5
Character - 2
Enjoyment - 4