Cam0 wrote: |
Maybe not, but plot isn't the strength of this anime. This anime requires that you do not look at the big picture and instead just enjoy what you get every episode. |
So the strengths of this show, whatever they may be, have nothing to do with the premise:
Slacker vampire accidently kills human, hilarity ensues.
That's something you develop, you don't ignore it. It's why I watched it in the first place but this story is like ADHD applied to a writing process; It's not even a matter of throwing every idea against a wall and seeing what sticks as the author doesn't stick with any idea long enough to see what works.
That complaint's not even getting into the show as an adaptation; These are professionals working with a ten episode outline and they didn't care to make anything out of it? They could have made a story out of it rather than "Hey look, a fight! Look, another fight! Look, boobs! These are things you can only find in Blood Lad!!"
Caught between the apathy of the creators to their work and the author's inability to focus, the show can only manage to be a feeble commercial for the manga. That didn't work on me as it made me lose interest in checking it out as it only illustrates how shallow the author is. {An example: Vampires are usually portrayed as being very strong to really strong though vaguely so there's no need for an "unleash your true potential!" aspect to being a vampire because it just raises questions like "How strong was he to begin with?" or "If he's fighting other vampires then couldn't come down to ability?" and the biggest "Why does this remind me of Hellsing, only worse somehow?"}
Vampire wins, the end.
This was my worst show of 2013 for its sheer disappointment and wasted potential and I still stand by it.