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Sailor11sedna Crazy DB Marron Development Lady from The Room Full of Germs Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
Crazy DB Marron Development Lady
#1: Nov 22nd 2013 at 10:59:16 PM

I've found nothing on this manga in tvtropes so far. It doesn't have its own page or forum topic. So... yeah.

I've been reading it, but I doubt it'll find its audience. Earth is down to less than 10% of its population, the survivors are being attacked by monsters or enslaved by vampires, elite members of the army have to contract with demons to earn phlebotinum weapons capable of hurting the vampires, and the main character is... learning about friendship and teamwork.

Maybe that makes sense in Japan.

Finally posted DB Scarlet Mirror: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13689952930A49781400&page=97#2423
SKJAM Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#2: Nov 23rd 2013 at 6:07:05 PM

The first chapter didn't make me like the protagonist at all, and subsequent ones have done little to improve my opinion. He reminds me too much of the New 52 version of Billy Batson. The normal high school thing wore thin after one chapter.

I would not complain if the protagonist got Killed Off for Real and the "crybaby" took the main character role; he's a bit more interesting.

Sailor11sedna Crazy DB Marron Development Lady from The Room Full of Germs Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
Crazy DB Marron Development Lady
#3: Nov 24th 2013 at 9:44:43 PM

[up]Come to think of it, Yoichi is the best character. Without him around, I'd be rooting for the vampires and their high-tech central lines. (Medical speak. It's a thing they put in your neck if they think you're sick enough that makes it easy to draw blood from you. For tests. Yeah... that's it... tests.)

Finally posted DB Scarlet Mirror: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13689952930A49781400&page=97#2423
Diamite Rainy Echoes Since: Jul, 2013
Rainy Echoes
#4: May 3rd 2015 at 10:00:01 AM

Time for another thread resurrection!

The anime feels slow right now, but that's no deal-breaker for me.

Shinoa's the best character on the humans' side so far. I just love it when she trolls the heck out of everyone not named Yoichi.tongue

Need more intel on the vampires, but Ms. Tepes seems interesting.

Hylarn (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#5: May 3rd 2015 at 3:34:59 PM

So sloooooooow. High production values, some decent visual flair, and the spoilers I've stumbled across are interesting, but there's entirely too much nothing in any given episode

Needs more vampires, too. They've been more entertaining and more interesting than the humans

burnpsy Since: Sep, 2010
#6: May 3rd 2015 at 4:50:09 PM

At one chapter per episode, this is gonna end way too early in the plot for anything important to happen. I don't know how to feel about that.

Hylarn (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#7: May 3rd 2015 at 4:52:07 PM

Split-cour, though. Or is 24 chapters too short?

burnpsy Since: Sep, 2010
#8: May 3rd 2015 at 6:19:54 PM

Split-cour? In that case, the second half will be largely uneventful at current pacing and end just before the current arc. I suppose that's why they got the original writer on staff - this anime just feels too early in general.

edited 3rd May '15 6:26:27 PM by burnpsy

Rynnec Killing is my business Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
Killing is my business
#9: May 3rd 2015 at 7:24:59 PM

When do they start actually fighting vampires and go on missions? This current "Blue Exorcist 2.0" arc is putting me to sleep.

"I'll show you fear, there is no hell, only darkness." My twitter
burnpsy Since: Sep, 2010
#10: May 3rd 2015 at 8:10:58 PM

After the next episode.

Hylarn (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#11: May 9th 2015 at 4:54:52 PM

So, that was kind of okay. More interested in what it suggests might be coming up

Asuramaru is clearly a vampire. Probably related to Krul?

Given the comments about Yuu being experimented on, and earlier about seraphs of the end, I'd guess he and Mika were human experiments that somehow caused the disease?

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#12: May 9th 2015 at 5:02:16 PM

I'm reading the manga and have watched a few episodes of the anime, and while it's not bad, Yu has got to be the most generic and least interesting manga protagonist I've ever read/watched.

edited 23rd May '15 9:41:27 PM by LSBK

Diamite Rainy Echoes Since: Jul, 2013
Rainy Echoes
#13: May 10th 2015 at 12:03:25 AM

Huh, Asuramaru looks like a vampire. So that kinda means Yu's borrowing power from the source of his hatred. How ironic. But as long as he gets to waste some vampires, that's a-okay!tongue

Oh, Guren. You care about those whelps, don't ya? And I'll just exit the stage before he opens a can of hurt.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#14: May 11th 2015 at 9:39:32 AM

You know...when I first heard about this series, I thought it was gonna be like Attack On Titan and about survival and an ongoing war with characters who are shaped by it.

Instead, I got a standard Shonen action show that seems to be reading off a checklist of cliche's....Please tell me it gets better.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#15: May 11th 2015 at 10:09:53 AM

[up]I'm current on the manga, it never stops being cliche but I do think it does a better job of getting engaging with the cliches.

A mix of Attack On Titan and a toned down version of Fairy Tail is probably the best way for me to describe.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#16: May 12th 2015 at 6:40:29 AM

That......doesn't instill confidence, but I'll give it a shot.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
Logograph Trash bin of shielding from IN SPAAAAAAACE! Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Trash bin of shielding
#17: May 12th 2015 at 5:50:13 PM

Wow, this show is goddamn terrible. Rhere’s slow beginnings and then there’s this. The last episodes have been nothing but boring exposition and bland characterization, coupled with hackneyed attempts to shock and terrible humor.

Hylarn (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#18: May 16th 2015 at 5:11:30 PM

It's interesting how in a series with this much fujoshi-bait, the girls are so much more entertaining than the guys. On a related note, I think I ship Mitsuba with Shinoa

Belisaurius Artisan of Auspicious Artifacts from Big Blue Nowhere Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Artisan of Auspicious Artifacts
#19: May 16th 2015 at 7:40:44 PM

I have to admit, that was some pretty good "camera" work, not showing Shinoa was peaking until the last minute.

I'm also liking the way Yui transitions from Sasuke-esque avenger to a genuine hero/anti-hero.

Oh, and this anime has finally pasted the Bechdel test.

edited 16th May '15 7:41:11 PM by Belisaurius

Diamite Rainy Echoes Since: Jul, 2013
Rainy Echoes
#20: May 17th 2015 at 12:01:29 AM

She just appeared, but Mitsuba's already the 2nd most interesting character. Like her voice as well.

Hylarn (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#21: May 17th 2015 at 12:05:06 AM

There's someone more interesting than her?

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#22: May 17th 2015 at 12:08:14 AM

Shinoa...I feel like this is a quantam paradox; what kind of Shonen has the females more interesting than the males.

That's...unheard of.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
burnpsy Since: Sep, 2010
#23: May 17th 2015 at 3:26:40 AM

[up]Harem series, for one...

Oh, you meant combat shonen? Mahou Sensei Negima.

Hylarn (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#24: May 23rd 2015 at 5:31:13 PM

So, things happened this episode, but they were all kind of disappointing. And it felt like the direction got worse

Diamite Rainy Echoes Since: Jul, 2013
Rainy Echoes
#25: May 23rd 2015 at 9:12:00 PM

The vampires didn't put up much of a fight. And said and did stupid things. Lame. Seems like nobles are the only ones who get things done.

Okay, I'm probably late to the party, but this episode just sealed something for me; Yu's the most one-note shounen protag I've seen in a while. His vengeance and moments of heroism are painfully stale.


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