Owari no Seraph MAL Review

My synopsis:

Watch extremely handsome men battle it out in an apocalyptic world where it's humans vs. vampires, a nice take on a classic situation! They're so good looking that I was honestly surprised there wasn't a josei/shoujo tag.

TLDR:

Ok. I actually wanted the vampires to win this one. I mean it was hard to pick sides since I liked them all so much, but I'm starting to wonder if I just want vampires to win against the human race, because I don't like most humans. 

1. This anime is all about honoring the past.

I feel like it's really common in reality for people to forget their pasts, and even if bad things happen, they get 'overwritten' with good memories, just like computer files. Romance exists? Watch people forget the world before the romance happened... e.g. half of my friend group. They forget about relationships/friendships the moment they have something or someone good or 'better' to replace the past completely.

But not Owari no Seraph. 

This anime did an excellent job of keeping the memory, the life, the "reason for living" really consistent throughout each character's developmental growth. No matter how much Mika and Yuu changed, their love for each other was pretty much endless. You can even say 'steadfast,' 'unending,' 'undying,' like even after everything, it wasn't a "welp guess he's on the other side, bye now" but a "I will save you". Their bond was so precious, pure, even beautiful, that it made me really happy and left heartwarming feelings after watching.

2. Characters I didn't like.

- SHINOA

Shinoa was not cute at all. It's too bad. Her face and looks are 10/10, but her personality is close to 2/10. Sarcastic, bored, tsundere type, I know maybe that's attractive to others. But personally, it's hard for me to like or feel any kind of sympathy for this type of character. 

Yes, even if she proves to have a heart later on, like. You gonna need to do a whole lot more to convince me to care that you *aren't* dead. 

She has a strong bully/sadist streak, and when she's not acting out one of those things, she's uninterested in the world around her; lifeless and emotionless. It's possible they made her that way to be the 'logical voice' in a crazy crew, but you can also have a little balance instead of 3 hotheads and various other support characters.

- MITSUBA

... like a female version of Yuu. 

Too much repetition in an already testosterone-driven cast and series, felt like too much. Her lines and personality felt like an extra; and the plot would've been better without her in it. It did seem like the anime added her as another token female who could possibly be a romantic admirer of Yuu, but she doesn't have much depth.

- GUREN

Omg I was practically in love with Guren until maybe the last 2 - 3 episodes. He was hot, funny, smart, and kind of like an older version of Yuu. Until we discover some plot points (I won't spoil them) and I was like "ok he's kind of a dirtbag," and he's not attractive anymore. Big pity, he had a lot of potential.

3. Story wrap up was lacking

Story / wrap up felt a LITTLE bit lacking, like they paced it decently towards the ending, so the fight scene ended when it should've. But there were new plot points that really couldn't be unpacked/explored in less than 2 episodes.

4. Voice acting 

ALL MY FAVOURITE VOICE ACTORS IN THIS ONE!! How could I not like it?

Sakurai Takahiro = Ferid = Hot

Nakamura Yuuichi = Guren = Hot

Ono Kensho = Mikaela = Hot

Suzuki Tatsuhisa = Shinya = Hot


Aside from (2) and (3) points above, would've happily scored this one a 10/10. A total visual and audio feast for most women!




The original review on MAL: View here

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