Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Carats_7
Sad that there is no S2, but honestly, there isn’t much keeping me interested. The story is pretty bad and doesn’t do much to stand out from other action anime with vampires. I still enjoyed the fights and the humor, even if they can feel quite generic. The fanservice is also pretty excessive, but it fits the kind of anime this is.
The art style is easily one of my favorite aspects. The visual direction works well with the darker atmosphere and the vampire theme, and the action scenes are generally enjoyable to watch. The characters are entertaining enough, but most of them don’t feel particularly deep or well-developed, and their reactions to certain situations can feel exaggerated.
Overall, it’s a decent 2010s seinen with some fun moments, but the story and characters aren’t strong eno…
Read at the sourceVinsmoke_Sandu
I'm frustrated... This is an incredible, creative, captivating, and hilarious comedy anime. HOW CAN A WORK LIKE THIS NOT HAVE A SEQUEL AND WHY???? Blood Lad was an anime I chose to watch by chance, and the result: I LOVED IT, DAMN IT! It's the kind of anime that, when you take a sip, you want to take another to make sure it's good, and when you take another sip, you want to keep drinking because it's delicious! The characters are memorable, the scenes iconic, and the plot twist is truly surprising, but the main thing is that this anime is funny and entertaining, so whoever the criminals are who committed the crime of interrupting the production of this work, I consider them guilty.
Read at the sourceNikosloler
One of my first anime I watched as a teen on YouTube, English dubbed and low video quality. Its honestly a hidden gem that should have gotten a second season eons ago.
This review won't have major spoilers.
The story follows a certain vampire gang leader named "Staz". He's a lazy guy with an obsessive love for the human world's pop culture (like manga, music ,merchandise etc) who one day , meets a female human. Now ,for a vampire such as him,with his natural instincts to pray on her , adding to the fact she was from a world of curiosity he only idolised , it was love at first sight. Unfortunately for the girl, she magically lost all of her appeal, the moment she became a ghost, after dying and was basically forced unto a parasitic relationship with the vampire weeb powerhouse.
Multiple…
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If the anime was completed & continued, Blood Lad would be a fun & entertaining ongoing series as the characters, world, interactions & fights are solid but sadly there is only one season and most of it by the end of the final episode was set-up and world building.
It lacked answers to questions, payoffs to events and overall there wasn't a conclusion to anything that was presented from the shows start.
If the show receives another season by some chance, I think it would be worth the watch for those who want story and a fun world but as it stands you should only watch it for the jokes/references. Something that you could do on YouTube and save yourself from watching 10 20+minute episodes. Which is a damn shame.
Read at the sourceLoroline
Honestly a great anime to watch as a fist time a anime watcher. Its a bit funny, lude, and serious with characters you'll actually care about by the end for the most part. It's short and to the point and doesn't really have any filler. The world building is pretty decent and how the world works is explained pretty well. I've wanted this twice and the firt time I was a little disappointed with the ending however the second time watching was better since I understood the story a bit more plus it had been a few years since I'd watched it.
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Definitely has the ability to be a good show but the pacing is horrible. So many events happen in the first like 3 episodes that everything feels like a fever dream. The characters are fleshed out, but super quickly, to the point where there's no real point to fleshing them out in the first place. Like there's no lead up to what's supposed to be big emotional moments and they all fall flat cuz we barely get the hang of the two main characters ecause we're trying to pay attention to all the shit going on around them. Things just keep happening and you're just like okay okay okay and there isn't any like focus on a scene so no stakes are ever built its like I'm reading a wikipedia summary of a show not watching a show, you know what I mean?
That said, the plot is definitely okay. Like the i…
Read at the sourceOverlordDaniel
Blood Lad is a Japanese anime series that centers around Staz Charlie Blood, a powerful vampire who is the boss of the Eastern district of the demon world. Staz's fascination with human culture leads him to become infatuated with a Japanese high school girl named Fuyumi Yanagi. When Fuyumi accidentally enters the demon world, Staz makes it his mission to find a way to bring her back to life after she is turned into a ghost.
From the very first episode, Blood Lad caught my attention with its unique blend of humor, action, and supernatural elements. The characters are well-developed and likable, and the animation quality is impressive, with vibrant colors and dynamic fight scenes that keep the viewer engaged.
The anime explores several themes, such as the importance of friendship, the cons…
Read at the sourcePanda_Roll
I was surprised to see an anime with only 10 episodes. Usually even a short show would get 12 at the very least.
Turns out that yep, this is missing the finale. It's one of those where the show doesn't end so much as stops suddenly. Not even at a cliff hanger but at the part where the grand finale would follow to wrap things up. Lame...
Plot = 3
Japanese highschool girl "somehow" blunders into the demon world, "somehow" ends up with the one vampire that is an otaku, "somehow" there is a way for him to visit japan, somehow this is, somehow that, somehow everything.
This is somehow the plot honestly, everything "somehow" happens for reasons of make it easy. I don't know if this was planned to turn into a video game because the focus is always the random power/attacks the different charac…
Read at the sourceSgtSalamander
Blood Lad is a solid action comedy with an excellent premise that decides to play it safe instead of achieving its full potential. To begin with the story, it serves as a very solid foundation, which provides stable footing for interesting and compelling developments to build upon it. The idea of a demon world which does not overpower the human world which parallels it is a fun distinction, and the complicated political hierarchy that makes up that world makes it feel even more believable. Furthermore, in this world, a vampire otaku encounters a human girl who stumbles into his territory, and hijinks ensue, lending itself to a naturally funny plot progression. It's a rather fun watch, and the first couple of episodes really feel like something set apart from similar anime in its genre. How…
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The only real downside is that there isn't a 2nd season. This is wholesome, twisty entertainment - and all they managed to do in the one season was lay out the groundwork. Considering that the entirety of this show is just lead up to a finale that for some reason didn't make it, this is really good. I know a lot of people may be burnt out on vampire animes, but with how many thousands of animes there are out there, they could really just watch something that doesn't have vampires and not hate on a good anime over a silly biase when there are more non-vampire animes out there than vampire animes.
Read at the sourcealgoPotaku
Anime where we see an otaku vampire who is obsessed with the human world and meets a human but she died, so he will do everything possible to resuscitate her. The anime is very entertaining, the truth is that the only bad thing is that it only lasts 10 chapters, so the story does not really advance much. The good thing is that it has a pretty good animation and a decent character design, although it is not the best, it is not bad either. The soundtrack isn't bad but it doesn't stand out too much either. The best thing about the series is the relationship between the protagonist and the human. The end is an open ending but there is no continuation from what I read there is a happy ending in the manga but I am not going to say anything more good either. If you want to see a fight with a lot…
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I love this anime, and i really hope that Blood Lad will have season 2. I have waited for a new season for many years. This aime is very funny, the content is creative, characters are adorable and cool, main is cool and powerful too. Moreover he's a kind guy who will protect his lover from dangerous. In thousands of anime, just one or even two anime that make me feel good, and that is Blood Lab. This anime help me stress relief and very suitable for me with my friends. Ofcourse, my friends have looked forward to a new season of Blood Lad. Have a nice day everyone. Thanks a lot!
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If you take this anime as anything more than a comedy action mixed with supernatural, then you'll be severely disappointed. But taken exactly as just that, you'll find yourself pleasantly surprised.
This was recommended as an anime to watch after Saiki K, but considering the summary and the reviews, I had no idea what to expect comedy or even story wise. Thankfully though, it worked out.
True to its word, it's funny. The kind of funny that had me laughing from the sheer ridiculousness certain scenes had and also just from back and forth casual dialogue. Although I'd argue the comedy in Blood Lad is quite different to Saiki K, it still made me laugh. In fact if I had to describe this kind of humour, it would be a mixture of sarcastic, ironic, deadpan and just plain stupid at times.
Fu…
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blood lad is the worst anime I have ever seen. the story is extremely boring. i felt like sleeping every time someone I put this anime on. nothing was at all interesting, the story had me sleeping the anime looked alright nothing too good nothing too bad. the characters in this anime were a snooze fest. they never did anything of interest ever. I never had too much fun with this anime but the sleeping was alright. it was ok but It really needed some spice. it was all the same with nothing new, and nothing fun.
overall the anime was a 3
Read at the sourceJestersCurse
Almost nothing about this show is original and the characters are fairly average, but never the less I enjoyed it. It is in a similar vein to one punch man where it banks on it's hype fights. It you just want to watch some brain dead fun, this is it. I personally hated the girl with the mirrors and the ghost girl was pretty bland. I liked the wolf guy and his power was really interesting. The main vampire is kind of cringe in the first episode, but he get better after that. overall this is probably a 5 because of how generic this is, but personally I enjoyed it for what it was so its a 7 for me.
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[Very minor spoilers ahead]
Blood Lad is the type of anime that you would enjoy if it was your first anime, reminisce, rewatch it, and then begin doubting your tastes overall. While bearing -at the very least- an interesting concept of a story, it sadly went mediocre for me in the first hour or less of watching it.
Story: 5
As stated before, it can be viewed as interesting if you want to be overly kind to yourself, but as the story progresses, the more I realized how many convenient and predictable turns the story can make, all in all, it's really nothing special. Some other people could (and probably did) criticize and deem the plot as shaky at some times, which I wouldn't really disagree with, but the mundane storytelling got me so bummed, all I could churn out was the obvious point, th…
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Definitely give it a watch. I loved it mainly cuz of the mc and the comedy. Also the world setting was done amazingly.
Plot wise I don't think it is good compared to other Vamipre anime.. but ill say its good.
I rate the art very high as the animators have got it spot on. It reminds me on the setting in Dorohedoro. (another anime u need to watch)
Ok so basically Weeb vampire sees Japanese girl infiltrate Vampire world and he is willing to let her go on her.
He is an op.. shady.. cool mc.. Typical but no so...
You will see what i mean once u watch the anime
Read at the sourcechurrnobyl
This series was really promising but honestly it left me feeling more conflicted than satisfied. And not the good kind of conflicted. It's not that the characters are bad, the overused vampire thing or anything like that, it's just something is unsatisfactory about this anime. (possible spoilers)
Story:
The story was so cute at first! the first episode really intrigued me, i thought that Fuyumi was precious and Staz was so cool! not to mention Wolf and Staz's friendship was really sweet, but something about this story was so meh. It's slightly above average. Not saying that you shouldn't watch, if you like easy to keep up with and adorable anime i suggest this.
The fights were lame, the fights felt like they only existed to show how strong Staz is, which inherently isn't a bad thing if i…
Read at the sourceShililoquy
Upon recently watching the anime, I actually enjoy the plot line and the development of the characters. The protagonist acts on an impulse and whim and decides to save a human girl who stumbles into a demon world. I had fun and enjoyed watching the protagonist and the human stumble across both the human world and the demon world. I actually enjoy the protagonist viewing Japanese Culture from an outsiders perspective and admiring it like most Japanese enthusiasts and Otakus: bewildered and amused by the plethora of Anime and Manga products as well as the homage to the development of technology. The art-style is lackadaisical, so it intends to insert itself with comedic relief and jokes. I would say not to take this series too seriously when watching it. There are enough generic tropes and g…
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Officially finished Blood Lad! Final thoughts?
3.5/10
I picked this up as it had been sitting in my Hulu queue for quite some time now, the art was what caught my eye when I added it to the list and to be quite frank that's really the only reason I continued on with it.
Plot-
2/10
It really wasn't that interesting to me, I found the show hard to keep interested in as I didn't find it really intriguing, the plot itself did peak my interest but when I was actually watching it, I found myself anticipating the end more than anything. I never found Otaku culture in anime to be fascinating, the genre itself was honestly ruined for me a while back. I prefer every other genre than that. And even though it had action and comedy it truly wasn't my cup of tea.
Animation-
5/10
The art itself was…
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