Audience reviews
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CrazyLasagna
Note: I wrote this awhile after I watched Strike the Blood so the numbers are inaccurate. The base message is
The first four episodes were probably the best. They introduced the cast and how all this stuff works. In fact, the first four episodes were mildly amusing. The problem? The next 20 episodes. The entire show repeats itself. Each arc takes 3-4 episodes and basically the exact same thing happens OVER AND OVER AGAIN! The entire plot; new enemy shows up, protagonist does some stuff, protagonist fights new enemy, protagonist drinks blood of some perverted girl in his large harem, gains a new minion to fight for him, happy ending. I'm not kidding. Literally. That is every arc EXACTLY. There is a few minor differences but the main plot is always the same and boring as hell after watching…
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Sometimes you just want to turn off your mind and watch a typical ecchi harem anime. You don’t expect too much of it and just want enough fanservice to get you through your rough day. So when you start watching and see the number of episodes you think “Hmm 24 episodes, isn’t it usually 12? Well then this must have some kind of good plot to be this long.” Then you start it, finish it and wonder why the fuck this was made?!
Story 2/10
I want to say this is just a typical ecchi harem show with some action, but it isn’t. Aside from the large cast of girls to fit different fetishes and the plain main character that everyone falls for along with the occasional panty shot and the mc getting hit for walking in on them or doing something indecent which isn’t even their fault, it isn’t really like…
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*THIS REVIEW FREE OF SPOILERS*
I'm a beginner here so don't expect much from me. I just find this anime by messing with the search function and interested to watch it. Since all of the aspect is awesome, I don't hold it back now.
Story 9/10
I like the story but some part are make me disappointed, really disappointed. But I like the fight part, it like written very good. And I also didn't really bothered by fanservices, I just enjoy all of it. Not many complains from me for the story but I hope they write the story more better if they want to make second season.
Art 10/10
The art is so nice, I never seen any art like this before, it just like very colourful and the character is nice, even some scene the character hands, or legs, or maybe head is ugly, no complain from me anyway.
Sound…
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In the beginning of the anime I had high hopes because it started off as a very new anime experience. Over time though the anime slowly started to deteriorate with its repetitive, overused, slightly aggravating, "no senpai this is our fight". But aside from that there was a lot of holes in the anime and i doubt they will come out with season 2.
The characters were great for moe moe lovers. The main character Himeragi, Yukina is a middle schooler. I loved all the characters and times I laughed at what they say. But the only reason I have characters an 8 is because Yukina kept saying "no senpai this is our fight".
The story has lots of holes but overtime it just skips over many things and makes me very curious why they did not just remove the whole things.
But overall the anime is a 7 imo…
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"This is my fight!"
"No, this is our fight!"
- Akatsuki Kojou & Himeragi Yukina, respectively; dialogue from perhaps every episode of the entire anime.
And by the end of the series, I have realized that it was my fight as well - I had to fight the urge to drop the series as a whole. The story begins with the main character, Akatsuki Kojou, who is the epitome of the standard harem protagonist. He is forced to accept his new found vampire powers and the misunderstandings that come with it, misunderstandings meaning a flock of girls including the main heroine, Himeragi Yukina. It is the standard harem/ecchi/supernatural anime. And yet the anime leaves so much to be desired.
Story: 5/10
The story teeters between explaining too much and answering too little - the anime quite frequently drop…
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I rarely say that easily but that anime is epic and full of quality ! I've watched the 24 episodes one shot ,eating in front of it ,skipping sleeping hours because each episode end made me have the urge to watch the next one.I've rarely been so much into an anime ,this one is definitely one of my favorite one ! Let's examine it :
Story (8) : The story can sound classical for some peoples ,but for my own I find it original and really interesting.It's about a guy ,the MC ,which inherits the power of an ancient vampire ,a really powerful one.At the beginning the MC was just a normal guy with a normal life ,but that incident totally changed his life.Now he's a vampire with incredible latent powers...and a strong tendency for nose bleeding every time he's a little aroused :3 .Than came a girl…
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Based off the light novel was written by Gakuto Mikumo,
The story tells us a boy named Akatsuki Kojou, that turns out to be The Fourth Progenitor, the world's strongest vampires in the world. He was followed by a girl named Yukina Himeragi, who came from the Lion King organization to observe the Fourth Progenitor.
I found out the two lines above really offers me a unique set-up of an anime, and the genres "Action+Ecchi" really offers us a combination of a real action and a desirable fan service. But not the story.The plot is divided into several simplistic arcs, that actually works with the entire series. The problem of Strike the Blood is the poor story execution that turns out to be a dull for someone who doesn't really into Action or Ecchi genres.And to make things worst, there are so…
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Strike the Blood is not the typical vampire anime, its not the apocalyptic universe of Hellsing and neither a unity like in vampire knight - it is another mixed approach on the almost untouched franchise.
My Name is Ryoki and Welcome to my Review of the Anime Strike the Blood.
This Review may contain minor, not plot relevant spoilers. If you dont like spoilers at all, then please scroll away.
The Story has you follow the young highschooler Akatsuki Kojou, in the first minutes it appears like everything is normal right? wrong. Akatsuki lives on an island where magical beings from werewolf over vampires to witches exist. In this World there exist 3 uber-vampires which are called Progenitors, naturally as you can take from it - those are incredibly strong and warlords for the vampires. Aka…
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I found the strong point in this series being the story. In the first few episodes, it was intriguing, and the story was progressing well. It presents a great deal of mystery and potential. The way the characters are introduced is clever, and each episode masterfully presents a captivating theme throughout, and ends with you desperately wanting to know what happens next. Sadly, as it moves on, and the harem aspect becomes more apparent, the story slowly dies. Instead of the action, fights, and moving moments, fan service becomes commonplace. As for character background, the only character with a fleshed out back story would be Kojou. The flashbacks and pieces of his memories seem to evidently hide huge secrets and momentous events, yet the series keeps a veil of secrecy over his past the e…
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"This is my review,"
"No senpai, this is our review!~"
Okay, okay, Yukina. I get it, I get it. This is OUR review. -COUGH- Ahem.
Anyway, let's get down to business. How do I describe Strike The Blood? I feel Strike The Blood was one of the best animes this winter. While other people found it quite mediocre, or annoying at times. Which, yes, I do agree that line did get annoying but I was able to ignore it because the plot drilled me into the series.
I've enjoyed the character growth within the show. Some characters are unfortunately hated, but I'll give a summary of why I enjoyed this series.
You have Kojou Akatsuki, the male protagonist. Who is a vampire, he struggles every day life whether it is selfish or not to keep living a normal life then he gets wrapped up in dangerous things. I…
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Coming into this anime, I had hopes to see something new or at least spectacular. I was, however, disappointed. Strike the Blood was one of those standard harem, action animes, but it was good in many aspects.
Story: 7
Strike the Blood doesn't really have an overarching story line. It is very episodic with every arc ending with the famous phrase, "No senpai, this is our fight!" It is episodic in a sense that each arc doesn't really correlate that well with the other arcs, however, it is not episodic in the sense that each episode is a standalone. Most arcs are 4 episodes long, with a few exceptions. Each arc also ends with the introduction of more girls into our beloved main character's harem, and our MC gets even stronger. There is also the occasional blood sucking... but I'll get into t…
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I'm not sure why MAL didn't tag this also as harem, but it probably deserves that tag too.
So I guess I'll start off with the part that I enjoyed the most from this anime, and it was the art style. Since I'm not an art person, I'm not sure if I'm even using that terminology correctly, but I liked the character designs and how everything else is drawn in general and that was the biggest reason I kept watching.
The OST was good, there's one track off the top of my head that I really like, but in general while watching I never thought to myself that I disliked the OST.
My one main gripe was that the main character kept getting his limelight stolen from him. I don't need the main character to save the day all by himself all the time, but it'd be nice if he would beat at least one bad guy by…
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My expectations for Strike the Blood were simple: I wanted lots of action with some romance thrown in. Instead, I feel like I got the opposite. Overall, I was disappointed in some areas and pleasantly surprised in others. Though I don't regret watching it, I wish the show had only 12 episodes instead of 24.
Story: 6
To put it simply, the story for this show is mediocre. It isn't outstanding, but nor is it bad. It simply fulfills its duty to carry along the main premise of the show, which focuses more on the relationships between characters (primarily, of course, between the leading hero Koujo and the ladies). The show is divided into several arcs, which range from 2-5 episodes long. After the first few arcs, a general pattern of events begins to emerge and repeat itself. Though this has…
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The tags "Action, Ecchi, Fantasy, School, Shounen, Vampire, Supernatural" actually summarize the show pretty well, with the exception of "school" perhaps. If you want to watch a normal guy who stumbles upon ridiculous powers and then proceeds to save the world and get a lot of female attention; then here you go.
One of the things to appreciate here is that what you see is what you get. It's a straightforward anime you can get some escapism/ good sequences out of (be them of the girls or of the action). I also think that the first few episodes are quite representative of the series as a whole; so your interest should be fairly easy to gauge early on.
-Story
7/10 - as expected, the story isn't outstanding, it simply does its job here. Strike the blood's strong point is not going to be its…
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Strike the Blood seems your typical Vampire story. Plenty of female to bite on. Plenty of fights and even more romance that no one seems to realize is there. Seriously though. It is obvious to us, but none of the characters progress beyond a "I like you a bit" point. What Strike the Blood does have that sets it a bit apart is it's own little world. Many animes have combined Technology and magic, but it's usually left in 2 separate worlds that interact with each other on an occasional basis. STB split that and threw it all into a nutshell the side of a man-made island.
Current summary based on the released season:
Pros- Animation and art are definitely current. Crisp images and clear battles make you understand the flow of the show. Aerial images clearly define what you are viewing witho…
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This is going to be my first review in a long time and sorry for the gramatical mistackes i make.
So a while ago when the anime was not still out i read the first couple of chapters of the manga.I think it was 6.I liked it soo much and when i heard that a anime is being made i stopped reading in order not to spoil it later.So lets begin:
Story 4/10
The story starts interesting its about a boy called Akatsuki Kojou who 3 months ago became the 4th Progenitor the strongest vampire accompanied by 12 familliars.Well i expected a overpowered badass main character but it didnt turn that way.So if you are looking for a such character this is not a show for you.I'm not saying he is weak or wimpy like some other characters but whenever there is a fight that woman (the main heroine) says ,,It's not o…
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So this anime is a typical sort of harem (romancey) action, magic futurey type anime, which sort of reminds me of things like a certain magical index and even rosario + vampire.
So the good:
Its fun to watch, if you enjoy anime like raildex, or harem action it has the typical funny ecchi scenes you see when the character accidentally does something pervy. It has awesome action with cool magic effects, and its proper action where people bleed and get hurt.
I found the characters quite fun to watch, with varying personalities that you see on a typical harem. The story line had quite a few arcs, a lot of which are done quite well explaining everything thats going on compared to other anime which either breezes through the story line for the action, or screws up the action doing nothing but…
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It’s not hard to figure out what Strike the Blood might be about at first even if you’re coming into the show completely fresh. The key words are ‘blood’ and ‘strike’ where the latter is when our main male protagonist Akatsuki Kojo does his mojo to satisfy his blood lust. There’s hardly anything too original related this series. After all, we get the typical mysterious guy meets young girl in a city on an ordinary day. Then, a not-so-normal event happens and the duo gets caught in events they didn’t think could get both involved. But if we add everything together, Strike the Blood comes together as a little more than a show to induce nosebleeds.
Strike the Blood is an animated series based off the light novel of the same name written by Gakuto Mikumo. This is not his first work as he has…
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This series has become one of my all-time faves! It's not just about the lead male who happens to be a vampire, though it does seem to lean towards the harem side at times. It is centered around the entire cast of characters. Though it's not the most original, the storyline is pretty great, and it flows smoothly. The way it is portrayed and developed is very unique. Even though it gets side tracked at times due to romance. Each and every episode continued to draw me in, and were entertaining! The development of the characters is very well done, and the relationships between those characters are well defined! The series has a ton of action, but has its fair share of fan service as most series do. The art in this series is excellent, and there are very well placed comedic scenes that don't i…
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"This is our fight" - Yukina Himeragi
Now, we're down to the last 2-cour fall anime I watched "Strike the Blood". This anime is produced by Silver Link who produced the comedy "Baka & test" which I enjoyed a lot. This anime is directed by Hideyo Yamamoto.
STORY (5):
The story follows Akatsuki Kojou, who became the 4th primogenitor, 3 months ago, after the original spirit of the 4th primogenitor come into Kojou's body. The 4th primogenitor is said to be the strongest vampire in the world and is accompanied by 12 familiars. When the government and Lion King organization received news on the 4th primogenitor, they ordered a Sword Shaman known as Yukina Himeragi, to find the 4th primogenitor and take the 4th primogenitor down.
That's basically the intro of the story, and what you're going…
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