Audience reviews
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O-Kun_LoveOrange
I personally enjoy Black Bullet although it could've been much better.
I was a fan of this Light Novel and also its manga adaption which was incredibly well done.
The story started off well but really lost its track with all the rush.
The story missed out on several key points and the fight scenes were to say..anti-climatic. Unlike in the Light Novel which focuses on Rentarou's emotion and the other characters the anime rushed this.-didn;t get to see any dem feels in the anime.
I enjoyed it and wll still recommend the anime but personally still feel that the anime had a lot of room for improvements.
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Hey guys, this is my first time doing this so it may not be a top-notch anime review, nevertheless, I will try my best. Please note that this is purely my opinion on the series, you can agree with me or disagree with me, I'm fine either ways.
Black Bullet sets in an apocalyptic type of environment starting in the year 2021. The human race is being overwhelmed by the widespread of a deadly virus called the "Gastrea". Two protagonists: a Civil Security "Promoter" - Rentaro Satomi and his "Initiator" - Enju Aihara sets off to protect Japan from the evil that lies within the epidemic.
Story - 3/10
To be blunt, I got to say I enjoyed the first 3 episodes of the anime but after that I had my bewildered face on the entire time for the remaining episodes. Not knowing where the series was going,…
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Black Bullet is honestly in my opinion, one of the most overrated anime ever. Although it may not seem like the most popular anime, it's hype back in spring was pretty big, and I've seen reviews rating Black Bullet over an 8, which left me speechless. Black Bullet had a promising start sort of, but quickly it's plot just died away with no explanation of what's happening, my favorite character in the anime disappeared for half the show and the ending was plain rushed and made absolutely no sense.
The plot was "eh"; it was a mixture of Guilty Crown and Attack on Titans, which seems amazing, but that was not the case. There are these monsters called Gastrea, that infect humans turning humans into monsters. Humanity is on the brink of extinction until they find Vibranium, the stuff dreams ar…
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Action and Mystery. A common combination of genres, isn't it?
Black Bullet is an adaptation of its still ongoing Light Novel, was announced last year, 2013. Then became a long-awaited series of 2014.
Although, the main idea isn't too impressive or original if we want to put it like that, the plot has much more in store. To be precise, the story is rather fast-paced. It is basically some short stories put together into 13 episodes. And even though it's true that there was some sort of bridge between two 'short stories', it is very obvious that the staff just wanted too many elements in the same place. Luckily, this doesn't spoil the whole atmosphere as a whole.
There were many truly good closing scenes which are suggestive and aditive to its genre. The thing is that many of these 'float…
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First: If you're searching for Loli or anything else to feed your fantasies, this is not for you. Contrary to other reviews who claim this to be your typical loli-fest, it is not. What it is, is a group of little girls who act like little girls, not little tramps, they have childish ambitions of MARRYING the main character; not having sex with him.
The other reviews already sum up the story in detail so I'll just sum it up.
Fighters of all kinds (swords, guns, fists, ect) have a partner called a 'cursed child' these children vary in abilities just as the fighters do. Their duty is wipe out parasites, doing so grants them a higher ranking.
Typical anime stuff> Big parasite attacks a tower keeping them out, leading to an all out war against them.
Typical really strong antagonist>
Typical…
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Black bullet is probably one of the anime that got a lot of attention since it share a same atmosphere with Shingeki no Kyojin which is despair, humanity in the edge and dark themes. As the shingeki have finished airing, the emergence of black bullet is surely gives a lot of viewer have a great expectation on this anime. Some sites says this anime is a successor of shingeki. But does it really true? I would say not.
Black bullet is an anime that been package with thriller action and dark themes. The story is about when humanity was in the near extinct and living in small territory because monsters or parasites called Gastrea. Gastrea is not only killed people but also infected people, the people who have been attacked by gastrea have a high probability become one of them and so, humanity…
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Black Bullet is amazing, an amazing failure of a series with decent potential at its start.
Black Bullet is an anime, an anime with great potential that ultimately transformed into shambles of disappointment. Many have been comparing Black Bullet to Attack on Titan but of course, Black Bullet is intrinsically different and distinct in its own right.
The story revolves around humanity and their suppression due to the dominance and superior existence of viral parasites named Gastrea. As humanity is left with no alternatives but to be exiled into small territory and to coexist with terror and despair, the world should evidently be indeed a dark and tragic place to live in. To survive, the loli army, I mean the cursed children are prime and vital to combat the Gastrea and are humanity’s ult…
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Right!
This is my first review here so please spare me internet while I add to the huge ocean of random stuff!
Black Bullet was a show that I picked up after watching Guilty Crown and its fair to say if you liked that you'll like this. I hasten to add I would never claim Guilty Crown is good, but it is fun, and we all like to have fun do we not?
So was Black Bullet fun or a disaster? Lets see!
Story-3
My impression of Black Bullets story was of a director trying too hard. Calling someone a Try-hard should not be taken as an insult however. The plot seemed to be trying to fit in every dramatic plot twist from every other show ever in a 13 episode series. Action! School Drama! Love triangles (or more like a hexagon or dodecagon if you're fussy)! Revenge! Apocalypse! Robots! Zombies! Politi…
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Let's start with the opening. If you've seen Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin), you'll notice that the opening music, art (and world-concept in general) are kind of really similar. I won't say it's a copy, you decide that for yourself. The opening was in my opinion not really fitting, that's all.
Anyway, to get to the story line. I gave it a 6/10, because the story wasn't boring or tiring, it just wasn't really original. I realize that, in some dose, the creators gave thought into it, but everything was rushed to the limit where the timing became ridiculous. To cut it short, too much content was packed into a small number of episodes.
Characters were... well, okay. (6/10) They were too specific though, with clear behavioral patterns and only slight character development. No one actu…
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Black Bullet is, as many people have said before, similar to Attack on Titan in a way. Though instead of titans you have these huge bug like creatures called Gastrea, and its set in the future in Japan rather than an older style civilization. However the biggest difference between the 2 shows is that Attack on Titan is actually very good, where as this is just...eh.
Story (6)
The story as I mentioned before is, on paper, pretty similar to Attack on Titan. Humanity at the brink of extinction. Huge monsters that killed someone in the protagonist's family. A city inside of a barrier. But that's mainly where most of the blatant similarities stop. The main character, Rentaro is apparently half robot as well...also there's these lolis that are infected by the Gastrea or something and they lik…
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Stepping into the world of Black Bullet, I was only told of negative things and not to expect much from a "Lolis save the world" kind of show. Unfortunately enough, a lot of what I heard held true, but not everything and those little girls weren't apart of that problem.
Black Bullet essentially is an anime that tries hard to breach the conventional post-apocalyptic human-survival setting, but is unable to do so. The show gets stuck at a crosswalk confused if it wants to do something different or stick with the same formula. Perhaps Black Bullet's greatest vice is the pacing, which is abnormally quick. Even for those whom have not read the light novel(such as myself) can painfully see when the chain of events are simply moving too quick for us to follow and understand. Although, while it h…
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Black Bullet – an anime about lolis saving the world from the big bad monsters out to eat you alive. Or yet by a more literal way of saying it, they are actually young kids known as the Cursed Children with special abilities capable of fighting against Gastrea, the monsters that threatens humanity and its existence. Based off a light novel of the same name, shows like this has an incentive to go a variety of ways with this. The result? A mediocre bag of an adaptation clustered with mind bobbling antics.
The premise initially sounds interesting, taking place in a futuristic setting in the year of 2031 (ten years after humanity were beaten by the Gastrea ). Humanity lives behind walls of monolithic material for survival. To fight off the Gastrea, we get the cursed children playing the roles…
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Although Black Bullet is tagged as being action, mystery, sci-fi, seinen, and probably post-apocalyptic, it should really be considered a loli-harem comedy first and foremost. The comedy is completely unintentional but it's what kept me watching week after week. Black Bullet is driven by manufactured drama and the characters are one dimensional cardboard cutouts with some dark backstories thrown in. Several important plot points are brought up and then never mentioned again, leaving the audience to wonder why we were even given this information in the first place.
The story follows high school student and "Promoter" Satomi Rentaro and his loli partner Enju, who uses her kept-in-check gastrea powers to kill full blown gastrea. Rentaro starts off being pretty mediocre as far as Promoters go…
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Black Bullet. I went into this series with a bit of skepticism: Will this series, which seems to focus on human morals and values within the context of a war between the humans and "them", in which case, the Gastrea, achieve their message, loud and clear, in its measly 13 episodes of length? Much like previously released anime like Elfen Lied, Higurashi no naku koro ni, and Psycho Pass, that are well known for their darker settings that serve to illustrate a concept of humanity put to the test, Black Bullet incorporates a similar dark setting, with the apocalypse of the human race at stake, and themes like segregation and the definition of justice, which, in theory, should bring out a creation that goes beyond just "a tv series", and becomes a work of literature.
My skepticism was well-fo…
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"This is a thousand monkeys working at a thousand typewriters. Soon, they'll have finished the greatest novel known to man." A quote from The Simpsons has never been so accurate, except that the monkeys didn´t end up writing a novel, they ended up writing the script for an anime adaptation. Oh, you don´t believe me do you?
Well, that´s what reviews are for, to convince people that the series you are reviewing is either good or bad.
So with no further ado, this is The Neko and I welcome you to my review of the show, Black Bullet.
The premise of the show is quite simple, is the usual "humanity´s last stand" kind of plot, but I´don´t really care for originality as long as the story is well done. Is it well done? Well, look at the number on the side of this review, does it seem like I think…
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Black Bullet is one of the many light novel adaptations that aired during Spring 2014. You might know the other ones as The Irregular at Magic High School, No Game No Life, and Chaika - The Coffin Princess. It started out okay, but got progressively weaker as it went on, before turning into an unentertaining show that turned out to be a rushed and half-baked adaptation. Shame, it had potential to be way better.
If you've read the synopsis on the show's page on this site, it'll tell you that it takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where humanity is practically on the brink of extinction, having been driven into a corner by powerful monsters. You might think that this concept sounds familiar; kind of like 2013's popular Attack on Titan. With a premise like that, it drew in a lot of view…
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Black Bullet is the latest and not so greatest over hyped action series to grace our screens. I'm sure many of you would have heard the saying "Why didn't they ride the eagles into Mordor", well Black Bullet is the epitome of that saying.
The story is very bad, it's full of cliché after cliché, the main character is yet another super special high school kid and the world revolves solely around his actions. He isn't just another gear in the machine of society, he is the one turning them, one Yuki Kaji shounen power up scream at a time.
What makes some high school kid with a loli by his side and a handgun shoved down the back of his pants better than thousands of trained soldiers? Nothing, but the plot wills it and it even fire special bullets capable of killing the monsters of the show,…
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Black bullet is a anime that was adopted from a light novel. This series was being compare to attack on titan, or being called a copycat to attack on titan, but that can't be true since attack on titan isn't the first nor last to have these kind of story and settings. Coming into this series, it had a lot of hype from people who read the light novel or the manga. What most people didn't realize is that it would be adopted into 13 episodes which would mean the pacing would be rushed. So lets begin, I'll be reviewing this series in five category, story,art,sound,character and enjoyment.
Story 6/10: The story is about humans being forced to live in a small territory because of the attack of viral parasites named Gastrea. Now with this series just having 13 episodes, that means a lot of story…
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Black Bullet or how I like to call it Loli Bullet.
It is a show that was supposed to be the new Attack On Titan, with action, aliens, mankind in danger and on the verge of extinction. But humanity has a secret weapon, an amazing weapon that will help humanity triumph against the evil Gastrea( which sounds like a stomach illness lol), and that only weapon they have is ........ lolis, yes lolis with some kind of power I didn't even care enough to get. So lets get down to business.
Story: oh my.... yes ..ammm the story is as I already said about those alien things attacking mankind for some reason, and there you have mankind fighting them. The best "weapon" humanity has is some lolis. This story had a little potential to be a good action show, but the most we got was the main character buil…
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**SPOILER FREE REVIEW**
Hey there folks! Have you ever wanted to see an anime that has a loli fanservice scene, a comedic tsundere romance scene, and a scene that features the complete and brutal genocide of children all within 2 minutes of each other? No? Good, because anyone who WOULD want to see that wouldn't know the first thing about writing a coherent TV show. Unfortunately for Black Bullet, one of this season's most unfortunately overrated series, there is plenty of incoherence to be found. This horribly confused action seinen is jam packed with arguably the worst pacing issues I've ever seen, poor character development, and lolis. Soooo many lolis. Sure, the series has its moments, but the plentiful flaws outnumber the few positives that Black Bullet has to offer.
Synopsis: In a…
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