Audience reviews
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KrenZane
*Brief Review-Reflections*
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There is a bit too much *Baccano!* in here for my liking. *Kekkai Sensen* gets overboard with having too much fun in its rustic soulfulness, which though befitting the chaotic milieu of Hellsalem's Lot and for the benefit of creative direction, is too magnified that it forgets it has a story on a grand scale and characters playing different roles to progress it. Speaking of its characters, every one of them rather feel more like proxies for different types of comedic humor (with *straight man* the main filler of the uneventful minutes as always) than organic vessels of unique and entertaining personalities. They can be further simplified as try-hard badasses with unexplained sources of combative capabilities of which sprouted skills named in the spirit of a…
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I feel like I forced myself to complete the anime tbh. The anime lacked clarity in so many things and you can barely understand most of the events happening. It just feels like you missed something and I kept on replaying in an attempt to see what had I missed.
They wanted to make the main character as someone who has high values other than his eyes bla bla .. but none of that was actually portrayed, everything they say to make him all the more valuable member of Libra I found to be a cliche just to make him sound more heroic!
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As an avid anime fan, I was excited to dive into Blood Blockade Battlefront, but unfortunately, it fell short of my expectations. The plot was convoluted and confusing, with too many characters and subplots that never fully developed. The animation was lackluster, with choppy movements and uninspired designs. The voice acting was also subpar, with flat performances that failed to bring the characters to life.
The main character, Leonardo Watch, was particularly disappointing. He lacked depth and personality, making it difficult to care about his journey. The supporting cast was equally unremarkable, with forgettable personalities and uninteresting backstories.
The action scenes were the only redeeming quality of the show, but even they were few and far between. The pacing was slow, with…
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Spoiler free!
The concept of the world is really cool. I think the powers these characters have are really cool. The songs of both season one and two were good and so was the artstyle. But I just didn't enjoy it that much. I think mostly that is because of how we get a ton of charcters in the show, but none of them seem to have been worked out. Whenever something new is going to happen in the story, they add new characters that never come back in the show.
Overall I'd just say that the character development was very poor for this show. It had a lot of potential but it never made me eager for the next episode. I was kind of happy when I finally finished this show so that I could move on to a next anime.
In my opinion the better things were:
-Artstyle of the show
-Music
-Character design…
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This looked like a really interesting anime from the cover, and from the first few episodes, I thought it was too. BUT, it was too jumbled. It had a good thing going, the only problem was how hard it was to follow.
Story:
I gave it a low score in this section because of how scrambled and hard to follow it was. I had a hard time understanding the powers in this show. From the blood thingys to the main character's eyes, it was all too difficult to follow. Although it didn't really have much of a plot and it might be unfair to grade it on this aspect if the anime can't even properly lay out the world's mechanics-whether it's filler based or not- then you can't really give the story aspect a good grade. Thus, if the story/world isn't good, the anime is most likely not that enjoyable.
Art &…
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"Kekkai Sensen" is a unique and enjoyable experience that succeeds through its non-conventional use of visuals.
For me, after I re-watch it, the show was still great.It’s smart, gives off a sense of uncontrollable energy and fun, action-packed and also builds in a surprising amount of heart and emotion.
As for the plot, it was amusing, the comedy is on point, the characters were entertaining, the show's structure was original.Despite the delay of the last episode, well... I have to say they did a great job wrapping things up, sticking with the same themes of the previous eleven episodes: life and love; friendship and belonging; teamwork and cooperation, which prevail even on the darkest night since the First Collapse.
Also, the OP and ED is pretty sweet. Simply put, very listenable. As…
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Kekkai Sensen!
I like to compare this show to a stereotypical American. It literally does whatever the fuck it wants.
This show is pretty outrageous with its everything. Its story is just completely out of this world, and in my honest opinion, it's pretty hard to follow. I don't mean that in a "it's incredibly thought provoking" way, I mean't that in a "basically nothing makes sense" kind of way. Read the Disqus comment section of each Kekkai Sensen episode on Kissanime, and you'll see countless comments asking "what the fuck happened?"
While the overall story line itself is fairly lackluster and a chore to follow, Kekkai Sensen excels splendidly in the portrayal of its world. I am a New Yorker (well, I live like half an hour away from the city), so I know what the city looks like. This…
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This is my first review on MAL, let me tell you this series is extremely overrated for a few reasons.
1. It is another show where people yell out their moves when the fight.
2. They went through all the trouble to make such a great world and great side characters. Then they throw a whiny baby in as the main character that has "special eyes" and that is his only strong suit. He has a few comedic moments in the show but other than that he is a terrible character.
3. The "villain" has no motivation other than causing havoc and the finale just leaves so much open without another season. At this point if there was another season I would not watch it.
Now here is what the anime got right.
1. Art style, fantastic different take that didn't have characters with big eyes. They took a differen…
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Tenth Review - Kekkai Sensen! (or Blood Blockade Battlefront)
This was a anime that looked pretty good to begin with - a city that exists with human and monsters together. The story revolving around this one lad with these cool looking eyes.
At first it looked more like a comedy rather than a serious anime yet the more you watched it and let the story unfold you see that this is actually a well structured anime that has serious elements but also bonds together with humour in some areas.
The story in my opinion at first was a bit rough round the edges and didn't take a major step in any direction, it was about this one kid and his awesome looking eyes but it was jumping from what the story really meant, was it his sister? the monsters? the magic? what? The story didn't really let you k…
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Kekkai Sensen is a thrill ride from start to finish, throwing its viewers into a confusing mess of conflicts, monsters, and the awesome heroes trying to keep the city (somewhat) safe. With a sizable cast of eccentric characters and a wide array of conflicts and subplots, there is endless excitement to be had.
Where Kekkai Sensen really shines is its captivating setting and unstructured plot. Incredible effort was put into developing Hellsalem's Lot, the dystopian metropolis that was once New York City before a mysterious portal opened up, connecting our universe to another and allowing monsters to flood the city. Not all of these monsters are unfriendly, however; most of them have assimilated into society and coexist with humans. Kekkai Sensen puts you on a tour of the city, showing you c…
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Kekkai Sensen is an ongoing manga from Nightow Yasuhiro, you may know him as the creator of Trigun. The manga started in 2009, but it didn't receive an anime adaptation until this year. The anime was handled by Bones, a Studio that has a pretty strong track record as far as their works I've reviewed go. Will this be up to their usual standards? Let's delve into it.
Story:
Our story opens in Hellsalem's Lot, formerly New York formerly New Amsterdam. The old New York city was destroyed by a portal opening to another world and this one didn't even have the good grace to have a giant squid monster. In this city, humans co-exist with all manner of strange otherworldly beings. In this city, there's a shadowy organisation called Libra dedicated to keeping the piece. Our protagonist, Leonardo…
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Set in a fictional version of New York, where humans and bizarre monsters live together in not-quite harmony, Kekkai Sensen is one of the most successful shonen series of late. The show follows the adventures of Leonardo Watch, a kid with the gift of super-powered eyes, as he joins Libra, a quirky team of vigilantes who... protect the city… or stop crime… or something… let’s just say exposition is not this show's best suite.
If there is a thing that can be said about Kekkai Sensen is that it definitely starts with a bang. The first couple of episodes are nonsensical action-packed trips that have most of their runtime taken by stylized special attacks sequences. The pace is kept high, the tone is always over the top, and the scenes alternate almost in a nonsequitor fashion.
While this can…
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Kekkai Sensen/Blood Blockade Battlefront Review
Story (6/10) Fair
The story of Kekkai Sensen was fair, nothing uber complex, mind blowing or even addiction to get into in my personal opinion. But the story definitely wasn't bad. There were quite a few episodes that definitely felt like filler/episodic episodes some where good and some where just straight up irrelevant. But the overall story I though was fine.
Art and Animation (10/10) Outstanding
Studio Bones could not have done a better job at adapting this anime. The key animation done by Bahi JD the same dude responsible for the amazingly key animations for Space Dandy did his thing for Kekkai Sensen it's outstanding and I wish the guy was in charge for everything anime's animation I was watching because it's probably the reason I…
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For all the deserved and undeserved criticism it gets, Kekkai Sensen is, undeniably, one of the more unique shows to come out the past few years. And that is a good thing; a great breather from all the repeat-process shows coming out nowadays.
Kekkai Sensen is about a group called Libra, an underground society charged with protecting Alien-Infested New York + Some magic. Now, I don't know about you, but that sounds pretty cool.
But does it live up to its uniqueness? Its aforementioned criticism?
Story (4/10)
Kekkai Sensen is an episodic anime; meaning, 'villain of the week' or similar stories along those lines. Some people hate it, some people love it and being a slice of life junkie, I quite enjoy these kind of stories. But being episodic, it's something I can't really review unless I…
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Sometimes, I don't get anime fans. If you've paid attention to the sales charts, you'll see that Blood Blockade Battlefront's current sales numbers are going toe-to-toe with Shirobako aka the most acclaimed and important anime series in recent times, and that just baffles me. I mean Kyoani’s own beautiful anime with believable character motivations, depth to its story, and (most importantly of all) actual challenges the characters have to overcome came out in the same season around the same time, and yet it just sold decently - which is below the studio’s usual standards. Okay fine, maybe this anime has a swanky soundtrack. Maybe it's being directed by one of the most dynamic TV directors in the current market. Maybe it has a character named Zapp Renfro. Maybe it had one of the most unique…
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3 things will greatly affect your enjoyment of Kekkai Sensen. Number one is how much you crave a new story, and are tired of the same High School/harem light novel adaptations that come up every season. Number two is if you enjoy being given lots of bits of information that allow you to piece together a larger plot. Number three is if you enjoy fast paced and constantly changing camera shots and point of view changes. If you don't mind or even enjoy those types of things, you are gonna have even more of a blast with this show.
Story 6- While it pains me to give a show with such good and funny writing a 6 in story, the way much of the exposition is told is all over the place, and occasionally paced very badly. Kekkai Sensen takes a very episodic approach to it's story, with no real 'major…
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This is my first time writing a review for an anime.
*No Spoilers*
Kekkai Sensen was one of my favourite anime that I've watch so far.
Plot:
The plot was all the place but I was still able to tell what was going on. At times I did get confused and I still have some questions about this anime.
Art: The animation was outstanding and the art style was nice and refreshing.
Sound:
The soundtrack for this anime is amazing, it is hard too pick my favourite between the opening and ending songs.
Character:
I liked all of the characters but one thing that I didn't like was the fact that some characters didn't get enough attention as they should off.
Enjoyment/Overall:
Well in the end, waiting for the last episode to be released wasn't such a bad thing, in my opinion it was worth the wait. Aft…
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Finally after months of waiting saw the Last Eps of Kekkai Sensen
And it was honestly a clusterfuck of nonsense, I loved it.
Nothing made real sense, chaotic story telling and events happening here and there with no real explanation.
Animation, art and OST were all beautiful
Fight scenes were fluid and characters were as crazy as ever
Storytelling is lost somewhere along the months of waiting for the last eps.
I cannot say exactly why I really enjoyed the last eps, just that I simply did
Overall I would never recommend this anime to anyone that focuses on story/plot or anything that makes sense or follows logic.
BUT
I do that those that simply want to enjoy, perky characters, High Tier animation and OST , Interesting character with a story that really goes nowhere fast but has enough stuf…
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PLEASE NOTE: This review was written before any episode past episode 11 a.k.a. episode 12 a.k.a. "Paint It Black". If this has more episodes past this one, I won't be updating this review.
Kekkai Sensen, otherwise known as "Blood Blockade Battlefront", is an action comedy with lots of supernatural themes and elements. The show's stylish and fast-paced artwork and comedy lead you through scenes between intense supernatural fights involving anything from a man-eating car to vampires.
STORY: 6/10
The story involves our protagonist, young impersonator of Pokemon's Brock, named Leonardo Watch. He was born with special eyes that have superpowers of some sort and is accidentally thrown into the world of the underground organization known as Libra, who fight to protect the citizens of the city t…
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For those who have long awaited for a reboot for Trigun... you are going to have to wait a little longer. Until then you can watch Yasuhiro Nightow's other manga get adapted in what I am sure is going to be the best anime of the season that feels like the spiritual successor of Trigun. Kekkai sensen aka Blood Blockade Battlefront.
story and character 8/10: the story itself is not very complex. it can be simply put as an organization of super-powered people fighting against disorder in New York which has now turned into supernatural zone between the underworld and the real world that has been renamed Jerusalums Lot. What makes the story so good however is the execution. the way it goes about episode by episode is definitely not textbook "Monster of the week" type predictable battles where…
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