Introduction
Set in modern day London, the story takes place in a world where "Shadows" are born from human fear and anxiety. A young girl arrives to study abroad, only to be caught in a bizarre incident as she enters university. In a city with no acquaintances, the helpless girl wanders into "Café Forbidden," a mysterious café that exclusively opens at midnight. She meets an assortment of handsome men employed at the café, where guardians who protect the boundary between humans and shadow convene.
(Source: MAL News)
Audience reviews
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veranthia
Although I wish to give Phantom in the Twilight credit for giving the main character a remarkably different personality and agency compared to any other reverse-harem type anime that's come out in the few recent years, it really is lacking essentially in the story and character building departments, which is why it can't be anything but a 7 at most.
The main characters Ton and Sinyao are Chinese and going to university, which from a veteran reverse-harem watcher's viewpoint is already a big difference and affects the narrative. The men are pretty archetypal; a tsundere vampire, a rowdy werewolf, a MC-adoring shota... Even though they could've been intriguing regardless of their initial thin characterizations, only some of them had actual narrative arcs in the anime, while the rest were g…
Read at the sourceKataaaggghhh
I have never written a review before so bear with me if this won't be good, but this was such a pain to watch. You can watch this If you want, but I don't recommend.
I watched a lot of reverse harem but this one is one of the worst
First of all the anime seemed promising at first, but turned into a huge disappointment for me:
-lack of character development
-too much unnecessary dramatizing
- Not much and awful romance -Bad action scenes
-Ton's best friend's attachment to the 'stranger' was ununderstandable from the beginning till the end
-Although some of the boys were actually well-drawn, the girls' hair looked so bad, that sometimes It was painful to look at.
-no story development either, It seemed like the episodes were just repeating themselves. The episodes were only about:…
Read at the sourceReyvinHill
This is a review of the anime only. I have not read the manga.
For an otome adaptation, this one wasn't half bad. At least I didn't loathe the female lead. A little more romance would have been nice but I prefer the lack thereof to the forced romance in many otome.
What I liked about it:
1. The female lead was strong in her own right and not whiny and annoying.
2. The male characters were believable and funny.
3. The story was intriguing if shallow. What I didn't like about it:
1. It moved awfully fast. There were times it was confusing because crucial information was left out.
2. There was a lot of kidnapping.
3. The characters weren't as developed as they could have been.
4. The vampire didn't drink blood. Kind of a penultimate aspect of being a vampire, and it wasn't there.
This…
Read at the sourcemangastar
Limited spoilers review!
This review was written after seeing all episodes.
At first glance, “Phantom in the Twilight” appears to be a reverse harem in the style of many otome-based anime from the past so many years, but it doesn’t quite fit the bill. The series itself doesn’t seem to know what it’s supposed to be and throughout its short twelve-episode life suffers multiple times from an identity crisis. One episode it seems to be following in the footsteps of otome-based series, the next it’s turned to head down the path of one-episode arcs with an overarching theme to tie the episodes together, and yet another episode it begins to crawl towards a focus in action. If you’re looking for a series requiring deep thought, or even active thinking, this series will bore you. If you’re looki…
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It's easy to dismiss the otome and reverse harem genre troupes that Phantom In The Twilight has, but since it's an original series that's made to promote Chinese game developer Happy Elements's (which brought us Spring 2018's Last Period, which was a fun time) latest smartphone game, the similarities could not be stark contrasted until the series started fleshing out itself, with the final product being a completely different stand-alone media, all on its own.
Handled by Fumiaki Maruto (Saekano, Classroom Crisis) and Shunsaku Yano for the overall series composition, Phantom In The Twilight tells us the tale of two friends: Baileu Ton and Mu Shinyao, who has just arrived in London, supposedly for a student exchange program, when suddenly evil forces kidnap Shinyao and leaves Ton in the lur…
Read at the sourceShingster
Please note this review is intended to be read by those that have finished watching Phantom In the Twilight and while care has been taken to minimize story related spoilers there may still be spoilers within character analysis. You have been warned.
Based off an original piece of work Phantom in the Twilight is a fantasy and action anime that gives us the opportunity to see what will happen if a pair of transfer students that are freshly arrived from their homeland in the bursting metropolis that is London find that far from being just a city of tiny café’s and rich medieval history the city also plays host to a shadowy world that its population is largely unknown off. A world that not only plays host to a large number of shadowy creatures called Umbra but also serving as the stage in wh…
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