Black Bullet

A disease which mutates humans and turn them into various sized Godzilla's. That's the summary of what a Gastrea is. On the other hand there are cute little girls with red eyes called the lost children. They are the almost human counterpart of what a gastrea is. the lost children have Gastrea's genes in them which supply them with superhuman powers. Together with civil officer they fight the ghastly Gastrea. All's good and well right? well not exactly. Black bullet is riddled with sadness, depicting the true nature of human beings discrimination to corruption. I believe that black bullet captures all of this in this series STORY 9/10 It is divided into 3 main arcs. The masked man(self titled because i dont remember the name),Tina sprout arc and the war arc.Black bullet shows us a solid story structure which shows both sad and hilarious scenes where it is needed. However the story does have some holes in it which makes you go "what the hell is happening here!?" and the constant jokes of marriage of a 7 year old girl with a highschool boy can become more than annoying sometimes.Yet despite all the holes and lame jokes black bullet will keep you at the edge of you seat wondering what will happen next. ART & CHARACTER 7/10 Even though black bullet dosent have awe-inspiringly good art scenes, it does have amazing battle scenes. The characters are a bit cliche'd but what the hell. Of course there has got to be an oppai girl, loli girl(s), silver haired ojou-sama and the rich girl and guess what? BINGO, you guessed it. They are all in love with him. The character designs aren't note-worthy but it isnt complete shit as well.Furthermore There is less to no character development as well(except for a 1 or 2 people). SOUND 8/10 The music and soundtracks actually blend better than I ever imagined. Music while a fight is going on is nice and it kinda relates to the battle. I personally loved the opening theme. CONCLUSION In a nutshell Black Bullet provides decent animations jumbled up with impressive characters. A strong,awesome protagonist and a magnificent antagonist provides a flurry of awesome battles and surprises.The nice music combined with the incredible battle scenes only make it better. So all in all , i would recommend this to anyone that likes cool battles and seeing sad, heartbreaking themes.(yeah that's right I'm looking at you Akame Ga Kill" FINAL RATING 8/10

Its awesome, go watch it. Really though this is just high action, heartfelt fun. The sound is HORRIBLE and absolutely laughable at points but its also really good at others, the weakest point in the series by far. The art is good the story is well done and the characters are really wonderful. I highly enjoyed this anime and would love to see more progression with the characters.

After reading all the reviews there is no doubt the autor got mentally unstable and had to stop the ln. In my opinion it was rally good and the story is a lot different than the other animes so i really liked it. Its true that there are a lot of lolis but still its just the joke overall it was really good.People really hatre it but if its really bad then it woudnt haverating over 5 but itdoes and its fax. There were a lot of deaths in it but taht just make it more realistic since they cant all survive like in otheer animes "TENSURA' uh yeah. Anyways the mc was really kind hearted and idk why people call him lolicon when he is a really nice guy. I would really liked to see another season but sadly they dropped the ln series.

[WARNING: SPOILERS AND LONG REVIEW AHEAD. FOR TL;DR SKIP TO “OVERALL” SECTION.] Watching Black Bullet is the equivalent of that kid who is always enthusiastic in school. He may not be the smartest, but he tries so hard and you just want to give that little guy an A for effort. Unfortunately, in the real world grades aren’t given for effort but for quality, and that is where Black Bullet fails: it tried to do too much with a plot that ultimately wasn’t going to be anything more than mediocre. STORY- 6/10 Oh look, a post-apocalyptic thriller! Humans are trapped inside a certain area and there are monsters on the outside that want to try to get in and eat all of us! I wonder where I’ve heard that before… The main criticism that I have with this anime is that it was rushed. Extremely rushed, in fact, and it is a damn shame because the story showed a lot of promise as being one of the few light novels that aren’t harems/pretentious otaku-pandering/both. It’s my personal belief that if this show had gotten 26 episodes, it could have been legitimately well-received. Our story takes place in the 2030s, when a parasitic virus is turning people into monsters called Gastrea. Humanity has taken refuge in what used to be Tokyo (seriously, did you expect anywhere else?), behind monoliths constructed of an alloy named Varanium that is the Gastreas’ only weakness. Well, almost. The other way to fight Gastrea is to turn them against each other, and that’s where Cursed Children come in. They are formed when the Gastrea Virus infects a pregnant woman, and the child is always born a girl, with a human appearance but the powers of a Gastrea. In response to this, the governments of what’s left of the world formed a civil security system where a Cursed Child, or Initiator, is paired with a human, or Contractor, and they are outsourced to private agencies. Since they make up the majority of humanity’s defense against the Gastrea, obviously Contractors hold a lot of power in government and society. However, the Cursed Children aren’t exactly treated the same way. This is where our main character, Rentaro Satomi, comes in, as a low-level Contractor working with his partner, Enju Aihara, employed by the Tendo Agency for his classmate and longtime friend, Kisara Tendo. Of course, many more interesting, and some not-so-interesting, characters will be met along the way. I’ve heard so many people toss lolicon accusations at this show, but really, it’s not that much loli-pandering. Sure, Enju does have a crush on Rentaro, but he’s not interested. However, I can see why people might think this and it might turn them off. I actually thought the story, while a little clichéd, is okay. However, the problem here is rushing, rushing, RUSHING. This anime tries to pack as much content as it can in 13 episodes, which leads to it moving too fast to really have much of an impact on the viewers. That, and a huge “LOLWAT” moment at the end of episode 7 that really left me scratching my head and soured the anime to me. Thankfully, the anime does pull out a fairly decent conclusion, but overall, the story is middling. CHARACTERS- 4/10 Now there’s only going to be so much character development you can get in 13 episodes, but some of the characters manage to be very unlikeable in the time they’re given. Also, some characters that the audience is supposed to care about don’t get enough screen time to be worth caring about. Rentaro Satomi- Our main protagonist. The main problem I have with him is that it can’t seem like he knows which hero type he wants to be. He seems set up to be an anti-hero, but he regularly plays ping-pong with the hero scale, going from traditional hero all the way down to full-on designated hero in a couple instances and sometimes it really gets hard to root for him when he, for instance, threatens to kill a group of civilians for harassing a Cursed Child. Dick move, people, I agree, but under no circumstances is it justified to end their lives. He has a decent backstory, but it’s not visited enough. Overall, not a very heroic character though he does have his good points. Enju Aihara- The Initiator our protagonist is paired with, a nine-year old girl with rabbit characteristics. She gets a lot of flak for a) being a loli and b) crushing on Rentaro. I agree that her crush was unnecessary, but I do find her cute, and unlike her partner, she didn’t make me want to punch her in the face like Rentaro did sometimes. Also, once you find out about her backstory, you’ll have a whole lot more sympathy for her. Kisara Tendo- The owner of the Tendo Civil Security agency and Rentaro’s childhood friend. Her grandfather saved Rentaro as a little boy when he was about to be killed by a Gastrea. Her family owns a kenjutsu dojo, and she is incredibly proficient with swords and hand-to-hand combat. However, most of her family were killed a few years ago, and she has sworn revenge on the killers. She’s one of my favorite characters, mainly because she has some compelling backstory and I love women who can fight- she even gets to call Rentaro out on his dickery at the end of the series. The problem I have with her is that she’s pretty much a non-factor to the plot for the first half, and even in the second half she takes a backseat. She’s there for all of the story, but she’s not much more than there. There might be hope for her yet as the final episode dropped a major tease with her possibly pulling a heel turn, but with the way this anime was received, I can’t see it getting another season, which is sad because she needs more love. Kagetane Hiruko- The not-villain of the story, he was one of the things that the show got right. He’s the kind of awesome villain in the mold of Dio Brando: smooth, suave, and charismatic even when he’s exploding police heads. Did I mention he can fight as well? Also, he’s got a much closer connection to Rentaro than anyone thinks, and their relationship, from enemies to uneasy allies, gets the most attention than any other interactions in the series save for Rentaro/Enju shenanigans. Character development done excellently, he was my favorite character of Black Bullet. Seitenshi-sama- The leader of the Tokyo Area Settlement, she is an idealist who would like for humans and Cursed Children to get along. I liked the political themes her introduction in the story brought into it; unfortunately, apart from her pacifism there’s not much else to her. Pretty flat character. Tina Sprout- Okay, the first thing I have to say is that I don’t understand why Enju gets bashed and Tina gets praised despite them basically being the same character! Is it because she’s ‘Murican? If so, that’s a big double standard, anime fans. Pausing from my rant to explain her, she is a high-ranked Initiator who is sent to Japan to assassinate Seitenshi, who has just sent her new personal bodyguard Rentaro out to capture her. I don’t like her very much because she gets defeated in the most shonen-y way ever: after ten minutes of beating Rentaro into a bloody pulp, a flashbang grenade goes off at exactly the right time and he knocks her out with two moves. That’s it, game over. What followed next induced my head to meet the wall. She gets no punishment, despite trying to kill the leader of government not once, but twice! Huh? If I sent my little sister to kill the president, it doesn’t matter that she is both cute and following orders, she’d still face life in prison! How is this any different? It seems like a cheap attempt to turn Tina good without worrying about the damage she’s caused, or maybe it’s due to the unsettling theory that civil security agents can do whatever the hell they please and no one can do anything about it. Either way, afterwards she ends up partnering with Kisara and becomes Enju 2.0. Weak. Takuto Yasuwaki- “Welcome to the Poorly-Written Villain hotline, how may we help you?” “Well, um, I wasn’t really given any motivation for hating the hero.” “You don’t n…

Imagine a friend telling you of some mythical anime that is like a combination of Claymore, Darker than Black, Tokyo Ghoul, Attack on Titan, and Elfen Lied with a loli multiplier. You would probably respond with something along the lines of, "Butter my buns and twist my nipples, I must be asleep because I've had this wet dream before!" ...That is what I originally thought when I picked this anime up. Let there be an emphasis put on "originally". I really, really wanted to love this anime, hell I still do, but that just isn't going to happen. See you forgot that your friend telling you about Black Bullet is a huge dick and he might have forgot to mention to you that this anime also possesses all of SAO's worst qualities. The pacing is awful, the story predictable, the power-ups stupefying, the dialogue mind-bendingly atrocious, and the characters shallow. You will be surprised to see that even after that rant I still award Black Bullet a somewhat respectable 7/10, to be honest I am surprised as well. I think that was just the last remnants of me that want to like the anime. With this farce of an intro, I believe it's time that I break down the individual areas. Story: 3/10 There isn't much to be said here. I will admit that the first arc is actually quite good and up to its conclusion I had high hopes for this anime. Then the rest of the anime happened. I almost feel like the staff poured themselves into that first arc and then just didn't have anything left to try and make the rest of the story as well. The pacing gets really wonky in the last half. Sometimes things happen/ people die and I'm pretty sure that the moment is supposed to have some profound emotional impact, but since we just met the characters it barely even registers as a bump in the road. I also feel like "story" is an adequate place for me to bitch about the dialogue. Whomever wrote the script needs to be drawn and quartered for cruel and unusual treatment because that dialogue was butchered. If you are watching an anime and are able to guess the next line with greater than 25% accuracy than something is wrong. It was just a wholly uninspired and dull work. Art and Sound: 9/10 and 8/10 The art was really pretty and the soundtrack never bothered me. I also liked the OP a bit. The action scenes were executed pretty well also. Both of these categories get thumbs up from me. Character: 5/10 Oh let me introduce you to our star-studded cast! We have Cookie Cutter Protagonist"-chan, "Tsundere Loli"-chan, "Drinking-that-Lean-Dere Loli"-chan, "Mysterious Mask"-chan, and last but certainly not least "Oppai with a Dark Past"-chan. These are literally the only characters you will see enough to even remotely care about and all of them have the most static, boring characteristics-- well with the exception of one and we only learn about that twist near the end from "Shy Furry Loli"-chan at the end of her thirty seconds of screen time. Which raises another issue of how characters were never allowed much if any screen time if they weren't a main. That would have been ok if it wasn't for the fact that the creators clearly wanted us to care about these transient characters' demises. Enjoyment: 7/10 Ehhhhhh, I guess at the end of the day I did enjoy this anime. At the very least I wanted to enjoy this anime. When it began I thought this anime might be like a 9, but that was most assuredly not meant to be. I tried to dive into this anime, but it ended up just being a shallow stream. No amount of action and lolis was going to be able to turn around my opinion of this anime... Or can it ?? I change my mind! 15/10 best anime evar cause all meh lolis! Bullet Black for President of the universe.

Black Bullet... First off, the review I’m about to write doesn’t contain any spoiler. So it’s safe to read even if you haven’t watched the show yet. A lot of you might think Black Bullet is just another Harem story, well, you sir, are correct. And a bit off, too. Why? ‘Cause Black Bullet’s a lot darker than your average shounen-action-series out there. Story: 9 Gastrea. Gastreas are freakishly-oversized-insects. They inject their viruses on humans to turn them into one of them. Faced with the threat of being annihilated by these abominations, Civil Securities are made to combat Gastreas. Satomi Rentaro is an initiator and is a member of Tendo Civil Security. Along with his Promoter, Aihara Enju our main Loli, one of the many “cursed child” (I don’t need to explain this, you’ll be introduced to them early in the show). Together, they are tasked with completing missions given by the higher-ups. That’s basically the gist of the show. Further explanations will result to spoilers, and you don’t want that, right? You might think it’s quite high, no? But 9 is a reasonable score for Black Bullet’s plot, and plot twists, lots of it! Art: 9 Like I’ve been saying with my past reviews, “We rarely, most likely, not see any art that’ll disappoint us these days.” Primarily, because of the technology today. It is not a bad thing at all. Most of the shows today are crappy, to tell ya the truth. And guess what their redeeming point is? It’s the effin’ art. A shitty-show with great art will still attract lots of viewers. After all, most of us “Judge the book by its cover”. Well enough with my shitty-ass lecture. Black Bullet deserves a nine in art on every aspect. It has great details on everything. Enough said. Characters: 9 Loli(s)!? Loli(s)!? Loli(s)!? LOLITAS EVERYWHERE!!! Yep, 80% of Black Bullet’s world is composed with lolitas. Jk. Although, there are “a LOT” lolitas in the show, which makes me happy! Don’t get me wrong! I am not a lolicon! I swear on me mum (guilty). Jokes aside, Black Bullet’s a harem show. So Rentaro will be flocked on by girls (mostly, little ones). Every character in the show compliments Rentaro’s personality, which is a great thing. Each one of them are drawn perfectly, to supporting casts, to the main characters. No character has been short of personality. Enjoyment: 9 I absolutely enjoyed Black Bullet, no sarcasm intended. Or maybe I just enjoyed it because I’ve watched it after watching Neon Genesis Evangelion, I wonder? I enjoyed watching the show. Although, it’s a bit short, it was able to portray where its plot headed to. No episode disappointed me, everything was placed well. The “calm before the storm” episodes were quite heart-warming. Black Bullet’s story telling impacted a lot on me. I mean, it can make you smile at one episode and it’ll make you feel devastated at the very next one. Overall: 9 The fact that Black Bullet is not your typical shounen show which consists only of cliché-one-liners is damn great. Although, a lot might say the show's a bit grim. Reality's fairly grim, too, no? Black Bullet exceeded my expectations. With the way the plot has turned to, with all the plot twists. It fairly deserves a 9! Overall, Black Bullet is a great show. The balance of heart-warming episodes to action-packed scenes are totally great. Ok, I break my promise right here. I’m about to write where I think the plot is heading to. *WARNING* *DO NOT READ IF YOU DON’T WANT TO GET SPOILED* With all the deaths and plot twist that happened in this season, a season two is inevitable, I guess? Black Bullet’s brimming with potential. Yes, I just love protagonists turning into antagonists! With Tendo Kisara’s dark side awakening, I can imagine something big is happening! I just hope Kadokawa won’t make us wait any longer!

Black Bullet is, for me, a very good anime, though not one of the best I've watched. Black Bullet has a good story line, the fight against the monsters, etc., though it's not very much used. The graphics are very good, and really help to show this anime's atmosphere. The sound...Well, also fit the atmosphere, but isn't really that good. The characters, though higly stereotyped, are my favourite part of Black Bullet. First, the main character, Satomi Rentaro, is a classic anime hero, who believes in his friends and who will do everything too win, who will even sacrifice himself, etc. But I still like him pretty much, cause he's strong and doesn't just sit and watch his Initiator do the job. Enju, his friend and Initiator, is always excited and full of energy, and it is one thing I like the most, because it changes of the sad and pessimistic personnality of many other characters such as Rentaro or Kisara. Tina Sprout, who is at the beginning presented as an ennemy, and then join Rentaro, is my favourite character in Black Bullet. First of all, she's a sniper. She has an excellent eyesight, and tends to live at night. In fact, she's a Cursed Child from an Owl Gastrea. Also, she's - well, strong, obviously - but also very cute, in the way that she doesn't know much of the life and is pretty serious, which makes a good contrast with the over-excited Enju. Conclusion : Black Bullet is a good action anime, but it also makes think a lot about great questions, such as racism or segregation, and having a reason to live, etc.

This show is one of the few this season that did not reach my expectations. When it was first announced, I was stoked. The PV made me even more excited when I saw the artwork. I read some of the manga, but as I realized it was nowhere near as far as the LN was, I stopped and figured I might as well just watch the anime instead. Many people see this anime as overrated, which is understandable. I see it that way too. It was hyped up as it came out, and it certainly doesn't deserve the hyped it received. The same could be said about series like Attack on Titan, which I also find to be overrated. So why the high score? I suppose I'll tell you. Story: 8 The story is similar to Attack on Titan, which is why it's compared to it all the time. Basically, the human race is cornered by an extremely powerful mutant species, and they're trying their hardest to struggle for survival. The plot here is a bit different, though. The creatures, known as Gastrea, are like zombies in terms of being created by an infected directly implanted into the body. Except, these things are nothing like zombies. Whatsoever. Which is good and bad in it's own way. (I'm sick of zombies, though, there aren't many good zombie anime out there.) Anyway, the plot is straight forward with a couple of sidetracks here and there. Usually these sidetracks are to introduce more characters, such as Tina. This can be a good and a bad thing whichever way you see it. I don't really mind, so it didn't really effect the score. Though the Gastrea aren't actually dealt with until near the end. The pacing is fast. Extremely fast. To the point where it may be way too fast for you. The pacing bothered me, but at the same time, I understood that it was necessary, since the plot for Black Bullet is huge and hard to compress into 13 episodes. Other than the pacing and sidetracking, the story wasn't very original. There are several series with similar story lines, but I suppose the way it's dealt with in this show can be considered "unique". When it comes to the ending, though, I was satisfied. I won't say anymore because... it may hint some kind of spoiler. Art: 10 The art style of this show is fantastic. It's fresh, new, and the animation is flawless. Definitely fits the 2014 quality bill. The way the city is portrayed is also perfection, in my eyes. It has a sort of dark sci-fi atmosphere to it. Which is great, because I love those kinds of things. Character designs ranged, from simple and bland to... interesting. I liked some of the children's outfits, such as Enju. Characters like Kisara and Rentarou had plain outfits. So on and so forth. Either way, the art is outstanding. Sound: 8 There isn't really anything stand-out in this section. The soundtrack was good but not worth mentioning. Though, I liked the atmosphere is helped create. The opening is catchy and fits the show well, but the ending... the ending song is amazing. I never skipped the ending song, I could not get enough of it. Beautiful. Character: 8 Again, nothing really worth mentioning except for the portrayal of the character's feelings and conflicts. For this, my biggest example is Rentarou. After a bit of time, Rentarou actually begins to question why exactly is he even bothering to protect humanity. He's noticed how horrible we can be, especially in the treatment of the cursed children. He doesn't like or accept the way we treat each other, and begins to hesitate. There's also his feelings near the end of the show. He begins to notice that, after the amount of murders and deaths he has witnessed and/or caused, he's starting to become used to people dying. It's uncomfortable for him, and it would be for anyone, to realize that you basically don't care anymore if someone were to die either because or not because of you. This aspect really only appears in the last episode, but the show did a fantastic job growing those feelings up until that point. The relationship between Rentarou and Enju is also something else worth mentioning. Rentarou does his best to give Enju a good life, despite the times their living in. He pulls her away from gory scenes that may effect her mind or lies to her to make her feel better about situation, as any parent would. After a while, there's a shift. Really in the end though. Rentarou then turns to Enju, after realizing his feelings for people deaths are weakening, for comfort. An example of this is a scene where he begins to cry, lays his head unto Enju's lap and tells her "Please stay by my side, forever..." It was touching, and it was a relief to see the main character not shy away from getting close to someone like her. If you consider it romantic or not, it's your call. I don't know what to call it yet. One thing I disliked though was in the end. A certain character has a sudden shift in feelings, apparently turning "evil". But why? I don't understand the sudden change in emotions. Just before, they were acting fine. Now they're evil? Please help me understand! Enjoyment: 9 Overall, this is a good series. Actually, I'll give it the status of "just above good" as in, it's not quite at the level of great, but it's a little in between. The action scenes are VERY fluid, I may add, the there's many unpredictable twists and turns that lead to the deaths of certain characters. Trust me, it's not just random, merciless deaths like in Attack on Titan either. I promise. Overall, this series receives an 8/10. If you're looking for a sci-fi survival action series with outstanding animation and good action, look no further. It's fast-paced, but it's definitely entertaining in it's own, unique way. (Plus there's a lot of emotional scenes that actually had me tearing up, and at one point I found myself crying like a baby, and I wasn't really sure why it had effected me so strongly.)

STORY: 4/10 CHARACTER: 2/10 ART: 5/10 SOUND: 6/10 ENJOYMENT: 4/10 OVERALL: 5/10 A light novel adaptation that’s set to a post-apocalyptic future where humanity is few in numbers due to the heavy losses attained from powerful, big monsters. So, the remaining humans have built a wall to protect themselves from being eaten. Sounds familiar, right? That's why so many comparisons are made to another anime, ‘Attack on Titan’ which in turn hurts this show. I know fans of this show are frustrated with all the comparisons but you can’t deny what’s in front of you. The writers and studio could have turned this into a Futuristic Sci-Fi version of ‘AoT’, something we haven’t particularly seen but rather settled for a cheap knock off of a popular anime. I’ve compiled a short list of the comparisons between ‘AoT’ and ‘Black Bullet’ at the bottom if you don’t believe me. The writing here is poor which hurts the story, leaving it with many plot holes. For instance, you don’t buy the post-apocalyptic world setting since it’s only mentioned in words and not shown to us. The people and city are hailed in good conditions, food is readily available alongside mechanical upgrades, health check-ups, etc. They mention a war at the beginning which is barely touched upon, the New Human creation group motives are unclear, the monster origins aren’t mentioned either. And while the 1st half of the anime has a somewhat decent story, complete with lots of comedy and fan service; the other half is just downright sour! It totally throws you off balance with its sudden shift, unloading lots of information and just kills your mood and the shows momentum by eradicating most of its comedy and replacing it with dramatic seriousness. So, these monsters can only be killed by special bullets and in comes the MC, Rentarou who’s a combat officer resolved to kill these monsters and exacting his revenge based on what he went through in his past. Whether you want to blame it on an incomplete story or poor writing but the characters are bland and generic. Ren is a generic good guy who’s pretty weak since he loses more than he actually wins. I think the show wants to play him as an underdog despite his superhuman strength and experience in martial arts but it never works cause he’s very forgettable so you don’t care much about what happens to him! Enju, a cursed child is another MC who’s under Rentarou’s care. Cursed children are depicted as monsters in society for their ability to inherit and display powers. Enju gets little growth of her own, residing as only a love struck loli. There are some good human moments throughout the show but they are poorly handled so you forget about them quickly. Like in the beginning, Enju hates her kind and distrusts Rentarou but in a span of 1 year, she completely does a 180 and we never get to see it! Very essential character change was omitted which could have easily been accomplished in 1 backstory filled episode. Kisara happens to be another love interest, or so we thought, with crazy katana skills whose biggest contribution to this anime are her fan service moments with Ecchi jokes and scenarios. She does get her own identity towards the end which happens at the cost of a potential romance but unfortunately, it’s too late to care. Like why the hell will I take her seriously now when all she’s done until the end is fawn all over the MC and deliver only fan service to us! The main villain is the most interesting character, both mysterious and sinister, yet his reasons for villainy is ridiculous and he came across as a weak impersonation of V from the movie ‘V for Vendetta’! The art work from the character looks to their facial expressions are fine, though they do stand out during battles. During a character’s special move, you should feel all the hype which the art style delivers but unfortunately there’s no excitement in any of them. This applies especially to the MC who has the annoying habit of crying out long ass names for his Kung Fu moves every time during a fight which is very anticlimactic and stupid! The monsters looked pretty neat with the lights emitting from them but then the CGI completely ruins all the hard work! The OP is surprisingly catchy, though not special enough to remember after a while. And the rest of the OST is pretty much a dud! The voice acting for the subs were better here than the dubs, I particularly liked Yuki Kaji’s work on Rentarou. Yuki managed to come across as a genuine high school kid which I appreciated. In conclusion, the story was very rushed, I feel this anime would have benefited from 24 episodes run time. Now either the show didn’t respect its audience or they really had no idea what theme to pick, in my opinion balance is the name of the game and often the problem of this anime. I wouldn’t mind a remake if it’s done properly! But stop with the plot holes and copying off ‘AoT’. Rather make it your own story without rushing integral character arcs and set a concrete tone for the show. It can still be enjoyed as a popcorn flick anime where you shut off your mind and enjoy what’s in front of you. !!!!! CONTAINS SPOILERS !!!!! These comparison points were collected from the Internet: 1. The world building is such where gigantic monsters live and eat humans for pleasure/hunger. 2. Both the Mc loses their mother by the said monster so they are hell bent on revenge. 3. Huge walls were created to block out the monsters, making the humans safe for a while. 4. But then this 1 huge monster manages to break the wall and other monsters enter the city and starts eating the humans. 5. Both the MC’s go through their own body modification to help them fight better hence becoming one of the top fighters of their group. 6. Both MC’s fight alongside a girl who has no parents but was saved by the MC at some point in the past so now she has undying affection for the MC. 7. Both shows feature a hot albeit weird scientist who are very interested in the monsters and the MC. 8. Both MC’s come up with a reason to go across the wall and fight the monsters. So here you have it! The comparisons are too many to ignore and really sucks out the fun from ‘Black Bullet’ especially if you have watched ‘AoT’ and loved it!

Super duper quick review because to be honest there isn't much to be said about this crappy anime. Story: 4 It seemed cool at first until the characters got involved. Art: 6 The manga looks so much nicer, but this is not bad I guess. Sound: 5 I don't really remember the actually soundtrack, but the ED was good. The OP sounds like an Attack On Titan Opening. Characters: 5-sh They were so very cliche. The protagonist (whatever his name was) was boring and annoying, which doesn't make any sense (or makes perfect sense) that all the females in this anime fall for him. At least I liked Enju and the masked guy had potential to be a good character too. Overall: 5 This anime doesn't deserve more than a 5. Please don't waste your time watching this unless you want to just watch the first ep and never find out what happens next. It's not worth it.

"What a shitty job a civil officer is." -Rentaro Satomi TOO MANY FUCKING LOLIS. Yes, everyone already knows that. But I still have several unexplained questions about them. Why aren't any of them older than 10? What leads these Cursed Children to only be girls? Why do a good number of them lust over Rentaro? What the fuck were the writers thinking?! I feel people have mistreated this show. I wouldn't consider it bad by any means, certainly not deserving of a 1/10. I also, however, can't say that this is a great show. While I personally liked it, I can still tell it is heavily flawed. Lack of character depth, repeated plot scenarios (really, just two different conflicts being repeated with slight variations), and more, results in Black Bullet's noticeable imperfection. Does that mean it's bad? No, it's still amusing enough to keep you watching. This show, while certainly not as bad as people make it out to be, is nothing new. (I feel like this kind of show's already been done, but better) It's a relatively normal, post-apocalyptic action anime. Nothing more, nothing less. -bonus points for an unexpected ending, quite an amusing last 10 minutes

Black Bullet is a dystopian science fiction anime featuring little girls. In the year 2021, giant ass parasites called "Gastrea" attack a rural village in Japan, killing all in their path. Among the survivors is a boy named Rentaro Satomi (里見 蓮太郎). 10 years later Rentaro is working for the anti gastrea force known as civil security. Rentaro works for the Tendo civil Security which is owned by Kisara Tendou (天童 木更). Another member of the Tendo security is 10 year old Enju Aihara (藍原 延珠), partner of Rentaro. The gastrea have a weakness against a metal called Varanium, which civil security agents make their weapons out of. Believe it or not, about half the cast are little girls and it's not even a lolicon. These little girls, though cute, they are deadly beings known as "Cursed Children" because they have the gastrea virus in their little bodies causing them to have red eyes and super powers. Each civil security agent has their own cursed child partner which they are dubbed as Initiators while the human partner is known as the Promoter. The characters in Black Bullet are pretty good, though half are little girls. The lore is pretty cool but lacks an explanation about the gastrea and how the varanium monoliths surrounding the Tokyo area actually work. Each cursed child has a different ability that they use to fight the gastrea. There arent a whole lot of fighting scenes and they're not that long but it's still entertaining to watch. The art style is really good and the soundtrack is awesome. There are 13 episodes so it doesn't take long to finish. I'm not sure if Black Bullet will get a second season or not, but I wouldn't mind if it does since it's a pretty cool anime. If you can get past the fact that the majority of characters are little girls in a somewhat dark anime then definitely give this one a shot. This concludes my review so if you have any questons, just ask. In the meantime, I'll be forging my own varanium weapon to combat the gastrea. Story: 8 Art: 9 Sound: 9 Character: 8 Enjoyment: 9 Overall: 9

Black bullet essentially has your typical oblivious lead with a tragic past which gave rise to better-than-usual abilities. Nothing new in that regard. The story essentially centers around humanity vs Gastrea, a kind of virus which causes beasts to mutate - the longer the mutation is allowed to occur unchecked, the stronger the beast will be. Despite being only 13 episodes, the series definitely tries to give plenty of feels, especially in the latter half. There are also some OK battle-scenes, although they tend to be short. This is definitely "seinen" grade - younger viewers might not enjoy some of the more mature themes explored. Some other reviewers pointed out that there is a "loli" aspect. While there's a nod in that general direction, this also ties in with the story, although as far as I know, there's no explanation why that particular class of person [spoilers redacted] cannot be male. Is this anime worth watching? I believe so. Black bullet is not a top 10 series by any means, but very enjoyable nonetheless, and at 13 episodes, why not?

Wasted Potential. Initially i gave this a 9 when i was at episode 7, but my opinion changed when i finished this series. It met my expectation for a generic shounen show. good, but not excellent. Story: 6 Story is the worst part of this anime, not the plot of the anime, the setup was fine and interesting, but the problem with it is the length of the anime. Black Bullet is only 12 episodes long, so there isn't enough time to fit the whole plot and character development. The anime felt very rushed, little to no character development. If it was 24 episodes, this anime would've been great. And the whole brink of extinction part, the streets and people in the anime feels very safe, doesn't feel like humans that are in the verge of extinction at all. Art: 9 Art is outstanding and very beautiful. fighting scenes are animated very well. Art is very consistent throughout the series. Sound: 8 Opening song is done by FripSide (who also did Railgun). ED is also good but the theme song is somewhat forgettable. Character: 8 Our hero Satomi Rentaro here is not overpowered like other main characters, he is pretty balanced. There is character development but not much because of what I already said, 12 episodes is not enough. And the loli force are very cute and likeable. Kisara was a little bit annoying though. Enjoyment: 9 I really enjoyed this show and I would recommend it to anyone who would like shounen and anime with a LOT of lolis :) Overall: 8 Black Bullet is a good anime, starts out very well but ends wrong. I'm hoping that there will be a second season. TL;DR - Good setup but the anime feels very rushed - Lolis - Awesome fighting scenes - OP done by Fripside - Likable main characters

When I first started examining anime for the season, I completely passed this over. Every time I looked, I saw mediocre ratings. After reading what pretty much everyone else has to say about this thing, I wasn’t expecting much. I’m glad I gave it a chance. Most shows of roughly this type spend half their first episode spouting expository dialogue (and probably a good portion of the rest as well). Black Bullet lets you pick things up on your own. It contains far less exposition than most anime, and what it uses is well-placed and unobtrusive. If your mood isn’t favoring a brainy show, but you’d rather do without the spoon-feeding, you’ve probably found the right anime. I can’t think of any point where Rentarou really annoys me as a protagonist. On the contrary, he seems like someone who is genuinely trying to become a better person, even while learning to deal with the cruel realities of his world. In many ways, this show is about his growth as a person. If you ask me to point to the show’s greatest flaw, I’d go right for the harem aspect. It holds the greatest potential for destroying suspension of disbelief. I certainly wouldn’t classify this show as harem genre, but for some reason EVERYONE in this show is enamored of its largely unassuming protagonist. I don’t mean to turn anyone off. Black Bullet shares little with harem anime besides Rentarou’s strangely magnetic effect. Even villains like him.

Black bullet is probably one the most Over hyped anime this season.Its one of those anime that has a Very good setting but failed to redeem itself because of the Bad or Rushed pacing. I'm not gonna lie,Black bullet has a lot of potential to be one of the big boys of its genre but sadly given a limit of 13 episodes so its pretty understandable for its Rushed pacing.But..still it could have been way better. Story 7/10: To summarize it up easily,The story is about the humans at the edge of extinction because it was overrun by Viral parasites called Gastrea.They used some form of metal called Varanium which the Gastrea is weak to for your information.To construct a huge black varanium monolith to fend off Gastreas from entering their city.That's the main plot and its definitely an interesting one. Art 7/10: The art is good and not the best this season but its still pretty good.I personally think the art has settled itself in my heart and Its a good fit for the story's lightly dark story. Sound 10/10: This is where Black bullet excels.Its very well done The opening and Ending are absolutely fantastic that I would watch it over and over again just to hear and see its eye candy animation.The OST at the course of the anime is Super good and Well placed as the story progresses there's never a moment where the OST failed to place itself accordingly with each given situations. Character 5/10: Enter Rentaro.The Protagonist you're generic hero with the heart of justice even at the moments of chaos.There's a lot of characters that will be introduced as you watch the anime,Each with their own personality that the audience each will have their own favorites and hated characters.Enju is the Initiator of Rentaro and tries too hard to be likeable and its annoying at times but not at the point that you will hate her along the way.This is highly paced that you don't care about the characters dying because they introduce and kill them off.At that point you just go Meh. Enjoyment 6/10: 6 is Too much even for this anime but I personally Enjoyed it mainly because its not one of those Generic animes we get every season.The action scenes are pretty fast that you will yell "THAT'S IT!?"(Fast paced) and Important supposedly tear jerking deaths seems like its coming out of nowhere because its (Fast paced) it may seem like pointless killing at first glance but When you try to understand it.It makes sense that those deaths are important potential development for the characters in the anime but because everything is (Fast faced) you just don't care.Even the characters seems like they don't give a S- at all.One minute everyone is sad and depressed then the next minute they put on their happy face then the next minute they're serious.(Fast paced) this is my face at the end of this anime :l . Overall 6/10: I'm a generous guy and it should have been 5 at best and I'm gonna rant again that Rushed pacing is unforgivable.This is an anime adaptation of a Light novel that goes by the same name and I'm now completely 99% sure its better than its anime counterpart.The LN has probably better pacing and Emotions would make sense in each situations.(Someone confirmed it for me and the LN is actually better WHO KNEW? I do.) Its in the line of recommendable and not recommendable animes.I would recommend it to those lovely people who likes animes that try for something new and not your basic generic anime. The Final episodes is emitting Sequel bait so hard for another Season and I say give it a chance.I'm not that hype but I would still watch its mainly because They constructed the story in Season one and I'm hoping they fix their pacing in the next season. This is also my First review :))

Where should i start?.... Black Bullet is an Anime...... I have to say that i don't think that there is a story like this. There are many Animes with an equal story but i can't remeber watching one with a story like this. But i also have to admit that i don't like the ending. I don't think it fits the story. I hope there will be a second season where this ending will be explained. The Art is great and most of the characters are very good. I have to say at first i didn't like the man with the mask but then something changed. And i don't think that he is as bad as he is shown at first. Renatro an Enju are both AWESOME! they are a really good pair. I liked it that Rentaro got more and more teammates. Kisara..... she dissapointed me at the end. I just though... WTF?! O.O I hope she will come to her sense. and what was this evil fuck about. Thats why i gave the characters only 9 points. And Somanii... is hot and special on his own. i really like him and what he has done. but all in all. I would watch it again and again because i really fell in love with the story and the character, exept kisara at the end. I hope everyone who will watch it enjoys it .. :)

To start, Black Bullet is NOT a loli-harem. Contrary to a lot of other reviews, this series didn't have a single sexual scene, and there was only one truly suggestive joke throughout the whole thing, in which the main character was absolutely horrified at the idea. There is nothing wrong with having a lot of younger characters, and I actually thought it was exciting and new. They acted like real little girls; they had adorable personalities, childish ambitions (like wanting to grow up to marry a person they admire and look up to), and reacted they way most children truly would if put into some of the situations they did. It was not, in any way, a harem. Harem anime have girls throwing themselves at the main character, constantly trying to seduce him, and usually lots of panty shots and boob jokes. This anime had absolutely none of that, these characters wanted nothing sexual at all. The main character truly loved some of the younger characters, but in a purely family oriented "older-brother" way. Story: 7/10 Okay now that that's out of the way, on to the story. I thought it was great. It might be a little cliche, but they made it work. I think one of the biggest problems in Sci-Fi shows like this one is that nothing is ever very "scientific", or based on any evidence from the story's universe. But in this show, most everything about the virus was really well explained, or at least had some sort of theory behind it. And if it wasn't, it was something the characters (or the society itself) was investigating. Personally, I think that's what makes shows like this. I love the theories and thought put into each scenario. They did a great job of not being too repetitive and having the exact same problem re-occur again and again, but also kept a balance from things being too ironic. I dislike when one thing is solved, but then another completely random problem just so happens to start up immediately afterward, and then again, ect. ect. It was decently paced, for an anime with a ton of potential packed into just 13 episodes. Keeping that time frame in mind, it was a pretty unpredictable show. Even though it was moving pretty quickly, you still couldn't really tell who would die next or whether their plan would actually work. And as always, I appreciate an anime that's not afraid to actually kill characters, rather than have them narrowly escape death time and time again. Art: 8/9 The art in this show wasn't anything flashy, but I greatly appreciate a nice, simple style. The art they used fit nicely with the used CG for all the Gastrea, as well. The animation was good. Like the art, it's not anything to rave about, but the fight scenes definitely looked pretty cool, and the characters had great body language. Especially Enju, she looked like such a child when she ran around or got upset, and it really helped build her character. Sound: 8/10 A lot of people say the OP sounds a lot like the OP from Attack on Titan, and having not watched that anime I can't really argue in any direction. But I will say I really liked the music used throughout the entire series, and the OP will definitely be going into my iTunes. The voice acting was great. I felt like the voices really suited the characters. None of them had annoying voices, which is a problem you tend to run into a lot in anime. However, I think the best part about it was that you could really hear the emotions in the voices. Some of the tear jerking scenes really hit you hard, they did such a good job making the voices sound so realistic to the situations. Especially Enju's screams/crying. Character: 8/10 Along with their voices, these characters were so great! They really fit into the story, and their designs were super nice. All the little girls were so cute, and even the ones that were just in the backgrounds had really unique designs. You could tell thought was put into even the random background characters, and I thought that was pretty cool. Black Bullet also didn't follow the typical personality tropes. The characters had pretty distinct personalities that didn't fall under "cookie-cutter" categories. As rare as it is, almost all of the characters in this show, including the villains actually, were pretty likable. I love love Enju. She was so cute, and unlike a lot of shows with younger characters, she truly acted her age. Rentarou was great as well. It is so refreshing to watch an anime where the main male character isn't a whiny baby that yells a lot when he accidentally touches boobs (all. the. time.) and can't keep his emotions together in a battle. Rentarou was a strong, kind, and determined male protagonist, and I loved him. Character development was really the only weak point in the characters. But I can't really blame them, it's hard to smoothly transition a character in only 13 episodes. Honestly, if they had tried much harder it probably would have come off really forced. Here's to hoping for a second season so we can really see those characters changing! Enjoyment: 9/10 I really did enjoy this show. It kept you wanting to know what happened next. I don't know what else to say here honestly... I definitely would recommend it! Overall: 8/10

When I usually watch a Anime thats new, I tend to watch based on what I know is different. Most anime I watch is straight forward Shonen action shows. So I walked into Black Bullet expecting that and got a pleasant surprise. Despite the hate it gets from a lot of people Black Bullet is a enjoyable, fun, and refreshing show for me. It's not a moe, slice of life pandering anime thats been common. It's characters are fun, it's animation is amazing and colorful and the soundtrack is great. Kagetane, played by Rikiya Koyama is amazingly good and in general it's a good, fun, and solid anime.

Black Bullet refers to the Varanium bullets used by civil officers, the only bullets capable of bringing down the alien menace that has been plaguing humanity, especially in the Tokyo Area. The anime bears several similarities to the well-received Attack on Titan series, but ultimately fails to deliver with its absurd and forced plot twists, its lack of supporting character development and its failure to offer proper resolution to the main conflict that it proposes. TL;DR Story: 2/10 Art: 7/10 Sound: 6/10 Character: 5/10 Enjoyment: 6/10 Overall: 5/10 (rounded up from 4.875) Good points: + Exciting for some action scenes + Great fast-paced action music + Good art and animation + Lots of moe characters + Great OP theme Bad points: - Poor and messy plot lines - Forced and unconvincing plot twists and lousy plot explanations - Underdeveloped cast of characters - Lack of proper pacing throughout anime, boring towards the middle - Lack of satisfactory resolution - Cliched and unoriginal main character - Lack of antagonist development - Insane amount of plot holes (17 in total) Story: 2/10 Black Bullet is about humanity's defense against the Gastrea, an unknown alien lifeform that can infect humans and convert them into Gastrea, which threatens to destroy this particular Tokyo Area. Civil officers, also known as Promoters, are paired with Initiators, girls born with Gastrea Virus and have special powers, to fight against the Gastrea threat together. It is not known why Gastrea Virus only allows for the Cursed Children to be born only as females, but it sure helps the entire harem genre. The plot of Black Bullet is divided into 3 distinct plot arcs, namely the Hiruko Kagetane arc, the Tina Sprout arc and the final Aldebaran arc. I will go through the merits and flaws of each arc chronologically. In the first arc, our two inseparable protagonists, Satomi and Enju start off in the middle of a mission to locate and eliminate a Gastrea running rampant in the streets of Tokyo. The promoter-initiator team fail to catch it, but instead faces off with an infected human who turns into a Gastrea himself, and destroys him before he causes more havoc. Immediately we are given a grim reminder of how gory and bloody this anime can be, and of how much resemblance it bears to classic "zombie"-type shows where humans are at risk of turning into monsters themselves. (+1 for excitement) Immediately afterward, the two are summoned by Seitenshi to a meeting of civil officers, where one of them, Hiruko Kagetane, starts killing off many of the civil officers there without proper reason and threatens to obtain a dangerous package, said to be able to summon a level 4 Gastrea, located within the Gastrea that was running rampant. At this point, explanation about the different classes and levels of Gastrea make them seem very similar to the Kaijus as depicted in Pacific Rim, where the higher level they are, the large and more powerful they become. As Satomi races to get the package ahead of Kagetane, he encounters them and gets defeated but somehow survives to have another go at them again. This time, he and Enju managed to beat them and retrieve the package that Seitenshi needed. The contents of the package, as it turns out, happens to be a little bicycle rather than something dangerous that Satomi thought it would be, but after confronting Seitenshi about this, he isn't given any answers and for the rest of this anime, nothing further is said about the first Kanto war, or about the origins of the Gastrea in the first place, so that's a real bummer. The anime completely avoids any explanation on the entire point of the first arc, so it really suffers from plot depth entirely. In the second arc, Seitenshi hires Satomi as a personal bodyguard, and in so doing introduces a very unnecessary, stupid and annoying "rivalry" between Satomi and Yasuwaki, who has a complex for Seitenshi-sama (though honestly, who wouldn't when she has that innocent kind of face?). This particular plot point sparks off an entire host of stupid "revenge" things that Yasuwaki does which end up as failed plot twists. We learn soon that Seitenshi is an assassination target by a girl called Tina Sprout, who so happens bumps into Satomi in the day, and has to face-off with him at night while he is guarding Seitenshi. When Ayn Rand, Tina's boss, finds out Satomi's identity, he orders Tina Sprout to kill Kisara, Satomi's boss. At this point Tina doesn't know that Satomi is the bodyguard and she conveniently drops her phone after someone bumps into her so that she never gets the information that Satomi was actually her target. Kisara nearly dies in Tina's hands, but it was honestly Tina's fault that she failed to kill Kisara faster. Anyway, Satomi is there to save her and finally faces off against Tina in a battle where Satomi triumphs. Yasuwaki then randomly appears and shoots Tina, and then immediately gets demoted by Seitenshi, who has somehow known that Tina was being controlled by Ayn Rand, and then promotes Satomi to be Yasuwaki's senior-in-rank. Again, at the end of the arc, we get no explanation about Ayn Rand and his connection to Sogen, the alleged perpetrator of the whole episode, and we also get no explanation as to why Tina wasn't charged with anything and how come she can suddenly join the Tendo Civil Security agency. This arc was honestly quite the mess. The last and final arc was basically a huge war between the Gastrea and the civil officers, sparked by the collapse of Monolith 32 due to a varanium-corrosive liquid that a level 4 Gastrea, Aldebaran was emitting. It starts off with Satomi looking around for people to join his team, and managed to get Katagiri Tamaki, his older brother and Shouma Nagisawa, and old friend, to do so. While preparations are being made to defend against the frontal Gastrea assault, there is a side-story arc about Satomi and Kisara teaching a group of Cursed Children kids and getting all familiar with them before they are brutally bombed by unknown people who are not mentioned in the anime, and increasing the drama and tension between normal people and cursed children, and advancing the plot in no particular way. This segment was completely useless because the children were only after they died, so the melodrama felt completely forced and lame. Anyway, back to the war, the civil officers are down to 50% of the strength after they unexpectedly encounter the Pleiades, known as the Spear of Light that killed many of their forces in the first battle. Satomi then, under orders, sets off the kill the Pleiades once and for all so that they would have an upper hand in the subsequent fight. Satomi ends up encountering Kagetane, whom he thought he killed off in the first arc, who saved his life from a bunch of Gastrea wolves. The two end up cooperating to kill of Pleiades and they rush back to the remaining civil officers to regroup for a final stand against the remaining Gastrea. After some absolutely mindless dictatorship act by Satomi, who claims that it's better for the civil officers to fear their leader than to fear the Gastrea, they come up with a plan, together with Miori, a weapons specialist, to insert an EP Bomb capable of destroying the supposedly-immortal Aldebaran from the inside. As the plan goes underway, Satomi managed to get the bomb in, but for reasons unknown and for plot convenience, the bomb's timer malfunctions and Shouma ends up having to use his shockwave punch to detonate it, killing both Aldebaran and Shouma in a massive giant explosion. In the end, they are announced as victors of the 3rd Gastrea War. Kisara ends up killing Kazumitsu, her brother, who endangered everyone's lives by making Monolith 32 out of cheaper material. However, nothing conclusive is said about the entire discrimination against Cursed Children conflict and the perpetrators who bombed innocent schoolchildren were never found. Also, Kisara ends up being engulfed by some in…