Servamp

well first review, here goes, some minor spoilers and it probably wont make sense until you watch it Servamp is an anime about a plain protagonist who enjoys simple things who accidentally takes in a shut-in emo catboy vampire. He has to learn to use his newfound powers as he is now an eve of the servamp of sloth and must defeat the villain guy. story: The story is... poor to say the least. The villain was honestly pretty boring and i couldn't undertand his motivations throughout the entire show. The show kept throwing characters at us instead of trying to make us take the plot more seriously. The stakes felt non existant and the resolution felt extremely rushed. I'm not fully sure if something is meant to come after this but is there is it still has a lot of thing it needs to answer. Who is the guy who created servamps and why did he do it? Whats with all the weird powers of an eve and servamp? Why can the mc change his weapon all of a sudden? how do the servamps know they die if their object gets destroyed when none of them have spoken to their creator? Where are the other servamps? Why is C3 a thing and what's the deal with them? Why does emo catboy have a lion form? What was the villain even trying to accomplish i still don't know?? art: the art was pretty decent. The designs were good. The emo catboy Kuro was the whole reason why i decided to watch the show in the first place. I saw him, blacked out, and by the time i realised i had finished the whole anime (man i wish he had more screentime). The mc had the most boring design, i guess it makes sense since his whole thing is liking simple stuff but he couldv'e at least had a bit more of a unique design if we have to stare at him for the majority of the show. The world itself felt pretty empty, the backgrounds were nothing special and did the bare minimum of establishing a setting. The animation felt very stiff. The fighting lacked any kind of impact or force and felt ~muddy~. There wasn't any glaring issues with the art that took all of my attention though so i can't complain too much. Kuro's design is amazing though i still can't get over it sound: very good, nothing to complain about in this department. wasn't particularly memorable but was servicable. The opening theme was pretty fun characters: i mentioned earlier how this anime just kept shoving characters in with barely any development. The 2 exceptions to this would be the blonde hedgehog guy and his eve, angel piano boy. They had a super fun dynamic and had a lot of character growth. i got pretty invested in those 2. kuro, while his design was my favourite, was pretty boring. i'm not fully sure i understood his regrets but it was nice seeing him actually face his problems at the end. the grell rip off was annoying, the villain was stupid, green hair guy should've had a romance subplot with the mc, the coffin guy and pride were boring, and there were loads of others that were pretty disappointing. Luckily the mc was actually kind of smart and i could appreciate his independant mindset and all that, though he wasn't very memorable. I'm assuming the manga handled all of these characters a lot better but i haven't read it yet so i can't confirm. final thoughts: i mean, it could've been worse. would i recommend it? not really no, if you are gonna watch it don't set your expectations too high. There's some funny moments and some character interactions were an absolute treat but nothing special. it managed to keep my attention for the most part at 5/10, not offensively bad, not terribly good either, i don't regret the watch though

This anime has a very different take on the concept of vampires and the seven deadly sins. It was pretty interesting seeing the concepts and how they unraveled, even though somethings go unexplained or poorly so. Which is overall my main problem with this anime, it felt rushed, it had great potential but I don´t think it was suited to be told in 12 episodes, I believe splitting the anime into at least 2 seasons would have been better as at some point it feels like there are too many subplots or things going at the same time with a quick pacing. There is only one episode however dedicated to one of the Servaps and personally my favorite of the series, it shows how it could have been, it is the slowest paced episode but considering how quickly everything else was going on it allowed us to invest much deeper into the character of greed. enough it felt rushed, I don´t it to blame the story itself and more so of the contract as I am pretty sure it is difficult for a minor manga series like Servamps to get a contract for a second season, even with bigger anime such as Yuri on Ice a second season didn´t happen. It just seems the producers just wanted to tell the story they wanted to tell with the time they had. Even though rushed and quick-paced, the characters are super likable and only seeing their interactions alone it's pretty enjoyable, even with a simple story. I caught myself quickly liking the characters after the second episode and I felt the world had so much to be explored. Something that I enjoyed is that they don´t add all of the deadly sins and focus merely on the ones important to the current plot, otherwise it would have been way worse with too little screen time for the already big main cast. I only wish it had more time to develop the emotional arches and morals of the characters it was trying to convey, as well as familial relationships. The execution wasn´t bad but slight above average, possibly wouldn´t have enjoyed as much if the characters hadn´t had their own charm and personality to keep the story together.

Plot: 8 Compared to Vampire Knight, at least I got a good action vampire plot from this anime. Having a vampire as a servant is quite cool and it's the first anime I've watched with such theme. Well, in terms of originality, I must deduct points for that because it's kinda of quite your typical master-slave relationship. Characters: 6 I'll just be discussing some characters here. Mahiru: A typical must save all peace loving main character. Not fond of him but at he doesn't annoy me as much as the girl in Code Breaker. Shows some character development at the very end of the episodes (somewhere between 10-12ep). However, I felt distant with the character. I don't know much about him. Where's his father, where's his uncle gone too? etc. Kuro: I kind of like his lazy ass character. At least his not the typical cool, cold protagonist. However, so many questions left unanswered about him. I wish they developed his character a bit more. And also, his true powers, I wish they show more of his true, awesome powers as the first creation of the servamps! All I got to see is his sloppy side. Minus points for that. Tsubaki: A moderate villain with lots of potential. Like Mahiru and Kuro, there's nothing much to this character. There's no character development at all. Like, I still don't know why is he in so much despair or why is he even created in the first place. Where does he come from? Whose' his Eve? He must have on since the others need one too. OP: 7 Nice opening. Usually not my cup of tea but this one grabs my attention. Over all: 6. I would love to rate this story as high as 8.5 because with the kind of plot and foundations of awesome characters with cool powers, this story can go far. It could be even up par to SNK and the rest cool most favourited anime. But because of the plot holes, the rushed ending, the undeveloped character, I could only give a 6. Nevertheless, I still enjoy watching it, it still got me hook yet the last few episodes are kind of dragging (for me).

Not for someone wanting typical anime comedy or drama. This anime is, through and through, a journey of learning about the characters as the characters learn about themselves. It offers you several questions, but doesn't leave you hanging for the answer at the end of the anime. Everything is solved, and yes, the characters are indecisive compared to most stereotypical anime characters. But that just makes it more human. My enjoyment was a definite ten, but I rated it a nine because I always want to believe an awesome story like this can be even better. Anime like this, with full fledged characters, with unresolved feelings, history, and ideas. Characters with changeable emotions and struggles everyday. Characters that aren't numb, or gag characters, always happy or sad, a stereotypical glasses character, smart character, do good hero with a sense of unwavering justice, doing whatever is needed to be right- will not be found here. This anime is not about saving the world, or friendship, but about realizing that nothing is simple- nothing is black or white. It's about realizing that your decisions may vary or affect someone negatively, but that's okay. It's realizing that emotion and action can be scary and contradictory, that your "ideals" can be ironic or reinterpreted, that you might do something against those ideals and still have it be the right choice. It has an amazing impact. Watch this anime if you are introspective and prone to metacognition. It's uncomfortable if you aren't looking for something to understand or think about. But to me, that makes it something wonderful.

I checked this anime out because it (1) reminded me of Black Butler and (2) the VA's, especially Yuki Kaji. Brief appearances by Hiroshi Kamiya and Daisuke Ono (faves of mine). The story has a simple pattern to follow, each servamp representing 7 sins and all that. It's not overly complicated. I think it's primarily meant to be a fun anime. It DOES attempt to get "deep" and I don't see anything wrong with that. Most people won't considered it properly executed, and if I was completely unbiased, I would agree. Given how it only received 12 episodes, it's understandably a RUSHED anime. Friendships build pretty fast by the 3rd episode, and they don't stand if you give it too much thought. The ending will undoubtedly disappoint many. I was (VERY), BUT I plan to check out the manga and hope there's something different, deeper, and overall better. However, I watch things primarily for the CHARACTERS and their interactions with each other. So, I found this anime VERY enjoyable mostly because I invest primarily on characters just a little bit more than plot execution. I loved the servamps and how we were able to learn a lot about at least 3 of them. Some of the Eves hint at deeper backstories, but, again, 12 episodes isn't enough to expand. I hope the manga goes further. Might come down to personal tasted, but my #1 problem is Mahiru. Yes, yes, he's a basic protagonist, the Every Man here... but he's so ANNOYING at times. And the lines he repeats, while they ARE his way of life... still ANNOYING to hear every episode. I only tolerate him because he's nothing without Kuro. Anyway, I enjoyed it overall. As of writing this review (Jan. 12, 2017) I heard the manga author is ill, so the manga will go into hiatus. I hope she recovers soon.

Now whoever comes here talking about the manga, GTFO, this is servamp ANIME, not manga, the manga doesn't play any role here and i'm basing my judgement only on the anime because it would be ridiculous to make the watcher read something else to get the full feel of your work. So what is my beef with it? Guessing you have already seen it then it's the freaking vampires. Why are they called vampires? They don't need to suck blood, they are immortal and are created by a human. So considering that, why make them obey after you have given them a name, your blood and an item. If you make some awesome creatures, you wouldn't want them to obey someone else and go after you right? that's a pretty stupid mistake to make. Also you can only kill them buy destroying the object, if you just attack them they turn back into their little "cute" state which in itself is kinda bullshit. But when they are in their "cuute" state, they don't even have objects on them so they are pretty much immortal by that time. AND objects are given by masters so if they don't have a master they can't die ever???? This is just a little part why I really disliked it other than missing main characters, boring plot developemend and other stuff that you can conveniently find on my channel on YouTube if you search for MudanTV. I even throw some funny sketches in there, freaking 10 hours of work on a video and only 20 people see it, such is life.

Was a show I put on in the morning while I was getting ready, so I didn't put my full attention into watching it, but I was able to get the main premise of the show and the characters, etc. Like, was not bad in the slightest, but it was nothing something that I first put on and was like, "omg, I'm going to like this show" which is somewhat disappointing because I had this in my 'plan to watch' section for about three years, and I was waiting for the perfect time to begin it. It is a very typical vampire anime, with very basic storylines and development. if you want a show where you do not need to think while watching it, or to have an anime you can put on in the background while doing other things like getting ready, sweeping or doing dishes, I would recomment it, but its nothing life changing.

(Non-Spoiler Review) Upon starting this anime, I had high expectations (for some random reason). I'd heard it around enough times that I assumed it would be really good. But boy was I disappointed. Torn between a 6 or a 7, the overall rating I had to give it was a 6. Most animes peak either in the middle or are great straight off the bat, only to progressively get worse, or (more rare) are good all the way throughout. Rarely ever have I seen an anime slowly get better within 2-3 episodes and then drop back to bad within a couple minutes. Within about 2 episodes of watching Servamp I had determined that it was a waste of my time. But I pushed through, cause like I said, most animes will pick up from episode 3 onwards at least. The plot seemed a bit.. childish. The premise was interesting but the way it was executed was childish. The MC was whiny and annoying and his character development wasn't even worth sticking around for. It lowkey seemed all over the place. If anything, Servamp got worst as I went along. Most of the characters follow the usual tropes, in other words, they weren't original at all. The MC was definitely the worst character, he had literally no redeeming qualities. Three of the characters had their own catchphrase that could turn this anime into a drinking game ("Not interesting at all", "what a pain" and "thinking simply"). I could list so many other flaws, but the anime does actually have some good points. Firstly, despite how annoying the MC was, I liked his backstory. I liked the reason why he always stepped up to be that "someone". It made sense, lowkey hit me in the feels and I was excited to see where it would take him (it didn't take him anywhere but we're focusing on the good). Secondly, though most of the characters were stereotypical, some were quite enjoyable. They were all pretty eccentric and quirky in their own way, but overall likable. Some of the side characters feel a little underdeveloped, and although that would usually be fine, this anime gives them some unnecessary screen time for being underdeveloped side characters. It made me feel like they were important but then never went further to develop them. And here's why I struggled between a 6 and a 7. Hyde, Licht and Tsubaki are the best characters in the show by far. Ofc, personal opinion, but Hyde and Licht carried the show for me. Everything turned around for me when a whole episode was dedicated to Hyde's back story, and it made me appreciate the pair a lot more. I loved the character and relationship development, the backstory was really good, I wish they had shown more of Licht's. Then Tsubaki was amusing from the very first episode (which I think he was in, if not, second episode). They had dropped subtle hints of his character from the beginning, which Sakuya played the perfect role in (sidenote: Sakuya was also a very good character and miles better than the MC, understandably doesn't get that much air time as he is a side character for most of it). His backstory was also spot on and I wish they had shown more of it, it felt like it was rushed through as it was only shown towards the end. And aside from the final couple of minutes feeling like a mess that was quickly put together, the episodes prior to that were the peak of this show for me. Maybe it was just because it was the climax, but the quality just seemed to get better. I was definitely more invested within 3 episodes, had liked the characters more and didn't want it to end. The MC also didn't have that as much screen time towards the end as he did throughout everything, so maybe that's why lol. Overall, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was when I was watching in the beginning. I really thought I would've rated this a 4, if not for the sudden shift in priority with the characters. I wouldn't say it makes this worth watching though, hence the 6. I'd recommend this if you've exhausted every mid anime possible (by personal opinion and preference), but otherwise, you're better of finding something else. Sidenote: Kuro is funny and has a somewhat relatable personality. However, he is glued to the MC and so that naturally decreases the quality of his air time from an 8 to a 4.

I was expecting that this anime would suck, but it didn’t. It was able to make me finish the whole season, at least. The story isn’t that solid, even the pacing was all over the place. I won’t say that this anime is the best or bad, it’s at least watchable. The art and animation was on par with other animes released last year. The action scenes were done poorly. The characters other than the main ones were boring and too 2D. It’s they were just place there. The main characters, Kuro and Mahiru had great character development, especially the latter. I also liked the development of Hyde and Licht, to a point I find them more entertaining than the main duo. I do hope they’ll improve the story in the 2nd season. If your a fan of bromance and handsome guys, then this anime is just for you.

I'm really sorry to say this, but this is only anime I've watched so far, that I not only cannot recommend, but quite the opposite. Avoid this with 6 foot pole. I've seen a short from this on Instagram and thought it might be interesting. I watched first few episodes, kept saying to myself "Okay, next one gotta have something". After sixth episode, I couldn't bring myself to watch another episode. I literally watched last 6 episodes with like 2 week window between each. The story has literally nothing going for it, there is a semi-working plotline, that barely holds this whole thing together. Art is okay, nothing special and definitely not a reason to watch but it was apparent that animators didn't lazy around. Stakes felt so... overly dramatic for what actually going on, characters were so simple, boring and just plain as well... MC is just a goody 2 shoes with heart of gold and no other characteristic, besides "liking simple things". Also, there is a big noticable lack of women in this show. I don't mind, I don't need lot of girls in every anime I watch, I actually prefer less, good written female characters, than something "Farming in another world" or that Isekai with a Smartphone, where writers just check out boxes with tropes. But it's so bad here that even if there were any, I just don't remember them at all. It's not waste of time, It's actually worse, I wish I never started it in a first place...

Took until I saw Dr Stein (from Soul eater) to understand what's happening in this show. So... this one is more of a word vomit than an actual show. The author sat down to write something original but ended up falling on tropes and his favorite characters got mixed in with his OCs. When watching this I had this itch in the back of my brain telling me I've seen this character before. Stein, as well as Grell from Black butler, are probably the most obvious ones but you also have Sakuya who is practically transplanted from Nanbaka. Premise here is over-complicated for no reason. There are vampires, they have a master, they are servant vampires. Because Japan love hierarchy there are baby vamps under those as well. There is a lot of talk and specifics thrown in to complicate it but that's pretty much it. One of the vamps is our designated bad guy so we need to stop him, that's all. Oh and because Soul Eater is clearly one of the "inspirations" here custom weapons are thrown in because why not. You know those crappy one shots where the characters are suddenly in a situation and are given only one option to get out? Like getting locked in a room and not allowed out until XXX happens or something ridiculous like that? That's this show. Every few episodes the characters are cornered and are told they have to do this or that to get out of the situation. Because edgy they bust through the walls instead, in one case quite literally. Trouble is each time new rules and restrictions are added for that to be the case, it's like this show never truly begins just always trying to establish the parameters of it's identity. Overall I did like the lazy cat vamp but that's about it. The rest of the cast are so middle of the road all I can think of while they're on screen is try to identify which anime they were stolen from.

this show definitely had potential to be interesting if it had a second season or a longer first season, because the concept of "servant vampires" that also themselves have servant vampires is interesting, especially combined with the seven deadly sins theme, but the pacing in this show was an absolute fucking trainwreck. it was almost impossible to keep track of any character's name because as soon as one shows up, so do one or two others immediately after (if not at the same time). the characters are all visually very danganronpa-esque, which maybe could have worked if there was more than one (maybe two or three if you count mahiru's irrelevant friend and the glasses guy from the organization) simple design to balance things out, or if more than a handful of the characters had actual significant backstories and personalities. it's really almost heartbreaking how bland this was, especially with such a stacked cast (kenjirou and junichi!!! who each had less than three speaking lines/appearances), so i guess i'm glad that all i have left of this series is the movie :/

the anime is okay, not the best but something fun to watch if your bored and wanna watch something with abit of action. However I did not really like the ending and how anti climax it was, how suddenly he doesn't want to fight anymore and lets everyone go and go everything is back to normal? Beside that wierd and wacky ending the character and enjoyment were the only thing keeping this anime going. How some scenes did make me laugh and kept me going, aswell as the characters and how different they are. But also very similar with goals! In the end if you want a good action vampire story 10/10 this is def not the best one but is alright :)