"At the behest of her father, Yui Komori goes to live in a secluded mansion, home to the six Sakamaki brothers—Shuu, Reiji, Ayato, Kanato, Raito, and Subaru—a family of vampires. Though at first the siblings are confused as to why the girl has arrived, they soon realize that she is to be their new "sacrificial bride," not to mention their other, more carnal intentions for her. After meeting the brothers, Yui quickly begins to question why her father would have sent her here and why she feels a strange, new pain in her chest. With each brother more sadistic than the last, Yui's life as a captive takes a harrowing turn in her new home. As her days turn into endless nights, and each brother vows to make her his own, Yui falls deeper and deeper into madness and ecstasy."
A description of the short anime Diabolik Lovers. Sounds interesting, does it not? Something that's perfect for people who fancy shorter series or vampires... But it is far from perfect.
Diabolik Lovers is a bit of an old anime, as it premiered in autumn 2013. Like mentioned, this series is also a pretty short series, consisting of 12 short episodes. The genres to describe the anime is Harem, Shoujo, Vampire and School. It is also a popular visual novel, and has OVAs, prequels & sequels.
Diabolik Lovers is a show I watched long, long ago, and it was mostly because I love supernatural creatures (such as vampires). I was in my early teenage years when I watched it for the first time so I don't remember much of what my opinion was of the show back then, but I remember thinking how great it was, so I decided to rewatch it about a week ago... and my opinion has definitely taken a bad turn completely.
So let's start with some of the cons and then some of the pros, so we can get rid of the bad stuff right away.
As I rewatched DL, I could tell there was a lot of things that was off. The story is hugely flawed. It never gets explained (atleast in the anime), not even at the final episode. It also does not make sense; it feels like the creators simply wanted to make a short, simple and sexy vampire franchise... and leave out everything else. When watching, I could barely feel effort put into the series, which was very disappointing. Every single character did not develop at all during each episode either. Literally nothing changed throughout it all; the same things kept happening, and repetition can only get you so far. From the reviews I've read, it seems like most people agree with these statements and facts as much as I do. There's hardly any structure whatsoever.
Now, the good things about Diabolik Lovers... which is only two things: Vampires and art. That's it. Personally, I almost always enjoy vampire stories, and it was the main reason why I decided to watch DL, as I said. Next, the art. I think the animation and artwork is very odd yet pretty, which is always a huge plus for me, since I have a very artistic soul and love to draw myself. So that was nice to see. But at the same time, you will most likely not get away with having good art/animation but no story to follow or characters to develop.
Well then, would I recommend Diabolik Lovers? No, I would not, unless you are the type of person who can enjoy "a story without a story", to put it that way. An overall rating from me would be 2/10.
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