Servamp

Looking for a series that constantly likes to add characters and ideas, then let it all pile up and do nothing with them? If that’s the case, then “Servamp” is right up your ally. To make things clear, I do not mind the ideas the show has to offer. I found the concept of Servamps and Eves to be quite interesting. The problem I had with it was how everything was presented. Each episode gave us new subplots after another where eventually we have a bunch of things happening at the same time with almost no conclusion. It then makes me question what the main plotis because when something new happens, that suddenly takes priority. By the time the series finished, many things were left discarded and unanswered. Similar to the plot, the characters never go anywhere in terms of personality. They just appear and decide to be involved in the conflict like it was nothing. The main characters have zero presence and don’t even feel like main characters. I had a hard time figuring out who the actual antagonist was or if there even was one. It’s not an exaggeration when I say that we get two of more characters introduced each episode. We’re overwhelmed with all of these people who have little to no presence. There is one thing I would like to mention. Each of the Servamps represent one of the seven deadly sins, and two of them are disregarded save for a flashback scene way later into the show. It was to my surprise that these two had appeared within five chapters of the manga, which baffles me because I don’t know why that choice was made. The only positive thing I can say about it is the animation. It’s actually not that bad. The character designs were unique and each episode was often consistent. The action sequences weren’t terrible, but still a bit uninteresting. I did like it when the style changed like when a Servamp was using its powers or we were inside their minds. Although it had some good ideas and animation, “Servamp” is still pretty boring with nothing to it. If I may be completely honest, the only thing that I truly got out of the show was the opening theme. It’s one of the styles of music that I love, but what got me was how unexpected it was. I had known beforehand that this was based on a shoujo manga, so this opening surprised the hell out of me. Knowing there are major differences in the manga, I may give that a shot someday. Otherwise, I don’t plan on revisiting the anime.

At first I just brush off this anime like those typical shounen, blah, plain MC ect. But somewhere through the 3rd and 4th episode, Mahiru grew on me. Not because he is anything special but the way he thinks. I can't deny that Mahiru's words are gonna stick with me the rest of my life. No matter when or where, there is always people hoping that 'someone' would come and because that 'someone' would definitely appear, the world keeps going. It isn't gonna be just him or just Kuro but it will be them. If it's Kuro's problem, Mahiru has to be there, there isn't anythingto be faced alone. The problem might be Kuro's but Mahiru is his eve, his partner and his 'reason'. (as Mikuni had said) And seriously, despite everything, do you guys really want this to be 'oh I stab the antagonist, he ded, the end' is that kind of ending what you want? I think the ending was quite nice and peaceful and it wasn't unpleasant. It was a nice change. I don't need to see blood flying everywhere and people dying to call it a GREAT VICTORY! =_= Licht, Lawless, Kuro, Mahiru, Tsubaki and Sakuya are really interesting characters and even though the anime did not best in showing off characters such as the Pride pair and Lust pair, C3 as such, it did made some great show out of the more standing out ones. I enjoy the Greed pair the most (no surprise) I guess one of the reason I liked this anime is because there are a lot of angst going on in some anime now *COUGHDANGANRONPACOUGH* and not only that, because people now a-days just keeps spamming horror/angst/negative emotions. I really like how this anime turns out despite it's various flaw.

TL;DR at the end ~Contains Spoilers~ Servamp is odd. Not the series itself, because it is by no means unique. Just the fact that it was actually published in a Josei magazine baffles me. Who thought it was a good idea? ________________________________________ STORY: 2/10 What do you get when you add 'figthing for my freinds!!!1!!!' with vampires with a survival game? The answer is a clusterfuck of characters and battles with lame motivations who's names you can't remember due to horribly executed master/servant relationships. The plot is very hard to follow at points, but from what I did follow, it wasn't that good to begin with. The conclusion,to top it off, is satisfying. Like, very satisfying. Almost made me wish that the series actually had something good earlier so I could've gotten at least a bit of enjoyment out of it. ________________________________________ ART: 4/10 Servamp's art and animation just scream 'bland'. The animation seems to avoid any difficult character positions which looks weird at some parts. The art is colorful at the very least, but still feels dried up almost, like it sat in the sun for too long. ________________________________________ SOUND: 4/10 For the most part, the voice acting, though half of them were annoying, were unique, and it helped the terrible characters become a little more distinguishable. As for the rest of it... well if you like heavy metal blaring in your ears, this is for you. ________________________________________ CHARACTER: 2/10 The characters are frustrating to me. Mostly, because even if they are all VERY sexualized towards a female audience, some of them still look pretty cool! Kuro especially, and that lobster guy. Oh, and the piano kid. I don't have a reason to look up their names; the show didn't give me one. Despite some having alluring designs, they're motivations are so lame, it's hard not to laugh as they yell the way only anime characters can. ________________________________________ TL;DR: 3/10 +Satisfying ending +Some good character design -Everything else Servamp isn't worth your time, honestly. Even if you are looking for an anime exactly like this, Owari no Seraph outclasses it in every way. And THAT should say something.

Press CTRL (command if an apple peasant) + F and enter tl;dr :3 Personally I really like Servamp. I thought what little humor it had was done well and the story was gripping enough to make me not drop the show. It was 'just' about gripping enough so don't expect an amazing story just expect to be entertained because this show definitely does that. Now onto the characters. We have Kuro, a vampire who can turn into a cat. Mahiro, a simple guy but quite unique. Sakoya(I think), who is his mate and other various characters. I really liked Kuro and wanted to learn about his backstoryfrom the get-go and I was supplied with it. The rest of the cast are ok and the only others which stand out are Lawless and Licht who are my fav side characters in the show. The opening is really good. Possibly top 10 maybe. It's softcore-ish rock, compared to what i'm used to, and is really nice to listen to. The animation is awesome. Full 1080 with really nice visuals make the show have nice impact. Angles aren't One Piece crazy or anything but it's nice. Overall I really like it but there is one thing that bugged me and that is.... The ending. It's not explained. Not even to the point where it is a cliff-hanger I just didn't understand why x happened at the end of it. It was bs tbh. But anyway thanks here is a too long:didn't read section tl;dr Really nice show I enjoyed it, sick op, sick visuals but a bad ending and not many remember able characters