The Titan's Bride

The very first thing I want to bring up, which was my misconception based on the trailer and the poster and the reason I avoided it: no, the titan does not rape the MC. Their relationship is fine, sweet even. The second point, if you are not already a BL fan, don't watch this. Full stop. Not recommended. Avoid. So with this said, my review is aimed squarely only at other BL fans who know exactly what they are getting into. As a BL fan, think of this show as one of those short 2-3 chapter BL yaoi manga that have a setting squarely aimed at havingthe two MCs who embody a kink have sex - this time the kink is "size difference", with some sex pollen also in the mix in the second half and exhibitionism in the first. It's not that the plot of this show is weak - it has more plot and worldbuilding than it has any right to have for the sex vehicle that it is. If anything, the setting is overambitious: this whole anime is less than 2 20-minute episodes (without the ED each episode has about 4 minutes), how much characterization, story, worldbuilding, relationship development can you even squeeze into that airtime?? That said, it's also NOT a good show. The relationship develops far too fast, setting details are never explained (how exactly can a male titan get a male human pregnant?), the airtime is practically nothing yet they still managed to fit sexual assault in (not between the MC and his love interest), the titan is just a generic perfect dreamboat. The production values are awful, it's a borderline slideshow; the ED song sung by the VAs is bad. It's important to bring up that this anime aired in a specific context though: a market starved for BL adaptations, where a lot of us will take and appreciate anything. That this exists is in and of itself a small miracle, despite the issues above. The end result: it's fine. Generally speaking, I'd recommend this anime for the following audiences: - You like short yaoi stories and have a high tolerance to "plot? what plot?" - You are starved for BL and are willing to forgive its issues - You just like listening to VAs make sex noises and having pictures to go with it is better than a drama CD.

I'm gonna be honest. I watched this anime for the smut scenes, so I wasn't disappointed with the anime, but I got disappointed with my life instead... -Story- Awful. It only makes sense if you read the manga. So go read the manga if you want a more comprehensive story. It's still ridiculous tho lol -Animation- There are many weird movements but the art is good. -Sound- I didn't pay attention to the music but the voice acting for the smut scenes is hot imo. I don't really watch hentai so I can't really say anything about it, but BL CDs are far more better.-Character- Development what? But what did you expect from a 9 episodes anime with 6 minutes / episode? -Enjoyment- I think the sex scenes in this anime would be enjoyable for fujoshi and fudanshi. Still, they're so cringe. -Overall- This anime makes me question about my life, the mangaka's life, the animators' life, the VAs' life, and the audience's life.

My opinions on this is going to be very relative to the manga. The thing is that if i had watched this with no context i probably would've given up on the first episode. However that is not the case as I have read the manga. Personally I feel like an anime adaptation should add an extra dimension that manga can't deliver. This adaptation however just felt a little bit lazy. They really didn't put any effort into choosing new angles or being creative with the advantages they had over the manga. The scenes were an exact copy of a few panels of the mangawith the addition of motion and that's all. The story was rushed and way too fast paced seeing as each episode was 6 minutes long, which is sad because I actually really enjoyed the plot when i read it. What I can say is that the character of each person is established, giving you a clear image of what type of person each character is. I say this as more of a compliment to the author than the studio. All in all, I think that it not only did not bring the manga out to life, it actually cut out a lot of scenes and increased its pace to an unenjoyable amount.