Mignon

I will brave the Fujoshi hate and deliver a more unbiased review on this anime. For the record I am not familiar with Korean anime, but have read quite a bit of their manhwa... of the BL smut variety. I read the words 'vampire' and 'boys love' under information and was immediately intrigued. I was soon slapped in the face with disappointment. I feel that there's such a desperation for LGBTQ+ romance that the genre has become over-saturated with cliched, mediocre, immature and rather unhealthy relationship depictions. MAL describes this as erotica, its not, its smut. This anime is a cut and paste of many BLsmut manhwa plots. If I'd known this going in I may have been a little less critical, after all the hentai genre is not exactly award-winning. Which begs the question: why does this anime have such a high MAL score? Mignon is the cliché tearful abused dude, Doc is the cliché emotionally unavailable vampire dude. A reusable story unfolds. Very little actual relationship building. There is crying. There is noisy kissing and formulaic sex. The fact that Doc was a vampire was a wasted opportunity. Parts of the animation is pretty, but its obvious there was a limited budget as they rely heavily on still shots. The music was forgettable. Each episode is about 4-5 minutes, why not simply make it into a short movie? Part of me that wonders if this was a straight relationship would there have been more budget. If you're thirsty for an animated gay sex scene just go to the last episode, if you have expectations of an actual BL vampire story carry on looking. I think I've sh*t on this enough, 5/10

TW: Blood, sex, violence, fighting Mignon is a very short BL anime, the episodes range from 4 to 8 minutes but a lot happens during this time. The story progressed quickly and is easy to follow and understand. The animation is very nice and smooth, and I love the character designs! The characters are pretty interesting and I wish we knew a bit more about them and their origins but I'm sure there are some fan theories out there. As well as the characters are very likeable and add to the story. Also, the colours! The colours are amazing and very aesthetic-lookingas they weren't too overpowering but added to the scenes and helped portray the emotions of the characters. Additionally, the sound design was pretty nice too, very realistic and crisp! The last episode! Woah! Very passionate (don't worry, the details are blurred)

This story is about two guys, neither of whom know how to behave. Some of that is explainable by context and their pasts, but still, it's bizarre how they interact with people and with each other. The animation on the other hand has a Wacky-Waving-Inflatable-Arm-Flailing-Tube-Man quality, particularly with Mignon, who regularly just folds in half. The episodes are very short, and there's only 12 of them, so the story isn't particularly nuanced, nor do any of the side characters get much attention. The funniest part was Mignon being portrayed as some giant, then finding out he's just 6'2. Not really sure where the other reviewersare getting "AMAZING" or "INNOVATIVE" from. It was fine, I guess, but there's not really anything of substance save for the 'transformation', or rather, the decision behind it, but it doesn't stop to linger and reflect. And that's my biggest beef with this series: we only really see unhealthy relationships and obsession; there is never any time for anything of substance.