Anime Review – Blood +

Blood +

First thing first, the anime was a bloody hell. She turn berserk and kills every moving creature regardless of what they are. However after 30 years of hibernation the most deadly weapon the military made turn into the most delicate teenager whose life devotes only to live in a normal high school girl. Haji, Saya’s faithful chevalier appears and somehow helps her recall everything that happens thirty years ago, and even the day she became human and turn herself into a vampire which made her immortal.

Moving on, as the she about to unfold the mystery of her past she was caught into the most dangerous situation which she have done a few decades ago. As she found out what happen she realize that it was also her fault to let Diva (her twin sister, which is also her ultimate villain) free from her cage and kills every family she has.

Furthermore, with the help of her own foster family which, later on, became her only hope to correct her mistake at the same time guide her to the right path. She lost her dad, her little brother and comrades while battling with so many chevaliers that protect her twin sister. Even so, she was about to sleep again for another thirty years, she still strive to finish what she have to do in order to bring peace in the humanity.

In Addition, before she was about to kill her little brother and her twin sister’s newly born children – they are also twins – Kai interfere and told her she was about to change her failure and by doing so they let the children live and guide them as how she was guided by their father, Haji as well, for the first and last time she disobeyed Saya for the greater good.

Saya and Haji

After the fight against her twin, Kai brought her back where she began. Every year Kai and the twins visit her place to check on her. Haji as well paid to visit her. By the way Haji even if he is a property of Saya – she bought her to become her personal assistant way back he was a kid – fall in love with her. And willingly give up his life just to protect and accompany her wherever Saya wishes to go.

Now as for the story, it was heavy, the fighting scene, the love story and the rivalry, the companionship among the characters, the quest for freedom and the overall plot. It was remarkable although it was not a good recommendation for young audiences. Nevertheless the flow of the story is very concise, there are no wasted times. It was ingeniously written and directed. All the characters have their meaningful part, even Mao (Kai’s determined girlfriend who was persistently looking for him) have a very unexpectedly role which I thought, personally, that she was just a total side story – which usually led to fillers – but fortunately she became a real part of the overall plot. The Schiff as well have the situation, although I already expect that there this always a failure subject in the experiment, which most of the time they became the lead character, however in here they only became the supporting cast. That is good somehow.

Finally, I watched this series with a serious and well-focused attention that I only do if the anime series is my personal interest. And only realize it after finishing the whole series. Because at first I wasn’t feeling watching this one because it was too dark, and the scenes always happened during nighttime, and I had a problem watching dark scene, because I hardly recognize their features. But fortunately it turned out well and I was enjoying the show. And for the rating I give 8.5/10. Fair enough, since I don’t give a hundred percent for the rating, because I allow my self to discover new anime series every now and then. So I just give you the opportunity to decide whether to give a perfect score for this. But for me, this is one-of-a-kind which truly consists of a good character and a good storyline. Thank you for making such a good series like this.

For the reference here are some sources

Character and story informations – Wikipedia and Animenewsnetwork

For streaming – Livevideo

For download – Anime56