Since Blood Lad has a vampire in it, it is my obligation to mention Twilight in this: Screw Edward Cullen.
This show has real
vampires. Ladies and gentlemen, I would
like to present Staz. The vampire otaku.
If the phrase ‘vampire otaku’ doesn’t make you instantly
fall in love with this show, don’t worry.
There are plenty of other things to like.
Okay, let’s get on to the plot of this episode. We meet a main character who does have eyes, Staz the vampire
otaku. He lives in a demon world. However, he is completely obsessed with the
human world (yes, there is a demon world and a human world. Blue
Exorcist, anyone?). Thus, he flips
out when he gets a phone call from one of his demon acquaintances saying that
there’s a human girl wandering around.
Staz insists that they take her to his house so he can meet her.
Staz fusses around, like he’s the world’s biggest nerd
getting ready for a date with the writers of Star Trek. It is pretty
silly and entertaining to watch. When
she gets to his room, he immediately begins asking her questions about manga,
video games, etc. from the human world.
Haha, that’s what she said.
*coughs* Umm… Moving on, he gets a phone call talking about how some
guy wants to take over his territory with giant carnivorous flowers. Yeah, did I mention? Staz is apparently the leader of a territory
of the demon world. Like, he has people
working for him and people trying to murder him. It’s like a gang war. I’m just surprised that this:
is in a position of power.
I bet that means he has some supreme asskicking powers, right? Yes, he does.
He easily takes out Mr. Flower Power.
However, when Staz was out kicking ass, one of the plants
wandered off and ate the human girl.
Apparently, when humans die in the human world, they turn into
ghosts. Which are tangible,
apparently. So, the girl is now a ghost.
Staz vows to un-ghostify her, even though he has no clue how
to do it. And she’s naked now, by the
way. And very shiny, too. After this, she shows him how she got into
the human world, and they decide that they’re going there. Together, of course. Staz wants to see if Dirty Princess:4 is out yet.
However, as of the end of this episode, they’re not there
yet. And I almost don’t want them to go to the human world, honestly. Because the demon world looks like a
blast! Everything is colorful and
bright, the demons have fun designs, and the delightfully weird is
commonplace! Oh, well.
I really liked this episode, if you couldn't already
tell. By far, the worst part of the
episode was the fact that Viz’s subtitles were timed badly. This show definitely has personality, and it’s
the same fun, quirky personality that shows like Soul Eater have. I found
myself laughing out loud several times throughout the episode, even if it was
at someone just being over-the-top. But
I’m pretty sure that’s intentional.
Blood Lad
definitely doesn’t take itself too seriously, but that’s part of the fun. Even the fanservice didn’t piss me off like
it usually does! Everything here is
goofy and fun, and I can’t honestly hate on fanservice too much when it’s like that.
The characters are shaping up to be quite the fun cast, and I
already love every moment Staz is onscreen.
The girl is nice, too. She’s
showing signs of having personality, too, even if most of the stuff that she
did this episode was acclimatizing to what was going on.
The animation isn’t exactly amazing, but is quite enjoyable with
the colors and something always going on to keep your attention. It’s very energetic, is what I’m saying.
I’m definitely looking forward to episode 2. I just hope that the weirdly timed subtitles
here were just a fluke with my computer and that I’ll never encounter them again.
(by the way, Team Staz FTW!)
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