Firstly : the characters, kou yamori is a fantastic protagonist for this type of story, he is a boy that is bored with his life, so after getting a taste of the vibrancy and beauty of the night he decides that he wants to become a vampire, it’s a simple plot that is so easy to get behind because kou is actually well written for the short time we spend with him. He simply wants to have fun, and he slips out of his boring day life to have fun in the night and wants to fall in love with nazuma but cant. He is honestly one of the best protagonist this season and is a joy to watch.
The second of the main cast is nazuma nanakusa, who is a vampire that takes a liking to kou and is the main girl. She is what I believe makes the series so interesting as she takes kou with her to explore how she enjoys the night, she is a vampire that doesn’t go along with the main vampire’s ‘association’s’ ideals of how vampires must make offspring, and that conflict of ideals makes her a very interesting and fun character to watch.
Secondly : the plot, kou wants to become a vampire so he wants to fall in live with nazuma to turn into one. It’s a fun spin on the vast majority of rom coms where the main duo fall for each other but refuse to admit their feelings which makes this series so fresh and interesting to watch, seeing the duo go and d various things together from swimming, to flying around, to massages and gaming, it’s a very easy watch and I am honestly a bit upset when the credits start rolling and I have to wait yet another week for more.
Thirdly : the setting, this series is called call of the night so it doesn’t make much sense for the night to not be interesting and beautiful to look at, luckily it is one of the most downright gorgeous settings I have seen in anime, the night and the city almost feel like its own character because of the colour pallet used and the downright gorgeous locations within the city, even the normal roads and building look stunning, I could only wish for all anime to have a setting as beautiful as this series has.
Fourthly : the opening and ending, they both capture the feeling of the show so well and I am not the type it watch endings, but I have not once skipped the ending, it is absolutely a hard vibe. Similar to the setting it perfectly sets up the feeling of watching this show and how much fun you are going to have/have had when watching it. I literally listen to bot the ed and op when going about my daily life because of how good it is.
Finally : miscellaneous thoughts, the cast honestly have brilliant clothing choices that scream what they are about, nazuma wears a loose coat and shows a lot of skin which shows how she is free and lives life how she wants, kou wears what almost looks like gym kit which shows how he wants to have fun and be free as gym kit is inherently light and easy to move around in which allows him to move around more freely, most of the other vampires wear clothes that show of their figure a bit more which makes sense as they aim to allure and feed on men that think in a perverted manner and wearing clothes that show off their body as to attract prey. Its honestly perfect wardrobe for each character all around, which is something that a lot of shows/manga/movies/etc don’t put as much thought into
Honestly this series is fire and is 100% worth the watch due to how much of a vibe it is from beginning to end
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