Man, where do I even start with this anime?

I should probably preface this by saying I love fantasy stories: (Vampires, Fairies, Demons, Witches, Royalty, and so on) are usually things I like in anime. However, this one somehow has cool fantasy elements and is still boring and dull.

I'm going to break this review up into two parts the good and the bad.

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The Good: _

• Art Style: The watercolor background is unique and works well. The fight scenes look nice, and the art doesn't falter as the scenes continue.
• Character Design: A little basic, and all side characters look the same, but the main characters still manage to stick out, and you don't forget them by episode 2.
• The opening theme song: Personal preference, but I really enjoyed the theme song; X.U. by SawanoHiroyuki added it to my Anime Music Playlist.

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Spoilers ahead. You have been warned.
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The Bad: _

• The storyline: 2/10

The setting is a post-apocalypse human vs. vampire located in Japan. A virus killed humans that were older than 13yrs.
This story is just bad. You know what's going to happen in episode 12 the minute you finish episode 1. The plot holes are enormous: why does the virus only kill people over the age of 13? How did 10% of the population over the age of 13 survive the virus? Why is there even a high-school period in this anime?
Besides the plot holes, the story doesn't keep you interested. The point for the main character Yuuichirou Hyakuya is revenge for his killed "family." It's a generic plot, but one many (myself included) can get into. The problem is how they progress forward once you understand Yuuichirou's goal.
Instead of the main character going into training and developing his skills to kill vampires. He pushes how he is the best, and no one can defeat him, even though he has no actual history of killing vampires. Then the main character somehow starts winning fights against vampires and overcoming demons, and you're just sitting there like, how did he do that. This aspect takes you out of the immersion because a 12-year-old boy with no talent, no skill, and no training is taking down royal vampires ( who are supposed to be the biggest and baddest of them all). He can overcome demons by just pure will. Having the main character who isn't humble, doesn't get humbled, and is overpowered for no other reason than being the main character is disappointing. You can't even root for him, because what's the point he's going to win, not because he put blood, sweat, and tears into training, no because he is the main character. Other shows do this; however, to balance it, they have some super hyped unbeatable antagonist. This show didn't show any character like that. Maybe the vampire queen, but you only see her for 15 minutes out of the entire season. Watching this show, you will keep getting ejected from the immersion because every episode, the thought this was convenient, will pop up. The other problem is the lack of actual violence for a post-apocalypse and vampire hunter. There are really only 3 episodes of true hunting, and the fight scenes are over the second they start. Now I hate drawn out long episode fight scenes that don't finish until the next episode. But having a fight scene starts, the blade hits the target once, and then it's over, leaves you feeling frustrated.

• Dialogue: 1/10

Honestly, the dialogue is one of the worst things about this show. It feels like the writer didn't know if he wanted a comedy or an edgy script. They can't make up their minds on how to call vampires, so they switch between; vampires, vamps, bloodsuckers, and parasites. When the cast is talking about killing the vampires, it's very calm and makes you feel like their heart isn't in it. That's how the dialogue leaves you feeling like there isn't any emotion or hard-driving force for the characters' actions. Lines like " I'll make sure no one dies " should be impactful but come off sounding whiny, and what's the point for rooting for the main character since Yuuichirou is not gonna win off of actual skill, just plot device. The voice lines are delivered decently, but when the character is saying them is not believable.

• Characters & Character Development: 2/10

All I can say for this is " What Character Development."
There wasn't any.

Overall: Pretty meh, if you like it, I don't judge you, there are plenty of animes I love as a guilty pleasure that is hot garbage. If you want to watch this, I recommend not doing so. Or if you have honestly run out of things to watch and want to know why people are so divided on this show, then go ahead and take a chance.

Overall Rating: 5/10
Thank you for reading my review. Have a great day.