Blood-C

Saya seems cheerful. Really cheerful. Possibly too cheerful. She's clumsy and always fall flat on her face. She's always late to class because she takes her time, sings songs, and likes to help people. Okay, that's nice.

Oh yeah, but she's also a crazy strong, agile, sword-weilding demon/chiropteran slayer.

What? It's like she turned into the complete opposite of what she was before.

All the characters obviously have that CLAMP-style to them, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The battle scene was well-done, but the episode seemed a bit rushed, as the characters seemed to talk a bit fast, and the transition from school to crazy battle scene seemed a bit jarring to me. I'm assuming this was done on purpose to show the difference between the "regular" Saya and the "battle" Saya...

Or does she? After the battle, she seemed sort of spaced out and not fully aware of what just happened.

[font=verdana][color=green]The CLAMP style is really quite irritating. In my opinion, it doesn't really suit an anime of this genre; the movements seem too extended in the fight scene. Onto that later, though.

The characters seem generic; as I was watching this with my brother, we double-guessed each other at least 5 times about what was going to happen next in the classroom or whatever (falling over, being in the centre and being great at sports before they even showed anything come to mind). She just seems too perfect; considering the genre of the show, this plainly doesn't suit. They're all here for the party; the friendly next-door neighbour that helps out where he can; the serious, quick-to-anger friend; the twins who speak in unison; the silent-obvious-male-interest. It is going to be very predictable in the future, as this unfolds more.

So, with that being predictable, let's move on to the other half of the show; the action. For a first fight scene, it's weak. Very weak. The enemy just looked ridiculous, started off doing the silliest thing I've seen in a while, and then did the stupidest thing I have seen in a while. If you have her by the throat, just continue to hold her and slam her around; for the sake of the anime, I wanted Sausages-hair to actually fight herself free, rather than get released. It was waaaay to convenient and simple in the end, and ended too quickly.

Overall, I'm not too impressed with this. It's supposed to be quite high-budget (from what I think I remember anyway) but, whilst it does look quite impressive, it doesn't deliver elsewhere. Predictable characters, weak fight scenes and inappropriate animation style. Oh yes, and the school uniforms just look stupid. I hope that this improves.

Saya in this series is refreshingly more accepting of the fact that she actually has to use a sword and stab things. The Saya in Blood+ had the issue of being indecisive and in need of Haji's blood in order to be competent. Even when she resolves to fight she still seemed weak and I never felt like rooting for her. I can't really say too much about Blood-C's Saya seeing as this is the first episode but I do have hope for her

This episode was full of more Saya goodness, (and her getting caught singing by Fumito was very adorable), and the fight towards the end was well animated; I enjoyed how the blood from the tentacle monster plastered the cave walls. However, I'm really starting to wonder when the central plotline is going to begin. I'm guessing that it's going to start once we figure out what's up with Tokizane, and why the light appeared to Saya after she talked to him.

Having Saya caught singing twice was quite cute. Still enjoying the fact that this Saya is not at all hesitant in fighting the Chiropteran(?). I can't all too well complain about the anime as it doesn't seem to be making any attempt to be Blood+ or an attempt to be better than it. It's just doing what it's gotta do and I like that. It's not trying to be dark (yet) and it's not trying to be a huge conspiracy. It's just being very basic for the time being until it can really start throwing the big punches.

Also I call Kisaragi Saya as my Waifu... just saying :P (JK)