Monday, September 16, 2013

Fall 2013: Diabolik Lovers

Diabolik Lovers (with a k instead of a c, because that's edgy) is the latest from ZEXCS, who did Flowers of Evil. Now, I loved Flowers of Evil's animation. It was brilliant. But this...I guess the animation is...of quality. It isn't so awful that I have to turn it off, but it isn't anything spectacular.
Image source: http://www.crunchyroll.com/diabolik-lovers
The show's premise is that church girl Yui Komori is moving into this giant mansion with a whole bunch of boys. In concept and execution, a lot like last season's Brothers Conflict. But while BroCon seemed to be a lot of pampering the main character, this one seems intent on abusing Yui. She was completely abused by the six brothers living in the house, one of which keeps calling her Bitch-chan.

Oh, and they're all vampires.

I think the only thing more repelling than this show is if Yui secretly wanted to be eaten or sexualized by the vampires. I wish I hadn't watched it, but I told myself to write my own preview guide. You know, for practice. And I typically watch all the first episodes anyway. But AVOID THIS LIKE THE PLAGUE. Unless it gets better, and it likely won't, you'll just be insulted.

It's merits include its character designs, which are nice albeit generic, and its run time. It's mercifully 14 minutes.

1/5