Blood+

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Name: Blood+, Blood Plus

Status: Completed
Episode: 50
Release date (for eng subs): -


Summary:
Under the care of her adoptive family, Saya Otonashi has been living the life of an anemic amnesiac, but otherwise ordinary schoolgirl. However, her happy life is shattered when she is attacked by a Chiropteran, learning that she is the only one who can defeat them. Armed with her katana, Saya embarks on a journey with her family, allies, and her chevalier, Haji, to rid the world of the Chiropteran threat and rediscover her identity. The course of the journey reveals the background history of the Chiropterans and Saya's very deep past, which extends into the mid-19th century.
Summary from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%2B


Personal ratings: 2.5
At first, i really liked the anime. I loved how it really shows us how everything started, leaving some mystery here and there. 
I continued to watch and it was really exciting when they start to reveal the truth about Saya's past. However, as the anime proceeds, it became something that i found too ridiculous to believe. Like how Diva, Saya's twin sister, is fast and powerful, but when she was fighting Saya it seems like she did not even use a tenth of her powers. Diva's Chiropterans was also fast and super powerful compared to Saya's Chiropteran, Haji. However when they fought, Haji, for some odd reason, won against them. 
The show had also portrayed Saya weirdly. Even though i think that the anime tried to portray Saya as someone who is caring, to me at that point in time, she never stopped to think about Soloman's feelings when she rejected him. Additionally, throughout the whole anime, Saya never seemed to care if Haji was injured a not. Even if he could quickly heal, the pain of a wound could still be felt. So it was weird for her not to care about Haji at all. 
I also did not understand the reason why Haji must die. He stabbed his enemy with Saya's blood so the Chiropteran should have died. There wasn't any need for him to sacrifice himself.

This beginning of the anime was very nice. But halfway through it turned bad. And the ending totally led me to think that this anime was a waste of my time. However, i would give credit for the plot line. It was well thought out. Complex but portrayed good enough for the viewers to understand almost everything.



Art ratings: 3.5
Body looked really stiff. Generally i liked the art, but sometimes Saya's lips can look a little weird.



Recommended for:
Gender: Male & Female
Age: 15 and above
My ratings: PG-13
                  Gory scenes and violence in the first part of the anime.