Review of Vampire Dormitory

At first I thought, Ouran Host Club meets Vampire Knight (minus the incest) … what more could you ask for?! Surely it was going to be great! And then I watched it… Now, it was watchable. It was even enjoyable. But, it was also horribly frustrating. First, Mito as a protagonist was really annoying. She self-sabotages herself all the time, in ways that are HUGELY perplexing. If there is a clear path to getting her happily ever after, she will run the other way. Literally! It makes no sense!!!! There were countless times she easily could have said something, and ended all this unnecessarydrama, and she didn’t. Why? Who knows!

Ruka, one of the love interests is pretty lackluster. I mean, I’ll give the show credit that both the love interests love Mito no matter their gender. And I like that, I really do. But, what does Mito like about him? I don’t know! We don’t know anything about him other than he’s a vampire.

Ren on the other hand has slightly more personality. But even he doesn’t offer enough to show me why he’s a worthy potential boyfriend.

It’s one thing in reverse harems when there are a bunch of characters vying for the MC’s love. It makes sense in that instance why we don’t get more than surface level because there’s simply not enough time. But this had only two boys, and so there should have been plenty to show us the type of people they really are.

Honestly, despite the major issues, I’d still recommend it. I’m desperate for new romance animes so I’ll take what I can get. And this does at least offer a good amount of romance! But this could have been amazing, and it just didn’t get there.