Review of Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya

Before you read this, there are spoilers, so um if you like those-YEAH, READ ON! (I'm trying my best not to spoil, but um yeah how can you not?) This anime scares. The episodes leading up the ending genuinely scared me. Seriously. So, I'm believing the plot was basically all leading up to this, all of the experimentation on humans. I never really did believe that the humans and vampires were doing human experimentation until the episode they actually showed one of the 'test subjects.' I thought it was all a lie for Mika to get Yuu to come with him. Little didI know he was telling the truth, which was honestly very surprising for me, which led me to getting scared. So, at the end of episode 12, it shows our new protagonists, Yuu; Mika; Shinoa; Kimizuki; Narumi; Yoichi; and Mitsuba. They are currently running from the humans and the vampires, doing their own thing, which is what Mika always wanted so yay for Mika!

Here's my actual review for the anime! :

Story : 6/10

At the beginning, I honestly very much liked this anime. It used to be one of my favorites. That was before I realized how very terrifying this actually was. It reminds of a lot of giant Western franchises, as well, which is why I ranked it just a tad bit lower, ONLY because it might've just been a coincidence that this reminds me of so many things.

The story actually wasn't that bad in the beginning (TT^TT), though it was meant to take this dark turn, which wasn't really that dark, considering some things.

Art : 8/10

If I had actually watched this in HD (no, I don't use illegal streaming sites, or free streaming sites), it would've been AMAZING. But to me it just looked like your average anime. The animation, however, is amazing and must've been very hard to pull off, with Yuu transforming into the Seraph of the End, and the way some of the weapons have very unique textures and forming sequences. Overall, pretty awesome.

Sound : 8/10

I always rate anime sounds high. :/
The music is amazing, reminds of when Sword Art Online was actually good. But it doesn't remind me that much of it, which is amazing. It also gives me a very nice vibe of uniqueness that is very hard to pull off. The voice acting was amazing as well, which is NOT expected from what I was guessing it to be.

Character : 6/10

There are three basic supernatural your character can be. Human, vampire, or demon. Pretty cliche unhumanly types, vampire and demon.

The character development is there, it's just that you can get so much into the anime that you can't notice it, or you DO notice it because Yuu keeps saying "I'm much stronger than before! ;)" Other than that, you can notice that there is a lot of character development, but it's not very interesting, just in my opinion.

Enjoyment : 4/10

My enjoyment for the first season was way different, due to the fact I kinda... watched it in a day. But for this season, I just watched because
1. cliffhanger
2. the community
3. the constant build-up of hype for the second season.

Overall, I would score this anime a 5, maybe a 5.5, still deciding whether or not I'll have nightmares.