Review of Shiki

Am I the only one who thinks the whole "humans doing inhuman things" as really trite and cliche? Well, if you think that this is an utterly original and deep idea, then I have the show for you: It's Shiki, where the vampires don't sparkle but do rival the Cullen's tendency toward being vanilla as hell. Shiki's main praise seems to be that it isn't Twilight and it's more about traditional vampires. However, most of the people who say this have no knowledge about traditional vampires in the first place so you shouldn't put too much stock in that. No, the switch midway through to the humans beingthe "bad guys" doesn't make this show intelligent. Perhaps if it was executed decently, you might be able to argue this but Shiki doesn't manage that.

Doctor Osai has been the most interesting and sympathetic character throughout the show and trying to paint him in a negative light doesn't work when the rest of the characters are pants-on-head retarded. Seriously, what the hell is the Monk even on about? How does Cain-and-Abel-are-one-and-the-same make any sense? What does that have to do with anything? The vampires are never fleshed out other than being either total douchebags or struggling vampires who don't want to kill but totally do anyways.

Oh, and the OPs suck. They fail at being scary or creating a mood or being halfway interesting.