Review of Shiki

Shiki is one of those anime that puts you in a difficult situation, requiring you to sympathize with a supernatural species that lives off the blood of humans. So, from the psychological term it's kind of similar to 'Tokyo Ghoul' and 'Parasyte' though the plot may be quite different. When science collide with the super natural things take a rather interesting turn. The logical way of thinking always concludes that there is is no such thing, yet circumstances says otherwise. When oil and water is forced to mix to together you end up with a liquid of unusual texture, one that seems both watery and oily. Thatis when you'll realize that they wont hold up together for long and one eventually needs to extracted. Such is the case here, when an unusual epidemic almost overshadowed the small village they eventually had to come face to face with the existence of shiki, meaning corpse demon.

Story: 7.2
There's nothing particularly wrong with the story other than that it's a bit slow paced, which doesn't lead to any real twist. That little gap was covered up with violence and slaughter.

Art: Now this one is a bit hard to describe....The background and the scenery was everything it should be, but the characters didn't go with it. However, it was unique in it's own way.

Sound: 8.7
The sound track may not resonate with the environment but that itself was a plus for me as it increased the adrenaline. Moreover, I found it unique.

Characters: 5.0
With a few exception, the characters were poorly developed, like most of them has no real personality and are there solely for the purpose of being there. It left me the impression that the script writer was just being lazy.

Experience: 8.0
Being fond of the 'Horror' genre I was not at all disappointed with this series. Truth be told, for an anime that focused mainly on thriller it's one of the best. It went from calm to creepy in an instant with nothing in between and the illustration went perfectly with it.

Overall: 8.1