Review of Shiki

Warning to all that my reviews contain traces of mature language,so if you are allergic to that i suggest to have an epipen or take your leave now. Hello kids!Wanna know what it is to be so bored out of your mind that u might actually start having thoughts of harming your self and those around you while your logic is being gangraped?Yes?Then watch this anime and you are sure to turn into Charles Manson overnight. Shiki,or Corpse Demon,is effectively the story of a village in the middle of nowhere being subjected to a mysterious string of unexplainable deaths.. Now as stories go this sounds interesting,this is likean angel singing naked.I thought so too..But as it turned out this was a case of good premise bad writing.For one it's WAAAAAAAAYYYYYY too long..22 eps that could easily be 10.It's so slow paced and not because it needs to be cause the story is so complex.It's slow cause it wants to actually make your life seem meaningless.By the time u reach halgway through it u can sense your life being drained away from u.The deaths occuring throughout the series are,of course,being caused by vampires.While they take their sweet time coming out and saying it,it's pretty obvious from a really early stage.
But don't tell any of the characters that,because they don't like to rush themselves.They take their sweet time working it out.Over half the story is dedicated to watching the cast struggle to grasp something you worked out by the second episode,which is effectively this show's most crippling weakness.

What i mean is the bitemarks for example..The most glaring issue of all..All victims had one thing in common..ONE!Was it a machete stuck through their necks?Nope..Was it a pencil driven through their pringle jumpers?Nope..Maybe once it crossed their minds that it had something to do with it but then they forgot..Seems legit to u guys and gals?Aside from the symptoms themselves,this is the only thing that every single victim has in common.But the medical staff don't even try to explain it.On top of that,every patient died of severe anaemia,but had no rational way of losing so much blood.Except the bitemarks,the only possible explanation and a plain and simple way of putting the only two loose ends together.

And then they realise it.And what do u suppose they do?They take another half of the damn series to sink it in.And while they do that everyone is dying.And i mean everyone.

Characters then are the people u would normally punch to death.Less likeable than the man that murdered your mother.All stupid beyond repair.And when they die u are left with a sense of happiness..The only thing that somehow saves the day is the finale..But here's the thing.3 eps don't save it lads.Too little too late.

Animation was bad.I know for example that in anime hair are somewhat similar to the 80's hairstyles.But the 80's were a drug fueled era and no one remembers that much anyway.A black era in history then coming back to life through Shiki.

I have nothing else to say.Nothing stuck out.Never once did i find my self on the edge of my seat..There was no passion,no soul.And it shows in the way it delivers u vast amounts of yawn.