Review of Diabolik Lovers II: More,Blood

Watched it straight off the bat from the first season, with my expectations being low. However, much to my relief, this season was a definite improvement from the first. The storyline was shrouded in darkness throughout, with not a lot being revealed about the importance of some of the aspects brought up, and though it worked at keeping me interested in what was going on, it still made me a little frustrated that it was keeping its cards to its chest (to say the least). Even though the main focus of each episode was watching the blood being drained from Yui and making her pass outof blood loss, which was pretty much the jist of the first season, there was somewhat more of a reason behind everything that was going on, instead of the main plot line happening behind the scenes.

The focus on the Mukami was much more in depth than the Sakamaki, and swayed me to prefer the new characters over the original gang. It was probably because of the lack of interest or emotion coming from the Sakamaki's, which was one key aspect that led to me getting a bit bored of them. Yes, I know, they're cold sadistic vampires, but I wasn't getting much else from them. There was still very little character development with Yui, who continued to be pathetic and way too shy for her own good. However, with the last episode, and what was being indicated from that, hopefully something will be done about that.

Clearly there will be a third season on its way (if the powers above don't decide to cut it), with the last episode leaving off on a more than obvious cliff hanger, and as odd it may sound from someone who started this as a sceptic, I will be looking forward to seeing it. I will be looking forward to a bit more action, and will hopefully see Yui become a stronger female protagonist. No more living up to the name of "Bitch-Chan" (appropriate as it may be).