Anime 57031 Vampire Dormitory Reviews Filter Check 3

Something is seriously wrong with the shoujo anime industry when season after season viewers are fed with garbage content - Vampire Dormitory is no exception. This show was released to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Nakayoshi, a monthly shoujo magazine serializing various manga series. I used to read Nakayoshi myself when I was a kid (notable serializations included Cardcaptor Sakura, Magic Knight Rayearth, Sailor Moon, etc). Sad state of affairs if Vampire Dormitory is the best Nakayoshi can offer nowadays.

This anime is essentially a crossover of Twilight and Ouran High School Host Club where a poor girl crossdressed as a guy and sold her soul ... to a vampire for a cheap meal. There was a scene, and I shit you not, that the MC begged the vampire to drink her blood to satiate his hunger since he was deprived of “food” for an entire week and she was worried about his well being; she’s basically his slave and “lovin’ it” - truly sickening but in a way describes today’s society to the T. If teenage girls are the target audience who are supposed to be gushing over this crap, the future is grim.

Visuals - decent; typical shoujo big watery/sparkly eyes, pretty standard for this genre

Sound - forgettable. I always find it silly to talk about the music unless the anime is spectacular because it’s cherry on top, but never the actual cake. There’s no saving a trashy anime even if you layer Joe Hisaishi’s work over it.

Characters - simply a reciprocal slave and master/vampire relationship. However for the life of me I don't understand why the MC feels the need to wear a wig. I mean if you’re going to crossdress then cut your hair like Mizuki in Hana-Kimi instead of doing this half ass job which seems to be a setup for yet another “heart-throbbing” revelation later on.

Not sure who would actually enjoy this, maybe if you’re obsessed with vampire stories and/or BL (even if the official pairing isn’t BL, the side characters appear to lean that way) you may like it, otherwise not so much.

It started off really well. Cute girl meets cute guy, and it soon turns into a lovely romance typical of any shoujo anime.
WRONG. The plot is extremely underwhelming, the constant MOANS from her are damn annoying, Ruka has the intelligence of A PENCIL SHARPENER, and the mc is insufferable. She is constantly attached to Ruka to the hip, has the self respect of a gum who has been chewed and spit out on the street. All the characters have the personalities of pencils, one worse than the other.

The manga is even worse. I want whatever drug the author was taking cause this is worse ... than twilight. I'VE SAID IT.
Why couldn't they invest money into season 2 of actual good shojos like Yona of the Dawn? my god.

Story: A girl that has not been loved by anyone has neither friends, relatives or parents (dead) that want her in their lives.

So she gets thrown out on the streets and finally loses it, when she gets fired. She considers ending her miserable existence but gets saved by a Vampire.

Characters

The MC is quite awful sadly. She is a crossdresser, depressed and sadly as dumb as you can be. The Vampire uses her as nothing but a blood donor (and tells her that), yet MC falls head over heals for her kidnapper and possible future murderer... She has the worst case of Stockholm Syndrome and loves ... every second of it.

Ruka the Vampire is not very smart. Just like the MC, he constantly tries to figure out his feelings (the plot) and gets nowhere.

He ♥️loves magical girls♥️ though, so he gets a bonus point from me.

The other characters are all very generic and forgettable.

Sound

I hate the intro. It sounds AND LOOKS like a japanese idol boygroup made it. Awful! 😵‍💫

Thoughts: If you like twilight or the vampire diaries, give this a try. It is almost a copy, just with a crossdressing girl added to the mix.