With all those sucking and schlurping sounds down Yui’s neck, not too sure where good writing could have shone a bit. There was nothing in the previous episode building up to this moment. The plot makes an unexpected appearance in the last two to three episodes, and at this point, you can only wonder why because of how bad it is. The situations are all really rapey and the visuals and lack of consent do not help. Pushing her on a bed, immobilizing her by holding her arms, cornering her against the bookshelf, throwing her in a swimming pool when it is known that she cannot swim, etc. Remember when they were asked not to touch her in the first episode? Forget about it. Yui has to go through at least three to four different blood-sucking sessions per episode with different brothers. ![]() Why? Simply because the anime goes heavy on the eroticism displayed by the male characters through their abuse (physical and mental). One that looks more like a pretense because at the end of the day, you might not even fully understand that Ayato was supposed to be the guy. A contrario, Steins Gate is a perfect example of how to adapt a visual novel into an anime solid and organized.ĭiabolik Lovers clearly tried to capitalize on the reverse harem aspect only, with a romantic relationship buried somewhere. In its time, School Days made the same mistake by throwing in the whole game and only achieved its status as a classic because of the gore, not because of how terrible the story was constructed. And here is where Studio Zexcs got it completely wrong: they tried to cram the whole game in the anime, creating a confusing mess of superficial relationships, plot holes, wobbly backgrounds and boring characters. Otome games (games targeted at women) like Diabolik Lovers often use the former and therefore introduce pretty flat heroines that gain in personality through how female players will live their own experience. That system allows for a better replay value and adds more depth to the game as the player gets to connect on a more intimate level with the character they went for.įrom there, we can find two types of protagonists: the ‘blank slates’ with a lack of real characterization to be used as self-inserts by the players and the fully fleshed ones with a personality of their own. Sometimes, the game will have a ‘real’ love interest route that will only unlock after the player is done with the other routes. Based on your choices, you can end up as lovers, friends and in the case of certain VNs, finish on a high dramatic note (that you could call the ‘bad ending’). Usually, the game will force you to choose a specific route that will follow one character from your harem. To understand Diabolik Lovers a bit better, one has to first be aware of how visual novels work. Yuki Hayashi composed the soundtrack for both seasons. Season 2 started on Septemand ended on Decemafter 12 episodes (directed by Risako Yoshida and written by Hiroko Kanasugi). Season 1 premiered on Septemand ended on Decemafter 12 episodes (directed by Shinobu Tagashira and written by Seiko Nagatsu). What is going on with Zexcs? Credit: Zexcsĭiabolik Lovers has two seasons. Yui has now to endure the vampires’ deadly embraces while she investigates the reasons behind her presence in the manor and her past. However, the brothers are not allowed to taste her as she is their “sacrificial bride”. She quickly understands that the brothers are in fact vampires and that it seems like her blood is way more enticing to them than normal blood. On arrival, Yui is introduced to the six Sakamaki brothers, in the most cavalier way possible. Yui Komori was a typical 17-year-old until her father, a priest, decided to send her to live with the Sakamaki family in their manor due to circumstances forcing him to go overseas. What happened so far in Diabolik Lovers Credit: Zexcs The reverse harem anime followed Yui throughout its two seasons and ended on a note prompting the question, “is Season 3 on its way?”. ![]() But, Diabolik Lovers is one of those adaptations showing why graphic novels and anime are incredibly different, and more care should be infused when going from one to the other. ![]() If the formula worked miracles for the visual novels, the animated medium did not farewell. Adapted from the eponymous visual novel, Diabolik Lovers the anime throws the viewer into a world full of beautiful boys with a keen taste for blood, a gothic atmosphere, and sexually charged visuals.
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