In a world where death is not permanent, Terakomari "Komari" Gandesblood has been a self-proclaimed professional shut-in for the past three years. As part of the noble Gandesblood lineage, she once tried to meet the expectations of her family. However, as a vampire who cannot use magic or consume blood, she soon gave up on becoming an imperial general like her ancestors. Unfortunately, a misunderstanding with her father earns her the formidable position of one of the Seven Crimson Lords, the strongest fighters and generals in the Mulnite Empire.
Now, Komari must hide her lack of talent from the soldiers she commands, or they may attempt to overthrow her. Working alongside her newly-assigned maid, Villhaze, Komari manages to trick her unit of soldiers into believing she is a ruthless warlord and promises to conquer the world. But as more people come to admire Komari, her life is further threatened as a vampire from her past reappears with every intention to kill her for good.
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Misterelist
Did we watch the same series? I've been reading everyone's reviews and honestly the praise is a bit too high for what I saw. The first 10 episodes are actually pretty solid. Nothing awful, nothing praise worthy either. Could have been a solid time waster for the season but the last 2 episodes? My. God. It was awful. I've never seen a modern show drop the ball so fast. I won't talk about the plot, or the characters, I'm only speaking about it's pacing, and quality overall. The quality took a nose dive, The last 2 episodes sped run the plot so fast, then decidedit had enough time for multiple sad anime back story via talk-no justu just to speed run to the next 2 second fight. Episode 12 itself you can see paused frames not being cut well to waste more time, wonky drawn art, reused animation, inconsistent art style, and so much more. This was a Train wreck I couldn't look away from. Can you blame me though? Who wants to call it quits when you're on episode 11 out of 12???
Maybe a manga reader can tell you if it's a bad adaptation but I'm going to assume it is and just rank this as an anime only. I feel bad cause there's some good voice actors in this too.
TLDR: the first 10 was a solid 6-7 but the last 2 felt like such a slap to the face I want to give it a 4/10. I compromised and sat it at 5.
KANLen09
The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess - "I don't wanna be part of the politics and warmongering that is affecting my kingdom! I just wanna rest in peace, and good day!" *slams door* - Terakomari "Komari" Gandesblood Out of all of the many Fall season's offerings, I have to say that author Kotei Kobayashi's Hikikomari Kyuuketsuki no Monmon a.k.a The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess is one of those works that is the definition of a one-of-a-kind work that you don't really see experimented much in the AniManga space. This LN that started in January 2020 , which would go on to win theExcellence award in SoftBank Creative's GA Bunko label (which is where works like DanMachi, Goblin Slayer etc. come from) in its 11th iteration, you know that this work is no slouch at all, and with Project No. 9's anime, it has earned its fans for better and for worse.
Meet Terakomari "Komari" Gandesblood: The second born daughter of the prestigious and powerful Gandesblood family, she has to do the typical thing of familial successors to take up the mantle of her predecessor...except for one issue. She may be a vampire, but the big problem is her inability to consume blood or utilize magic, and decided to live as the title suggests: as a shut-in princess. What's worse is that in her kingdom of the Mulnite Empire, her father holds a formidable position as one of the kingdom's strongest fighters and generals, dubbed the Seven Crimson Lords, and she automatically becomes one of them after being passed the torch thereafter, which she refuses to accept as reality. Guess what? After 3 years of being a shut-in, she's suddenly being promoted by the kingdom's Empress as a commander of the Mulnite Imperial Army, specifically the 7th Unit, full of warriors from psychos to ruffians and criminals — that is a 250-soldier strong army! With this context in mind, begins Komari's scuffleness in trying to deal with the big figures in her kingdom and her newly appointed soldiers as well, with the help of her personal maid Villhaze, all in the hopes that she won't be seen as a rebel who will have people turn against her.
Right away, this show is pretty much a character-driven complex story as we see Komari's rise to "fame" even at the behest of such titles "unnecessarily" bestowed on her, whom the others see as a "fit of trickery" that she is the leader suited for them as a ruthless warlord who "promises" to conquer the world. But beneath that façade lies a past that Komari doesn't want to come to light, as much as other people would come to realize of her "heritage" with the Gandesblood name. Komari's one and only solace is her personal maid Villhaze, and if you still don't get the fantasy comedy genre with the Yuri overtones, the blue-haired thirsty maid is just that, wanting to get into her good graces while literally "kissing her feet" with all sorts of zaniness that makes Komari all the more disgusted with her, though she can really deliver when it comes ot the crunch. That's literally the best part about the show, and as it attempts to dive deep into the war-bootlicking with characters moulded from the typical evil organization to bring in characters such as Millicent Bluenight, Sakuna Memoir, and others (of which they played a part in Komari's upbringing), I can't help but feel sympathy for these characters...but also for the story elements, of which it really just can't decide what to be. Say, the everlasting trope of "the power of friendship"? It's there, and you can't really unsee it. But soon, when Komari's real powers are involved, that's what makes her who she really is, worthy of the Gandesblood name that's pretty much not just the daughter's incapability but of a power that could potentially decimate the world. That's how unassuming Komari is from the outside, being a child, turned into an adult once she really gets all ham and going. If you really have to pick the star of the show, it'll definitely be Komari and Villhaze.
I really adore VA Tomori Kusunoki for her wide range of diversity, at least for this year, with the notables being Maou Gakuin's Misha Necron, Winter's TsunLise of Liselotte Riefenstahl, Summer's Zom 100 of Shizuka Mikazuki, and this season's Buta no Liver of Jess Yethma (though not her finest work). But aside from Zom 100, her performance as Komari really (and I mean REALLY) stood out as one of her finest performances this year, being the front and centre MC for the show in a great way, making it very pronounced that Komari is here not just to sleep her ass off, but to cause trouble and bring karma for all who are in her way.
Nevertheless, I need to address the elephant in the room: the kinda 3rd-rate studio that is Project No. 9 being assigned to 3 simultaneous shows at the same time: this, Ojou to Banken-kun a.k.a A Girl & Her Guard Dog (which had the WORST production quality), and Buta no Liver wa Kanetsu Shiro a.k.a ButaReba -The Story of a Man Who Turned into a Pig- (which was 2nd worst). Not once was this done to an insane degree than studio Liden Films, with 4 shows running concurrently during Winter 2021, and subsequent seasons having 3 shows concurrently thereafter throughout 2021 and 2022. But to be fair, Liden Films is in a whole other ballpark than Project No. 9, and they CAN handle up to 3/4 shows at ease without melting in production hell. But for the latter studio, it's clear that not only is this agonizing to the staff teams, but in a similar situation that's close on par with the likes of MAPPA, they just can't handle this much, and suffering a delay in this day and age is just the norm to expect going forward. For this show, it's clear that the priority went to this show, and despite it looking kind of jarring, it's pretty decent and is as close to what you'll expect from the studio.
That said, fripSide's return without its forefront singer Yoshino Nanjo since her graduation in April 2022, certainly does feel like a new era of the iconic J-Pop group with new singers Mao Uesugi and Hisayo Abe taking the helm since Spring 2022's Mahoutsukai Reimeiki a.k.a The Dawn of the Witch's OP song, which was (and still is) meh. This time with "Red Liberation", I'd say that this is a rather decent and competent song that's within the likes of the famed group, though still not close to what Yoshino Nanjo could muster herself, but hey, baby steps to get back to where they are. But the ED song, oh man, MIMiNARI really pimped herself with Tomori Kusunoki (Komari's VA) to produce one hell of a banger, but soothing song...which literally means "I Can't Sleep". It's a great song for all you sleepyheads who suffer from insomnia and desperately need to get some sleep.
Apart from this show being somewhat entertaining, as it is boring (at times), the vampire princess that we now know and love (somewhat to a degree) can be a riot in the right circumstances, though just as lazy when she likes it.
Regardless, for a princess who is just as happy and lax but as cold and OP as she is, what's not to love about Komari? A sleeping princess is as easy to tempt and tease.
Marinate1016
Hikikomari is one of those shows that isn’t the strongest story wise, but manages to steal your heart with great characters, comedy and some surprisingly well done action scenes. Out of Project No. 9s three shows this season, I think this was the best by a decent margin. It was a perfect blend of Yuri, ecchi fanservice, action and wholesome moments too. A must watch for cute girl enthusiasts. Hikikomari isn’t going to blow you away with world building or an incredible story. Its strength is very clearly the relationship between characters, mainly Vill and Komari, the misunderstandings that make Komarin look like a genius andthe Yuri undertones. These were more than enough to make up for the weaker story for me. The comedy really landed and seeing Komarin thrust into this leadership position she’s totally unqualified for was hilarious. I couldn’t help but be reminded of Tanya from Youjo senki as well as Ainz.
Komarin’s journey from a socially awkward shut in vampire to such a prominent leadership position is only possible thanks to the friends she makes along the way. The chemistry between she and her maid Vill expertly toes the line between straight up gay and just plain wholesome. I loved seeing Komarin gradually open up to Vill as the show progressed. As with many of these types of shows, it starts as a one sided affair before Komarin realises just how important Vill has become to her which I thought was really cute. There’s several other supporting characters that get their own little mini arcs throughout the show who each help Komarin grow progressively more confident in herself and help turn her into a better leader. While it’s only 12 episodes so some of that progression is expedited, it still managed to feel rewarding to me
I’m a big fan of the ecchi in this one. Some of it is overt like the beach episode, while most of the time it’s more subtle garter belt shots, thigh shots, camera angles, etc. I think it manages to give just enough fanservice while not degrading the girls too much. I know that sounds a bit weird, but I kind of like when shows leave a little to the imagination if that makes sense.
The one criticism I have with this show is the story seems to not know what it wants to be. There’s episodes that are light hearted and jokey, then you’ll get a darker edgy story, then a battle shonen fight.. it’s just kind of aimless at this point. Now I know there’s 13 or so LNs available so I’m sure at some point the story takes shape, but from what we saw in the anime it was kind of meh until the last 3 episodes or so. Therefore, I can’t suggest you come into this one with strong expectations on that front. It’s very much a sit back, vibe and relax type of anime.
It seems like Project No. 9 put their best team on this one as well. In stark contrast to butareba and ojou to banken kun, the production values in this were pretty good. There’s a decent amount of action and it looks solid in here. Komarin’s hype power up moments look great, the fights are well done and the day to day animation delivered.
Hikikomari was one of my top 10 most anticipated shows of the season and it finished the season there as well. It’s a very enjoyable watch that makes up for a subpar story with loveable characters and comedy. I’m always going to enjoy cute vampire girls doing magical stuff, so it all worked out for me. I’ll miss this show a lot.
Hikikomari gets 8 out of 10.
MinnaDess
PROS: This anime has a very specific target audience, if you like yuri harem, vampire loli, secretly OP main character, then by all means, enjoy this anime to the fullest. The animation was well done , most fight scenes was great to see which kept me watching. CONS: Pretty generic story with forgettable characters. Main loli vampire character is not really likeable and the whole messiah/world domination plotline is boring. Pacing for the anime got off track towards the last few episodes, really brought my overall rating for the show lower because of it. Honestly, i had flashbacks of Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda while watching this anime, samevibes really but better execution overall than this anime. Both have equally annoying loli MCs.
nalist
This anime is the feast for the eyes that's for sure. In regards for the story first few episodes are boring and as predictable as they can get. Storyline does not get much better later on and characters are skin deep (but their skin are sure is pretty). I struggle to comprehend how this had LN source material, as it is so naive and basic. There is no struggle or some main theme which you can pick up, as far as I can see. MC just have cheat skill with which she was born. Then she is going with the flow, following some whimsical idealsbased on nothing. No consequences of her choices, no death for her allies.
Anyway, quality is pretty good, battles look decent. Plenty of yuri action and fanservice. Anime look mostly cool, but sometimes forces you to fast forward scenes where they talk about nothing and/or nothing happens (and no girl-on-girl action).
Zeno_Artaxerxes
Cute girls doing cute things in a military/war environment, in a world where nobody can actually die. as they get revived, with a bit of gore put in it that was unexpected (at least for me). This story took me by suprise a bit in the sense that I did not expect it to be so goreish in some episodes. It was a welcomed one tho, as I enjoy such things. The story is along the lines of a young girl gets put as a general to lead a small army made of criminals into battles, battles which are mostly for entertainment cuz in that worldnobody can actually die, they get revived. But she is a lazy bum and wants to be a shut in (for a reason, typical one tho). This leads to a lot of comedic moments. Also she thinks less of herself, when she shouldn't, but I won't say more as it would be a spoiler. Has potential when it comes to the plot, alas it is a pretty underdeveloped plot, as in I feel like it's a bit too basic when it comes to what happens in that world and how it is portraited. From what I read, this covers the first 3 light novels, and the anime has 3 main arcs. These arcs though are unfortunately following the same idea when it comes to the villain (one of the villains) of the arc: my actions are justified because I have a sad/ugly background... also they feel repetitive a bit with not that many things being added to the story overall. Feels like they are arcs of introducing characters, but for a 12 episodes anime, it is a bit too much to spend so much time on this. Of course, as a pretty standard story, you have the evil world organization that wants to destroy the artefacts that make ppl get revived. There were bits and pieces that show that this organization has an interesting view in that world, but again, not worked on. Instead you have mostly the main vilains that follow the basic villain archetype that you see in typical stories.
In term of characters and their interactions, you have a comedy and yuri. MC is the shut in that doesn't want to do much but is dragged into it, the maid which is a simp for her and wants to help her, and the rest of the cast that comes and goes or just stays always in the background to enable the MC to be more fleshed out. Can't say some characters really made an impression on me. There were moments where they seem to try to make an emotional moment, but it wasn't very well put together or just came out of nowhere. Certain moments also feel rushed/unfinished in animation and pacing, which takes a bit from the build up. The MC also has edgy shounen moments, which are sometimes animated pretty nicely.
Story: 7 -- Too basic and typical, the type of story that you guess the whole arc once you caught how the author thinks. Also the world and background is not fleshed out at all.
Art: 8 -- Art is pretty nice overall, but there are moments where it lacks quite a bit, especially the more you go towards the end.
Music: 9 -- The ED is one of my fav songs rn. The type of song to listen on a walk at night. The OP is okayish.
Characters: 7 -- Okayish characters, but nothing to say it was great or nice... can't even say I have a favourite character.
Enjoyment: 7 - The arcs kinda become too repetitive in terms of what to expect, so it became a bit of a drag to finish. The comedy was hit or miss for me.
Overall: 7
Right now it has 7.18 from 36.139 votes Ranked #3321 Popularity #2089 Members 100,589 as of 18/06/2024.
I would recommend this anime to people that want to watch a comedy yuri anime with a bit of serious/gore moments from time to time, but that won't expect to be blown away by the overall plot. It is just an average watch from my perspective, and because of that I cannot fully recommend it, as it feels like you won't gain much by watching it.
rowanblack
The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess begins with a captivating premise and a compelling start. The blend of supernatural intrigue and the everyday struggles of its reclusive vampire protagonist offers a fresh take on the genre, with strong world-building and engaging character development. The initial episodes set a high bar, skillfully balancing dark humor and poignant moments with intricate storytelling. The protagonist’s internal conflicts and the rich lore surrounding her vampire heritage are explored with nuance, making the early arcs particularly engrossing. The show's unique spin on the shut-in trope provides a fertile ground for both drama and comedy, and the first few episodes area testament to its potential.
However, as the series progresses, the narrative begins to falter. The final story arc, while ambitious, struggles under the weight of its own complexity. Character actions become increasingly erratic and difficult to follow, leaving viewers disoriented. The introduction of new characters in these last episodes feels rushed, lacking the depth and development that earlier characters benefited from. This abrupt shift disrupts the story's momentum, creating a jarring contrast with the carefully constructed narrative of the first half of the season.
It’s evident that the series attempts to set up significant plot developments and cliffhangers, but these often come across as hasty and poorly executed. The last episodes seem to cram in too much, suggesting that they would have benefited from a more measured approach, potentially as material for future seasons. The rush to conclude the arc leaves many threads unresolved or inadequately addressed, diminishing the overall impact of the series' conclusion.
In summary, The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess starts strong, offering a fresh and intriguing take on vampire lore. However, its final story arc struggles with confusing character dynamics and hurried plot resolutions. The series feels as though it would have been better served by extending its narrative across additional seasons, allowing for a more thorough exploration of its ambitious ideas. Despite its flaws, the show remains an entertaining watch with potential for further development, should it continue.
Eaxillier
Hikikomari kyuuketsuki no monmon is one of the most interesting anime in fall 2023. The vampire girl, named Terakomari Gandesblood or Komari seems like an ordinary girl who enjoys her life as a shut-in. She considered herself as the weakest vampire. But little did she knew, she got special “abilities” and not the weakest. Alongside with her awesome maid, Villhaze, she embarked on her journey to fool everyone to thinking that she is not the weakest, but in reality she is super powerful. Together they try to face their enemies who are threatened by Komari’s past and her popularity as a Crimson Lord. They alsomeets their new friends along the way. This anime serves some great gags, incredible animations, awesome supporting characters, top notch VA, and many more which will be explained in the paragraphs below.
Story (8/10)
The stories mainly is focusing on some comedies and sometimes to resolve the problems that faced by Komari as a MC or other people. It starts with some gags but in the next part it contains a lot of backstories that can make viewers enjoy the plot. It starts the MC as a funny and loveable person then start getting serious with MC’s past and other character issues. It developed the main character to become the better person with kind heart. But the downpoint of this plot is some storylines is a bit fast pacing which didn’t explain some aspects of the story clearly like the ways of dark core works or when someone using ritual article or not that can make the watchers a bit confuse. Another downpoint is that the ending feels ordinary and not special at all where some previous episodes better serves as the ending than the actual ending. Overall, the story had some great backstories with simple forwarding story with comical gags throughout the screening of this anime.
Art (10/10)
The style of art in this anime is really beautiful and corresponds with its genre which are comedy and fantasy. The representation of the places is drawn beautifully. The art for its gag is well executed with great facial expression and goofy styles. But most importantly the animation for the fighting scene is astonishing. They give incredible effects and focus on the detail such as adding swollen faces, blood splatters, and a little gore effect that makes the viewers hype up for the battle scenes. Well done!
Sound (8/10)
Let's talk about their seiyuu first. The seiyuus were incredible at voicing each every one of the character. For example, Komari voiced by Tomori Kusonoki had this cheerful and pure type of voice that depicts her personality. Even the supporting character has incredible voice like Milicent with a voice that depicts her as a cunning villain or Sakuna with her low and shy girl type of voice. I am amazed by the wide range of tone and pitch of each character. Unfortunately, the OP and ED song feels lacking and seems common like ordinary OP and ED. But on the bright side, the background music is variative and supports the scene really well. Some even better with playing vampire-like themes using organ instruments. Sound aspect is still great though.
Character (9/10)
The personality of each character really showed up in this anime. Main character with her silliness and yet capable of creating meaningful situation in the story. Each side characters also showed some distinctive nature like shy character, merciless character, etc. What a great display of personalities from each character.
Enjoyment (9/10)
If you want to watch chilled anime, then this anime will be a perfect choice. The story mostly is light, but yet sometimes it can get serious too. The comedy in this anime is on point not too much and not too little. The vampire theme really depicted really well in this anime, that totally showcase the vampire’s lifestyle. And dont forget the incredible animation and art, that makes this anime looks aesthetic with a lot of great additional effects. But unfortunately, the plot sometimes didn’t explain wholly and can be stale at some point. But overall, i really enjoy this masterpiece.
Hikikomari kyuuketsuki no monmon is one of the great underrated anime in fall 2023. It presented the comedy anime that still had great storyline. While still offering vampire type fantasy anime, the animation was astonishing and the voice acting was spot on. This anime highly recommended for you who wants to enjoy lightweight anime with great humour with decent plot. Even though this anime focusing on the gags and jokes, the quality of the other aspects still maintained really well. Appreciation for the whole production team, hopefully this anime can release its second season in the future.
Smilomaniac
Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess is a yuri-bait comedy chuunibyou (eigth grader syndrome) show that doesn't take itself too seriously, but delivers decent humorous situations and unironically cool fight scenes between cute girls for a bit of overpowered satisfaction. There are copious amounts of gushing blood and some less than funny type of violence, but it's not gruesome or too serious. Maybe don't show this to a young kid. We have an unwilling protagonist, Terakomari Gandesblood, who is put in position of leading one of her country's armies as its commander, despite being a teenager shut-in vampire who refuses to drink blood. Hilarity ensuesas she must pretend to be incredibly competent and powerful in order to stay in control of her soldiers. In addition she has been supplied with a beautiful and deadly maid who helps enable this deception, while also fawning over Terakomari and attempting salaciously to entice her.
That last part is entirely yuri-bait (promising female on female intimacy without delivering it) and played off as a running joke, there is no yuri at all and while there is some fanservice and a tiny bit of ecchi, it's mostly tasteful or downplayed and used for emphasis.
I make a note of it because some people go into these shows expecting something specific.
It's a chuunibyou show because it's not meant to be seriously, but still wants to impart some drama and epic moments despite there not being the weight behind such a premise, meaning there's no story long establishment of antagonists or a deep character arc ala Guts from Berserk, to drive her on. It's all in-the-moment tomfoolery.
It's meant to be somewhat superficial entertainment with pretty girls in cool outfits, using high fantasy magic in spectacular scenes of devastation. It accomplishes what it sets out to do fairly well I think.
There's a fairly large amount of tropes, but despite having seen it all before I don't feel like they're too heavy handed with them. There are the occasional 'villain exposition' scenes, but that's the worst of it I think.
ItsMePairoa
As a Yuri fan who ALWAYS give a Yuri show extra +1 score on any circumstances, it is really sad to watch this show ended up like this. The visual was really good in the first few episode, but the last few are still above average (better an most ramdon isekai), but that doesn't help much when the story is just SUCK, like really. I don't know if the original LN is bad or the script writer is bad, whatever. The worst thing is, the tone between the "funny/fan service" scene and "serious" scene are so similar. it was never clear when I should be laughing orfocusing (might also be becuase the character are so stupid which make serious scene can't be taken seriously at all), it made fan service scene extremely uncomfortable to watch, which were this show's biggest sin by far.
6.5/10
Go watch Lycoris Recoil or Tenten Kakumei instead, then come back after you ran out of Yuri shows to watch.
DISKOWN
Hikikomari Kyuuketsuki no Monmon is an anime that defies expectations at every turn. Don't let its seemingly light-hearted genre tags fool you; this series is full of fang-tastic character development and emotionally stirring moments. From the outset, it's clear that this anime is something special. The animation quality is well done, especially during the flashy and entertaining fight scenes. The pacing is just right; each arc is presented in bite-sized portions, introducing new characters and delving into their backgrounds and motivations, while highlighting the central character's growth and evolution. However, while the series maintains a strong narrative overall, the final arc falls short in comparisonto its predecessors. The introduction of numerous characters without proper development leaves a bit to be desired, detracting from the otherwise compelling storyline. Another drawback worth noting is that some character designs are overly similar, making characters difficult to distinguish at times. Despite this, the exceptional writing and engaging plot make it worth pushing through any minor confusion. It's important not to judge Hikikomari Kyuuketsuki no Monmon solely by its over-the-top cute demeanor. This anime can be surprisingly violent and bloody at times, adding depth to its storytelling and keeping viewers on their toes. Sinking our teeth into a final thought, Hikikomari Kyuuketsuki no Monmon is a standout anime that deserves a watch. It surpasses expectations with its great character development, well-paced narrative, and emotionally resonating moments. Don't let its cute appearance fool you; this series packs a punch and proves to be an enjoyable experience.
regaldemocrat
'The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess' was totally an unexpected gem for me. The story takes us on a wild ride through this bizarre world where death is just a punchline, but the battles for power and honor? Dude, they're legit intense. Komari, our main gal, she's like this pampered vampire with a heart of gold and these uncontrollable natural powers, ya know? The narration style is like the author's letting you in on all the secrets. We know stuff Komari and her crew don't, which just amps up the tension as the story unfolds. What makes this anime so dope is how it blends top-notch comedywith some gnarly violence. At first glance, you'd think it's just another light-hearted comedy, but then the characters start to grow on you, becoming more mature. You end up not just feeling for them but also getting hyped by all the action.
The downside? The story feels kinda all over the place. In just 12 episodes, it's like you get three mini-seasons 'cause every four episodes there's a new problem, climax, and resolution. It makes it seem like it's a simple tale when in fact, the characters have some deep layers.
'The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess' mixes ecchi, yuri, humor, and gore. What could possibly go wrong with a combo like that?
The Good: Awesome humor and deep character personalities.
The Bad: A short series with too many mini-stories.
IF I EVER HAVE A DAUGTER I want her to be as spoiled as Komari.
argy97
Plot: 8/10 Shut-In vampire becomes a general after asking for the throne (by accident?) and we see her painting the map and destroy herenemies with her overwelming strength and skills as a commander and not only that give her a blue haired waifu and she will destroy everyone, also we have yur- wait a second... Animation: (8/10) Flawless Characters: (10/10) Our favourite female Napoleon is one of the best generals, novel writer and female protagonists with the best supporting cast consisted of an army of overpowered war enjoying simps, an overpowered lesbian secretary, a shy lesbian fangirl general and a pro map painter with a big dream of world conquest. Overal:l(9/10)
Peak fiction, must watch.
yuuna_gendes
This anime is very good and the MC is overpowered and the people are plain so this anime is highly recommended to watch and the graphics of the anime are also good the design is also cool and the story is also very good but the MC is rich in reality just like someone who likes to lock himself in his room so this anime is really worth watching and also pls there is a sequel to this anime This anime has a unique story and also a unique genre so it is highly recommended I really enjoy watching this anime because the MC is Terakomari Gendesbloodwho is very cute and also very innocent so this is a very good anime
terakomari is very op for strength but the difference is that its power is activated by drinking blood, very unique, different from other anime
Longnines
A vampire girl of noble lineage is all but destined for a life of greatness, except that she does not want to get out of bed to achieve anything, much less greatness, and is instead dragged and coerced out of bed to fulfill her newly acquired and important role in society as a Crimson Lord acting as a general-figure, presiding over a number of vampiric forces. The story is simply haphazard. It is not an exaggerated claim to suggest everything was made up as it was going along. There is one clearly defined narrative promise made and kept to the viewer: the protagonist is the stuffthat will change the world. Every narrative plot development and advancement simply comes out of left field, not a lot of groundwork being laid to introduce new developments as they occur, and this only worsens towards the end of the anime. It is immediately apparent in the last 3 episodes specifically. The pacing is poor.
The tonality of the show has a very broad range and, as the scope of the full narrative becomes apparent, a lot of that range and the alleged stakes introduced to the cast of characters along the way seems marginalized by the way the story was written. This was a point that was hard to get a bead on, as the anime is surprisingly adept at building up drama and tension at certain points. It is the underwhelming resolutions that follow that put a nail in the proverbial coffin of why a particular moment of adversity was important in the first place.
The characters are inoffensive, some of them even being likable and reasonably written. There is enough nuance that every character feels important until they suddenly stop being so and are relegated to being a background character that makes some kind of episodic appearance. Music scoring of the show is good. The animation plays to a wide range--most of the time it is fine, sometimes it is good, a handful of times it is great, and then there are some certainly questionable frames that occur towards the end of the show that invite the question of when exactly budget was running out during production. Thematically, it leans very heavily into being yuri-oriented and dabbles in lite suggestive tones.
The show is, in a word, vexing. It did a lot right, but the lacking narrative framework and the poor pacing upend its finer qualities. It is an instance of biting your nose to spite your face. The concept would have been better off picking a lane and sticking to it as far as genre placement is concerned; it is not carefree enough to be an enjoyable slice-of-life, there is not enough in the way of stimuli for it to be a serviceable ecchi anime, it is not particularly funny, sometimes it is more ugly than cute, and narratively it falls completely flat at being anything remarkable as far as a action-drama entry is concerned. It is not bad, but it is not good either.
Overall, this is an anime that no-one expected anything from and it delivers just a little bit more than what was expected of it. I cannot recommend it, but I do not believe it is unworthy of being seen by anyone either. If you have the time, watch an episode or 2 and determine for yourself if there is anything it is offering you that may be worth your while.
ProdigyKing
I'm gonna be honest, Modern anime is highly written with such incompetence that it literally gives you a headache watching all 12-13 episodes but *The Vexations of A Shut-in Vampire Princess* was surprisingly good. Despite the generic Maid and random strangers turned friends being obsessed with the MC troupe, the characters actually had fun personalities and it was kinda falling apart around ep 7 or 8 but didn't stay like that and had a good later part afterwards. Plot: 6/10 average beginning, predictable middle, but good overall storytelling. Characters: 7/10 decent characters and voices. Pacing: 6.4/10 average pacing. Art Style/ Animation: 6/10 Soundtrack: 7/10Overal: 7/10
The characters and soundtrack were the best part imo of the show as the ploting and pacing were slow and predictable but fun characters made up for it especially with the scenes and action.
KimuraTheHatoru
A tough decision to make. This anime is clearly not for everyone from the start . It started out promising, and i got a laugh out of it quite a few times. But sadly, it really devolved towards the end. The animation quality also didn't do it any favours. Not to mention the world building is really sloppy,barely anything is explained, and titles are just thrown around for the hell of it. And those dark cores really play against the whole setup, since there's barely any sense of actual danger . Honestly this one would've been 10 times better if they just gave ita 18+ rating and went full in on the yuri harem fanservice. As it stands they tried too hard to deliver an intresting plot and tripped over it.
It's a watch mostly to kill time if anything. In that regard alone i guess it's worth it.
Justykanna
I have to admit, I was probably testing my luck a little with this one. But to this extent? Yeah, The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess wasn't the best showing. Story: The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess introduces us to Terakomari (Komari) Gandeblood, vampire princess who was basically given the throne to her country, evening though her mother knew her tendencies. One of those tendencies is to shut her self away - hence "Shut-In Vampire Princess" so that she can do away with any of her royal responsibilities. Her supreme commander assigns her a maid, Villhaze, to try and getKomari to cooperate, but there's so much resistance each and every time. A lot of those responsibilities come down to keeping a good reputation and showing their prowess on the battle field, and unfortunately, a lot of the story just doesn't come off as exciting. There's just not enough there.
Let's start out with what was strong first. One of the early arcs includes an old time rival, Millicent, and I actually enjoyed the story throughout this arc. The basic idea is that Komari has a bit of a history with this particular vampire because of how she was treated by her. Millicent's story arc revolves a lot around trying to get back at Komari, and she's dead serious about it too. It's believable, and she puts real obstacles in the way of Komari. It's really well done, and even does a good job at revealing Komari's true powers, otherwise known as her Core Implosion. There's some good setup there for future arcs and the final episode of that arc is what got me excited for the rest of the season.
Sadly, it doesn't follow up in any real way. The story starts us our with Komari introducing herself to her army, and they're insanely unlikable, outside of Belius, who I actually really liked. They constantly make a mockery of themselves and you can easily tell that they're going to get involved in the plot, even if you don't like it. After the conclusion of the Millicent arc, there's a lot of needless running around for the rest of the season, and even if they attempt to make you care about the characters along the way, their backstories kind of just mold into one because they're so similar. Meet new person, gain they affection with very little effort, make your maid jealous, and then go back to being useless while these new "allies" protect you.
One of the themes discussed constantly in this series is World Domination, and for such a serious topic, you'd think there'd be some serious backstories about how you're going to obtain this. There is... sort of. It all feels really rushed and doesn't really get aided by the fact that Komari's kind of useless. This series is likely suppose to be a comedy series, but it was never really funny, and even then, seems like a weird genre to include in a series that has as much (lackluster) fighting like it does. It doesn't mesh, even with the somewhat cartoony look that it gives its characters sometimes. Not only that, but since we're dealing with vampires here, they don't really die. It really cheapens the effect that "death" has.
Getting to the end unfortunately is a bit of a chore, just because of how much the plot tries to overstay its welcome. It's all about trying to give power to one country, but it ultimately feels rushed in the end. Add to the fact that they kept introducing way too many characters along the way, this series tries way too hard to impress on a macro level, when the smaller scale encounters weren't even good to begin with. (5/10)
Characters: Komari is really an unlikable character, even if she has brief moments in times when she can actually act like a decent person. Her core implosion might be her most interesting part of her, but she uses it thrice in the whole series. It's not even that it's an impressive ability, but she gets super serious when she uses it too - why was this part of her ability? The fact that she "forgets" what goes on while using it also does the story no favours. Villhaze is better... but not by much. She's very dedicated to her master, which is fine, but outside of being jealous a lot, she doesn't really stick out for any reason. She's just... there. It's obvious what she's trying to do, but doesn't very little on try and accelerate it.
Sakuna, Nelia, Karla and to a lesser extent, Delphine, all kind of mesh together as being similar characters because they don't do a ton to impress during the course of the season. They all got a bunch of screen time and did basically nothing with it. Sakuna specifically was around the series a lot and even if her arc concluded in a nicer way, where did it leave her? I'm not even sure. Now she just kind of clings to Komari for affection. I really don't understand it.
Karen Helvetius is Komari's supreme commander and even though she's pretty smart, she doesn't really do anything worth noting in terms of physical actions. I'm trying to remember if she does anything but talk, despite the fact that she got a bunch of screen time. She basically acts as Komari's guardian by telling her what to do and how to do it - as well as talking to her allies about Komari - but that feels like her only purpose here.
One of the problems, as mentioned earlier, is that this series adds way too many characters as a rate that really isn't necessary. This series was already having issues with giving our characters a role to begin with, but adding so many from the world building that this series attempts to do is just way too much. (4/10)
Art: So this is one of Project No.9's lesser projects, right? This series had minor moments where it looked fine - mostly in the three Komari fights - but aside that, it looks pretty boring. It didn't do anything to make the more "down" moments look bad, but that hardly feels like a compliment to a studio of this size. (6/10)
Sound: Nothing terribly to impress or disappoint here, which might be the highpoint. I swore off fripSide ages ago because I always felt like their music all sounded the same, but the OP, Red Liberation, was legitimately good. So there's something. Voice talent seemed fine too. (6/10)
Overall: The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess was boring and bland with not a lot going for it, outside of the Millicent arc. It clearly "can" have okay story moments if you take your time and focus on a smaller-scale story like hers, but after that, it feels like the story falls apart, especially with a character as boring as Komari. She doesn't do anything to amaze and it makes this series really difficult to recommend. (5/10)
