Blood+

Saya Otonashi is a seemingly ordinary girl living a mundane life with her adoptive family in Okinawa City. In fact, her only peculiarities are suffering from anemia and being unable to remember any of her life beyond the previous year.

However, Saya's forgotten past quickly comes back to haunt her—one night, she is attacked at school by a creature that feeds on human blood. Just when all hope seems lost, a mysterious man named Haji appears and fends off the creature temporarily. But when her rescuer forces her to drink his blood, Saya suddenly enters a trance and slays the monster with ease, using her own blood as a catalyst.

Saya then learns of an organization named Red Shield, founded for the sole purpose of defeating the hellish beasts. Now Saya and Haji must work together with Red Shield to fight these fearsome monsters and unlock the secrets to the girl's past.

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Haji Main

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Otonashi, Saya Main

Kitamura, Eri Japanese

Miyagusuku, Kai Main

Yoshino, Hiroyuki Japanese

Diva Supporting

Yajima, Akiko Japanese

Goldsmith, Solomon Supporting

Tsujitani, Kouji Japanese

Moses Supporting

Yanagi, Naoki Japanese

Miyagusuku, Riku Supporting

Yajima, Akiko Japanese

David Supporting

Kosugi, Juurouta Japanese

Mahler, Nathan Supporting

Fujiwara, Keiji Japanese

Fei-Ong, Karl Supporting

Sasaki, Nozomu Japanese

Ochikoshi, Tomonori Producer

Maruyama, Hiroo Producer

Morishita, Katsuji Producer

Morotomi, Hirofumi Producer

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Jul 20, 2025

TouMAN

Recommended

With it's compelling story, interesting characters and some character development, Blood+ is a series of ups and downs. While it might disappoint with it's sometimes bleak world building, long storytelling and where some plot thread are (not) going, ultimately it's worth a viewing.

Story - 7.5/10 - not exactly unique, but not too predictable either, for me it was the main reason to finish the series.
Characters - 7.5/10 - The MC may seem bleak and passive at times with the support characters driving the show, but the formula seems to work.
Development - 7/10 - Some characters get some character development. I feel like this is ... a weak point for the show, since it could have been done much better, but still it's far from bad.
World - 6/10 - For me, possibly one of the worst aspects of the show - the worldbuilding is not really there. For certain things this adds an element of mystery, but overall it just seems like the authors were lazy or just focused elsewhere.

If I could I'd give it a 7.5 - a cut above the regular 7s, but not quite at the 8s level. Overall I enjoyed it and recommend it, even though I feel the same effect could have been achieved with at least 10 episodes less.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jul 8, 2025

aalk

Mixed Feelings

Blood+ starts off strong—emotionally heavy, good setup, and tragic backstories that hit hard. The whole Chiropteran and Schiff angle? That was actually powerful. Saya’s early arc had real depth, and it felt like the show was building toward something heavy and meaningful.

Then it kinda fell apart.

Midway through, the story starts turning into full-on brainrot. The pacing gets cooked, certain characters go completely off the rails, and the plot starts jumping around like it forgot what it was doing. A lot of filler and over-the-top drama made it feel like it was dragging way more than it should’ve.

Some emotional payoffs just didn’t land—like a pretty major ... character loss that should’ve shattered you but ended up feeling weirdly rushed. But then the show hits you outta nowhere with one quiet, tragic moment that absolutely breaks you without trying too hard. And to top it off, there’s a bizarre late-game twist involving… let’s just say a very questionable parenting setup that makes you pause and rethink everything. You’ll know it when you see it. 😂

Also, a couple of deaths near the end manage to be unintentionally hilarious—like the show couldn’t decide if you should cry or just shake your head. The tone jumps are real.

Honestly, the show had everything—solid lore, strong emotional core, and potential to be something great. But it fumbled hard. If they had cut the filler talks and tightened the pacing into a clean 24-episode run, it could’ve been actually fire. Instead, it drags its feet, loses its grip, and wastes half the potential it had.

Nobody really talks about this series anymore, and I get why—it’s flawed, messy, and often frustrating. But it’s not empty. There’s heart behind the chaos, and that makes it worth watching once.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Oct 30, 2021

tsujiri

Not Recommended

TLDR: Watch Episode 30, and then return to the beginning (anytime from Episode 1 - 5). You'll thank me later.

Full version: Plot holes, plot holes everywhere. I was very excited going in. 50 episodes of what seemed like a promising series, good looking characters, and a bad ass female heroine? Sign me up, vampire novels (especially from Laurell K. Hamilton) are some of my most-loved books. Well, if you're also a fan of those books, don't bother with this trash, it's closer to Twilight in terms of poor quality.

Biggest problem: It moves too slow.

No anime, movie, or media, should take 30 episodes (that's ... 30*30 mins = 900 mins = 15 hours) to tell us a backstory that literally took 15 MINUTES.

I'm serious - if you skip Episodes 1 - 29, you won't miss anything. We don't learn anything about the protagonist (Saya), except that she has PTSD flashbacks every episode. The same two flashbacks. On repeat. No one explains anything until episode 30 (more than halfway through!), where there's a full conversation - and fully colored - flashback sequence.

The remaining 20 episodes have slightly better pacing, but can also be skimmed through. There's a lot of repetition, filler, and side character scenes that don't contribute to any developmental plot.

Main character:
Saya starts as an oversensitive and useless girl, and later becomes an insensitive and somewhat useful girl. That's all. I wasn't a fan of her at the beginning, but I really started to dislike her in the London arc.

It's totally understandable that most humans would need time to transition into e.g. the military, the battlefield, anywhere with a lot of violence and potentially death. PTSD and other triggers are natural. But Saya's aversion to killing does not seem to be something she can overcome at all, costing the precious lives of basically everyone else around her. And when she does manage to 'kill' monsters, her rate of success is about 1 out of 6. That's right.

1 out of 6, less than 20% effective.

I was expecting a goddess of destruction, and got a goddess of hesitation. Considering how she's repeatedly worshipped as the 'world's only hope' or salvation from monsters, 20% is a pretty dangerous rate to hedge your life on, imo.

Which leads me to another important point...

The bad guys in this show who don't die, get stronger. The heroine and her team members who die / don't die, seem to struggle to live even one more day. There is a weird power imbalance that could be described as watching a sports team play a game where they NEVER WIN. Throughout the series, Saya's team suffers from severe injuries, death, and tragedies, while the antagonist and gang remain... untouched. It is the opposite of most hero stories. So, even if Saya is weak, her team is sadly, not much better.

And yes, in case it isn't already obvious, the producers kill off a lot of amazing characters (but don't worry. The manga rights all these wrongs, and keeps the RIGHT people alive).

Side characters:
Almost all the side characters were entertaining and had excellent character depth. It was like all the creative writing that should've gone into Saya, went into the background characters instead. You start rooting for e.g. David and Julia, enjoying Lewis, Riku, Min, Moses, and Solomon (my favourite boy). The side characters kept me watching the more than Saya. Granted, not everyone was neccessary (like the Schiff), but the dialogue and personalities came to life for each of them, and is possibly the series only redeeming point. Heck, I'd rate Saya a 2/10, and the supporting characters a 10/10.

The only 2 side characters I could do without, would be Kai and Haji. Kai is full of denial, selfish, projecting his insecurities on others, an arrogant troublemaker, and incestuous towards his sister. He always causes problems for others, and then doesn't take responsibility afterwards. I firmly believe he should've stayed in Okinawa and gotten married to Mao. He would've been happier, and his life goals would've been the same.

Haji had a lot of potential, but slowly became a silent 1D character, more like a human shield and servant for Saya. His past and personality should've been explored more, and there was a hint of it in like, the last 2 episodes, and then it was gone. His strength was also weak compared to many bad guys, always in defensive stance vs. attacking, and unable to wound any of them. A lot of good intention, but overall a passive and forgettable character.

Other notes
- Plot holes around Saya, her parents, chevaliers, the species, biology, are never explained fully, if at all. I was frustrated throughout the episodes and referenced the manga often, just to understand what the * was going on. They don't even mention the word 'vampire,' even though that's what they are, extremely evolved bat creatures.

- Content is predictable for anyone who knows basic World History and world geography. Judging from the rave reviews, a lot of people don't.

- I couldn't stand the music / soundtrack. The series plays like 10 variations of the same song (the antagonist singing), at least once per episode. It's not even a full song, by the way, just a 20 second melody. Gets tiring, fast, so mute your volume and read the subtitles if it gets unbearable for you too.

- Considering how burdensome Saya was, I was really hoping she would die at the end and give it a clean break. Nope. Instead, all the irritating characters stay alive, and the best ones remain dead.

All in all: This series was a waste of time, psychologically dark, and I wouldn't recommend it. The manga appears to be much better and a quick read, though there are many character differences.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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