Rapist Wife beaters: A Diabolik Lovers first impressions

...for one of the most entertaining otome game adaption ever?

We've had a string of Otome game adaptions these past couple of seasons, and so far they've all been pretty shit. True, I'm no expert on Otome game anime adaptions; but with the shitty pacing issues that seem to come with every 12 episode long VN/video game adaption, plus the poor handling of women targeted anime in general, you can see why they're hated so much.

So why Diabolik Lovers? Why some 15 minute Otome game adaption? Why is this particular one so entertaining?

Diabolik Lovers is basically: 

"What if we make an Otome game......"

"....give the show the same, personality-less MC everyone knows and loves....."

"...give every guy a bit of the 'cool, possessive' personality that seems to be pretty popular nowadays..."

"...chuck in some vampires...."

"...and make a game demonstrating why every single one of these are complete bullshit."

Did you know? Instead of each character's ends having normal names like 'Normal', 'Good', and 'Bad' each route's end in this game is instead called 'Dark', 'Maniac', and 'Ecstasy'?

Thus, Rejet released Diabolik Lovers ~Haunted dark bridal~, on the 11th of October 2012.

I've known a bit of Diabolik Lovers before it became an anime, though until recently I've been religiously trying to avoid spoilers. I mean, who doesn't want to play one of the most hilariously dark Otoge of all time?

I was actually a bit skeptical of the anime at first, it being 15 minutes long meant that this was clearly an anime for the fans so I was afraid of not being able to follow-through. I still found it enjoyable nonetheless.

I think the charm of Diabolik Lovers is similar to UtaPri:

in which it doesn't take itself all that seriously as an Otome adaption, and almost acknowledges its own ridiculousness. It's entertaining because it's over the top.

When you think about it though, isn't this series basically a cautionary tale to young women everywhere about what would really happen if you got a blood hungry monster for a boyfriend?

Maybe I'm thinking too deeply into this...

My biggest hope for this series is that it keeps being 'silly', and maybe does its own thing rather than following through on a specific route or trying to adapt the whole game (which they will NEVER fit in properly).

Am I over hyping this? Probably. But it's a breath of fresh air in the world of otome game anime adaptions.

SOUBI YAMAMOTO ;___;

You where supposed to be the savior of BL anime ;__;

When I started this blog I told myself to refrain from making these incoherent, impulsive, and 'meatless' posts.  BUT FUCKING KONO DANSHI 3.

"HOLY FUCK KONO DANSHI 3"
"This Boy Is Called a Bad Man/Kono Danshi, Akunin to Yobaremasu? Sounds cool."

"So it's going to be a drama cd instead of an ova? Okay, not as hype but it's still Kono Danshi 3!"
"Girl protagonist? So, an otome drama cd?"
"FUCK"

Ok, so all silliness aside I am slightly disappointed that the 3rd one isn't going to be an ova; it's an otome drama cd too boot! Understandably, she's probably busy with Meganebu, but if that where the case wouldn't it have been better to try for making it (the 3rd kono danshi) afterwards, when she had more free time? Rather than starting an 'easy' project right now? An otome "reverse harem" drama cd feels kind of out of place for me. Soubi however is a competent director, so I'll trust her and see where this goes.

As a side note, with the 3rd install meant being an otome drama cd, wouldn't that meant she'd have covered 'everything' thing in otaku women's media? With the first one she covered 'Implied homosexual feelings' anime (shit like Hakkenden and Makai Ouji), Legit BL anime, and Otome.