note: these reviews are more for me to remember what Ive been watching rather than a factual opinions. My opinions on anime can be silly at times Mini spoiler free section This is a really great continuation of Blood C. This is exactly what I would have wanted the second half of the season to be like. Maybe not exactly but the pacing the development is much better. Theres no akward pauses mid dialogue for no reason fight scenes are all great as they should be its a movie after all and it was overall a nice continuation / conclusion. I feel a bit critical of this series not because its bad but because I really liked it. Im kind of sad that I wasnt recommended this series sooner as this is right up my alley. So if youve watched the first season then this film is a great continuation of it adding onto the original to make it even better. Characters We figured out the dogs deal. Hallelujah. All though no not really. It wasnt really explained why he could talk through the dog or control it rather or what his deal with wishes was. But I did really like Watanukis design and when I delve further into the blood series Im sure ill get my answers to some of these things. But as it stands as I started with blood c and then this film the dog and wishes are currently ambigious. And what the cost of payment for the katana was. Meanwhile the new main cast is really nice. Its not as forced as the previous season was with Mana being a great alternative to Saya. She was well developed with some nice tieins to the beginning of the film with the plot twist at the end and overall was enjoyable to root for in a sense. And the rest of the cast was also a nice comedy relief with them all bouncing off eachother nicely except for Yanagi she could dissapear and it would not change the show in the slightest Also watching Tsukiyama hack with her hands and feet at a insane speed will never not be funny I love typical hacker characters. As for the main cast they were pretty okay too. I wish we got more of a backstory for a select few characters but realistically theres only so much you can cram into a movie anyways. However Mogaris betrayal / plot twist was more laughable really. I dont feel like it was necessary to the story and it felt like a more gotcha moment rather than something that helps the plot. Meanwhile Fumito is still a weirdo as always ofcourse. I can understand his goal to a extent but in the end either I just dont understand him as a character or his whole spiel was pointless in the end. Atleast they made him more likeable in the movie and treated him like a actual character more than just a plot device. Lastly and not really importantly its nice to have a explanation to Itsukis motive other than what he stated which summed up to Saya I started to love you. Although I wish we couldve seen how he was recording and taking evidence in season 1 etc. Nevertheless not really important but it was a nice tie in. Sound No more annoying ominous sound track every 5 minutes like in season 1. The score was really good this time around with most scenes having their own appropriate tracks. I especially enjoyed the track running in the background of Manas backstory monologue. I stuck with the sub for the film too and realised the dub was available after I was done. However by quickly skimming some character lines in dub I can say that the dub got a LOT better. As this is a film too the sound effects were great alongside any random foley that may have followed. It was overall a great listening experience too. Visual This film just took all the bad bits out of season 1 and just amplified it 10x. All the scenes were beautifully detailed characters had more depth the change of colour pallete was really nice too. It was an overall visual spectacle keeping all its core values of nice character designs nice monster designs and a great viewing experience. Fluid animation was also great with there being no random hitches or pauses in fight scenes. However and this will bleed into story a bit having the big kaiju at the end be really bad CGI kind of ruined it for me near the end. It was not necessary and I hate CGI that does not fit in with a shows theme and art direction. CGI is great. Great when done right but come on. that monster was atrocious I felt like I was watching something straight out of the MCU. I feel like the whole monster cutscene couldve been cut and went a different way and it would probably turn out even better. I get its a movie and its the final bang but I just wasnt a fan. Story Let me be clear the story did more justice to the second half of the season 1 of Blood C. By miles. The characters felt more alive and had more purpose. When I was watching season 1 it felt like all of the characters were copypasted out of another series called Another. Not in the sense of character types but more in the sense that I did not give a shit about any of them. So when watching the continuation of the first season I was pleasantly suprised. The story was more cohesive. It was a nice story. Sure it was a bit funny at times like with the whole hacker debackle hackers in anime portrayed like this will never not be funny but casting that aside it was great. Now as to the problems I had with the story though are as follows. Why the fuck was kutou Fumitos bodyguard if memory treats me right him? Why was he him? I never really understood how some of the humans in this show kept up with Saya unless they are all on some steroids or the talisman that Fumito gives out makes you superhuman. Furthermore Kutous transformation was really dissapointing. Really? Watch true power blah blah and then he just lets Saya run off while he murks his own allies. And then he gets offscreened. Nice. Even the shitty leech monster got more screentime than Kutous monster form the monster in the school was awesome by the way. That leads me onto Sayas power. She can be so useless one moment and then be the goat in the next regardless of if her eye powers or monster powers were active or not. Your telling me she can have a insane blitz with her father in season 1 but struggles against Kutou the human?? Really? And Fumitos whole deal with the kaiju was even weirder. Why did his crippled ass brother turn into a monster egg for Fumito when digesting Sayas blood. Since when could Fumito make monsters levitate let alone eggs. Its kind of why I wish the whole final battle was scrapped. Even the coffee bit was a bit bullshit. Why did the coffee not work Mogari. You tell me. Was the dosage too low? Why did she falter when she did. A switch inside of the liquid or what. Its just a bit confusing for my tiny brain. But anyways thats all just nitpicking anyway. It was a great film. Leagues better than the second half of season 1. And thats all that matters really. I can finally say without a doubt that Blood C was a great series to watch and I will certainly be watching its other alternate timelines of Saya and the original work too. Even the xxxHolic so I can figure out what the fuck the dogs deal is. blood/10 TLDR plot and final thoughts