Sahith Reddy

This series was on my watchlist for more than 6 months. I’m not really keen on the idea of vampires and the supernatural. I finally played the first episode during my semester break when I couldn’t decide on what to watch, and boy was I glad I did. The first episode starts off introducing the character of Dracula, but what surprised me was he wasn’t the ‘blood-thirsty’ and ’cold-killer’ Dracula one would usually expect. Instead, the character was humanized, and made him into an anti-hero. The well-written intro makes it easy to invest yourself in these characters, which makes the following sequence more intense. The apparent anti-hero becomes angry(rightfully) and enacts revenge, which now means he is now an antagonist. This sudden change in the characteristic of Dracula tests the viewer to stay in the middle (of sorts) instead of a binary hero-villain story where it's Good vs. Evil, and we all know how it ends. The first season sets up the story well, and at the end of it, I was craving for more. The second and third seasons introduce many new characters, and you would be wrong to think the increase in number would mean a decrease in personality depth. The two interesting human characters introduced alongside Dracula are Hector and Issac. These two antagonists are given a compelling backstory, which helps understand their hate for humanity, which, again, I think the writers did a great job of by not making the negative characters have shallow traits. The nuances of Hector being more naive and Isaac being smarter and loyal are used well in the later story build-up. I'd definitely recommend this series especially to people who aren't into anime or animated series in general. This show deserves consideration from all kinds of audiences for being mature and having a well-written story.