Despite having more potential, Kore wa Zombie Desu ka ranks just below Dragon Crisis. On the surface both animes explores similar themes, the supposedly ordinary boy, living alone, suddenly becomes involved with a pint size magical heroine, eventually leading to a gravitational pull of more busty magical/supernatural women. However the end product flounders around, falling flat on its generic face.
The initial storyline was the most attention-grabbing. It introduced our male protagonist, Aikawa Ayumu, previously murdered off screen only to be resurrected by a cute, chibi necromancer, Eucliwood Hellscythe and returns to his normal life, only now as a zombie. Early on Ayumu clarifies his intention to solve his murder and take revenge. This was all the material needed to develop a substantial series, simple but effective. Nevertheless it quickly ran out of steam, abandoning the straightforward murder mystery twist in order to bombard the viewer with as much ludicrous hijinks as possible. Kore wa Zombie Desu ka struggled because it lacks perspective. There was simply no direction, just a cluttered mess of choppy storytelling served with ample of cheese.
Essentially there are two reasons why Kore wa Zombie Desu ka turned my stomach. The first should be fairly obvious, in that I have a hard time enjoying fan-service in general, least of which when it is unnecessary and plain dumb. The second reason concerned the personalities of the female harem cast. Enter the Masuo Shoujo, Haruna, an annoying, stubborn, ungrateful, tyrannical brat and the well-endowed Vampire-Ninja (are you fucking kidding me?) Seraphim, an arrogant, discourteous fucking bitch. Honestly there is nothing redeemable about these two. Ayumu basically lets them live with him, no catches, and they treat him like complete crap. Passive female stereotypes are bad, but portraying women as heavy-handed, man-haters, than physically exploiting them is somehow okay?
Ultimately the conclusion takes so many desu-ex-machine nosedives that all writing credibility is rendered obsolete. At least the audience are treated to miscellaneous fan-service final episode that tightly comprises everything I disliked about the series into 24 minutes. The show basically went with quantity over quality, ending on an atrocious low.
Rating: 4.5
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