I've started a new anime, just because I still have a little time left to watch things before I'm shipped off to college. I'll give my first impressions of it here.
Yes, I'm watching the Shingetsutan Tsukihime (2003) anime. There were so many angry comments by VN purists bashing the guts out of it for not covering everything (what do you expect from a 12 episode anime?) and some people who thought it was all right. After watching episode one, I've come to some of my own conclusions.
Firstly, there is a glaring flaw to support the VN raging fans' anger: the story is hard to follow. I think the direction could've used some major help. The pacing is awkward and it's a bit of a struggle to understand what you're being shown and why, like someone desperately trying to tell you something in Ancient Macedonian. Luckily, as a survivor of Black Rock Shooter and the even more mind-boggling Boogiepop Phantom, I'm not too bothered by this as I'm sure some details will clarify things later.
The characters are...I don't even know. I feel like they weren't introduced properly and the MC keeps having these weird "event happens but timeskip and cover-up and then he thinks it was a dream" things. Totally not helping in the confusing story madness. Outside of his frustrating knack for having issues with "lost time", though, I've got a bit of an idea of who he is as a character, and it's not too bad. His friends are just wtf though; I can't get a read on them. His sister, however, seems to have something interesting going on in her head, and I love-hate her attitude. It's the inner brat-tamer in me. What can I say? Anyway, I don't think there's a clear antagonist yet. It could be Ciel-senpai, it could be his sister, it could be that blonde woman that he ""killed"" but showed up again at the end of the episode, or someone totally else.
I'll be watching more of this, and since it's twelve episodes, I might as well watch the whole thing. I'll give another full review when I'm done, as I did with Yami no Matsuei. Wish me luck.