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Getting Used To The New Normal
I usually avoid covid dramas as much as I can, but gave this one a go as it was a vampire comedy. I'm glad I did because this was fun, quirky and characters learned a lesson and so did us!
This is set in 2021 after the covid-19 pandemic, where people have to live with a "new normal" and get used to it. In this case vampires are affected too. The blood distribution has stopped and they have to get it from attacking humans.
We have our two baby vampires Sou and Aoi, who have never bite a human before—Will they survive this pandemic?
They run a nighttime coffee shop with some regular costumers. But with new rules, they try working for lunch too.
The two want to try blood right out of a bite and become a 'real vampire', but on this journey they end up helping their 'preys' accidently (or on purpose) instead of drinking blood.
I liked the whole conversations that went on in the coffee shop with the owners and the regulars, it was fun.
I like that we got happy endings for each costumer as well, the movie maker who finally succeeded, the guitarist who became a tutor and our Lesbian girl who turned out to be a vampire hunter!
I loved the friendship between the two baby vampires, they were not similar in a lot of aspects—yet similar in some ways.
I also appreciate that when Mia assumed and asked if the two were boyfriends, Sou didn't overreact nor deny in disgust (what they usually do in other dramas), instead he just said they were friends and not boyfriend. Because it's not wrong and it's okay if someone misunderstood. And the friendship was not dismissed as "just friends" because it's just as important as romantic love (if not more). And yes I'm sensitive about this topic!
I liked the the kind of feminist topics at the end too, with Mia and Ososno questioning why only men are allowed to be vampires and their obsession with "virgin blood". And Mia agreeing to helping Osono on her dream of becoming a vampire. Perhaps a vampire like her would change vampire community for the better!
And Sou and Aoi, finally got the idea that being a baby vampire is not as bad as they thought. They remained the same, but with better ideas, and growth in character.
Overall this was a fun and enjoyable vampire story. I would recommend watching when you've got the time to!
This is set in 2021 after the covid-19 pandemic, where people have to live with a "new normal" and get used to it. In this case vampires are affected too. The blood distribution has stopped and they have to get it from attacking humans.
We have our two baby vampires Sou and Aoi, who have never bite a human before—Will they survive this pandemic?
They run a nighttime coffee shop with some regular costumers. But with new rules, they try working for lunch too.
The two want to try blood right out of a bite and become a 'real vampire', but on this journey they end up helping their 'preys' accidently (or on purpose) instead of drinking blood.
I liked the whole conversations that went on in the coffee shop with the owners and the regulars, it was fun.
I like that we got happy endings for each costumer as well, the movie maker who finally succeeded, the guitarist who became a tutor and our Lesbian girl who turned out to be a vampire hunter!
I loved the friendship between the two baby vampires, they were not similar in a lot of aspects—yet similar in some ways.
I also appreciate that when Mia assumed and asked if the two were boyfriends, Sou didn't overreact nor deny in disgust (what they usually do in other dramas), instead he just said they were friends and not boyfriend. Because it's not wrong and it's okay if someone misunderstood. And the friendship was not dismissed as "just friends" because it's just as important as romantic love (if not more). And yes I'm sensitive about this topic!
I liked the the kind of feminist topics at the end too, with Mia and Ososno questioning why only men are allowed to be vampires and their obsession with "virgin blood". And Mia agreeing to helping Osono on her dream of becoming a vampire. Perhaps a vampire like her would change vampire community for the better!
And Sou and Aoi, finally got the idea that being a baby vampire is not as bad as they thought. They remained the same, but with better ideas, and growth in character.
Overall this was a fun and enjoyable vampire story. I would recommend watching when you've got the time to!
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