Shingetsutan Tsukihime

Shiki Toono sustained a life threatening injury as a child, and due to that incident he was sent away from the Toono household and was given to a relative to be raised. Years later, when Shiki is in high school, the head of the Toono household—his father—dies, and he is ordered to move back in by his sister Akiha, who is the new head of the household. However, Shiki holds a huge secret. Ever since that injury, he has been seeing lines on objects, and only with a special pair of glasses is he able to stop seeing them. Also he is unable to remember anything well from the time before his accident. The day he moves back to the Toono household is the day he stumbles upon a woman named Arcueid Brunstud and decapitates her with one stab of his knife in a temporary fit of insanity. When she suddenly showed up beside him later alive and well, and ask him to be her bodyguard, Shiki's journey to unravel the mysteries of his past begins. (Source: ANN)

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Start Date10th Oct 2003

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Popularity Rank1120

Rating Rank6453

Age RatingR

Age Rating Guide17+ (violence & profanity)

SubtypeTV

Statusfinished

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24m

Inversion Impulse

Shiki Tohno, an ordinary high school student starts another day of school. At school he learns of a recent murder with the victim having what seems to be vampire marks on their neck. He also has a strange encounter with a girl named Ciel, whom seems to be his friend but he has no memory of her. On his way home from school he has a strange day dream of killing a girl he sees. He then wakes up in his sister's mansion, where he was moving to that day. He meets the two maids and they tell him he can't go out past 7 pm. Bored, he sneaks out to go get some magazines. On his way back he finds a man collapsed with teeth marks on his neck, he also sees a girl with a sword who looks like Ciel. Confused, he passes out. He awakes the next morning in his room again. He goes to read the newspaper but finds nothing on the incident, leading him to believe it was a dream. His sister also discovers about how he snuck out. On his way to school he runs into the mysterious girl that he had the dream of kil

24m

The Black Beast

The woman introduces herself as Arcueid, and tells Shiki that he killed her. Confused and scared, he runs off. When he gets to school he realizes he has finally lost her. At lunch he asks Ciel if that was her last night with the sword... Offended, she says no. After school Shiki walks home with his female friend Satsuki, she reminds him how he once helped her out in middle school and that he will always be there for her when she needs him. Its her birthday and she goes off to have dinner at a fancy hotel with her parents. Shiki gets to the mansion and finds Arcueid waiting for him at the gate. Scared again, he runs off. She corners him in an alley. She reveals to him she is a vampire princess. Just then they are attacked by black wolves. She defeats them and takes him back to her hotel. She reveals to him how she came back to life and is weakened now thanks to him. Just then a mysterious man enters the hotel and unleashes several of the black wolves. Arcueid and Shiki go to escape but

24m

The Eyes of Immediate Death

Shiki awakes the next day in Arcueid's hotel room once again. She wants to see what these lines he sees is all about. He shows her on a chair by cutting the lines he sees and making it fall apart. He explains to her when he breaks the lines the thing or person is destined to fall apart, thus how he killed her so easily. However, when he puts his glasses back on, he can nolonger see the lines. Back at the mansion, Shiki's sister Akiha is worried about him. Shiki's classmate Arihiko calls to see why he wasn't in school just to learn he hasn't come home either. That night Shiki and Arcueid decide to team up to kill Nero. Shiki hides behind a tree as Nero appears and attacks Arcueid. Shiki tries to sneak up on Nero but he doesn't fall for it. He creates more of his black wolves and seems to have Arcueid defeated when all the sudden Shiki breaks through and gets a single cut in with his knife. This is all it takes for Nero to fall apart due to his life lines being cut. Shiki collapses exhau

24m

The Cradling Garden

Shiki comes crawling home after his battle with Nero. When he awakes in the morning his sister is extremely angered with him for dissapearing and not telling her he would be gone. But due to what he did he can't reveal where he was. He goes to school and gets confronted by Ciel and his friends. He assures them that everything is ok, but Ciel seems oddly concerned with the whole story. That night, Akiha throws a ""coming home"" party for Shiki and they share a special dinner. Later the two maids, Kohaku and Hisui tell Shiki how Akiha was very worried over him and she loves him dearly. Feeling bad he goes over to talk to her. They take a trip down memory lane on when they were kids and how they'd play. Shiki remembers a young boy playing with them but Akiha has no recolection of it. That night when Shiki goes to bed he has a dream that Arcueid crawls through his window to bite his neck. The next morning after he arrives at school he comes to find by looking out the window, Arcueid is on th

24m

Bow of the Sky

Shiki finds out that Arcueid has came to school to visit Shiki while basking in the attentions of his classmates. Ciel is unhappy of Arcueid's presence. A misunderstanding happens between Shiki and his friends. Shiki finds out from arcueid the Nero was just an ordinary assassin. So they plan on going hunting that night. In the manor, Shiki tries to sneak out of the house. Hisui gave Shiki the house and gate keys so that it would be easier for him to get home. Arcueid tells him that the real vampire she was after was named Roa. Then while walking, they encounter their first acolyte.

24m

White Dream

Akiha reprimands Shiki in her own little way when he is late to breakfast and refuses food. She tells him that taking care of himself is more important than his studies, and they can hire a tutor if need be. Hisui confides that Akiha doesn't know he leaves the house every night....

24m

Blue Ruins

Shiki and Akiha bid farewell to their maids and head out to meet Shiki's friends. Akiha is still pissed that she caught him sneaking in at 2AM the night before. He apologizes and she asks him not to do it again. If he continues to disobey, she will install a security camera... Shiki and Akiha join Inui, Ciel and Yumitsuka at the train station at 10AM. Akiha and Ciel take an immediate disliking to each other, and soon, Shiki confronts Akiha about her rude behavior to his friends. He then thinks back to the night before with Arc. She had asked him on a date, but he replied that he already had plans...

24m

Caged Hair

The news reports that last night, a girl named Andou Tomomi was found dead. She had left her friends around 7PM to ride the ferris wheel. Shiki is worried about Akiha, who has been acting strange since last night. He asks if it was something Ciel said. She gets up angrily but then faints. Shiki wants to call a doctor, but the maids remind him that Akiha hates doctors and assure him that she will recover with rest. Shiki is still concerned. Why would she get sick so suddenly? Kohaku explains that this often happens whenever Akiha suffers mental anguish. Shiki realizes that he is the cause and decides to stay with her tonight...

24m

Death

Shiki recovers from his attack under Akiha's watchful eye. He dreams of being a small boy who awakens to find himself along. He hears a woman's voice calling his name from beyond the trees. He follows it and finds a number of dead bodies that lie massacred. Above, the woman calling him lies impaled on a tree. She drops her knife and he picks it up. As she dies, her blood drips onto his face. Horrified, the young boy picks up the knife and starts slicing at the tree in frustration.

24m

The Crimson Moon

Shiki is still affected by the memory of the wound he received from his father and is unable to even face his sister Akiha; however he’s shocked when Arcueid arrives unexpectedly and very angry. Shiki ends up going out on a date with Arcueid to make it up to her and they both find out new things about each other. They both end up going to his school as Arcuied wants to know more about his everyday life, when all of a suddenly she gets upset when he mentions Ciel. Shiki tries to find out what’s wrong but they are interrupted by a series of events.

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Reviews

There are no spoilers in this review. Tsukihime is one of those anime based off a visual novel. Like with most of them, the fans of the Tsukihime visual novel didn't like the adaptation. But for myself, someone completely new to Tsukihime, I enjoyed it greatly. Which means I think I could finally answer the question which was put to me by people who ask about whether or not I would have liked the Fate/Stay Night anime if I had not read the visual novel and that is I think now that I would. With that out the way let's start with the review. **Story** This was, in my opinion, brilliant. I really enjoyed the Mystery themes to it, as Tsukihime struggled to learn about his past as he is fighting. The information was present in a way that it was easily understood which we needed to know for the story to make sense and briefly so they could focus on other parts of the story besides the background. I have to say I was a bit suspicious watching this considering it is basically a story about a teenage boy falling in love with a vampire. I can confirm indeed, that it is a better love story than twilight. I really say the story was well executed for it to be enjoyable for those who are new to the Tsukihime visual novel. Of course now I wish to play the visual novel for myself so I can make a proper comparison between the two. I have a feeling that my opinion on the anime might change after reading it. But I have not been able to find a working copy yet. So I may not be able to find out. **Tech** This is probably the weakest point of the anime. Which is primarily due to its age. Being released in 2003 it makes it 10 years old now. The animation quality was fair and the art style was pretty good. The sound was average and the music was very good. Basically nothing really amazing here. Just average. But I have to say something despite this, the tech of the show actually helped my enjoyment of the show. It managed to set up an environment of the show which increased my enjoyment greatly, as in I suppose the atmosphere. The music and visuals used for both the scenes and intro/outro helped build for me an excitement to watch the show. It felt mysterious and dark which amplified my enjoyment of the story in particular. It kind of reminded me of an old mystery movie. **Characters** The characters were all likeable and suited well for their roles. In particular I liked Arcueid Brunestud, the most. Despite herself being a bit too clingy. It was interesting seeing all these characters interact with Tsukihime, even though it's probably a bit typical nowadays how they did in modern day Harems. The voice acting in the dub wasn't bad, wasn't bad at all which means the characters images weren't really damaged unlike Fate/Stay Night with Giligamesh's English voice actor. **Conclusion** Overall this show left a positive effect on me. With no really seriously big flaws. Of course, my opinion would be different if I had read the visual novel, but I have not. I honestly think that it deserves the score which I will award and I'd recommend it in a heartbeat to anyone. Score: 8/10

First of all, for all of us type-moon fans, there's no Tsukihime anime. As a big fan of original VN, this anime made me somehow mad. There's a couple of reasons about it. Story: The studio tried to include much information from the Far Side routes, which do not feature Arcueid, who is a main heroine, into this anime. Actually, they succeeded more than Studio DEEN with Fate/Stay Night, but still, this is an eternal flaw which is present in almost every multiple roots VN adaptation. But still, the story is quite good, cause mostly it follows the original VN. Art: Here it is. MANFACES. In 2003 they managed to completely ruin the graphics. Even original VN, with Takeshi Takeuchi's early drawings, had better style. I couldnt recognize Arcueid, when I watched this anime, and Tohno Shiki and Akiha's fat faces made me completely mad. On the other hand, sound is quite good, music from OP and ED especially. Characters: Major flaw with characters is the thing, that they did not receive their full development, that is why they suck. Also, Roa was somehow underdeveloped in the first route of original VN too, so not much to say here. Overall: The biggest problem of this show is - its fucking boring. It doesnt have the original's tension, and that is why there's no Tsukihime anime. But, for those who did not read the VN, it's a quite decent love story with some mystery in it, so worth watching.

Okay, as my first review, let's break this down into parts. Also, don't expect objectivity, this is mostly personal opinion. Story: The lore and setup of the story are above average, with an interesting mystery element and a pile of history just waiting to be discovered. With only twelve episodes, though, backstories are only scratched at, and the plot was meandering and vague at best. On the other hand, the romance was very well done and offered lots of places for the feels to attack. Animation: The animation is best described as "nyeehhh?" with a slight rise in pitch. There aren't many derpy faces or errors, but a lot of the animations feel stiff, and there are a lot of reused frames and backgrounds. The quality does improve slightly as the show progresses, but overall leaves something to be desired, although the 100% hand-drawn frames are a breath of fresh air for anyone currently suffering through Berserk (2016) Sound: Awesome. I very much enjoyed the soundtrack, and it does a very good job of setting the eerie mood. Character: The characters are definitely the focus of the show. There are no throwaway exposition machines, and everyone has their own distinct personality without resorting to quirkiness. Every character is believable, interesting in some way, and are easily understood. Overall: A good thing to see. I won't be obsessing, but it was good enough to binge the second half. If you're looking for something to watch, check out Shingetsutan Tsukihime, you've got nothing to lose.

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