Fortune Arterial: Akai Yakusoku (2025)

Archaeon

Mixed Feelings

There are few trends in anime that are as fallible as the visual novel adaptation, yet they continue to be made in the hope of finding the next Air, Kanon or Clannad. Unfortunately this means that the industry is littered with forgettable titles that have no other purpose than to serve as no brain entertainment for an audience that simply doesn't care anymore.

There is hope though, as every so often a series will appear that defies all expectations. Sadly, Fortune Arterial: Akai Yakusoku (Red Promise) isn't one of them.

Based on the adult visual novel of almost the same name that was released in 2008 by ...

HowTragic

Mixed Feelings

Nipsirc

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (5/12 eps)

Your enjoyment of Fortune Arterial will no doubt be dictated by what exactly your expecting, This sort of Harem, comedy drama hybrid show isn't my preferred genre, but i do tend to pick one up every so often as an easy watch after completing a deeper show.

I'd been led towards this show in particular because I'd read the cast was somewhat popular among the current season's offerings, so went in with high hopes towards the cast being above average.

Story

The shows story is still yet to convince me, it's leaning towards a supernatural mystery of some sort, the vampire element cements the supernatural status, while ...

Credulous

Not Recommended

Yes, of course I watched this because it's bad. One must watch bad shows from time to time, otherwise good shows lose their worth. Of course I watched it so that I could bash on it afterwards, it is simply entertaining to me. You would be surprised to know that I almost dropped it around five times though, I had to battle myself every time to ensure that I could finish it!

I want to start out by saying that I feel sorry for Ono Daisuke, I know a job is a job and that everyone's got to eat, but I'd live off of porridge as ...

kazetomizu

Recommended

Preliminary (5/12 eps)

Fortune Arterial: Akai Yakusoku is a good anime. This anime is one that i enjoyed because it has a good hook onto the viewer and doesnt get boring too easily. It presents unanswered questions early on so far and keeps my attention. The story doesnt move too slowly nor too fast.

The art is good and i enjoyed it.

The enjoyment was pretty good so far, because i enjoyed watching the ups and downs and a few romantic scenes. (Not going to say more still airing No Spoilers)

Music was good it sort of set the mood beter than some other music from other animes.

Characters in Fortune Arterial: ...

AquaHaze

Mixed Feelings

Fortune Arterial: Akai Yakusoku is a visual novel adaption that I thought really should have done better. The problem with this series is that it lacked uniqueness in anyway and it seems very generic

There actually is a plot is very lackluster and seems very generic. Our main protagonist Kouhei Hasekura has just transferred to a new school where he meets our heroine Erika Sendou, who falls for him immediately. He also gets reunited with his childhood friends and he soon finds out that Erika along with her brother are vampires. The problem with a plot like this is that it's very generic and predictable. If ...

akorndr2

Recommended

Preliminary (1/12 eps)

DeSwitch

Not Recommended

Story & Characters (2/10)
Another season, another eroge transformed into an anime. Eroge adaptations are now ubiquitous enough that they have to be treated like shonen action series: you have to start ignoring the obvious and start enjoying the variation in details. Taken that way, Fortune Aerial isn't just bad enough, but even if there's a level of Hell for anime, it wouldn't be allowed in.

Ah, school transferring. No youthful memories, no lasting friendship and no meaningful romance. That's the kind of lifestyle Kouhei has been suffered from until he finally gets a choice of his own he opts for Shuchikan Academy, a boarding school out ...

Seijurou

Recommended

"A Migratory Bird" - episode one title
"Akai Yakusoku" - episode twelve title
"I want to make new memories here." - Hasekura Kouhei

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DokiVio

Recommended

Preliminary (10/12 eps)

This anime ... isn't like ones you've watched before. I can't compare this with any animes since it's my own tastes. but watching this animes really makes you want to scream out loud! The story, I have no idea why, but this anime is suppose to be Romance. The desire that a person has for another, fighting through deadly pain just to keep that person safe knowing that you have to sacrifice your own life to keep the other one alive, ready to do anything for their happiness. That's what I call "Love"

I love this anime because it's not a perverted Romance/Drama anime. it's ...

soopey

Not Recommended

I was expecting this show to be at least a decent anime, but alas it wasn't even close to comming anywhere near that.

Story - In a way i think the plot development could of been better, but the execution of it and the pace of the story as a whole was too close even though this only a 12 episode. its only after 3/4th of the entire series did it start to get interesting, though very mildly interesting because of the slow pace.

Art - nothing really to mention other than its the usual generic anime look which looks nice.

Sound - nothing ...

helur

Mixed Feelings

First Impression & Bias:
So you click the play button on the first episode of your new romance visual novel adaption. You hear Lia, the singer of well known KEY titles, singing another good song that gives you the feel and illusion that this will be a promising show that will brighten your mood whenever you turn it on.
Yes, this was my very first impression. How foolishly naïve I was at that time.
Expectation: 8-9
Episodes: -,-,-,5,7,5,7,8,8,9,7,4
Actual: 6 (fine)

Anlysis:
Yes, this is a show about a boy who has luckily had no friends since he has traveled with his family constantly, who sets off, on his own of course, ...

darkcommanderq

Mixed Feelings

Fortune Arterial looks to be a vampire anime at first glance, but is in fact a romantic drama. Kohei and Sendo are the two main characters, and there blooming romance is cute and amusing to watch. Sendo is a vampire that is trying to find a new way to live without sucking human blood. The first part of the show is basically just setting up normal school life, while the second part is about sendo struggling with her urge to draw human blood.

This is essentially what you are going to get out of watching this show. A few amusing charecter ...

azurekim1

Recommended

Guru93

Recommended

So i thought this anime was something you could sink your teeth into (No-pun intended) and watch for a week
Honestly it surprised me a bit.
I thoroughly enjoyed this show

So story wise i feel that the true plot never comes through until episode 8. The plot after episode 8 is rather good and i feel that it allows you to actually care for the characters. Now is it anything amazing? Not really. I just really enjoy this plot. Now before episode 8 it is honestly a stereotypical slice of life anime. So really the plot after episode 8 does pick up the show a bit. I ...

AgueroKun10

Not Recommended

A unqiue mashup or a bland School Life/Romance with Vampires, following the success of films/books like Twilight and how usually any Rom/School Life shows usually do well you would expect this series to be good or maybe great, well its not.

The first episode was interesting starting to know the characters etc... but it felt like a bad Romance/SL series untill the vampire moment at the end of the episode which brought in a aspect of Horror, and in all fairness i enjoyed the first episode, i loved the blend of genres and putting across alot of information in the first ep from new characters,school etc... ...

NoblesseOblige3

Recommended

Fortune Arterial is a Visual Novel adaptation that on the surface should be a failure with a bad story and cliched characters. but does include a decent protagonist who knows how to get things done as well as a nice touch of drama.

The story is actually rather overused now-a-days, Hasakura our protagonist moves to an island and transfers to a prestegious school where he meets a bunch of people he quickly befriends as well as re aquanting with a couple of childhood friends, and there are vampires. The show however does have a plot and does not just include a bunch of unconnected episodes. It ...

MacKtheVoid

Not Recommended

TL;DR
If a Key novel and Twilight had a child, it would be Fortune Arterial. However, this child takes more after Twilight. How unfortunate. Skip this one.

Story: 4
Starting out as a cheap rip-off of Key novels, the story seemed average at best. However, the more episodes I watched the more I hated myself for watching it. The overall plot is pretty stable, if mediocre. The dialogue is what really ruins the rest of the story. To be fair I watched it subbed, so the translator may be at fault. The general plot of the story is that the MC causes problems that he then fixes without ...

Kuro4735

Recommended

Well, Fortune Arterial turned out rather decent in comparison to my initial expectations. Just knowing that this show is an adaptation of a standard harem-esque Visual novel immediately smelled like trouble, but surprisingly enough, the story did not degrade into a complete mess. That being said, this anime definitely had a lot of issues, mainly with pacing and a very generic plot. Even the vampire twist in this anime, which was done in a relatively untypical fashion, ended up not making much of a difference.

The one flaw to VN adaptations is that, because there are usually multiple heroines in the original source material, adopting all ...

Uncle_Georgi

Recommended

Okay, this is a cliche vampire romance anime, but it's MY cliche vampire romance anime. I've treasured it for over a decade now.

I came across it randomly - quite literally, as when I was twelve I would regularly smash the Random Anime button on Anime Season (RIP) and watch anything that caught my eye, which is how I discovered Fortune Arterial. I pressed play purely because I loved the art style, and then immediatly fell in love. The art, the music, the characters, the relationships - it all pulled me in. It's a story I've seen a thousand times, but it was one I ...