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May 16, 2024
There is a certain list of names weebs are often bringing up, which also includes One, who is the author of 2 popular action anime. One of them hides behind the mask of parody, and this one tries to portray the emotional conflict of the main character. It's also worth noting that I had beef with the show because the studio squander the opportunity to name the sequels Mob Psycho 200 and 300.
Mob 100 Psycho starts off as a comedy and it tries to be funny, anime funny, with looney tunes sfx. But this type of comedy works if you are already high or yet
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to reach the puberty. After a few episodes, however, it changes focus to a character driven story with supernatural elements. Here Kageyama, the main character, tries to deal with his childhood trauma involving the use of his psychic abilities. And despite having them he refuses to rely on them in his daily life and instead strives to become better in other areas. And I will admit that the anime does a pretty good job executing it, but it could've been even better if it had committed to this concept from start to finish. Unfortunately, the seriousness of the theme is dampened by aforementioned comedy sequences, and quirky character design that reminds me of some fucking one piece. In latest episodes Kageyama completely dumps the idea of not using his power and starts showing it off left and right. It happens in the latest arc featuring the most creative plot premise never done by any media before: fighting an evil organization whose goal... what was that, ah... to conquer the world. I don't know how long it took for One to come up with it. Ultimately, the quality of the story can be compared to a man balancing on a fishing line. He takes few steps, accidentally sneezes, falls down, and breaks his neck.
The animation is good that it would easily make up for the story, but in the current state it rather makes up for the art style. A unique art style is a good idea only in case if I don't have to question myself if a palm larger than a head is deliberate artistic choice or some one fucked up the human proportions. The ost is good but only few tracks are memorable. The opening and ending are amazing, though, they have outstanding visuals, banger songs, and they also perfectly fit the show.
Mob Psycho 100 features lots of fighting scenes and the intrapersonal struggles of Kageyama, and both of them are at odds because fighting is against his original motivation. The world building doesn't help either, given that every year several shows reuse the same concept so it's gradually becoming oversaturated. The modern world with demons where no country but Japan is present, the chosen ones with some supernatural abilities are the only ones who can slay them, and in the end the conflict between wielders and demons changes to wielders versus wielders.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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May 10, 2024
The worst thing that could possibly happen to a certain anime is to have a much more popular show that airs in the same season. In other words, if your show isn't a brainless battle shonen it will definitely be overshadowed. But a lot of times it only takes the show itself to make even fans fall out of love with it. And Dororo fans can blame Demon slayer for hogging all the attention, but there is more to this.
The story takes place in medieval Japan where all the feudal lords decided to play Civilization 6 IRL instead of doing something meaningful. One of them
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being on the verge of loosing resorts to cheating; it is asking demons for help and promising everything in return. Later on, his wife gives a birth to his son, who have no eyes, no nose, no skin, and no limbs. The son became a victim of his father's promise and Daigo happily accepts this outcome in anticipation of prosperity the demons will give him, which makes him the worst father since Evangelion. In the end, the newborn baby is adopted by a craftsman who replaces all the missing parts with prosthesis. After growing up, Hyakkimaru embarks upon a journey to recover his body parts, but given how superior these prosthesis are in this setting I wander why he would risk his life to recover them.
The story structure of finding and killing demons is the only thing this anime has in common with Demon slayer. The fight scenes aren't the selling point here but rather the wholesome sibling-like ( not anime-like ) relationship between Hyakkimaru and Dororo, the side stories, which greatly affect the main duo, and the emotional satisfaction from seeing Hyakkimaru recovering his senses and experiencing rain for the first time. In addition all of that is complemented by the confidence of the direction, the amazing cinematography, and the music. The technical execution can't be separated from the story and vice versa. They complete each other just like pineapples complete the pizza. And if you had to suppress your urge to vomit upon reading my analogy, there is a chance you are not going to enjoy the first part as much as I did.
During the production of the second part, Mappa employees realized that they are doing Attack on Titan next year so Dororo was handed to art college students as their assignment. Only this can explain why the anime has lost all its charm. "Bad" would be a wrong word to describe it, "unimpressive" is more fitting. The story got repetitive, the character development got stale, the first opening could've been used in the second cour, but it was replaced with the forgettable one. The biggest issue is probably the "central" storyline, which despite having the most screen time made no impression on me. This is just a bunch of sticks duct-taped together that was supposed to morally challenge the viewers but, unfortunately, it fell short. One arc shows the exact same situation, where few innocent people get sacrificed in order to keep the rest save, and the show never tries to build a conflict out of it and doesn't justify anyone. The "core" storyline, on the other hand, where Hyakkimaru is learning the difference between being a human and having a human appearance is much more personal and thus more captivating.
The high quality gets back in the third part. And even if the second part already left a bad taste in my mouth, I still can't say that the weakest parts eclipse the strongest ones. I will forget the lows anyway but I will still remember Dororo for its highs. It's also nice to see a finished anime every once in a while, although, the ending is open so there can be a sequel, I would prefer Mappa to make OVAs which would fix the middle part.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Apr 28, 2024
I want to clarify that I'm not a big fan of battle shonen, but I still decided to give Solo leveling a shot because the ost is by Sawano. And I think this reason is solid enough to spend 4 hours of my life on it and go out of my comfort zone. Unfortunately, this is what Solo leveling's story never does.
The premise and the world is similar to Gate: there is a modern world and then one day a portal appears connecting our world to a fantasy one, but the fantasy world here never reaches the same depth like it did in Gate, and
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I can't believe I just used "depth" to describe Gate. It's not even a world to begin with, but rather a group of separated dungeons, which disappear after your beat their local bosses. In the attempt to balance out the technological gap, the modern weaponry doesn't work on the other side and it doesn't work because doesn't work. Solo leveling just wants to be an RPG whenever it wishes without thinking of some semblance of coherency. At least Gate had balls to show the superiority of the modern world's army in contrast to the medieval kingdoms.
The main protagonist is no better, he's the weakest among the weakest but during one of his dungeon crawls he receives the ability to level up, learns that others boss him around because he is weak, and now he decides to get stronger to boss them around; yada yada yada, you know how it goes. His character arc reminds me of another rising guy, but this time he doesn't have a shield. Nevertheless, there was a thing in this used-to-be-original-30-years-ago plot that caught my attention. These dungeons are basically under no one's jurisdiction, because frequently occurring deaths in them aren't even investigated and the witnesses are never detained for interrogation. And given the high mortality rate, my theory is that Korean mafia uses dungeons to dispatch people and leave no evidence: their body will disappear with the dungeon after all. And this would be more realistic and original way to use this setting, because people would likely do sketchy things inside the dungeons like cooking meth, or casinos, or inside trading, or making fun of BTS fans instead of playing IRL D&D.
Since animation is handled by A1, I had high expectations. From my understanding the show was animated by the same team who did SAO alicization and if this is the case, they have gotten significantly better. The animation and visuals are now consistent to the point where I couldn't know the cg elements from 2D. Alicization had many cool moments but the main flaw was cg enemy crowds, which were without doubt absolutely terrible. Sawano's craft this time is definitely far away from his best works, but that's just a sad state of anime OSTs where Sawano has no one to compete with but himself.
I could write something about the side characters as well, but even though I've just finished Solo leveling it feels like it has been 2 years, and this perfectly summarizes the quality of the writing. In conclusion, I expected good animation, Sawano's music, and a forgettable story and I got good animation, Sawano's music, and a forgettable story, so I wasn't disappointed. It's also poetic that the same studio that did Sword art online, which became a flag-bearer for dozens of generic shows, are now doing Solo leveling, which is an inspiration for dozens of generic manhwa.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Apr 22, 2024
I've always been positively biased toward anime set in a historical setting outside of Japan for several reasons. First, even if I didn't like the story I would still enjoy the atmosphere of a different culture the anime portrays. Second, it means the author is educated enough because they're able to read history books that weren't a part of their school curriculum and therefore a lot of attention and care are given to the story. And last, it is an event on its own, because it happens rarer than the solar eclipse.
But watching the first episodes of The Apothecary Diaries really made me question: "What
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the hell did I get into?". China is a big country but the setting is confined to a single castle, which houses the emperor's harem. So the absolute majority the employees here are women, who has nothing better to do than discuss rumors about the royal family, politicians, and officers. At first glance it was more like a reality TV but this time animated. Fortunately, there is an actual story, where the main protagonist gets kidnapped and then sold to the palace, where she assumes a higher position because of her investigation abilities.
The plot structure is pretty straightforward: something enigmatic happens in the palace, then Maomao comes and solves the mystery, rinse and repeat. Nevertheless, these loosely connected arcs are still connected, and every piece of the story can and will affect the later arcs, so the plot doesn't feel too episodic and there is always a feeling that something bigger is going on. What sets our protagonist apart from the rest of the cast is her striving for knowledge, although, there is a paper thin line between inquisitiveness and stupidity. It especially noticeable in contrast to other inhabitants of the palace, who have the average IQ of people you see in those cancer TV shows I mentioned earlier, and who also make the only person with a brain to taste food for poison. And MaoMao is eager to do so because her obsession with medicine makes people around her to faint, so poison testing isn't an issue for her.
The good story is accompanied by a good production, and occasionally appearing chibi characters make the art style fresher. The visuals are amazingly made to convey the Chinese esthetic, the music immerses you to convey the Chinese esthetic, the Japanese voice actors... ehhh... Yeah, I've already gotten used to that it will take eons for anime to use a foreign language where it perfectly fits (did someone mention Vinland Saga?), so not a big deal. The only thing I wish wasn't Chinese is the names, I have a hard time remembering names in general let alone Chinese names, which have quirky spelling to boot.
I liked The Apothecary Diaries but, at the same time, I kinda got everything I wanted. The way the story is told isn't my cup of tea, so I'm not really pumped up for the sequel. The later episodes tease some semblance of a cohesive plot structure, but I hope there will be more than just teasing. Regardless of all of that, I'll see you in 5 years for the next new anime set in a historical setting outside of Japan.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Apr 9, 2024
The last couple of seasons was full of banger shows, so who in their right mind is going to spend their time watching some schlock like Classroom of the Elite? And how come it got the third season when my favorite anime didn't even have a sequel? Much to my surprise, I don't even have to play the Devil's advocate to say that this show is good, because the resolution in the second season was so satisfying that my expectations for this season were fairly high. And despite all flaws this season might have, I'm still pumped for the next one.
Up to this point the
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highlight of CotE was its mind games and I've always liked that the rules have never been too convoluted. However, this arc has pivoted, so the characters are now the main focus. Characters like Sakayanagi got strong motivations, while characters like Suzune got impressive character development. Over the course the story has matured enough to reach a certain point of believability in this season, where the story can interrupted differently by different people. There are parallels between Suzune and her brother or even more obvious example like Ayanokouji and other students as if the success can be achieved not only by talented people but also by those who work hard.
Whenever CotE is mentioned the same question is needed to be answered: is it actually smart or is it just pretend to be so? And the answer is both. Even though I think the story is mature, the way it is told isn't. And I don't know whether it is solely the fault of the adaptation or the source material is also a part of it. The quotes of famous philosophers before every episode aside, the direction is just terrible. Instead of letting the viewers set all pieces of the story together, it relentlessly dumps a great deal of exposition and constantly reminds of small things that happened before. This way of storytelling is probably the reason why this show and its audience have such bad reputation.
The animation is another sore thumb of the anime, it is fine most of the time because the show is dialog heavy anyway, but when it comes to action it is extremely noticeable. And this season never reaches the heights of the 12th episode. In stark contrast, the voice acting and the music are really good, I've never thought that the dialog can be improved that much if you put a track you'd usually associate with a Final Fantasy battle theme OST.
Being good overall, Classroom of the Elite has tangible problems, which will get in the way of enjoyment for a lot of people. Personally, I'll continue to watch it to see how the rest of the story plays out.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Apr 1, 2024
<This review was edited to be in compliance with the review guidelines>
I'm confident that the rarity of some event and the significance of that event are correlated. Take a meteor shower for example, if it happened every night it would stop being exciting. And just like seasons die one after another, every year at least several shows get the status of being a "modern classic". However, it stopped being about the quality because it always happens when the show is still airing and it gets overshadowed by yet another show afterwards. And this time it's Frieren beyond journey's end, which doesn't deserve the community's love
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given terribly misleading title. For Frieren the journey is nothing but endless, and the title would perfectly fit for a side character spin-off. On a serious note, the story has some serious issues I can't get past past.
The anime is set in a fantasy world, however, there is no wars or politics it usually expected given the genre. The story begins after all of that took place and is mostly episodic, where arcs' lengths range from 10 minutes to several episodes. It's not a bad thing per se it's just about keeping your expectations in check instead of anticipating the best plot ever written. On the other hand, the focus is the characters; even the side characters who appear for a single episode have their backstories and personalities. And the main cast feels so natural in the way they communicate and behave. But the centerpiece of the story is Frieren, whose whole personality is so distinct from other characters because her life span exceeds generations and her character arc is about finding happiness in small and transient things. I know it's nothing original and Spice and Wold did that over a decade ago but this show is new, shiny, and has better animation, so I understand why it got so popular. The story in the second cour changes the direction and now fights is the highlight of the plot. In summary, the anime is focused on characters, has character development and contains both slice of life episodes and amazing fights, this is a good story by the book. It's more likely that it won't appeal to you rather than make you hate it, so what is there to dislike about the show?
It's said that water comprises 60% of the human body and in the same way 60% of the story here is flashbacks. Just like a rabid dog it constantly jumps between different flashbacks, which is probably the reason I have always felt so detached. The flashbacks are nuts and bolts of the story: no matter how small and trivial an arc is it always has to have a bloody flashback in it. They're always shown in randomized order with time skips ranging between 10 minutes and several hundred years, and they never form a cohesive storyline like it was done in Made in Abyss S2. On top of that, there are infamous flashbacks inside flashbacks and flashbacks from the previous episodes like the target demographic is children or tiktok users with a negative attention span. Of course flashbacks somewhat also benefit the show: keeping records of how many flashbacks a single episode can contain or how long it takes for an episode to insert a flashback was the only thing that kept me from falling asleep. The latter is kind of boring though, because some episodes start with a flashback.
A lot of people have noted that Frieren beyond endless flashbacks actually tries to create a unique fantasy world without relying on rpg mechanics. And I even agree with them I just don't think those attempts are successful. In this world demons are the most dangerous creatures, they were commanded by a king and after people had wielded the magic that king was slayed by a party of heroes which Frierent was a member of. The problem is I didn't omit any details, that's all about the world building. The demons had been pillaging villages and killing people for hundreds years, yet aside from Frieren and her companions no one had ever tried to kill the Demon King. And neither had the four heroes. In the flashbacks they're doing some stuff and wasting time doing... Why are you picking flowers? Is this the way you kill the Demon King? It's just strange that the tone of the story in the present is no different from the past where people were supposedly waging war against demons. I wouldn't mind the complete lack of world building if the events of the past weren't constantly brought up through... yeah, flashbacks.
The ost is the weakest part of the adaptation, it is a standard fantasy-themed soundtrack and I can't think of any scene, where the ost played a huge role. In contrast the animation and the direction are probably the main reason of the popularity because they're stellar. The visuals in the EDs and the OPs are also of high quality.
In conclusion, the show looks really good, but man I would be lying if I said I would still remember it after a year.
"Episode 28 - It would be embarrassing when we met again."
I doubt we ever will tho.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Mar 8, 2024
I know I'm late to the party but I just want to form my final opinion on the series.
Attack on Titan has become my personal 5 stages of grief, because of my expectations. I checked out during the third season but I continued to watch this long anticipated show to find out how it ends. Attack on Titan is a battle shonen first and foremost, not a deep intricate character drama as I thought. And aside from Chainsaw Man is the only shonen I enjoyed immensely. It's like watching Demon slayer or JJK but everything between battles doesn't suck an enormous whale's dick, only a
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guerrilla's dick. This franchise never fails to grab your attention, presenting a new hook every season and increasing the stakes. This approach of storytelling renders all plot holes unnoticeable, they are still there but it's easy to ignore them.
Prior to the ending there were a lot of bizarre elements especially in the OVAs that I just happened to blank on because it had never brought up again. The ending, however, embraces that weirdness, which is presented as meta. By using that the author successfully wraps up the major storylines but this approach doesn't feel satisfying. Also the in and post credits scenes left me an impression that the author decided to put everything that was on his mind into the ending even if it has nothing to do with the rest of the show.
Change of the studio was insignificant. The action scenes are basically the same, the direction of non-battle sequences is still worse than battle sequences: there was a dialog scene where all of a sudden instead of showing faces of those who is speaking it started showing branches. Even if it supposed to be some sort of metaphor, that choice was still strange. The significant downgrade was the music: this time it was mostly Yamamoto instead of Sawano, his music isn't bad of course but it doesn't match up to Sawano's tracks.
Was AoT fun to watch? Hell yeah! Will I forget about it in a year? Hell yeah! Was it worth waiting 5 years for it to be finished? Absolutely no.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Feb 29, 2024
Kabaneri of Iron fortress keeps having an identity crisis even in this movie by trying to be everything, but, nevertheless, there are some improvements. For one thing, the story got better compare to whatever it was in the last arc. There are now some real goals and tactics regarding annihilation of kabane. The story is about recapturing one city but this city is completely unrelated to the cities overrun with kabane from the TV series. Making it one of those cities would have made more sense, because the story doesn't present what is so important ( e.g. resources or infrastructure ) about the said city
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so its recapturing should be prioritized. The main theme has been shifted from survival to "what makes someone a human" and the kabaneri is a centerpiece of it. However, it's executed rather poor due to the weak character writing from the first season and newly introduced characters are bland as well, unfortunately.
The world building has gotten tremendously better. For example, the place the story takes place in now has a name and it's called "The country". OK, all jokes aside, it's still whack. Out of nowhere, the main characters nonchalantly mentions that kabane is a result of a virus, even though previously it was said that kabane appeared out of nowhere and their origins are a mystery. Also, he appends that that virus amplifies people's negative emotions making them behave in the way they behave. However, I can hardly imagine that being angry would create a protective shell around my heart and significantly improve my physical abilities. And a lot of questions from the first season are still unanswered.
The technical quality of the show is on par with the previous season, which isn't bad of course but movies usually tend to have better animation and cinematography. Ironically, Kabaneri is Wit's best animated show despite having a worse story compare to their other works like AoT or Vinland Saga.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Feb 26, 2024
Kabaneri of the Iron fortress was made by the same studio and the music was composed by the same person who did Attack on Titan. But not only that: the premise, the setting, characters' motivations, themes - all of these were undoubtedly inspired by Attack on Titan, so it was universally proclaimed as an AoT clone. The anime was fairly popular at the time but the more seasons of its grandfather have come out the less people have kept talking about or even remember Kabaneri. But how ironic it would be if Kabaneri is far and away better in every aspect then Attack on Titan.
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Naaah, I'm just kidding. The very first impression Kabaneri of the Iron fortress gave me is how unapologetically it tries to recreate the AoT vibes without doing something that would set it apart or shifting the focus from action to character drama and, thus, appealing to a different audience.
In essence, mankind is on the verge of extinction and the reason is kabane, the mix of zombies/ghouls/titans/legion. Humans now only live in cities surrounded by rampart and use trains to move between them. The setting is grandiose but it's an anime-original and it has only one cour and a movie. You can write a good story with that runtime but, again, by shifting focus, but it didn't do that and the story ended up half-baked. The first arc is pretty straightforward: one city gets overrun by kabane and the survivals leave for another city by train with our two main characters on board: Ikoma and Mumei. Also they are Kabaneri: half-human, half-kabane, but it's not important for the plot. This arc is pretty decent and I don't have complaints. But everything after the evacuation arc is a complete mess and I can't find better words to describe it. The story here is terribly structured to make a proper breakdown, the tone completely shifts pulling the later seasons of Attack on Titan, I guess, and the main characters loose any sliver of personality. Ikoma's motivation is to liberate humanity but he doesn't enroll some military organization nor he continues to work as an engineer to mass produce the weapon he invented to effectively annihilate kabane; so he decides to hang out with Mumei instead. Mumei seems to have some depth at first, but ends up docilely obeying her "Onee-sama", she basically becomes a pawn. The villain of this arc has a single digit IQ, they want people to fight kabane, but they destroy cities they live in. Like, dude, if people only fought kabane who would make weapons to fight them.
The world building is more consistent than the story, because it consistently sucks. If you want to know the origins of kabane, the current status of the world, why Mumei uses a stopwatch, or how kabaneri are able to keep the human nature having kabane's strength, just forget about it. The world here has no name, and the only information that this is Japan is from the opening and I don't know if it's intentional or someone's oversight. No information about how many cities there are or if other countries are destroyed by kabane either. There's also no feeling of "humanity is on the verge of collapse" and the whole tone is rather there are few runaway animals from a zoo. Every city including the capital has some sand castle level of defense, so it's enough just a bunch of soldiers to open the main gate and let a train or kabane inside. Kabane themselves can run at cheetah's speed but most of the time move at a crawl, they also can turn people in kabane but sometimes decide to simply kill them.
I could probably tear into the technical part because no one would protect this show anyway, but it's actually excellent. I don't know who was responsible for writing but animation, music, direction, and storytelling weren't affected by that abomination. The direction and the storytelling is actually better than in AoT but they are totally useless when the story is this bad. And maybe if the technical aspect was much worse Kabaneri would have been at least considered a guilty pleasure show by some.
It was 2016 and the Attack on Titan hype was gradually declining, so Wit decided to utilize what remained, but so obvious clone wouldn't have been as popular and the writing wasn't improved, quite the opposite. Mom can we have Attack on Titan, no we have Attack on Titan at home.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Feb 16, 2024
Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 has become infamous for terrible working conditions and a lot of crunching, but does the amount of effort poured into something represent the quality of the product? Don't get me wrong this anime has really good fights and also the fight scenes are fantastic; have I already said how amazing the action is? And I'm not dissing the animators: I fully understand why some of them thought about committing suicide. It is everything aside from fight scenes that's mediocre to say at least, assuming, of course, the adaptation is faithful and didn't butcher the manga. The JJK manga has nothing outstanding
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to deserve such incredible production, there are plenty of other shonen manga that could've been taken its place: AoT, Fire Force, Tokyo Revengers, etc. In addition, this season could've become one of the best anime adaptation but due to the worst management JJK has only established itself as a battle shonen with the best fights, which isn't bad but it had the potential to be even greater.
The world building is the easiest thing to bash. Some may argue the concept is unique but its execution is sloppy. But attributing the idea of collective unconscious to the author is giving him too much credit. Some other media e.g. Persona already did a better job using it. So, human negative emotions are the source of cursed energy and this energy creates cursed spirits, and people haven't discovered this energy as well as spirits for thousands of years even though this stuff regularly claims people's lives. BUt pEoPLE caN't SEe tHIs ENErGy! Like yeah, sure, people also can't see radiation either and, nevertheless, we are aware of its existence and its affection. In Japan highschoolers keep people safe, as they always do. And it was unknown what was happening in other countries, and only at the end the anime offhandedly mentions how little cursed energy other countries have without explaining why, despite a lot of them having a bigger population. That could've been explained, for example, by stating that the idea itself of collective unconscious is mainly spread in the East in contrast to the Western civilization where individualism is predominant, but it would've been too smart for JJK I guess. Also all cursed technique are overly complicated, there are no rules nor any limitations: sorcerers can easily create energy out of thin air and then easily disperse it. So, it's more convenient to tread all techniques as magic.
The story eeeh... it has a little of it. The second arc, which is like 17 episodes long, is a series of fights back to back, that's it. And given the quality of the story of the first season it isn't bad, double down on the best the franchise had: action; and get rid of everything that get in the way of it with the exception of dramatic scenes, which is kind of whatever, JJK isn't a drama to be honest. The first arc contain most of the story and it's on the same level as the first season.
This season could've been the best anime from a pure visual perspective, but after a certain episode the quality starts degrading reaching the lowest point in the last episode presenting the aftermath of the arc via a slideshow presentation. Although, even that lower quality still surpasses the majority anime adaptation, but the difference is glaring, nevertheless. Worse the shot composition, worse the cinematography, the direction in non-battle scenes has just gone, even the action scenes were affected in some degree. The first 6 or to be generous 12 episodes is peak of the adaptation and the second cour should've been delayed. Also, the ost isn't mediocre but it just doesn't contribute anything to the fights.
With all that criticism in mind, there is just nothing better than JJK if you just want to see some crazy action. The closest thing is probably demon slayer but its story is no better and its characters really made me root for the demons to kill them. JJK2 was lucky to get so much care, but the animators, unfortunately, paid for that with their mental and physical health.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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