B: The Beginning Succession

In the first season of B: The Beginning, two men confronted their own past with great sacrifice. Maverick detective Keith Flick fought against his demons and finally exposed the dark secrets behind the Kingdom of Cremona. Mutant wunderkind Koku finally reunited with the most precious memory from his stolen childhood. Several months have passed since then, and the entire world seems to have forgotten the turmoil caused by those events. As Keith returns to the Royal Police to conduct his own investigation, Koku and Yuna try to enjoy an ordinary life in peace. But the consequences of the Jaula Blanca experiments are far from being extinct, as Koku soon discovers when his supposedly dead lab mate Kirisame suddenly shows up.

(Source: Official Site)

Kazama Flick, Keith Main

Hirata, Hiroaki Japanese

Kokuu Main

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Hoshina, Lily Main

Seto, Asami Japanese

Yuna Main

Satou, Satomi Japanese

Izanami Supporting

Saiga, Mitsuki Japanese

Ross, Gilbert Supporting

Morikawa, Toshiyuki Japanese

Yoshinaga, Kaela Supporting

Koshimizu, Ami Japanese

Kirisame Supporting

Terashima, Takuma Japanese

Asagiri Supporting

Han, Megumi Japanese

Brandon, Brian Supporting

Toyonaga, Toshiyuki Japanese

Kuroki, Rui Producer

Nakazawa, Kazuto Director, Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Original Creator, Series Composition

Kawasaki, Itsurou Director

Nagasaki, Yukio Sound Director

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Mar 20, 2021

Darkspriteangels

Recommended

Personally I loved the first season and I can't understand why everyone doesn't seem to like this one. I mean yes this season is just a bridge to a season 3 but the issues that were set up in this one are really interesting and I can't wait to see what happens next.

In this second season we learn a lot more about Keith's psychology and Kokuu's past
I sincerely believe that the outcome of this will be truly amazing and that people should stop complaining. However, it is true that I find it difficult to understand why I made a "bridge" season. When he could ... have very well made a longer season like for the first one in order to answer all these questions. It would have been more logical than ending on a cliffhanger

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Mar 20, 2021

Daniel501st

Mixed Feelings

I enjoyed season one of B: The Beginning and watched it twice. Season two is quite a disappointment because it took three years to release six mediocre episodes. Season two lacks a story, and it almost feels like Production I.G (studio) did not know what to do with the characters.

The only character that I enjoyed this season was Lily Hoshina. Keith Kazama was a joke this season. Keith Kazama Flick was not helpful such as his detective work in season one. The Royal Investigation Service (RIS) characters were not as prominent as season one. I noticed two characters who never got introduced until halfway through ... the last episode.

The dialogue was awkward at times. In episode four (2:07-11:12), Keith's conversation with Gibert Ross made me confused. In episode four, 9:34- 11:12, Keith's voice (English dub) sounds completely different, almost like another character. Yuna's voice acting felt off; she almost sounds like Violet Evergarden. Yuna's dialogue made me feel like I am listening to a robot.

The fighting scenes felt a lot shorter. I did not count the number of fighting scenes, but it seemed like there were fewer of these scenes than season one.

The character designs are pretty good, especially for Kirisame and Keith. The environment designs were similar to season one. The studio needs to fix the animations for the car scenes.

Season two's op was not as good. The op sounds generic. I listened to "The Perfect World" (op of season one) a lot more.

This season was unfinished. It feels like the story is not even close to finishing based on how season two ends, and this gives the studio a poor excuse to release season three. Hopefully, the studio can redeem itself and release twelve episodes like season one.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Dec 22, 2022

RebelPanda

Not Recommended

As far as I'm concerned—this sequel doesn't exist.

I enjoyed the original B: The Beginning. The ending was okay. They didn't need to make this. It was initially supposed to be a twelve-episode-long sequel, but they trimmed it down to six—at the expense of a coherent story. B was never a tightly written masterpiece, but it was watchable. B: The Beginning Succession is illogical, stupid, boring, and it has a terrible title. Why didn't they call it B: The End? Or B: The Second?!

While watching this sequel, I felt like no one cared. No one cared about the continuity of the show. The action scenes make ... no sense—unexplained powers, inconsistent logic, reality-bending fights. It's like they wanted to make the Matrix without understanding what made it such a great film. I have a limit of suspension of disbelief. This show broke it—cars driving on walls through narrow alleys and continuity errors galore. I would've thought it was hilariously bad if I wasn't so bored. When I say watch this show on a stimulant, I REALLY mean watch it on a stimulant. Four cups of coffee weren't enough to get me through it.

My two favorite characters—Keith and Lily—did nothing worthwhile. Keith spent most of the show being kidnapped and screaming about being in love with his dead sister. Lily drives her gravity-defying car for three episodes. Occasionally, she's the butt of an unfunny joke, such as when she gets sexually assaulted by her coworker. The rest of the Royal Investigative Services agents were on screen for a total of under 20 minutes. You can reduce all of their personalities to one word: angry, intelligent, annoying, boobs. At least they were humorous in the first season. But they're barely present, which means there's practically no levity amidst all the edgy monologues and super-serious clown villains speaking in riddles.

The most boring character, Koku, swiped the protagonist role. Never would I expect a guy who can fly, regenerate, brainwash people, and run at superhuman speeds would be so dull. He's constantly monotone, and he's motivated by a one-dimensional love interest. In a way, he is an anti-hero, not on the side of the Reggies, but also not on Lily's side (AKA the RIS). The villains are a lame cabal of generic bishounens wearing clown make-up with bad hairstyles. Their motivations are convoluted—but all you need to know is they want to change the status quo, and that's bad because our heroes are cops.

Director, writers, editors, no one knew what to do with these characters or how to get them from a scene to another. Making a spreadsheet is the only way to keep up with every organization, character, location, motivation, and the show's made-up vocabulary. To figure out what they were talking about, I had to pause and rewind countless times. Even watching the English dub, it was like they were speaking an alien language. If you thought the first season had dry writing, this will truly test your patience. Everyone speaks in riddles or they seem to be as clueless as I was. You'll find a treasure trove of half-baked lines that will insult your intelligence. But, if you want to see a lot of clowns fighting each other and don't care about the story, dialogue, or continuity, maybe you'll find something to like. That is if you can look past the art quality.

The anime just looks unfinished, which is a massive shame because the art was season one's strongest aspect. The shadows are either inconsistent with the light source's angle or entirely missing. Every scene during the daytime looked like a Lahaina noon because the shadows were directly below the characters. The environmental background art is undetailed and messy too. And there's an odd feeling that none of the art fits within the setting. Whenever characters move, it's either looped animations or the designs become super simplified. Mixing poorly animated character models with janky CGI background is a recipe for the uncanny valley effect.

Thank God this season ends early. I don't think I could've sat through another half. I'm certain Netflix axed the production halfway through because it ends on a cliffhanger. I guess we'll never know the story's conclusion. If you like the characters created in the first season, if you liked the story, if you want animation half as good as the original, don't bother watching this.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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