Kami no Tou: Koubou-sen

High Hopes for Workshop Battle! But I have something to fear.

The Return of the Prince arc started off magnificently. First two episodes were enjoyable but story and animation fell off really hard after that. Except for EP 5, from EP 3 to EP 8 were boring and lame. Yoru vs Mazino fight (It can't be considered as a fight though. Urek only used 0.001% of his power and Yoru almost died lol.) But pace and vibe ruined this EP. I really liked that part in the Manwha. EP 9-11 were nice and attractive. I loved EP 12 & 13. EP 13/Last EP of The Return ... of the Prince made me emotional when I rewatched it. I don't know why but it did. It was wholesome.

As for The Workshop Battle, it also started off brilliantly. First 2 episodes, EP 14, 15 & 16, are splendid especially EP 15 & 16. I hope animation won't fell off like what happened in The Return of the Prince arc. Story will get better from now on, they just have to focus more on animation, pace and action scenes. I hope my fear will not come true.

Overview of Early Episodes: Animation: 7/10 ~ Fight Scenes: 8/10 ~ Artstyle: 8.7/10 (Credit goes to Taniho Miho) ~ Background Music: 100000/10 (Credit goes to Kevin Penkin) ~ Pace: 8/10 ~ Vibe: 7/10 ~ Voice Acting: 8/10 ~ Story: 8/10 ~ Direction: 5/10 ~ Enjoyment: 8/10. Overall- 7.7/10. But I'll give this 10/10 this is my favourite show ffs. I can't downvote this anime just because CR ruined it. People love Tower of God for its vibe & small details and the adaptation always ignores that.

Maybe I didn't notice how bad season 2 first cour was because I saw a review saying the exact opposite BUT, I loved that, nothing rubbed me off the wrong way or weirded me out. Meanwhile this after the second episode was almost unwatchable. All episodes were slideshows of faces just spouting their lines and somehow they managed to even have the fighting scenes play out that way, characters very often become doodles and lose their quality and the dialogue is so rough I'm getting physical pain from trying to convince myself it's not as bad. I absolutely loved s2c1 and like how the story ... progresses here but it's adapted and animated in such. a. bad. way. it's ridiculous. And that is very specifically after the battle to board Archimedes concluded, up until then I'd noticed nothing.

The first and second episodes were promising, but the further along, the more this anime becomes not the "Tower of God" that most fans loved, but some kind of "Tower of God parody". I don't know who wrote the anime script, but that person should quit his/her job - the 2nd season is completely pointless. Endless dialogues about nothing. There are no fight scenes. Amateur-level animation. Pokemons are more interesting, because at least they are fighting, lol. The 2nd season of "Tower of God" is a big disappointment. It would be better if they hadn't even created it.. The art style is not fitting for ... the story. No one will enjoy this season.