Thoughts on Second Season? (As well as first!)

Apr 30, 2014 6:39 PM

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I bet the first season will have some sort of cliffhanger or unresolved issue that will continue from season 2. Who knows though but anything's possible.

Apr 30, 2014 6:42 PM

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Too soon to have any thoughts on the second season, but it was probably always planned as a split cour show.

May 1, 2014 2:04 PM

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Interesting. I'm liking it a lot so far, so hopefully the second season won't disappoint.

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May 1, 2014 2:09 PM

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This probably isn't a second season.

It's probably just a split cour.

Everyone seems to be doing it these days.

I wouldn't be surprised if they just delayed the second 12 episodes so it wouldn't compete with Sword Art Online or something.

May 3, 2014 1:39 PM

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Second season confirmed already?

May 4, 2014 4:43 AM

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SolviteSekai said:
This probably isn't a second season.

It's probably just a split cour.

Everyone seems to be doing it these days.

I wouldn't be surprised if they just delayed the second 12 episodes so it wouldn't compete with Sword Art Online or something.

But it doesn't directly compete with SAO in any form or way.

It was already announced as split-cour, by the way.

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May 9, 2014 12:40 AM

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Pree happy theres going to be a second season, Really liking the first and thought 12 episodes would squish it all down to a pile of rushed awfulness. Did think they were going for a split cour though~

May 9, 2014 12:53 AM

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Oh, if it was already announced as a split - cour nothing strange, but I personally didn't know it, but if it's announced publicly in the middle of the first season it's a clear signal

May 22, 2014 2:32 PM

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So, the card game was a success? Have yet to actually play it, but already learn it and it seems a fairly fast pace game.

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May 23, 2014 12:37 AM

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The new episode is really dark and has a huge shock. I'm looking forward for more.

May 28, 2014 2:56 AM

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Inb4 next season will be darker and more psychological than we would expect. Hnnggh I want this now.

Jun 15, 2014 11:07 AM

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I just want to see more battles.

Jun 19, 2014 12:23 PM

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God that next season will be dark just judging from how this season ended.

Oh and the second season got a bit of a name change, it's Selector Spread Wixoss.

Jun 19, 2014 4:52 PM

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By not calling it WIXOSS 2 there's going to be tons of retards 2 years from now asking what order to watch them in...

Jun 19, 2014 6:11 PM

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They pulled a Hamatora in that last episode so now I must watch this season lol

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Jun 19, 2014 9:06 PM

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Plate said:
By not calling it WIXOSS 2 there's going to be tons of retards 2 years from now asking what order to watch them in...

hahaha, give this man a cookie! (if i could be bothered finding the picture i would :P)

mayukachan said:
They pulled a Hamatora in that last episode so now I must watch this season lol

ahhhh, i see what you did there. wasn't as cliffhangy as hamatora's though :P

i reckon the second season will get darker. i'm still waiting for an explanation on those weird visions ruko was having

i'm thinking the second season will be better than the first.

Jun 19, 2014 9:16 PM

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The first season was full of angst and mindf*cks and I expect the second season will be too...but at least we won't have to sit through a couple of episodes of Ru and company not knowing what they want or what to do.

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Jun 19, 2014 10:16 PM

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I didn' intend to watch the sequel, but since the last few episodes were pretty fun and it ended on such a huge cliffhanger, i'll watch it now..
"Selector spread WIXOSS" sounds kind of weird though imo.,

Jun 19, 2014 10:38 PM

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silverwalls said:

"Selector spread WIXOSS" sounds kind of weird though imo.,

lets face it, the original sounds fairly weird enough already :P

Jun 19, 2014 10:42 PM

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Idk why it's called 'spread'. Maybe the game concept is like a virus that spread itself around the world with a main catalyst?

Anyways, I hope this girl gets more purpose and roles in this season:
http://myanimelist.net/character/107243/Chiyori

Jun 20, 2014 12:10 AM

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Stark700 said:
Idk why it's called 'spread'. Maybe the game concept is like a virus that spread itself around the world with a main catalyst?

something along those lines makes sense. first you get infected then it spreads i guess. following a logical progression, the next cour/season (WHATEVS) can be called Selector cure WIXOSS :P
EDIT: or should Selector pandemic WIXOSS come before that...

Stark700 said:
Anyways, I hope this girl gets more purpose and roles in this season:
http://myanimelist.net/character/107243/Chiyori

as soon as you mentioned a girl getting more purpose/role i think we all knew who you meant :P
i'm interested to see what she's gonna get up to next season. she SEEMS very innocent.. same for her lrig... almost too innocent..

Jun 20, 2014 2:19 AM

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I want to see what became of Aki-lucky, it looks like that preview showed her face was back to normal.

Stark700 said:
Anyways, I hope this girl gets more purpose and roles in this season:
http://myanimelist.net/character/107243/Chiyori

Didn't she only show up in 1 ep, yet was also prominent in the OP?

Jun 20, 2014 4:46 AM

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ReaperCreeper said:
I want to see what became of Aki-lucky, it looks like that preview showed her face was back to normal.

people say that tama is gonna end up as urisu's (iona's lrig) lrig, but for the sake of discussion, i don't think it's impossible for tama to end up with akira

Jun 21, 2014 3:03 AM

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-Mihairu said:

ReaperCreeper said:
I want to see what became of Aki-lucky, it looks like that preview showed her face was back to normal.

people say that tama is gonna end up as urisu's (iona's lrig) lrig, but for the sake of discussion, i don't think it's impossible for tama to end up with akira

That still doesn't explain why Akira's face is back to normal though. Must be something else.

Jun 21, 2014 9:46 AM

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-Mihairu said:

ReaperCreeper said:
I want to see what became of Aki-lucky, it looks like that preview showed her face was back to normal.

people say that tama is gonna end up as urisu's (iona's lrig) lrig, but for the sake of discussion, i don't think it's impossible for tama to end up with akira

I was thinking the exact same thing. It would be one hell of a plot twist (and a lot more interesting) if Tama became Aki-lucky's LRIG. It would be kinda cliché'd if she ended up as Urisu's LRIG.

I'm also expecting the remaining girls to become eternal girls in the 2nd season, at least Akira. I just want Akira to be the main antagonist in the next season, as it'd make the story even more interesting.

Jun 23, 2014 12:20 AM

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Botato said:
That still doesn't explain why Akira's face is back to normal though. Must be something else.

i have no idea on that one. i was under the impression that what happened to these selectors couldn't be reversed .. so i got nothin' buddy.
maybe she pulled a hitoe and got her face back through vigorously thinking about her original face .. ;p

Limechan said:
I was thinking the exact same thing. It would be one hell of a plot twist (and a lot more interesting) if Tama became Aki-lucky's LRIG. It would be kinda cliché'd if she ended up as Urisu's LRIG.

not so much cliche, more predictable ;o

Limechan said:
I'm also expecting the remaining girls to become eternal girls in the 2nd season, at least Akira. I just want Akira to be the main antagonist in the next season, as it'd make the story even more interesting.

i can't stand akira personally. i'd like to see ruuko as main antagonist pls.

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Jun 25, 2014 11:29 AM

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Limechan said:
It would be one hell of a plot twist (and a lot more interesting) if Tama became Aki-lucky's LRIG. It would be kinda cliché'd if she ended up as Urisu's LRIG.

In the preview at the end of episode 12, Ulith is shown in a Selector battle with Tama's background (cyan) behind her. Akira is also shown with a blue backdrop, but since she doesn't have her scar it might be a flashback or something. Either that or she stayed at the same hospital that cured Hitoe.

Jun 30, 2014 4:38 PM

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Though I'd share this:

Botato said:

T3hSource said:

Botato said:

T3hSource said:

Botato said:
I saw this post of yours and found it interesting. In order to avoid derailment I decided it would be best to talk here :)

I'm interested in hearing your input on WIXOSS. I thought it was pretty decent, there are a few points it could do better and there are a lot of questions left unanswered but that's for season 2 right ;)
But anyway, why do you think it's a train-wreck?

My problem is with the plot, it does the same mistakes as Madoka, established rules from the start keeping any negative consequences a mystery, that's a nice premise, but it must be handled with care and has to be laid out beforehand. Then when said consequences, twists are revealed the rules established are not only changed in meaning, but either retconned or contradictory. Madoka at least patches up things nicely, even if it does with exposition dumps.

WiXOSS started stalling with the Yuzuki arc and with its big reveal it didn't do much. Then at episode 10-11 we're finally introduced to Mayu the character plot device behind this Faustian gambit. And we're thrown in for too many things coming up all once. That's because we focused on the character drama and development so much (good) we couldn't flesh out the story so we're rushing it (bad). It's too short to tell a story for its own good, the script was improvised weekly, that's easy to tell as well, Mari Okada is comfortable with her character drama, not having a solid written plot that's been planned from the very start.

Hitoe is a walking contradiction, she's supposed to have forgotten everything, she's supposed to feel physical pain at the mere mention of her friends. All Selectors lose their memory of being Selectors when they lose, right? No, Akira remembers quite well what happened, and suddenly only Hitoe's corrupted wish has this, which is later reconciled by "friendship", which is just cheap, I'm supposed to take this seriously? Also LRIGs were supposed to battle once a day and sleep away, nope, Ulith and Ruko talk as their battle was interrupted, yet we see the LRIGs sleep when Yuzuki vs Ruko's first battle was interrupted.

The plot twist at the end was also improvised not only to leave a hook for the second season, but to also to stop the comparisons to Madoka. However now we have many, many more questions left up in the air, there was absolutely no closure and answers to them. Now Selector Spread has all this baggage, all these threads its expected to tie up instead of telling its own story arc.

With all these pet peeves it's really like a 5/10 - fail, but since it still has a chance and I like what it's trying to do, I'm still giving it the benefit of the doubt. And it needs some recognition as a Madoka premise with better characters. So 6/10 from me. Technically it isn't a trainwreck because it doesn't deviate from its premise into a full blown incest plot, that was used accordingly for character drama and advancement, it deviated the focus, yes, but didn't replace the main storyline.

Skimmed over the episodes to form my final thoughts on Selector Infected.

Ep.5 13:42
Hanayo: And, with the third loss... the battle for her wish ends... All memories she had towards being a Selector disappear.

Incredibly ambiguous, fitting with the series' overarching mystery plot, "what is this game?!". But it heavily implies that this happens to all Selectors and they cannot fight for the same wish again.

Plot holes and speculation aside, I see how this was intended to be 12 episodes and end like Madoka, the "growing" LRIGs and the changing mind of Ruko and Yuzuki implies mind melding between the LRIGs and their Selectors. The sleep before battle retcon can be excused as the LRIGs growing and slowly taking over the Selectors' bodies.

But essentially up until episode 11, the character drama was pretty damn good and solid. Then Okada had to improvise a 2nd season, Yuzuki became a plot device so Ruko doesn't have anyone to bounce off her, hence we bring back Hitoe.

And then Mayu shows herself and for some reason Tama was pulled. The first scene from ep 1, looking at the figure it looks more like Iona. However Iona's motive was "BATORU!" then it changed into "I shall free everyone!", just like Ruko, only without the transition. That will be explained as well by having Iona being a creepy stalker, making the yuri shippers rejoice even harder.

Now with a clearer picture, you can fix those 2 episodes Miss Okada, but don't have the entire season tying up those plot threads, it needs a new arc after all. Please make the Selector world bleed into ours, hopefully this time you'll have a budget as well. It's incomplete, not a trainwreck, nor a complete failure, I guess I was too harsh, doesn't make the premise any less silly though, but it does things very nicely when it wants to.

It's also very serious and establishes the basic psychology of the characters, which is really hard to do, why do you think people drop this out of boredom. Because to get to high concepts and delve into a character's mind you need to make them seem human, that takes time to create such a foundation. Without that, you're pretentious, kind of like Urobutcher and his emotionless puppets. This is where WIXOSS shines with it's basic, but developed characters and we can sympathize what they're going through with every event foreshadowed instead of blown in the viewer's face. 7/10 Incomplete.

Jul 10, 2014 10:14 PM

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Extremely excited for the second season :3 I loved the first and hopefully the story goes beyond the four characters. Also hoping for an explanation for Ru's new card...But the wait can be filled with some new anime coming out :D

Aug 26, 2014 4:52 PM

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I really enjoyed the first season, and it ended on a cliffhanger so I can't wait until season two comes out! But poor Tama ;_; I hope she Ruuko are united at some point!

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Aug 27, 2014 11:45 AM

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T3hSource said:
Though I'd share this:

Botato said:

T3hSource said:

Botato said:

T3hSource said:

Botato said:
I saw this post of yours and found it interesting. In order to avoid derailment I decided it would be best to talk here :)

I'm interested in hearing your input on WIXOSS. I thought it was pretty decent, there are a few points it could do better and there are a lot of questions left unanswered but that's for season 2 right ;)
But anyway, why do you think it's a train-wreck?

My problem is with the plot, it does the same mistakes as Madoka, established rules from the start keeping any negative consequences a mystery, that's a nice premise, but it must be handled with care and has to be laid out beforehand. Then when said consequences, twists are revealed the rules established are not only changed in meaning, but either retconned or contradictory. Madoka at least patches up things nicely, even if it does with exposition dumps.

WiXOSS started stalling with the Yuzuki arc and with its big reveal it didn't do much. Then at episode 10-11 we're finally introduced to Mayu the character plot device behind this Faustian gambit. And we're thrown in for too many things coming up all once. That's because we focused on the character drama and development so much (good) we couldn't flesh out the story so we're rushing it (bad). It's too short to tell a story for its own good, the script was improvised weekly, that's easy to tell as well, Mari Okada is comfortable with her character drama, not having a solid written plot that's been planned from the very start.

Hitoe is a walking contradiction, she's supposed to have forgotten everything, she's supposed to feel physical pain at the mere mention of her friends. All Selectors lose their memory of being Selectors when they lose, right? No, Akira remembers quite well what happened, and suddenly only Hitoe's corrupted wish has this, which is later reconciled by "friendship", which is just cheap, I'm supposed to take this seriously? Also LRIGs were supposed to battle once a day and sleep away, nope, Ulith and Ruko talk as their battle was interrupted, yet we see the LRIGs sleep when Yuzuki vs Ruko's first battle was interrupted.

The plot twist at the end was also improvised not only to leave a hook for the second season, but to also to stop the comparisons to Madoka. However now we have many, many more questions left up in the air, there was absolutely no closure and answers to them. Now Selector Spread has all this baggage, all these threads its expected to tie up instead of telling its own story arc.

With all these pet peeves it's really like a 5/10 - fail, but since it still has a chance and I like what it's trying to do, I'm still giving it the benefit of the doubt. And it needs some recognition as a Madoka premise with better characters. So 6/10 from me. Technically it isn't a trainwreck because it doesn't deviate from its premise into a full blown incest plot, that was used accordingly for character drama and advancement, it deviated the focus, yes, but didn't replace the main storyline.

Skimmed over the episodes to form my final thoughts on Selector Infected.

Ep.5 13:42
Hanayo: And, with the third loss... the battle for her wish ends... All memories she had towards being a Selector disappear.

Incredibly ambiguous, fitting with the series' overarching mystery plot, "what is this game?!". But it heavily implies that this happens to all Selectors and they cannot fight for the same wish again.

Plot holes and speculation aside, I see how this was intended to be 12 episodes and end like Madoka, the "growing" LRIGs and the changing mind of Ruko and Yuzuki implies mind melding between the LRIGs and their Selectors. The sleep before battle retcon can be excused as the LRIGs growing and slowly taking over the Selectors' bodies.

But essentially up until episode 11, the character drama was pretty damn good and solid. Then Okada had to improvise a 2nd season, Yuzuki became a plot device so Ruko doesn't have anyone to bounce off her, hence we bring back Hitoe.

And then Mayu shows herself and for some reason Tama was pulled. The first scene from ep 1, looking at the figure it looks more like Iona. However Iona's motive was "BATORU!" then it changed into "I shall free everyone!", just like Ruko, only without the transition. That will be explained as well by having Iona being a creepy stalker, making the yuri shippers rejoice even harder.

Now with a clearer picture, you can fix those 2 episodes Miss Okada, but don't have the entire season tying up those plot threads, it needs a new arc after all. Please make the Selector world bleed into ours, hopefully this time you'll have a budget as well. It's incomplete, not a trainwreck, nor a complete failure, I guess I was too harsh, doesn't make the premise any less silly though, but it does things very nicely when it wants to.

It's also very serious and establishes the basic psychology of the characters, which is really hard to do, why do you think people drop this out of boredom. Because to get to high concepts and delve into a character's mind you need to make them seem human, that takes time to create such a foundation. Without that, you're pretentious, kind of like Urobutcher and his emotionless puppets. This is where WIXOSS shines with it's basic, but developed characters and we can sympathize what they're going through with every event foreshadowed instead of blown in the viewer's face. 7/10 Incomplete.

I'm going to add onto this. 2 things, firstly you can't take what Hanayo said about Hitoe too serously, because Hanayo could have been lying about the punishment being permanent so as to not break a rule or something (don't forget she decieved Yuzuki into fighting the whole time, though she does feel really bad about it). Second Hitoe remembering had nothing to do with friendship, she got it back in the Hospital (she struggled through the pain to force herself to remember, her whole cold act towards Ruko after she recovered was just a facade, same for when she tried to fib being in pain near the end of episode 11. She just dropped the act and told the truth-she wanted to reveal it on the battlefield). I have to agree that Hitoe only lost her selector memorys, because that was part of the memorys with her friends (again, you can really only take what Hanayo said with a grain of salt), while Akira's wish was not tied to the game in any way, for she just wanted to ruin Iona's real life.

My score for season 1, 10/10, it was amazing to me, and I have no complaints to the series (those who do, respect your opinions). Hope season 2 will be just as good.

RoychopAug 27, 2014 12:02 PM

Sep 11, 2014 8:13 AM

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You know it would be nice if it is explained properly, because currently it doesn't seem like a good choice to have her memories return so conveniently. Season 2 is almost here, can't wait!

Sep 11, 2014 2:36 PM

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Botato said:
You know it would be nice if it is explained properly, because currently it doesn't seem like a good choice to have her memories return so conveniently. Season 2 is almost here, can't wait!

The fact Hitoe remembers and became friends with Ruko and Yuzuki again proves some of what Hanayo said wasn't true. That or inconsistency, however I gear towards Hanayo telling only half the truth given she already was decieving Yuzuki and withholding info. I'm psyched for season 2 as well.

Oct 3, 2014 12:44 AM

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According to Wikia

Maybe we could get more side-stories?

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