Kirukato05 said:Honestly, this 2nd season starts off strong but after the volcano dungeon fighting scenes, or whatever what you call it, the rest of the of the episodes felt pretty NONSENSE and REPETITIVE, and it worsened by all those HAREM scene shits. And they're throwing many unexpected plot twists that makes it confusing to understand. I really liked the 1st season. The CGs were pretty bad but the fight scenes are good and the plot were really intriguing so I'm really holding myself not to drop this.. But yeah, it's been an "this anime season's most disappointing sequel."
I'm still hoping that it will improve with last 4 episodes and will be atleast a step up on the previous ones..
I think I can understand where you're coming from, though not completely as I read the light novel after a few watches of the first season (which I would recommend you do as well if you liked it). The first season, while a worse overall adaptation, at least was able to make it exciting and nonetheless fun to watch. The second season seems to have a slower pace, only adapting 2 volumes instead of 4, however, it seems to have missed the tension and exciting details that the first season, or at least the light novel, contained. The light novel does a much better job depicting how he struggles in both seasons, though seemingly especially in the second season. From an anime-only watcher's perspective, I could see how this could feel dull as 'op protag will win, just watch', while the light novel actually kept me on my toes much more often. Also, these "unexpected plot twists" you mention are less unexpected and fit much nicer into the light novel than they appear in the anime, *aside from Riiman the fish appearing that is*, though there for example, in the source material, he was struggling quite a bit to take out such a monster and they actually explained the techniques they tried and ended up using.
The harem stuff is going to be there either way, though in the anime it may feel more prevalent this season, in part because the first season he didn't have a harem for half of it and it was a rushed season, but also because the anime seems to be lacking a lot of the detail in the fights, labyrinths, and plot development so far, which may make the harem stuff stand out-? The anime also doesn't do a good job actually going through why each girl likes or starts to like Hajime, or them sorting out their feelings about him. Nor does it do a good job showing just how much he is devoted to Yue.
To sum this up, while the production quality is better in the second season, the first season was a much better presentation of the show/source material, even as crap as it was. If you enjoyed that first season, I'd recommend you give the light novel a go. I can't vouch for the manga as I haven't read it, but I do know it's supposed to also be quite better than the adaption, though it should be noted that it has only gotten past the Gruen/volcano labyrinth and isn't a fast releaser. (Would still recommend going to the light novel instead of the manga, it was my first light novel and I'm not looking back-) |