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Was s2 all that you hoped it would be?
Nov 11, 2022 9:20 PM
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I was pleasantly surprised myself.
Nov 11, 2022 9:41 PM
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It was... Way more than what I thought
Nov 11, 2022 10:04 PM
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Nope, it's disappointing.

the second half feels like filler with many unimportant characters around.

Instead of focusing to Riko's group trying to get into deeper layers like previous seasons, it's about some not so important villagers and their "supposedly sad and tragic" pasts and a female beast who acts like an angry cat most of the times.

Like seriously, a whole season and not even a sign of 7th layer.

Too bad, I loved previous Made in Abyss, it has lost its magic with these stretched story, felt like I was watching Naruto fillers.
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Nov 11, 2022 10:07 PM
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I mean nanachi was wasted but otherwise it was good. Kevin Penkin always delivers
Nov 11, 2022 10:35 PM
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Yesss I’m glad they slowed down and didn’t get all the way to the 7th layer I want as many seasons as we can get so the slower the better.

The plot did take it’s time building up but sheeesh that ending was amazing and the epic scenes at the end were well worth the wait

Lastly kevin nailed it as usual and delivered another 10/10 soundtrack so I think quality wise it was on par with the third movie
Nov 11, 2022 11:05 PM
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It was even more to be honest, didn't expect a side story to touch my feelings so hard. Maybe even more than Nanachi's backstory. However the season end felt quite odd, I mean it was okay, but I actually thought it will lead to "the end". Nonetheless I'm waiting for what's coming next
Nov 11, 2022 11:06 PM
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Rinrinka said:
Nope, it's disappointing.

the second half feels like filler with many unimportant characters around.

Instead of focusing to Riko's group trying to get into deeper layers like previous seasons, it's about some not so important villagers and their "supposedly sad and tragic" pasts and a female beast who acts like an angry cat most of the times.

Like seriously, a whole season and not even a sign of 7th layer.

Too bad, I loved previous Made in Abyss, it has lost its magic with these stretched story, felt like I was watching Naruto fillers.

swears bro... the beginning episodes was all I liked when they showed those people and their journey to and inside the abyss
but the rest part was a let down to me
I watched most of it in 2x speed
Nov 11, 2022 11:07 PM
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Rinrinka said:
Nope, it's disappointing.

the second half feels like filler with many unimportant characters around.

Instead of focusing to Riko's group trying to get into deeper layers like previous seasons, it's about some not so important villagers and their "supposedly sad and tragic" pasts and a female beast who acts like an angry cat most of the times.

Like seriously, a whole season and not even a sign of 7th layer.

Too bad, I loved previous Made in Abyss, it has lost its magic with these stretched story, felt like I was watching Naruto fillers.

L opinion. I'm glad s2 takes time to expand the world rather than going really fast by descending each layers episode by episode. We got more information about the past and the people that lived there once. Focusing merely on Riko's group is bad writing cuz there are many factors that affected their adventure
Nov 11, 2022 11:26 PM
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Rinrinka said:
Nope, it's disappointing.

the second half feels like filler with many unimportant characters around.

Instead of focusing to Riko's group trying to get into deeper layers like previous seasons, it's about some not so important villagers and their "supposedly sad and tragic" pasts and a female beast who acts like an angry cat most of the times.

Like seriously, a whole season and not even a sign of 7th layer.

Too bad, I loved previous Made in Abyss, it has lost its magic with these stretched story, felt like I was watching Naruto fillers.

you're the kind of person who would be disappointed if the world revolves around you and you'd want to revolve around the world
Nov 12, 2022 12:31 AM
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Rinrinka said:
Nope, it's disappointing.

the second half feels like filler with many unimportant characters around.

Instead of focusing to Riko's group trying to get into deeper layers like previous seasons, it's about some not so important villagers and their "supposedly sad and tragic" pasts and a female beast who acts like an angry cat most of the times.

Like seriously, a whole season and not even a sign of 7th layer.

Too bad, I loved previous Made in Abyss, it has lost its magic with these stretched story, felt like I was watching Naruto fillers.

Ok, I see your point... but no. It's called dialogue, and all great stories have it. It gave a backstory for the founding of the abyss, as well as affects of the abyss on the village. I'd say that it is important, because it gave insight to a whole new plane of area that was unknown before hand. I bet you the story and dialogue that was portrayed in this season will come back later in the series and be vital to it. SAO did much the same with the Alicization: Underworld season, in which it had tied back to GGO arc. You may feel disappointed, but I assure you it it highly important to the story. A few kids venturing through a highly dangerous world of its own, and they get past all marked data involving it. They found something new, new and unknown struggles, new and unknown way of life. It was also important in that Reg had been given more insight to who he used to be before his memory loss. Plus, there is a new character on their journey, as well as the white whistle had been "enhanced" per say. I wouldn't say nothing came out of it, it gave a lot of good information and changes for the characters later on.

And if you don't believe me about the importance and relevance of this season, just wait for future seasons. This information will come back and be of high importance. It always does.
Nov 12, 2022 1:30 AM
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Rinrinka said:
Nope, it's disappointing.

the second half feels like filler with many unimportant characters around.

Instead of focusing to Riko's group trying to get into deeper layers like previous seasons, it's about some not so important villagers and their "supposedly sad and tragic" pasts and a female beast who acts like an angry cat most of the times.

Like seriously, a whole season and not even a sign of 7th layer.

Too bad, I loved previous Made in Abyss, it has lost its magic with these stretched story, felt like I was watching Naruto fillers.

It expanded the world building and made way for what’s to come. Also, Faputa might be a significant character in the future
Nov 12, 2022 2:04 AM
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Not as good as first season, but still pretty good.

It was just the lack of exploration for me.
Nov 12, 2022 3:48 AM
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I wish more was done with Wazukyan, he could have been a great villain. Also Faputa vs Belaf was pretty bad. It's still a great season overall but it didn't quite live up to its potential.
Nov 12, 2022 4:54 AM
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Rinrinka said:
Nope, it's disappointing.

the second half feels like filler with many unimportant characters around.

Instead of focusing to Riko's group trying to get into deeper layers like previous seasons, it's about some not so important villagers and their "supposedly sad and tragic" pasts and a female beast who acts like an angry cat most of the times.

Like seriously, a whole season and not even a sign of 7th layer.

Too bad, I loved previous Made in Abyss, it has lost its magic with these stretched story, felt like I was watching Naruto fillers.

I agree I wanted to see them go deeper not stay on the same level for 12-13 eps but it was kinda neat
Nov 12, 2022 5:04 AM
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I thought it was great. It really gave more depth to the already established characters and introduced interesting new characters Vueko and Faputa. IMO it’s the best season of MIA so far.
Nov 12, 2022 6:37 AM

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I was disappointed by it, not because it spent so much time in the sixth layer, but because it was such a small part of said layer, and didn’t have much of the usual exploration. I felt like S2 was missing that sense of adventure because we didn’t see much outside of a small area of the sixth layer. On top of that, I just wasn’t personally a huge fan of the new characters, besides maybe Vueroeruko (did I spell that right?).
I still enjoyed this season, but I can’t deny that it didn’t give what I was hoping for, which is constant adventure through new places like we saw in S1.




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Nov 12, 2022 7:28 AM

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I have some mixed feelings about it. Even though some people mentioned that it expanded on the lore, I kinda felt like it was a big filler season, considering the season finale. I haven't read the manga, so I had higher expectations. Rating this season alone, it was cool, besides how they handled Nanachi imo.
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Nov 12, 2022 7:35 AM
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The POV of Vueko was really cool and I enjoyed that aspect of it.
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Nov 12, 2022 7:37 AM
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better than i could hope for easily my anime of the years
Nov 12, 2022 11:37 AM
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i mean I came here to see children suffer and i got it. 10/10
Nov 12, 2022 2:22 PM

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well for 5 years of wait i expected a little more. the movie didnt deliler that much but s2 should have been 24 episodes worth of content. either way it did deliver plenty.
Nov 13, 2022 3:53 AM
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I was more or less disappointed.
It lost the charm it had in the first season and the movie because of its mysterious, eerie atmosphere. Some say it expands on the lore and stuff like that, but idk, I kept yawning and scratching my ass while I was watching it, it didn't intrigue me in the slightest. At least we got a glimpse of Reg's backstory which is like one of the biggest mysteries of the series, so I approve. But overall I wasn't okay with the season.
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Nov 14, 2022 9:06 PM

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Rinrinka said:
Nope, it's disappointing.

the second half feels like filler with many unimportant characters around.

Instead of focusing to Riko's group trying to get into deeper layers like previous seasons, it's about some not so important villagers and their "supposedly sad and tragic" pasts and a female beast who acts like an angry cat most of the times.

Like seriously, a whole season and not even a sign of 7th layer.

Too bad, I loved previous Made in Abyss, it has lost its magic with these stretched story, felt like I was watching Naruto fillers.


Yeah I agree. Didn't even watch the last episode and just checked out altogether. Dunno if that's a me thing or this really did suck.
Nov 16, 2022 1:32 AM
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I thought it was really good but compared to the first season and the movie it is not as good. But it’s hard for me to say it wasn’t as enjoyable as the first but it’s not like Tokyo ghoul 2/3 season it’s still good.
Nov 16, 2022 1:42 AM

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not at all. I loved season one but during the long wait in between and especially after the underwhelming movie I started to wonder if MiA might not be all it's cracked up to be. I mean honestly season 1 didn't really start getting good until the last few eps when the traumatic shit started happening. Is that all it really has going for it?

My favorites list is full of traumatic anime but they all have more to them than that. Like, Clannad and Little Busters have tons of humor and loveable characters. can't say I feel especially attached to any of MIA's characters except for Nanachi and thats because her/it's character design is so appealing.

But yeah anyway S2 was pretty boring and plus the weirdness became pretty alienating. Lost interest about halfway and never picked it back up again.
Nov 16, 2022 1:45 AM

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Yes. It was amazing. I don't feel like going into details tho so I'm just going to obliterate this character limit and move on.


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Nov 21, 2022 6:26 PM

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No, because It was better.

from manga readers saying shit I expected this to be the weakest arc, but imo it was the best one.
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I'm still fully processing this season because I just finished it, but it definitely was more shocking than I expected it to be. I didn't like everything about it but overall I would say it is better than I expected because my expectations were pretty low...and honestly love when shows explore darker themes so I'm glad they kept that up.

I definitely enjoyed that it took a different turn than the first season and kept elements of the world-building but explored themes they did not touch in season 1. It was definitely a fascinating story that this arc had to tell and felt less like a commentary on humanity and more like storytelling through dialogue, characters, and relationships which I personally appreciated. Although, in my opinion, I do feel that some parts of the story felt forced (for example, mitty being reintroduced for me was a part I understood the purpose it served but I don't necessarily like the execution of the idea) or not developed enough. I also appreciated how there was an element of mystery and the way the story was told by telling the main characters' stories and interweaving them with the life and stories of another group of adventurers.


Dec 7, 2022 8:39 AM

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Rinrinka said:
Nope, it's disappointing.

the second half feels like filler with many unimportant characters around.

Instead of focusing to Riko's group trying to get into deeper layers like previous seasons, it's about some not so important villagers and their "supposedly sad and tragic" pasts and a female beast who acts like an angry cat most of the times.

Like seriously, a whole season and not even a sign of 7th layer.

Too bad, I loved previous Made in Abyss, it has lost its magic with these stretched story, felt like I was watching Naruto fillers.


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Agree.

One of the things I loved most about the first season was the exploration aspect of it. Every few episodes we were rewarded with lush new words, a bunch of weird and wonderful (and sometimes dangerous) creatures, and the mystery of Riko's mother slowly unravelling as they find more clues the deeper they venture.

Another thing I loved about the first season was the chemistry between the characters:

  • Riko was the driving force, with unshakable determination, bravery and wit.
  • Reg was the muscle, ready to give his life to protect the group.
  • Nanachi was the loyal one, would move heaven and earth for the group, with no sacrifice too great.

This season they replaced the main story (including the mother mystery) with a weird village story that dragged for so long I had to drop it for a few weeks. Thy also killed the whole character dynamic by having all characters go their separate ways, giving each their own crappy mini-story.

The biggest let down was that there was no adventuring. The whole season was based on one level. If I knew this at the beginning of the season I wouldn't have bothered watching it.
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I loved it. More than anything, Made in Abyss keeps up a standard of being very immersive. The beautiful way in which it presents itself; music, character design, sound design, voice acting, landscapes all serves to make me forget myself and just be absorbed into the emotion in the world of the Abyss. I was quite surprised at how gripped I was considering my slight disappointment with the previous movie, and despite leaning in on more heavily tragic side-characters not unlike what they did with Prushka, this season simply managed to convince me to let my cynical side go. Key-word: convincing. Manipulative? Yes! But I never felt forced to feel, I was cleverly convinced. Classic human shit ikr

What a lovely ride it was :)
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Dec 19, 2022 10:39 AM
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Nah the second half was pretty slow pacing wise and boring as well. Overall this season was kinda a downgrade from S1 and felt mediocre.
Dec 21, 2022 2:42 AM
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Nah the second half was pretty slow pacing wise and boring as well. Overall this season was kinda a downgrade from S1 and felt mediocre.

you missed the whole point of the show
Dec 21, 2022 2:43 AM
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Rinrinka said:
Nope, it's disappointing.

the second half feels like filler with many unimportant characters around.

Instead of focusing to Riko's group trying to get into deeper layers like previous seasons, it's about some not so important villagers and their "supposedly sad and tragic" pasts and a female beast who acts like an angry cat most of the times.

Like seriously, a whole season and not even a sign of 7th layer.

Too bad, I loved previous Made in Abyss, it has lost its magic with these stretched story, felt like I was watching Naruto fillers.


Nah you just missed the whole point of season 2
Dec 21, 2022 3:21 AM
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Rinrinka said:
Nope, it's disappointing.

the second half feels like filler with many unimportant characters around.

Instead of focusing to Riko's group trying to get into deeper layers like previous seasons, it's about some not so important villagers and their "supposedly sad and tragic" pasts and a female beast who acts like an angry cat most of the times.

Like seriously, a whole season and not even a sign of 7th layer.

Too bad, I loved previous Made in Abyss, it has lost its magic with these stretched story, felt like I was watching Naruto fillers.


Nah you just missed the whole point of season 2

The whole point of s2 is those overdramatic filler scenes with filler characters?



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shrade117 said:
dark_knight107 said:
Nah the second half was pretty slow pacing wise and boring as well. Overall this season was kinda a downgrade from S1 and felt mediocre.

you missed the whole point of the show

No Mr. I got the point and I know why it was necessary.
It's just that I didn't quite enjoy it like S1 mainly due to loads of backstories and flashbacks for many side characters.That is why it became kinda dull imo and the glasses girl became even more annoying than before.
Dec 21, 2022 8:11 AM

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Season 1 had more of the adventure aspect (multiple layers) whilst Season 2 had more of the horror aspect (single layer but horrifying). I didn't have any "hopes" or such so not sure how to answer other than this.

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shrade117 said:


Nah you just missed the whole point of season 2

The whole point of s2 is those overdramatic filler scenes with filler characters?

Yup, the whole anime (S1 + Dawn of the Deep Soul + S2) was filler all along and that was the whole point of it all. Took you long enough.




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Rinrinka said:
shrade117 said:


Nah you just missed the whole point of season 2

The whole point of s2 is those overdramatic filler scenes with filler characters?

nah I won't argue with someone who is WRONG
filler scenes and filler characters? bruh It's all canon from the Manga

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