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Mushoku Tensei Season 2. This season has some weird design choices, narration issues, pacing, and some weird cut content from the LN's.

That all being said, this season is the best season so far. The ability of Studio Bind in combination with the source material to convey messages that hit so close to home, you forget this is a fantasy show sometimes, at least for me. Many of the things Rudy takes away (and loses), and remembers as mistakes he keeps repeating, resonate with me on so, so many levels it really is like looking into a mirror at myself.

This season I feel like will resonate ... so much stronger with anyone who has had dealt with any sort of depression and self hatred more than anyone else. The lack of self worth and overconfidence is on full display, and it handles it so well. This show, truly is something else entirely. We're human, we make mistakes. Those mistakes cost us, we blame ourselves. Ad infinitum. While we can drown ourselves in self hatred and depression, we can also take from it and learn. This season exemplifies this quality more than anything else.

The one thing I can say, is that this show really does require specific types of people to watch it in order to appreciate it fully. For the ones who truly can resonate with the underlying messages and themes, it will feel more real and more relatable than anything else in any medium. And this is why despite the many flaws with season 2, I will still give it a 10. Partly to the ending, because it absolutely nailed the ending perfectly. Masterpiece, 10/10.

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This show redefined what anime was to me when I first watched it. This show really opened up the idea of what the medium could be, as a mature thought provoking medium. The characters I adored, the story and world were mysterious. The dub for this show was utterly fantastic, even though I almost exclusively watched subs. It's not perfect, it contains many flaws, but overall the package to me exceeds those flaws by some and then more. This show is not for everyone, especially these days, but it is my favorite of all time and will remain so.

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I've seen a lot of shows, probably more than I care to admit. Shows that show and don't tell are one of the harder series to pull off, especially because you need the watcher to be captivated enough to pay enough attention in order to relay the story and information you are trying to convey. This show, pulls it off. I'd say, it pulls it off too well. There are problems I have with it story wise sure, but I cannot understate how perfect the directing was done to portray this story to the viewers. This is one of ... the best shows I have seen in recent years, without a doubt. Absolute recommend.

9.5/10 at least, since this is only (hopefully) the first season and there are still so many unanswered questions.