Aug 9, 2021
This season started off a hell of a lot slower than the last one. By episode 6, I was debating giving this 7/10.
After the half-way mark though, I feel like this season really improved, bringing some fantastic tertiary characters and how rimuru dealt with them.
What I dislike about Tensura is that it is mostly based on rimuru winning consecutively, but this season halted that trend with some important plot points. I feel like this has built to the character of rimuru. I do think the plot still feels a bit deus ex machina because the plot is based around how rimuru will WIN, rather than
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how he effectively RESPONDS to said problem. This creates a disconnect between the protagonist and the viewer because there is a small sense of risk in rimuru's life, even with everything against him because rimuru has a seemingly perfect mentality, preventing him from being too psychologically damaged to make any rash mistakes, hence being too unrealistic.
The art in some scenes is absolutely fantastic. Episode 10-11 is pure eye candy. The sound is pretty cool but the score is a bit corny for my liking.
The plot progresses slowly, yet a lot of information is given in this time so it does feel like my boots are filled when it comes to lore in this anime. This is a typical tactic used by fantasy authors, where backstory becomes so integral that it is the sole driving force (e.g.b. attack on titan, code geass and this.)
The biggest gripe I have with this season is the ridiculous amounts of filler. It's far too much. Otherwise, I really enjoyed it. Great proceeding season for an interesting take on the isekai genre. Will come back for later seasons
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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