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I like to pretend that DtB: Gemini doesn't exist.

I apparently need to include more words for this review. Okay: it introduces some clarity (maybe) and a little bit of extra lore, but it's just... so bad. Do yourself a favour: watch it for the sake of watching, and then forget about it. Pretend like it doesn't exist. "DtB: Gemini? Who dat? I don't know her."

The directing could be better. The newly introduced characters could be better. The team is amazing as always, but it's just... Not good. I think if they wanted to continue on, that an entirely different approach would've been more suitable.

This was really good, but I think it needs a psychological horror tag because once you realise what the concept is, it is HORRIFYING. I love me my horror anime, but I would say that this is right up there with Junji Ito in terms of concept. Main difference is that it has a cutesy style instead of a classic horror style.

Just for the record for people adventuring in, because it's pretty bad: this has more blatant child exploitation/abuse, child pregnancy, the devouring of said child's children, and child belly inflation on top of the usual gore and abuse themes. The reason why I ... have mixed feelings on this season because it kind of worries me at this point that this might be bordering on the fetishist spectrum because it's all centred around child abuse/exploitation (some things are meant to be disturbing, but some things are chalked off to be "cute") and is even more inappropriate regarding children than the last season. The last season was pretty uncomfortable regarding that, but this is even more so.

For extra spoilers: a small child's wish to become a mother gets corrupted, and this small child's physical form increasingly gets distorted until she loses sapience and becomes a giant vaginal pillar (no joke) that is producing offspring on the daily. The inside of said giant vagina pillar is an entire civilisation. In order to get into said village, one has to enter /through/ the child's vagina. Yeah, let that sink in. (:

If it wasn't so heavy on... the... sexual and reproductive elements towards children, I would love this. I love horror, this concept actively sticks because it's so warped; I wouldn't have issues with these themes if they happened to adult characters, but the children thing is getting a bit too uncomfortable for me. I'm hoping they chill out on that next season. If it continues, I'll probably stop watching Made in the Abyss.