While the first season of the Radiant anime adaptation was fairly interesting it just doesn't hold a candle to the second season. The new story arc gives the characters much-needed emotional depth and develops the plot with some twists.
The first season's first half was mostly filler episodes, although some of the anime original content fleshed out side characters better (and introduced anime-only characters). Arguably, this was necessary since the first two story arcs were not long enough for 21 episodes.
The Caislean Merlin arc was more than enough for 21 episodes and, as such, the second season also followed the French manga series by Tony Valente
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