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Fire Force is such a fun anime, it has some issues but is one fun ride. I really enjoyed the first season but I know it had its issues. Season 2 improves on those issues but they are still present. One flaw I noticed with the second season was just consistency which I will explain later in the review.

Story: 6.5
So the story is there, Fire Force has a good bit of hidden lore of how the world came to its current state which is good. But overall the storytelling isn't very consistent. Some episodes are fantastic and amazing whereas others kinda just trudged along. I ... understand the author sorta writes like that but with some episodes it the whole direction of the episodes felt like different people. (Side note Tamaki still exists so fanservice is there from her, it didn't feel like it was during big moments IIRC but if you were a fanservice hater before your gripes will still stay.)

Art: 9.5
I think the art may have gotten a little worse from season 1. Season 1 did a fantastic job and season 2 wasn't able to fully recapture that same magic. Granted it still is amazing but sometimes the little things just seem a little off (Granted this was with a few episodes) Sometimes movement felt a little lazy but this was just certain moments from some episodes.

Sound: 9
Sound is hard to review for me but overall the sound FX felt realistic and was well done. And the musical score was pretty good.

Character: 6.5
Characters are decent some of them are pretty tropey ie the hero, the dumbass & the badass op dude girls like. This season focused more on new characters so we got to see their abilities so that was cool. The characters already introduced did get some development like Maki, Juggernaut and even Tamaki.

Enjoyment: 9
Like I said in the beginning this is one fun anime. This was my top anime of the summer season week in and week out I never missed an episode. I love the action of the show some characters are really cool.

Overall 8.25
This season was a small improvement from its last season. It did a lot of things season 1 missed the mark on. I don't have too much to say that I didn't mention before on why I give it this score. (And as a message to all the self titled "Elitist critics" This show is at least like a 5 using the Mal rating system (If you use a different one why are you even on Mal?) Cause even if you dislike the story and characters, the art and sound are objectively good so anything below a 5 or average by Mal is just bizarre.)