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Season 2 starts with 2 episodes of recap with random backstory flashbacks which were unknown.
Random changes to the ending of Season 1.
The animation quality has degraded like no one's business.
(I usually don't concern about this. But even for me, the dropoff was unimaginable.)
Even reading the manga art would feel more joyful than watching this third grade animation.
The plot seems to have gotten haywire with no coherence about what they are trying to depict.
The pace of Season 1 which kept intrigued is lost.
Too many characters in too few episodes appearing and acting relevant.
Unless some miracle happens, this season could go down as the ... worst second season of all time.
Characters have changed tones. Background score is pathetic. Interrupts/drowns the dialog flow.

Animation - 2/10
Screenplay - 2/10
Action/Adventure - 3/10
Direction - 3/10

Overall rating - 2.5 (rounded up to 3 with optimism/hope for better future episodes)

This anime is one of the gems of the season.
First off please check the Genre - Isekai Parody
It should be enough to let you know if you want to start it.

After first 3 episodes, it is more of a slice of life tales of wisdom.

Story - It has a unique story about an isekaid MC who actually doesn't want to be there and just wanted to die. (In trailer and first minute of show)
The misadventures that follow are hilarious and have more depth than many famous shows.
This show is having great writing and it showed till 4th ep and will continue in upcoming episodes.
Characters - ... Each relevant character is given depth as and when needed which explains why they behave the way they do.
Animation - The animation quality is good.
Direction - The show is having great pace making each episode worth watching.
There are no laggard/filler episodes to just grab money by elongating season.

Overall - 9*/10*

Imagine if you take 4 5 episodes of plot progress and add it to a season of Slime diaries (making a total of 24 episodes).
This pathetic crossover is what the greedy studio has churned out.
16 episodes can be summarized in less than 30 min.

A season full of meetings/discussions/planning for everything.
Just long conversations with no major reveals/progress.


Animation - 6/10
There are barely fights in 4-6 episodes. The remaining episodes are meeting which barely require that much efforts in animation.
... Screenplay - 2/10
This was just a cashgrab season to cash out the FOMO of fans for a new season.
Direction - 1/10
There is no clear direction and it seems like a haphazard direction. Too bad for a human. Seems like a generative AI has directed this season.
Action - 2/10
Barely any fights apart from 2 episodes and they too get over soon and the other episodes with mini fights conclude in less than 10 mins.
Overall - 3/10

Correct genre - Slice of Life/Drama/Isekai/Fantasy/Adventure
Season 2 part 1 was average because the plot was building up to some conclusions.
Season 2 part 2 starts off epic slow for 4 out of 6 episodes (Slice of life). (exceptions - Ep 3)
Then when it feels like next episode will be unbearable it gives a good worthy episode. (Ep 5)
Followed by preparation in Ep 6.
The last 6 episodes are like a complete movie which has everything - Action/Romance/Drama/Adventure.
The direction has been poor for first half of this cour.
The correct way to handle this part of manga would have been to created 3 40 min episodes to handle the ... Slice of life part.
That way there would be some sort of visible progress and semblance to the show.
Or you can wait for the season to end and binge it in one go (I watched 5-12 in a streak).
Watching it one episode a week is unbearable for even 4 episodes.

Drama - 8/10
In this cour, MC develops his relationships with his partner, his estranged sisters, his friends, his father, his teacher and so on.
Action - 8/10
Second half of this cour has great fights.
Fantasy and Adventure- 7/10
There is dungeon adventure in second half of the cour.
Animation - 7/10

First half of the cour -
Rating - Because of episodes 3 and 5, it is 6. Else it would have been 2.
Second half of the cour -
Rating - 8
It has got all the good stuff. Action, drama, adventure, emotion, wisdom.

Overall rating - 7*/10*

This is a gem of a anime (it is borderline parody of magic fantasy harem animes)
We have a Super Overpowered eccentric protagonist.
He adventures, has fun and most importantly studies magic.
You might be wondering then why give such high scores.
Answer -
The pace of this anime is amazing. They have 2 minutes kept entirely for chibi/fun.
The rest of it is high paced intense story progression.
There is humor, action, magic and for some reason unknown to mankind (harem element - though people are loving it a lot).

Even side characters (so many) are given some backstory/depth.
... There are epic fight scenes.

The animation is innovative, clever and top tier. It makes even a mundane scene of few seconds appear fun.

The MC actually uses his past knowledge (isekai) to be better even as a kid.
Instead of trying to start from scratch like an amoeba.

They waste no time. No dragging on of plot. More happens in 2 episodes of this anime than would have happened in 12 episodes of an average isekai.
No battles dragged on. No long expositions.
The animation and detailing/gag humour is amazing.
Action - 9/10
Humor - 8/10
Screenplay - 7/10
Pacing - 10/10
Animation - 10/10

PS - This is an OP kid isekai about magic. If it doesn't suit your taste, don't watch.
What the description said is what you get. No point complaining.

The show promised to be a Comedy, Fantasy, Gourmet.
In the first 11 episodes, it was an average Fantasy gourmet show at best.
Then they decided to turn it into a dark edgy thriller with no heads or tails.
They did not explain completely how or what happened in first season.
I judge a show by the Genres.
It could have been a happy go lucky gourmet comedy fantasy.
Or it could have been a high intensity suspense action thriller dungeon journey.
It is neither. A gross chimera has emerged by combining these two parts.
Screenplay - 4/10
The show is not clear on what it is trying to do.
It is a gourmet show ... with edgy background suspense conspiracy plot.
The absolute lack of coherence is what makes the show irritating.
Every two three episodes something relevant happens. Then snail pace plot progress and humor gourmet is back for few episodes.
Or sometimes 5 mins of exposition and eating in the rest of the episode.
Humor - 5/10
The show has average humor written and shown.
Gourmet - 6/10
Almost 60-70% of the episodes have great cooking and gourmet of monsters.
Animation - 6/10
The animation is good in most of the episodes. No complaints. The fights are rare and happen every 2 3 eps so not much strain on animation.
The food animation is good. The fight animation is average.
Character development - 5/10
The characters are mostly underdeveloped with no clarity on their behavior patterns, empathy or lack of it, motivations.
Some explanations or flashbacks are given when necessary. Otherwise the show is mostly in their present with rare expositions.
Last few episodes were exception where they gave back story for 2 to 3 major characters.

Overall - 5/10

This is an underrated anime.
Screenplay - 8/10
The story continues from Season 1 and touches so many dark crevices of the society - Racism, Deforestation, Utter lack of respect for nature, Greed, Fear, Monster within you, self doubt and are depicted in a way that do justice to those arcs. There is humor added to prevent the dark tone from taking over.
Characters - 8/10
The characters have grown from season 1 and new ones added with real emotions, fears and a gray personality (no complete black and white).
The reason for the characters behaving the way they do and their growth is shown wonderfully.
Animation and fights - 8/10
Being ... an action adventure anime, it has decent fight scenes. The animation quality was good.
Direction - 6/10
This is where the series hits a nail on its leg. Uneven pace - Slow character introduction arc yet again in season 2. But deep impactful scenes are handled faster. The overall speed of the anime appears slow for this reason. It does get better after early eps.
It seems a repeat of review of season 1. But the second season is pretty much same in that manner. It has same structure and setup.
It is almost as if same mold was used to build both seasons.

There are still too many mysteries to unfold including identity and truths about major characters.

Overall - 7.5/10
This season is slower than 1st season, has more character development of side characters and long training arc. Depth increased at the cost of pace.

This is an underrated anime.
Screenplay - 9/10
The story is simple on surface yet it touches so many deep dark crevices of the society - Racism, Hate speeches, Riots, Fear, PTSD, self doubt and are depicted in a way that do justice to those arcs. There is humor added to prevent the dark tone from taking over.
Characters - 9/10
The characters have some generic anime traits yet they are unique in their own way with each one depicting real emotions, fears.
The reason for the main characters behaving the way they do and their growth is shown wonderfully.
Animation and fights - 8/10
Being an action adventure anime, it has ... decent fight scenes. The animation quality was good.
Direction - 6/10
This is where the series hits a nail on its leg. Uneven pace - Slow character introduction arcs yet deep impactful scenes are handled faster. The overall speed of the anime appears slow for this reason. It does get better after 11-12 eps. There are deep meaningful parts in the early episodes too but their depth isn't as much as the final arc of S1.

Overall - 8/10
If you can power through the first 11-12 eps, you are in for an amazing binge worthy series.

This is a perfect example of how a great concept could be foiled by mediocre character writing.
It has a bratty entitled MC who has some growth. But how he became so entitled is never explained.
The concept is of a hyper realistic full dive VR game.
They take the realistic part literally.
The other characters are all good.
But writer forgot that usually people stick for the MC or some important recurring character.
The MC is irritable to put it mildly.
The story and world building is great.
But the MC reduces it from a great anime to a hard watch.

... Writing - 6/10
Animation - 7/10
Concept - 8/10
Character and world building - 8/10
Character designing - 3/10 (-5 for the MC, the rest are good)
Overall an average watch which is different from typical game anime.

Undead Unluck is a great action comedy shounen.
It has a great storyline with more arcs to follow.
The screenplay is superb with each character being given enough depth as needed by that chraracter.
The characters grow with time and do not stay stagnant.
The action sequences are amazing.
The humor is little bit of gag and timing based comedy.
The overall plotline is wonderful and truly enjoyable.
This show is for adult audience not for kids.
(NSFW at times and characters/plots are too mature for kids to understand)
Definitely watch this show if you are into action comedy fantasy genre.