Kaijuu 8-gou 2nd Season

This felt so terribly written. I dont think I will watch season 3. This anime has no story just fights after fights but no character growth. For growth you only get to see them say "he is very strong", "he has surpassed the limits". When was this written? Hero or should i say zero, kafka is a boring character to begin with. He is nothing special like eren who was the actual key to everything in AOT and to add to the misery of this kafka character, his supposed to be girlfriend is the top strongest fighter in this anime and she is too coldto kafka. Maybe she should have been the protagonist and she should have become kaiju. Kafka is a dumb character with nothing going for him but a bunch of kids calling him "uncle" and a boy working hard to save him. This is pathetic, even with kaiju powers he is useless.

Well, S2 is more of the same, so while my review is negative, if you (for whatever reason) liked S1 - you will like this one too. Now to the details. Characters. S1 had lots of them, but next to no personality or development for anyone. S2 rolls in and offers several personal arcs, but executes them horribly: excluding the girl that has recent events that weight her mind, the rest of the crew in their respective arcs suddenly get a personal problem that came out of thin air with no build up, spew generic empty words for half an episode, have one fight -and their problem is now completely solved while the character in question got a power-up. It feels extremely cheap and causes nothing but irritation. World/monsters. The same problems as S1 - somehow a society that has been living under a constant kaiju threat is completely unprepared for assaults, enemies pop up without a single warning but humanity refuses to learn the lesson or do something about it. As for kaijus - again, the strongest is just some dude in an animator suit, and if you came into an anime named Kaiju expecting kaijus - well, jokes on you, even when present they are just big targets, not an enemy anyone cares about. Fights. We are constantly shown lots of low-ranked guys doing zero damage while waiting for a named character to show up and oneshot the target. Is it fun? No, it is not. And it is even less fun to get a cliffhanger ending of the season in the middle of the final fight. Sure, you want to sell a movie for further profits, but what the hell man, have at least some decency. Overall - there are no memorable fights, because they are saved for the last season/movie, the fights that we got are extremely lame. Plot. Still predictable with obvious development and no sudden turns. Sure, it is functional, but it is boring to watch. Overall: S2 is a continuation of S1, but instead of developing whatever good things it had it just stagnates. It was boring to watch and the abrupt ending feels like an insult.

While I did enjoy this season, I feel Season 1 was better. The majority of this season felt kind of redundant and just plain uninteresting to me (though that may have to do with the fact that I read a bit of the manga). Either way, It was fine overall and there weren't any huge issues with this season, just some minor issues (that are completely my fault). The 2nd half of this season was pretty damn good though. Around like EP 8 or so, as it reached content I hadn't read yet, I found myself really enjoying it. I won't deny though that thisseason feels a little lacking in much development of the characters themselves. Some characters got a little here and there but I feel it wasn't enough. If i could be a little hypocritical.. 👉👈 can we get a season 3? 😗 that cliffhanger is diabolical lol. but it was alright overall and there maybe could be some parts that were better, but i'm okay with it.

Kafka is back to fighting more kaiju’s and so is everyone else! The enemies grow tougher, and so does the defense force! In season two, do we start off shortly after where we left in previous season, so we get to see both Kafka and his friends having to temporarily go elsewhere after the fight that ruined their base. We then see them having to face the escalating situation with the kaijus, which is done with some great combat scenes and some tough moments. The plot of the season very much follows the previous season, with it not tacking a turn but building further up on it.It does follow some types of story arcs, with there being a very smooth change between each of them, and mostly hiding the arcs in themselves. Pace wise the show is good at maintaining a pace that both goes high and low, giving viewers space to breath and digest, while also making it feel natural. The type of plot though is still very much action, with it mostly being around action or building people up to be more invested in the action, which is in some ways simple, but also dedicated to what the show wants to showcase. So the plot is almost only an action plot, but a very smooth and nicely made one, one that makes you invested and gives you time to enjoy it. Looking at the characters they are all very much the same as last season, with new characters still following the same style of character design. First, looking at our main characters, they are still very much the same people, but we see them affected by the previous seasons and we see them progress further, as new challenges arise. The side characters are a mix of old and new characters, with some from the previous season taking a back seat. As whole though are they still getting their deserved amount of detail, with them being shown changing or with us learning more about them. This combined gives a comfortable, but very dynamic cast of characters. Where you feel like you know them, but still learn more about them. Production quality of the show is very high, with them having great attention on animation, design and sound. Animation is top notch, with smooth combat scenes, a more fun style when fitting and doing even small animation details, both in fight scenes and out of them. Design wise is just as great as last season, with both cool, pretty and somewhat creepy designs showing up. Truly creating a modern world where monsters are not uncommon, and done with only reasonable reuse of assets and not just out of cost efficiency. A note to sound design are the kaiju sounds, since they are done with a very limited reuse of them, which is refreshing and helps make the monsters unique. With all of this, the production value of the show is very high and truly makes it enjoyable to watch. Concluding this all, can i only say its a great action anime, with good plot, characters and production quality. The only drawback is that it is very much an action show, but a great one at it. So if you like action can i only recommend watching the second season.

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