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LittleRosie

  • Joined Mar 29, 2017
  • 24 / F

I was waiting with bated breath for a season 2 of Danmachi and yet, when the actual season was aired I was left sorely disappointed. Here I was, hoping beyond hope, Bell's story would continue and we'd get to see how much he would grow and prosper, along with just how much Freya would become obssesed with him, and lastly how Zeus is his Grandpa. 

Instead of that feast, I get the same story but from the Loki Familia's POV with a little more added in. Even worse? They used A LOT of footage from the previous season! They didn't even bother to make new content for some of it, for example- Bell's Minator Fight. The entire scene was straight out of S1 with the only change being  that it was cut. I was not a happy camper.

Plus, to top it all off, they added in a totally new character and tried to insert her into S1 even though she was clearly not there. The addition of Lefiya just totally ruined it for me. Her becoming the new MC and supplanting Bell just made it all boring and shallow in my mind. What was the point? I almost gave up on watching it after the first episode, but then my brother informed me that Bell was in the latter half of the season more so I continued, thinking, "Oh, maybe it'll get better!". I was sorely mistaken. The only times we saw Bell, was when he was training, fighting the minator, and the one new scene with him, Aiz, and Hestia. That made me pretty said.

All in all, I guess is was okay. The animation was great- except that they reused too much footage. The sound was really good, though a few things sounded a bit strange, but that's perfectly acceptable. The characters were disappointing and so was the story, in my opinion at least. Others might disagree and that is perfectly fine- you do your own thing and so will I. I just hope they come out with a Season 3 that continues Bell's story a lot quicker than this season took to come out!

5/10 story
7/10 animation
9/10 sound
6/10 characters
6/10 overall

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Hazu Jul 11, 2017

The statement concerning Bell's grandfather. As far as I'm aware, it was never revealed who his grandfather is in the anime, and if it has been, it still seems like a pretty big reveal.

Melourn Jul 10, 2017

I just finished watching it. Aside from the obvious re-use of the first season's clips involving Bell, I was happily surprised to find that there was plenty of new material and it was a good story. Although, it felt rushed and forced at times. I liked it.

Melourn Jul 9, 2017

Did she re-write? I don't see any "big spoilers"...I see a basic description that lets me know that this wll be disappointing even though I'm still going to watch it.

Hazu Jul 8, 2017

Please try to avoid major plot point reveals like you did in your first paragraph, for those of us that don't already know about them.  If you absolutely have to do it, try to do it further into your review, because as of right now, the reveal is on the front page of the anime information, before the read more link.