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mondobuttrr · 3 years

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The Promised Neverland Season 2 Rant

Hey so it took me about a week to make this doc about the Promised Neverland season two...yeah it left me drained, I will post the paragraphs daily because its long 😅 so here is the intro

Intro

So the Promised Neverland season two is over and in summary, it was a bad season. Before this season was made fans were very excited because the first season was a near-masterpiece and it was left on a cliffhanger. The first season was so good that people even compared it to one of the best anime of all time, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. However, this isn’t about the first season’s triumphs of the first season; no this is about the pitfalls of the second. This season had high expectations from many viewers. We were expecting an amazing continuation of the first season. Sadly, we were only left with disappointment Now, many people enjoyed this season, and good for you, that’s great. However just because it was enjoyable that doesn’t mean it was good in an analytical sense. This is because enjoyment is subjective and we all don’t have the same tastes. Disclaimer in advance I have not yet read the manga in full and I wanted to avoid spoilers that weren’t too big. There will be spoilers for the manga.

#the promised neverland #tpn season 2

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mondobuttrr · 3 years

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High Rise: Invasion Review

Ok this review will have spoilers so if you haven’t finished watching the show or that you didn’t watch it and you want to don’t read this yet.

So after watching the hyped-up High rise invasion I was left with disappointment. I feel the show was overhyped to the max.

Story: So the story itself was interesting when I was watching it in the beginning so I don't have many complaints. The story albeit very similar to Darwin's Game and Future Diary was still unique in its rights. For example, the mask system is a very unique and interesting idea. However, in the short time span of the first season, it seemed rushed. The mask system (warning I will be explaining how the system works from my understanding so there might Be spoilers) has four different masks from what we saw in the anime. The masks also felt like it was complicated but lacked explanation.

Mask Types

The happy mask or the smiling mask. This mask has two eyes and a smile people with these masks are called angels. These masks can be controlled by people who are closer to god.

The angry mask or the mask with a frown are referred to as guardian angels whom jobs are to stop the people who are closer to god

The mouth less mask is the mask that can turn people into people closer to god

The mask with a smile and a star on the forehead I forget its name (I wasn't really paying attention ) so they get a power-up and become really bulky and more powerful than the usual mask user.

Another thing about the story that I complained about was that I didn't really understand the separate realm and how people got there. I think this show is going to get a season two especially because of so many people watching it. So if there is a second season then maybe the world building will be better, because the foundation is there it just had minimal focus.

Animation: This might be an unpopular opinion to some but I actually really liked this show animation. Sure it wasn't really mind blowing or original but I still liked it. The style looked clean and the character designs themselves looked great. The way the masks are drawn so that even with them on people still look so attractive is amazing. However it does has its flaws, one of them being the fan service. Now this isn't the animator’s fault they were probably just told to draw it but it is still going under animation. This is because there’s nowhere else to put it, so the fan service for a lot of people kinda ruined the show. It didn't ruin the show for me but I understand how it did for others. The fan service is so excessive every episode you would see someone’s underwear or bra or even both! For Example, Mayuko had her shirt ripped open for the majority of the show, and Yuri would always take off her shirt and we would see her and Mayuko’s underwear all the time. The show does this to most if not all their female characters and it’s really unwanted.

Sound: Now I can't talk much about the sound of the show because I don't know much about shows’ soundtracks and how they should be. But when watching the soundtrack is boring they have a good sound sometimes but overall it’s forgettable. The opening and endings are ok they're not amazing but they're not bad either.

Characters: So the characters this is my whole reason for making this review because the characters are written weirdly. I need to get my thoughts out on them because they confuse me, not like the characters are complex in any way they are just written weirdly. Let me explain so I will start with the main character Yuri Honjo. Yuri is the most boring main character I've seen in a while and that’s saying something. Yuri has one goal at the beginning that is to find her brother. But then her goal changes to trying to destroy this realm and bring peace, then it’s back to her brother and it goes back and forth. She is so wishy-washy that it makes my head spin how fast she switches up my gosh. Now, this isn't the worst thing about her but it’s definitely the most confusing and annoying. Yuri also is shown to be so perfect everyone thinks she is except herself and I hate characters like that. She reminds me of a Mary sue character, shes perfect she has no consequences for her actions everyone loves her who is not a villain and now she has powers that make her like op when she controls them. I probably would've like Yuri more if she never got the ability to be a person closer to god. But nope she got it and now a smidgen of her originality is gone. (I'm sorry about my rant on Yuri it’s just she bothers me so much) this is just how I saw her as a character and I know that my opinion is very unpopular you can like her if you want. Now on to the other characters so we have my favorite character Mayuko Nise. Mayu is a tsundere (I love tsunderes so I'm biased sorry) however she only has one goal and Yuri is very one-note. That goal is to protect Yuri no matter what, now characters who have a strong drive to protect others aren’t bad per se. It’s just that, that’s all there is to her she has no other goal she pulled a full 180 on how she was at first. Ok that was an exaggeration but still, I like her but she is a prime example of the problems with the other characters except for Rika and Sniper mask. The problem is that the characters seem so one-dimensional. Rika is another character I like a lot because his drive and personality are good and he just makes sense. Sniper mask contraindicates the statement I made before about the characters not being complex because he is complex. He is the most complex character now I also think Rika if explored more in the second season can be complex like Sniper mask too. Sniper’s goals wanting to know who he is his bond with Rika and how the world works are so well written. Now I will stop this super long rant on the characters like golly I wrote a lot.

Overall: It’s ok. it was over hyped so my expectations were way too high that’s my fault but it’s still underwhelming. it is just a show with a concept that is seen over and over and over again and basic characters where most of them lack depth. The animation ok I like it a lot but it’s nothing special same thing with the character designs. Is it worth a watch yes is it worth a re watch you decide I just think this show was ok at best and meh at worst.

#high rise invasion #sniper mask #mayuko nise #yuri honjo

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