Short seasons are fine as long as you know when and where to make a cut; the Goldy Pond Arc, including the whole ordeal with Mujika, Sonku and Mister beforehand would have fit quite good in twelve episodes, I think. Of course more episodes would have been preferable, but as long as the basics would have been fulfilled, the main fanbase would have been with it, cutting the season right before the time skip happened in the manga, too.
That being said, finishing the story we would have been in need of at least one season more, and even then, I don't know if this would have been enough; the journey through the demon world, the reunification with Norman, the battle at the capital, Emma's new promise, the raid of Grace Field Headquarters and and and... honestly, I doubt twelve more episodes could contain that at all, but who am I to know how to direct anyway ^^'
It's just sad the anime was "ruined" by this new direction like this, for outsiders stating "yeah S1 was great but oh boy S2 was a trainwreck!" The legacy S2 left us with is truly something, and for my part, I do really hope one day, they gonna pick up the manga again and give it the anime adaptation it deserves :')
What do you think of season 2 of TPN? Personally, I think it's not that bad and I read the manga.
Let's make a list for this! 😎
Strong points of The Promised Neverland Season 2:
great opening
the first two and a half episodes were nicely done with cuts in the story I can accept due to the limits of the medium anime
Gilda getting at Emma‘s ass? hilarious
the hunting scene with Emma and Sonju was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen in my life with wonderfully done, fluid animation and genius callbacks to S1
great visuals througout the whole season, ngl (e.g. Norman‘s speech in his coat? chef‘s kiss)
bebe Norman? Sign me the fuck up! also his downfall to madness in Ep.8 was a joy to watch
James animated! and coloured! moving and speaking and... dying?
no words:
ACTUALLY YES WORDS FUCK YEAH THEY LET ISABELLA LIVE THANK YOU THAT‘S ALL I EVER WANTED AND SURELY DIDN‘T SAVED THIS SEASONS ASS BUT MADE US ALL GO BONKERS AND THAT‘S MORE THAN I EXPECTED IT TO HAPPEN AT THIS POINT!!! 😍😍
sorry for the screaming. I will behave now
overall, they had clearly visions and ideas, even original ones I'd love to see Cloverworks develop even further and differ from the manga's original story
That being said, what didn‘t work (for me)?
With all the original ideas they had, they surely did nothing with them, sadly
the anime could have given us more time with the kids adapting to the demon world, Norman‘s time in Lambda, even them travelling with Mujika and Sonju, but noooo…
characters being flatened. Emma turned into a self-loathing mess, Ray‘s now not caring about anyone besides his family, and Norman… was pushed into our faces every few seconds because everyone missed him so much and couldn‘t function without him. Whack
these motherfuckes we spend way too much time with:
I hate them... so much 🤮
they put Emma back in a skirt. do I need to tell you more?
y‘know
why is Cislo white again?
framing the one black guy we got as the traitor (even if was for just one episode) wasn't the best move Cloverworks
HOT AIR BALLOONS?!?
WHAT IS THE NEW PROMISE?! THIS SERIES IS CALLED PROMISED NEVERLAND YOU HAVE TO TELL US ABOUT THE NEW PROMISE!!
A CLIPSHOW?! THAT'S WHAT WE GOT AT THE END?!?!
I will never recover from this:
Overall, that's just how I feel about this "adaptation":
But whoever had their fun and joy with S2 is so much stronger than I am and earns bothing but my respect. Just let me cry in no gay dads we never got to see for a while now, okay?
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