Re: Hamatora: Season 2

The sequel of Hamatora The Animation completely exceed my expectation, the series is truly different from its prequel and different in terms of good. One of the massive different that created in Re:␣Hamatora is the story orientation, Re:␣Hamatora have clearer story orientation than its prequel. The main plot of the story is visible, the story evolves nicely and keeps focusing to the main plot itself. It maybe not the best that exist, but the plot manage to balance the story. One more thing that we should notice that the sequel appeals more to the mystery instead the comedy. So the main attraction has changed tothe mystery. While the positive is lying in the ground, the negative is playing in the back scenes. Re:_Hamatora have some plot holes here and there which are too bad. Like modern anime these days, the animation is decent. The animation of Re:_Hamatora is less colorful than its prequel and has the darker feeling than it's prequel. But the good news is no need to suffer that series of contrast anymore! What can I say about the sound? It's quite decent, the seiyuu is doing a fairly good job. I should say that the Opening song "Sen no Tsubasa" is successfully beating my heart with its beat... while the ending is ordinary. While the story has a magnificent job to save the anime, the character is a bit flat. There are many unused supporting characters in Re:_Hamatora, there is minimum development between these characters. Our main antagonist motive is very weak while others are fine. It was enjoyable, not the most enjoyable anime but can fill you with excitement and its jocularity. In the end, Re:_Hamatora quite succeeds in saving its prequel from the apocalypse, if you want to watch an anime with Super Power filled with mysteries that lies hidden within the stories, then it's for you.

I dont normally write reviews but I thought it'd be good to review this since i saw many people rating it less than 8 which is quite surprising for me since i enjoyed this very much. Story - 8 The story was outstanding but the idea of people having powers and so is used quite a lot. however the use of this idea was amazing. It keeps you always at the edge of your seat and i haven't been into an anime for a long time. normally when a sad scene happens i wouldnt react as much as this anime made me. This might be not onlybecause of the story but also because of the characters. Character - 9 I got pretty attached to the characters really fast and they were all quite lovable. however it didnt explain why some characters were there until the end of the anime which made me always ask questions to myself about the characters and didn't give them much care, which annoyed me, but not a lot. Art - 10 The art was really awesome. It was very colorful unlike any other anime, which you'd see in the comments while watching it. I liked their use of colors and the i didn't really find any flaw in the art. everything was drawn really well. Enjoyment - 10 This anime, as i said before, was very exciting. It was never boring to watch and it was really funny. Sound - 9 I think the soundtrack for this anime was one of my favourite things about it. The OP and ED were catchy n i lovedd them. however sometimes but only rarely theres music added to a scene which kind of doesnt match the scene. this only happened in episodes which didnt have action scenes and stuff so yeah it was not a big problem at all. Overall - 9 There are many better anime than this but this was awesome to watch. finished both seasons in less than two days. this made me laugh a lot and i kind of finished both seasons this fast only because of that. or else if it was all dark n sad i wouldnt have completed it that fast because i needed a break from dark anime n stuff cuz i watched this after the 26th episode of death note. anyways this is an anime id recommend for times like i mentioned even though its not one of the best anime out there. one VERY annoying thing which anyone who watched this would notice, are the transitions between the scenes which they added this season. I dont see any use for them tbh but they werent that bad so its fine I hope this was helpful :)

The first season ended with a huge cliff hanger, now this seasons completes the previous story. And it was a good, unlike the previous season where the main characters are just doing random job requests, in this season you can relate more to the characters themselves as we get to see their backgrounds and know more about their past and who they really are, also you can finally notice a little bit of a romantic feeling between Nice and Hajime which I am eternally grateful! Now for the story, the great thing is the events became more polished and the story began to sidestep randomnessand converge into one main goal. However the thing lacking here is a bit of spice and uniqueness in the villain's characters, I found most of them rather dull and clichéd, but they still delivered the whole job well. Now what also changed this season is the atmosphere, the pace increases a lot, things get more serious, the characters go through tight situations, etc.. Still the show is able to keep the comedy going and maintain a pleasant and enjoyable mood as usual. The art: the graphics are still good, just the colors became less bright, like the character's eyes and hair colors have changed a bit, it isn't that much obvious though. The animation gets better but is still considered average for a 2014 anime. I still consider this an average anime, if you're expecting it to be a master piece, then don't get your hopes up, just an enjoyable show that doesn't take it self too seriously nor too lightly, I honestly loved watching every episode.

Well, now that we are at the end, I have to say that I loved the previous season of this franchise, but I hate this season of it. This season was a lot more flash than substance, and had really odd pacing. Even after they explained some things at the end, I still do not accept it. My disbelief was not suspended, it was, rather, enhanced, with each segment of the story. On the other hand, perhaps it sort of reflects the times. Perhaps attention is drained by flashy graphics and incoherent garbage is dumped into our psyche, where it coheres into a wellspring of instability,contributing to the widespread nature of depression and poor choices. That sort of "well, sure, a lot of people were harmed because of me but it is okay once I have a few friends, life goes on (for me) and who cares about what I did before, those people were not main characters" attitude is a bit like how we watch the news about how people are prevented from getting an education and then prevent ourselves from getting an education because we wasted all our mental energy watching the news, then worrying about it... but then feel it is okay because we have friends. Being a serial killer and mass murderer really should never be okay, even in a fantasy setting. There should be at least one person who wants to make the world better, but none of the characters consistently do this. Perhaps we should forgive and forget everything, if we are sure that there has been true change, but there is no evidence that there was such character growth, at all. Even soldiers and police officers can often have difficulty coming to term with taking lives, which is appropriate. It should be a hard thing to do, even if the enemy deserves it. So to have a story where they really seem not to care about all the casualties, well, I hope that humanity doesn't really think human life is cheap and disposable. I hope that we care about the innocent people who don't even know what is going on, through no fault of their own, and would gladly help to change things for the better, if given the opportunity. So, this is one anime that triggered my indignation, and has no redeeming values for me. Even more so because the first series was a lot better, and a lot more hopeful. I keep trying to come up with some excuse for them to do this, but I think they had enough time and budget that it was not a simple pacing error -- the message really seems to be that, if you are with the right crowd, then it doesn't matter how evil you are, how much harm you cause -- you will be fine, and everyone will love you anyhow. So, for me, worse story ever.