The King's Avatar 2

Worse overall quality and excitement, but setup for next season. A few big complaints being -First few episodes are super meh. -Animation is a big drop from season 1 -Main cast other than Ye Qiu from season 1 could literally be replaced by any other character and it wouldnt change a thing.*If you want to watch this, but dont feel the urge to watch it asap I would just wait till a month or so before season 3 and watch it then. That way the setup wouldnt feel as flat, and this season could just reignite any remaining excitement from season 1 and prep you for season 3 where the buildup is hopefully paid off. --------------------------------------- The first few episodes are really dissapointing, I would guess they are here to show the 10th server a bit more before it becomes irrelevant like the rest of the main cast from season 1 and to give this season some exciting episodes. When watching it while it was airing, I felt the seasons held me back from what I wanted and were super uninteresting, might be slightly better on a rewatch because they dont suck up a week but only 20 minutes instead but it still wouldnt be good. After the first few episodes however, it starts to do a really good job at setting the next season up to be a great season with all the set up they've created. With character growth and change postponed for introductions which were interesting but I felt a bit dissapointed about a few of the characters basically not existing this season. The new introductions are pretty exciting and cool, with there being only one exception but this exception is out of the main cast so its not as bad as doing this to them.

the continuation of the king's avatar is certainly different from the rest of all anime I think. It's takes the esports road the most serious way possible. the plot revolves around the main protagonist who was removed from a pro epsorts team and had his account ceased. Then on he builds his own team and a new character. the art work is outstanding and the storyline is also great. One of the best point of King's avatar is its well done animation and also its soundtrack. People who wants to see what's in for a epsorts team can watch this show also those who doesnt know anything about epsortsshould give it a try. the only downside for me is its Chinese voice over. It takes the pace of the dialogue at a fast rate and its hard to coup up with the subs and the screen. everything else is great!!!! including its OP and ED.

I don't know the sauce, I don't care about the sauce. This review is for this media only. Specific, this season. Maybe the first thing to say is that I skipped the specials. I thought its the same "specials" thing as for other anime. But the characters kept talking about stuff that made no sense, that happened off-screen (from my point of view). So, if you're like me, stop, watch the Specials, and then come back :)) I'll skip the reasons as to why the story is "lacking", I already talked in more detail while reviewing the 1st season and the movie. So, about the rest. The videoquality is amazing. The graphics got even better than the specials. Even the characters' design were a bit revamped, got more better aesthetics and colours. Speaking of, nice colour palette all around. The design for the spells also got better looking. The cinematography stiiiil needs some more work, I feel its a shame not to use this level of graphics to its full potential, but whatever. All in all, the visuals are a whole lot better. The audio. Its ok. I don't remember something wow about it, but this also means that it was ok, nothing was wrong. The pacing. Well, some stuff was amiss. It felt like they needed a certain point in the story to happen at the end of this season's last episode, so they just made stuff happen by keeping an eye out for the timeline. Everything is kinda about the action scenes, so you get lots and lots of those. Any real-life stuff gets mentioned only if the plot needs it, only for a tiny amount of time, and then back to pow-pow boom-boom. I understand that this season was meant to be some sort of a breather, a set-up for the next one, but the amount of fluff (thats what I call the "empty" stuff that is there just to help an episode meet the length requirements) is ridiculous. Again, something that feels like character development, then boom-boom. Then some scenes about nothing dressed like guild management, then boom-pow. So in that sense, the pacing was not great. Right, the fight choreography also got better, but still lacking. Yes, we get some nice "whoa" moves (ok, more than some), but the logic behind the general moves is a bit iffy. There's a reason why there are fight choreographers working on sets when doing a movie (or games). Even if this is an anime, that is made to look like a VRMMORPG, the way someone fights is about rhythm and stuff. You need some consistency and reasons for the moves used or not used by some character. But enough about that. World-building still lacking, it is still assumed people are fans of eSport and know how stuff works, or better yet, they don't really care. "Pow-pow boom-boom, bro". Character development. Well, they did a tiny better job on this front also. Some characters got some sort of a development, of an arc, but this department is still lacking, still too much 2-dimensional all around. Even though I said I won't talk about the usual problems, I must, because it feels like I'm praising it too much. The story is meh, and it is based on the fact that this is an anime for the fans of eSport and/or the source material. SO, it is assumed that the viewer has some basic info and there's no need to put it in the anime itself. Except for one, we don't even know the cooldown for some of those flashy OP spells. Do you understand? One. We get just one. And that one has 20sec. Are all like that? Is an Ultimate (do non-gamers even know what this term means?) activated by some combo or is it something based on cooldown? Do you have global cooldowns? And thats only a tiny bit about the missing world-building. You might say thats not important, just enjoy the visuals. Well, it matters because why isnt he using his most OP spell all the time and non-stop destroy his opponents? I don't really care about what crazy rules you use, just tell us and be sure not to change them later. Its the 4th pack (after 1st season, the movie, and then the specials) of episodes and the basics are still missing, so they can (and might've already) change the rules on the go. Next, the fking plot devices. Stuff just happens by "mistake" and the story is able to move forward. And to make it EVEN easier, that exposure dialogue.... First episode in and the leaders (at least I think they are) of some big guilds talk "what? He's tackling the boss x? The boss that is in the location y and does this and that?" Mfker, you're talking to people who already know all that info. Why are you talking like someone is watching from the 4th wall? Ugh... As I said, I don't know the source, but I hope no one has the guts and say that it was better. Because without the visuals to help, how could this sht simple story be better in just writing? Lets not forget, the anime makes it look like an anime about an VRMMORPG, with their avatars doing stuff like real humans. (It would seem the viewers forget about this aspect, they only care for "uuuh, shiny!".) So, without visuals its just an empty story. A story about people furiously hitting keyboard buttons and no character development... Because the stuff about strategies is all fluff. The whole premise is based on the hype for what was eSports and the nostalgia of fans. And I'm talking here about facts, not feelings. You can also like bad media (anime) and thats ok. But do know the difference. I needed to put this out there. And so, all being said, this season was not a complete mess as before. I'm giving it a rating of 6 for all the aforementioned motives. Mixed feelings, because I'm still not convinced and because the premise for the story is too flawed. Have a lovely day.