7 Seeds 2nd Season

--The review contains spoilers-- First of all, this is not season 2, I repeat this is NOT season 2! This is the second part of season one. This part continues where the first part ended! This continues where Summer A discovered that Hana died. This makes season 1 overall very complete and part 1 makes a ton more sense with this part added to it. So now that is out of the way let's get to business.This part completes the story of season 1. After Hana Summer A is having it's first trial. This trial results in overall more harmony for Summer A but a smaller Summer A. Certain team members decide to leave for various reasons. This season heavily focuses on Summer B as they get 2 new members... little do they know that those 2 members are extremely dangerous. They however turn out to be vital for Summer B's survival as well as for this seasons climax! Summer B is quite carefree and makes a lot of mistakes, the 2 new individuals try to whip them in shape... or do they just want to get rid of them? All in all every character develops quite nicely through this part. I am honestly very pleased with the character development. All the characters, the likable and less likable ones have major growths and think about what they have done so far. This allows them to see things in a new light. This also sets up the environment mindset wise for season 2 (if we will get any). The art was pretty mediocre at times. I am not going into much detail other than the ship. It looked great but the animated bits were very blurry, hazey and clunky in my opinion. This also applies to other parts throughout the second part of season 1. The story was very enjoyable. Since it was all released at once I was not stuck with cliffhangers and could just watch it at my own pace. Sound effects could be weird at times but were overall okay. Nothing special, nothing lacking either. This is a must watch if you watched part 1. Without this you have not watched the entire 1st season of 7 Seeds!

*NO SPOILERS - VAGUE* I haven't wrote a single review in the time that I have had an account for this website. This will be a quick review because of my lack of experience in writing one, yet alone a long one. All I really have to say, is that the plot development of the story was pretty slow. Half of this season consisted of one thing, which I will not say for anyone reading reviews beforehand. I was hoping that more of the groups would find each other, and that ---- and ---- would reunite. If I'm being honest, them meeting each other again isthe main reason why I am watching this. This next part is in relation to both the first and the second season. I kind of wish that the narration wouldn't be so focused on Natsu. I like her, but I would like someone more exciting and less timid to be of major focus. I sometimes found myself annoyed at the fact that it took Natsu so long to only slightly stand up for herself or prove herself worthy. But nonetheless, I think that this anime is worth watching because the characters all have their individual traits that make them unique from another, and the storyline is interesting, leading you to always wonder what will happen next.

Ah.. the second SEASON -----------SPOILERS AHEAD----------- This won't be an in-depth review but more of a reaction of sorts. I would first like to say that this anime REALLY gave off strong promise neverland and Btooom! vibes. For those who haven't seen one or the other, I suggest you watch them. (Promised neverland season 2 coming out this year in October btw) Anyways, to start, this was far better than the 1st season as it mainly focused on the rise of each season and how they formed groups along with first-hand problems in this dystopian like environment. They often switched back and forth between teams and characters asa feeble attempt for character development. I eventually found it quite confusing towards the end of the 1st season. Now the second season is a lot better because it was able to permeate each character hence manifesting a more intriguing story. The characters -- especially the main ones had more screen time and they fleshed out very nicely. Compared to the 1st where they were very static, this season they arguably were round. The ultimatum of the second season would be to have hope for the main characters ESPECIALLY FOR HANA AND ARASHI TO FRIKEN SEE EACH OTHER. And for their longevity and prosperous life. It is within the last episodes did I find that was the best. They were able to really show how Ango changes as a person and realize that he wasn't as bad as he portrayed himself. And was a bit refreshing to see Ryo not be a shady pain in the ass for once. Arashi still has the same mindset but is a better person. Semmy, being forced to interact more is less of a nuisance but will get cocky at times. I feel that Natsu was such a nervous nelly and an eyesore in the 1st season, but to see her change; I eventually grew to appreciate her trying to be a better person. Botan became more of an older sibling which created more of a family perception of summer b. I could go on and on about how the other characters changed but I'd suggest you watch this season. Don't expect something grand and mighty rather expect something you'd expect from a second season-- with more appreciation. And to be very honest, if this is Netflix's own "ending" to the show I would be very surprised as the manga is 177 chapters(it's completed). So I'd expect at least another season or two. However, if this is indeed the finale then It would very sad to see this series go without a conclusive ending-- at least to me. (If anybody wishes to read the where the anime left off start from ch.112 --- It has a good ending don't worry) As they say "finish strong", and that's exactly what they did.

Story: 2 | Art: 4 | Sound: 6 | Character: 5 | Enjoyment: 2.5 | Overall: 3 For some reason the 2nd season of 7 Seeds seemed to be more liked by most people than the 1st one, though I have the opposite opinion. Sure the visuals/art is more improved but the story is so slow and pointless compared to season 1 where they're figuring out what's going on, adapting to the situation, meeting and learning about other groups, and discovering the backstory of the characters and the original organisation. Here in S2 we basically just get the 2 guys leaving their group and wandering around, soonmeeting the main group and hang out with them. Then they all sail off to spend half the season trapped in an old ship they decided to enter, and once they're finally out it's almost all for nothing other than a boring conversation between them. I guess they do try to focus more on the characters, yet even with an open mind while watching the emotional moments just didn't work at all. I think part 1 did a lot better at trying to set those tones when it needed to. So yeah season 2 just didn't do it for me. I know season 1 isn't the greatest either so you're not expecting too much here, but the series had a lot of potential and at least part 1 had more of a story, with things going on and introducing us to this world, which I appreciated more than just having half of part 2 stuck in a ship. -15/02/2022 (edited 19.02.22, 06.02.23)