All Saints Street 2

All Saint's Street is the kind of donghua that you can come back to time and time again and still get a giggle out of and could make your day much better than it originally was. All Saint's Street 2 has the same gimmick as the first season, where you have Neil and plenty of other characters in rather fun scenarios that you can get a kick out of. First off, the art is absolutely magnificent. The art is very simple (almost like you just wanted to do sketches out of CSP with just one brush), but the animation is VERY fluid and the colour palettethe series uses gives a rather soothing feel, almost like the cherry on top of a cake you've perfected. The story doesn't do much to impress, but you have a solid plot that overarchs what the goals are (or were) for each character. Typical demon-king plot note that at the end of the day, you face off face-to-face. As enjoyable as this series is, I have two main problems. The beginning of this season felt like I was experiencing deja vu, and almost didn't feel original to start with. *spoiler and criticism ahead, be warned* By the second episode, you have Nick trying to summon the Demon King out of Neil. I believe this was another episode that occured in the first season, however it had a different ending than the one in this season. Regardless, I feel like using the same plot-hold for episodes really shows some kind of laziness and you sit there going "I've already watched this, do I need to watch this again?" Despite this, I was still determined to finish it, and I'm glad I did seeing as how that was really one of the only plot-holds that seemed to replay again (besides it being mentioned that Lily wouldn't go to an angel school and would instead transfer). The other main issue I had was how lazy the ending felt. It felt REALLY GOOD to have each group come together and try and take down the demon king, having every character reminded as to why they're in Neil's presence in the first place. However, this takes a turn when the Demon King side of Neil pops out and starts destroying stuff left and right. This, to me, felt like a genuine cop-out throughout the last episode with Neil facing the Demon King without having any issues, while everything around him is literally coming to ruin. Sitting there, I feel like I'm stuck between confusion and sadness--on one side I feel like bawling my eyes out because of Nick's backstory, the other part of me wants to take a notepad and figure out another way of writing how the ending should have panned out. Not to mention, while I adore the animation, the art during the last episode feels slapped together and not as smooth or great-looking as other episodes. Overall though, I understand that All Saint's Street is lighthearted and supposed to be funny, with a couple of added heartstring-pullers just for added spice. ALL SHOWS, no matter how good or bad you think it is will have flaws. All Saint's Street has this kind of charm to it that not a lot of other shows have, which is why I think I overall enjoyed what it produced.