Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles Season 2

The first season for me was good, but average. This season on the other hand really allured me with the story telling and character development. Yes its an isekai so they're going to milk certain things and that's ok. I don't understand why so many people gave it bad reviews. Can no one be happy in the creativity behind new things? Its honestly better than the other "brain rot" we've been getting this year. Most other isekais are literally a copy and paste of other ones, yet no one critiques them for it. Put some respect behind this work! Furthermore, In my opinion this one standstall above the rest in my eyes. It has a unique story/characters that make you absorbed in what they're thinking and not just overpowering everything because they're "op" (over powered). I really enjoyed this series i hope to see more from it in the future. I wanted to share more but im afraid it would spoil some details so please enjoy this anime! it was very good and i highly recommend it to those looking to be enticed by such isekais. At times i had myself thinking " i wounder what i would have done in that situation". Some parts were oddly represented, moreover i understand how isekais can be since most of them have struggled with such aspects. Lastly, In regards to the pacing it did feel a little "pushed" at times but not enough to make me complain about it or even grab my attention to the fact. Maybe its because i haven't yet read the manga or something, to me it seemed fine. People need to realize they are bound to 12 episodes so they will do what they must. Yes it had some minor problems though it wasn't enough to ruin an experience such as this. In the end people will always find a way to look for problems instead of enjoying what's right in front of them. A wise man once said "It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness". One of the best isekais to release this year! please give it a chance. 9/10

I quite liked the first season, and was really looking forward to the second season, but it turned out to be quite a disappointment! The most annoying thing is the Dub audio is mixed when talking, I know they are from two different worlds and have different languages, but it shouldn't be mixed either! Actually, I think just 1 episode is enough to let the audience know that they speak different languages, so there's no need to use dual voices for too long. But unfortunately it continued until episode 5, to the point where I wanted to stop watching it because it was too annoying to hear thedouble voice! I hope this dual voice is removed for the Blue Ray version, otherwise it will be the worst history of using dual voice. And of the many anime I've watched, this is the first time someone has used this method, and emphasized too much that they have a different language. The next flaw in the storyline, for some scenes there are some that are made too slow! I hate the part where they always delay time! For example, when the situation is critical in battle, these characters can still make formal conversation as if they are not in a critical situation! The fight is relatively simple, one hit, it's over immediately, if we look back at the first season, the MC fought very bravely and epically, but not in the second season. Especially when you see him hesitating between helping or not, instead staying silent and waiting for the others to chat, one of the scenes that wastes time and is annoying. The addition of characters also provides additional minus points! I don't understand why there are so many Japanese people summoned to Isekai? Worse still, there are those who are called Heroes among them, so why did they come? Isn't the MC enough? While the strength of the Heroes here is not that much. So having the title of Hero is not enough if you look at it from a strength perspective! For the graphic quality, I praise this anime, it still has good quality, and nothing has been reduced from the first season. However, from the shortcomings that I have mentioned earlier, this anime is quite disappointing, especially the unfinished ending that makes the audience curious about what happens next. Will there be a third season?

The second season of Spirit Chronicles is so painfully slow. After 12 episodes, not much progress has been made. I don't expect Spirit Chronicles to be an amazing show. The first season was completely average and inoffensive; not bad but not good either. Just perfectly passable. I am not exaggerating when I say the content value of 1-2 episodes was stretched into 6 episodes. It wasn't for a good reason either. Most of it was spent on dialogue that was just empty pleasantries and formalities. A lot of words were said but at the same time nothing of value was communicated. Only after 6entire episodes do the newly introduced characters finally finish introducing themselves to each other and are up to speed. The show tries to add dramatic tension between the characters by having none of them ask any obvious questions. It seems like they all want to remain in the dark for as long as possible, which is a factor in why it takes them 6 F***ING EPISODES to finish sharing basic information about each other. The rest of the season isn't any better either. Spirit Chronicles has always had the nagging issue of wasting your time on formalities. You can skip the first 10 seconds of every conversation would have barely progressed forward. It's always an endless loop of "Excuse me if I may I apologize may I please ask that you blah blah blah." The second season takes it to a whole new level where even during the action, nobody has any sense of urgency. Even in the middle of a very heated battle, the characters are just leisurely walking around. Sometimes, they even start their stupid long winded conversations IN THE MIDDLE OF BATTLE. Haruto kills a few enemies and then makes sure to stand there receiving the thanks from the villagers as he slowly and politely responds to each one of them, all the while everyone else around him is dying. The last 3 episodes finally had some main plot progress at a decent pace. But after 9 episodes where absolutely nothing happens, it's not nearly enough. Compared to season 1 which had multiple arcs and introduced many characters and regions, this is nothing. The animation remains completely horrendous. The art style is still stupid with almost everyone having the same big round eyes or the slightly frowny ones. They still try to tease a romantic interest with LITERALLY every girl in the show. It was really hard to watch.

Finally, it is over. Although its first season was not great, I was looking forward to this anime, because nice drawings, somewhat good enough story and maybe some character development. Well, not anymore :)) I could talk about the animation, the sound design, CGI blending etc, but thats not important. I'll go to the problem. The writing for his season is sh*t! I don't know the source material and I don't care! The review is for this season. It starts with new stuff happening. Good, bad, interesting, it doesn't matter. The author introduced new things. Thats a great way to use those said things to flush outmore MC's character. More so if he has a past personal connection with them. How does he feels about it? How does the other party feels about him? And here starts the problem. We do get that, but only for just a bit. Because they need to keep it for the next season also, I'm sure. They need the drama to make it look interesting. And makes for good character development. Spoiler alert: none for him! (Maybe more towards character assassination.) We know what kind of person he is in the first episode. In the 12th one, he's exactly the same. He has no arc. Yes, stuff happens. But he remains the same. And that, obviously, is a good thing. Everybody loves watching the paint dry...... Next. Celia, same one-dimensional character. And annoying as sht. Aishia? I wont. Princess Flora? We are shown in a couple of shots how much she feels sorry and stuff. She could've had the greatest arc if done correctly. What a wasted opportunity man! Yes, we get a couple of nice things, but also a lot more of empty husks. Like I said, the story is sh*t. People talk, stuff happens, just so that the plot moves from point A to point B. The dialogue is horrendous. The action scenes are meh. The characters do stuff without logic. "Haruto, I sense demons there." one second later: "Hello, hello, thank you for helping, blah blah. Oh, no problem, blah blah." 30 seconds later (I checked):"btw, any demons inside the building? No, no, thats the room where the VIP are. Oh, OK." Really??? Wtf??? Is exchanging pleasantries more important than checking out? From him, or Liselotte. Its just a small example, with this happening the whole season. Like I said, character assassination. Anyway, thats that. Forgive my rambling. I went spoiler free as much as possible, but the main point stands: this season is sh*t! I usually say something like "a polished, golden turd is still a turd", but those CGI monsters... Ugh... I'll give this a 4 for the somewhat nice (and few) designs, animations and visual effects, somewhat tiny char developments here and there and.. dunno if something else. Happy holidays!