Cardfight!! Vanguard: Divinez Season 2

So DivineZ season 2 failed.........at telling us a good high stakes story but thank god that wasn't most of the season nor its initial appeal. You could in the first half just choose an ep with your favorite DivineZ character, watch them fight and leave the rest of the show honestly. Because the best bit was Fated Ones vs Destined Ones. Once they start trying to do plot well............unless you're G or V series, it's a Vanguard high stakes plot at its worst. Anyways, the gang is back, Gabwellius's ritual gets hacked and a new plushie comes to play with 6 more people whowant to fight for a wish, but this time its 6 v 6. Its Gabs fatal enemy, Sybilt. What is Sybilts plan at the end of this Fated Clash, NO, Destined Showdown! The first half of season 2 is a fascinating game of foils, and the appeal of the DivineZ cast grows for the most part because of it. Which is great for the DivineZ newbies, however the people from Overdress or Willdress, it just gets even better. Taizo just leaps higher into popularity every time it feels like. And the new characters are all mostly great with their interactions with their chosen opposite. This is the case for most characters, all except for one character, ms popular and expensive merch, Inabe Nao, its rather disappointing how much she doesn't get despite being the second character we get to know at the start of DivineZ, and this extends to her Destined one opponent too, even though she seemed interesting when we saw her last season. Easily the driest ep of the whole season. Once the "real plot" starts kicking in, DivineZ season 2 for the most part nosedives. There is almost nothing appealing about Sybilt's reveals because they did not spend any time actually setting it up. And so then the final battle, which would make sense as a sendoff to the plot of DivineZ just feels out of nowhere and unfulfilling. On paper I should be excited, but im not at all interested instead. Unlike Overdress, the appeal of this series is actually our mc Akina himself and the lore he carries, and so the best parts of the finale has to do with things associated with him. But not the fight, just bog standard stereotypical what you expect when you think Vanguard final fight at its most boring and also just plain disrespectful to a character that's involved in it this time. Like yeah sure why not, watch the Destined Showdown, see the big reveals, and then watch the middle of 13, unless you really wanna see those decks. Character interactions is DivineZ strong point so just see the good stuff. Id rather just think of everything after the Destined Showdown as extra because man, things couldnt last long after a no strings attached good first season of Vanguard huh And shoutout to the OP and ED of this season, easily some of the best, DivineZ has more bangers than Overdress already even though its only been 2 seasons