With the season finally over, thoughts on s2?

TimidGazelle said:
I'd rather the studio committed time to something that is actually good than expand of this dumpster fire.

However, if they were dead set on doing more mars red I would want a remake more than a second season.

As much as I enjoyed the world and characters of the show, it was just the absolute worst story telling I've seen in a hot minute.

EDOSHINRATENSEI said:
I think it’s a mess of a story, but I don’t think there’s much to expand on.

Jpl79 said:
by the second half of the season after the earthquake I had no idea what was happening. From what I can gather Scottish vampire guy was manipulating the country via illegal blood trading while secretly creating an army to usurp Japan's current vampire system. That's all well and good but I have a lot questions, why is miada brainwashed? How does kurusu know the news lady? Why does the news lady remind miada of his actor girlfriend at all? What happened to the Scottish vampire guy he didn't die surely? And most importantly why tease a season two that's supposed to take place in modern day.

EDOSHINRATENSEI said:


Lmao same. After the earthquake I felt so lost. Wait where did they tease a second season in modern day?

marcoolucia said:
Nothing related to this but should I keep watching the show or is a waste of time? (i saw 3 episodes)

Jpl79 said:
theirs an after credit scene that shows the characters in modern day and the white haired actor kid on Broadway. Now that I think about it I think they were implying that the whole show was a play.

Jpl79 said:
by the second half of the season after the earthquake I had no idea what was happening. From what I can gather Scottish vampire guy was manipulating the country via illegal blood trading while secretly creating an army to usurp Japan's current vampire system. That's all well and good but I have a lot questions, why is miada brainwashed? How does kurusu know the news lady? Why does the news lady remind miada of his actor girlfriend at all? What happened to the Scottish vampire guy he didn't die surely? And most importantly why tease a season two that's supposed to take place in modern day.

Jpl79 said:
by the second half of the season after the earthquake I had no idea what was happening. From what I can gather Scottish vampire guy was manipulating the country via illegal blood trading while secretly creating an army to usurp Japan's current vampire system. That's all well and good but I have a lot questions, why is miada brainwashed? How does kurusu know the news lady? Why does the news lady remind miada of his actor girlfriend at all? What happened to the Scottish vampire guy he didn't die surely? And most importantly why tease a season two that's supposed to take place in modern day.

Jpl79 said:
by the second half of the season after the earthquake I had no idea what was happening. From what I can gather Scottish vampire guy was manipulating the country via illegal blood trading while secretly creating an army to usurp Japan's current vampire system. That's all well and good but I have a lot questions, why is miada brainwashed? How does kurusu know the news lady? Why does the news lady remind miada of his actor girlfriend at all? What happened to the Scottish vampire guy he didn't die surely? And most importantly why tease a season two that's supposed to take place in modern day.

marcoolucia said:
Nothing related to this but should I keep watching the show or is a waste of time? (i saw 3 episodes)

Jpl79 said:
by the second half of the season after the earthquake I had no idea what was happening. From what I can gather Scottish vampire guy was manipulating the country via illegal blood trading while secretly creating an army to usurp Japan's current vampire system. That's all well and good but I have a lot questions, why is miada brainwashed? How does kurusu know the news lady? Why does the news lady remind miada of his actor girlfriend at all? What happened to the Scottish vampire guy he didn't die surely? And most importantly why tease a season two that's supposed to take place in modern day.

JayBlue said:
At least half of what you don’t understand is due to not paying attention or missed key points rather than the show not explaining it. Yes there confusing points but the main plot is serviceably laid out.

I don’t think this is an amazing show, but in the context of how MAL usually rates things, this doesn’t deserve an to below a 7.

Mareep-chan said:


As Maeda was about to die, Deffrot made him drink his blood so he would survive and become a vampire. But we've seen it a hundred times int he anime - not all vampires are able to regain consciousness as Kurusu. There are tons of them who are just senseless killing machines, and that's what happened to Maeda.
Kurusu and the newspaper lady (Aoi) were childhood friends and I'm not sure if they were married, but if they weren't, they were at least supposed to do so after Kurusu returned from war, which basically didn't happen, since he "died" there and became a vampire.
The newspaper girl (Aoi) met Maeda so many times in front of the theatre where his dead girlfriend (Misaki) was playing. And in the last episodes, she was practicing for the same role as Misaki. She even had the stage clothes Misaki was wearing. So it's clear why Aoi would remind Maeda, moreover because he was senseless and had that strange dream/hallucinations.
Also there was said a few times that vampires can't swin, so the scottish dude surely had drown there.

Jpl79 said:
theirs an after credit scene that shows the characters in modern day and the white haired actor kid on Broadway. Now that I think about it I think they were implying that the whole show was a play.