The reviews don't do justice to this anime.

MadanielFL said:
I ain’t reading all that, but

The last episode was pretty good

SmilingIceCube said:
Look at the ratings. The highest is 7 followed by 6. So the majority does agree with you. Most people don't care about leaving reviews. The ones who have a strong like or dislike tend to be the ones to do so. People also have different opinions and use different factors to give ratings, which is fine.

Oskaroo said:
Not reading all this

Chimp_boy said:
I agree. This is one of those examples of a sequel that gets hate for not being EXACTLY like the former thing. I agree that season one was superior but season two is good in its own way and it doesn’t deserve all the hate that it got. Honestly i think they rushed it a little so they could get back to the more focused storyline again.

Mando727 said:
I mean, I think a lot of people are justified in their distaste for this season, but personally, I completely agree with your score.

Season 2 for me was an 8/10, while season 1 was an easy 10/10. So an obvious downgrade and definitely a bit of a disappointment, but that’s not to say that season 2 was bad. Because it was actually still really enjoyable, and I loved it.

But whatever. If people didn’t like it, then there’s not really much that anyone can do about it.

I’m mostly just hoping that season 3 will be better so that this show can gain back some of its popularity.

zemeck said:
the cgi turtle makes ex arms look like a masterpiece, considering both studios budget

baymaxemon said:
But still Season 2 has a decent score 6.5 and i think that's enough.

An_Je942 said:
I’m not reading all this but:
1. Reviews are cringe. Basing expectations off them is even more cringe…
2. This season sucked until like the last 2 eps

Aug1799 said:

so what you're saying is....


oh well who am i to judge, you do you i guess.

crispycereal said:
The reviews don't do justice but the score does.

An_Je942 said:

Nah it got overshadowed by how he humiliated Rishia

RioFS said:
Surprised someone gave it a 3. That's pretty fucking generous.

Khalnayak2002 said:
I thinks its rated just fine with what it deserves

Aug1799 said:

but

An_Je942 said:

Yet that scene was more entertaining than the entire season imo. I don’t have the energy to care about the seriousness of this show, considering how we recent witnessed how low it can get. Rn I’m watching it to see how hilarious it can get, and that scene was golden!
Good for you that you’re enjoying it though

Aug1799 said:

Thanks that's nice of you to say. it's a shame that you're not enjoying it, i hope you find something good enough for your tastes.

Aug1799 said:

Thanks that's nice of you to say. it's a shame that you're not enjoying it, i hope you find something good enough for your tastes.

Aug1799 said:

I agree with the reasons they give for their distaste, but come on was it 2/10 or 3/10 bad. now that's a stretch in my opinion. lmao.

Aug1799 said:

why won't you read it, there are no spelling mistakes i promise. XD

so now go ahead, read it to find a mistake and prove me wrong. lol.

Aug1799 said:
the plot is actually intresting,

Aug1799 said:
Definitely worth watching.
Watch it with an open mind guys, the reviews are crazy in this one.
The reviews on this anime are mostly ppl disappointed with the MC's character development. Yes i agree that the impact is lesser when compared to season 1 which most ppl refer to as the revenge Arc. But rating it 2/3 is just downright stupid and presumptious. And also there's the point that naofumi was actually quite a nice guy as seen in episode 1 before bitch and trash frame him, how long do you expect the author to milk him as a short tempered edgy dude? He had to get back to his old self at some point. To anyone who says that he gets whatever he wants now without having to work for it anymore like before, that's not entirely true since he still goes around as a travelling merchant and doesn't exploit his perks as a hero or anything.

All the reviews keep complaining about deteriorated art style, pacing and the morality of slave crests etc. So the plot gets no credit then? The plot is actually intresting, it goes on building up well albeit the pacing is whack in the first 5-6 episodes the anime still wraps up quite well towards the end.

Honestly i was tired of seeing the spear, bow and sword heroes making a fool of themselves and this season just completely removes them from the scene, which was quite soothing for me. Not to mention they even bring in more detail to Larc, Therese and glass and also give them more screen time.

Even if you take all the negative points it doesn't deserve anything less than a solid 6/7. Don't read the reviews and watch it for yourself. It definitely does justice to it's tags, yes it may be a bit underwhelming when compared to the prequel but whoever went and decided that each and every successive season is supposed to be substantially on par with its predecessors? It's a story and this just another Arc, still much more entertaining than many anime out there.
For me it was a solid 8 though.

Edit: yes it's a long post sorry about that guys.
and also I'm writing this review because many ppl tend to look at discussions more than reviews to judge an anime as far as I've seen.

CHT13 said:

I actually enjoyed it. I didn’t read the source material so I don’t know what was skipped and I do know a lot of the readers were upset with that and the cgi turtle didn’t help. I liked getting to know the characters from the other world. I also liked the new character Kizuna. Also I read your entire post.

titodacat said:
my guy put more effort defending this letdown than the studio that made the show. not reading all that, the reviews are fair, it was a pretty bad follow up, with bad source material to boot. pretty easy to see why it's not rated as highly.

hypexleaks said:
the episodes after the 6th one were good, but my god so many things were altered and changed. u gotta imagine it from the readers perspectives too, the fight in episode 12 in the manga was so much better and the dialogue was so good. naofumi even used his wrath shield without being stopped and *SPOILERRRRR FOR EP 12 manga version* it shared the power with raphtalia and filo too. idk this season was so friendship is magic, characters looked weaker, bad animation and art, so i think a 6/10 is perfect for this season. it felt like a new show cause of how generic things were and changed, everyone is allowed to an opinion tho :)

hypexleaks said:
literally this season was like the promise neverland season 2 LMAO

literallyeurope said:

All of that stuff is interesting on paper, but for me and a lot of people the execution just wasn't it... the pacing feels super rushed... so even if there are somewhat interesting events, they have no real feel or pull because you aren't given enough time to care about what the characters are doing.

Kyos entire character for me is just dumb. Like I thought he was gonna summon the wave early to make it weaker or something or have a side of him that makes any of his hehehaw I'm evil moments have any deeper meaning other than he is just evil for being evil.

Aug1799 said:

well thank you for reading the entire post. it's like ppl's standards for anime have skyrocketed these days. So, kind of disappointing that they keep comparing everything to the source material, for anything made from a LN, you'd think that by now atleast after all this time ppl would know that they'll skip some details, and there's no helping that.

ChallengerUPC said:
The art, animation, plot, and characters all became a combination of generic, boring, and often straight up bad. Nothing about this season deserves an 8/10

soulguard said:
Season 2 was a Clear 4 For me.
it is really stupid in my sight and it showed me to never be hyped when a sequal comes Out.
when i Read people rate Season 1 a 10??
and Season 2 a 8???/10 i really Wonder how they rate an Anime.

eyeofflame said:

if you check out the episodes watched of those people, they're the ones who had dropped the season after the first three (most of them) and even if I was to rate those episodes, it wouldn't have been anything higher than a 4.

is it not fair to the anime to be judged so soon and so rashly like that? it's not, but most people didn't want to sit through 6 boring episodes for the 6 great ones at the end. They'd left by then.

Aug1799 said:

if they don't want to sit they don't need to. but writing a review without finishing a series would make for a shallow review.

MadanielFL said:
The plot is actually "intresting" oh I love that word.

hypexleaks said:
the episodes after the 6th one were good, but my god so many things were altered and changed. u gotta imagine it from the readers perspectives too, the fight in episode 12 in the manga was so much better and the dialogue was so good. naofumi even used his wrath shield without being stopped and *SPOILERRRRR FOR EP 12 manga version* it shared the power with raphtalia and filo too. idk this season was so friendship is magic, characters looked weaker, bad animation and art, so i think a 6/10 is perfect for this season. it felt like a new show cause of how generic things were and changed, everyone is allowed to an opinion tho :)

eyeofflame said:

I think they're tagged preliminary reviews in the system.

literallyeurope said:

I suppose it just depends on how you rate shows, like some people rate where a 7 is "average" (70% being a C), but I go by how a 5/10 is a show that is just average, it has a lot of good but a lot of eh. Shield Hero season 2 has soom redeemable qualities which makes it not a 1 or 2 for me but the the first half of s2 was pretty miserable and the 2nd half was underwhelming at best, which is why I give it a 3...