Mononogatari 2nd Season

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Japanese: もののがたり第二章

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 4, 2023 to Sep 19, 2023

Premiered: Summer 2023

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 00:00 (JST)

Producers: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment, BS11, Quaras, GREE Entertainment, Bandai Namco Music Live, Happinet Phantom Studios

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Studios: Bandai Namco Pictures

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Fantasy

Themes: Adult Cast, Mythology

Demographic: Seinen

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.34¹ (scored by 13,841 users)

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Ranked: #2571²

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Popularity: #3829

Members: 33,720

Favorites: 103

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Although Hyouma Kunato has begun to feel comfortable around Botan Nagatsuki and her family of tsukumogami—objects possessed by spirits called marebito—he has not forgotten about his main goal in life: revenge.

Unbeknownst to Hyouma, while he is training in Kyoto under the supervision of the Kadomori family, the Bureau of Traditional Music, a group of three musical instrument tsukumogami, begins to enact its plan. The trio questions Botan's family about their intentions regarding Hyouma's presence near the person embodying the frontier between the human and marebito worlds. Soon after, the paper umbrella tsukumogami that Hyouma had been pursuing for years suddenly reappears and abducts Botan along with her university friends. Rushing to save the one he swore to protect, Hyouma might have to change his priorities if he wants to keep his promise to Botan.

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Background

Mononogatari 2nd Season was released on Blu-ray in two volumes from October 4, 2023, to December 6, 2023. The anime adapts chapters 27 through 44 of the manga.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Kunato, Hyouma

Main

Ootsuka, Takeo
Japanese

Nagatsuki, Botan

Main

Takada, Yuuki
Japanese

Kadomori, Tsubaki

Supporting

Oonishi, Saori
Japanese

Yuu

Supporting

Ueda, Reina
Japanese

Haori

Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki
Japanese

Kagami

Supporting

Tanaka, Aimi
Japanese

Kushige

Supporting

Ootsuka, Akio
Japanese

Nagi

Supporting

Kobayashi, Chikahiro
Japanese

Fukie

Supporting

Shirai, Yuusuke
Japanese

Shigure

Supporting

Hikasa, Youko
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Oowada, Tomoyuki

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Usukura, Ryuutarou

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Kimura, Hiroshi

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Muroichi, Gouto

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Opening Theme

"Ta ga Tame (誰が為)" by Megatera Zero (メガテラ・ゼロ)

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Ending Theme

"Private Room (プライベート・ルーム)" by Azusa Tadokoro (田所あずさ)

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Sep 19, 2023

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Fighting An Umbrella, Ella, Ella, Ay, Ay, Ay.

I never got around to writing a review for the first season of Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari, but if I had I don’t think my opinion would be too different now that if sat and enjoyed season 2. But for a summary of my feelings on the first season: Mononogatari is a solid show with a wonderful cast of characters, good writing and an interesting plot and power system which is sorely let down by its overall art and animation. That, and it fails to stand out in a sea of anime and manga about secret or public organisations ... fighting with and/or against malevolent spiritual beings living and sometimes working among the populous of which greats such as JJK and Chainsaw Man are a part of and lead the pack.

The story continues with Hyouma learning to be a little less angry and racist towards Tsukumogami as he lives with them and learns from them in his task to protect Botan and the sealed god within her. Unfortunately, sweet doki-doki moments the two of them awkwardly share, usually to the delight (or frustration in Yuu’s case) of the Bridal Trousseau members, can’t last forever as the nemesis Hyouma has been hunting for to take revenge for the murder of his brother and sister is about to make its move.

This season's primary focus was on Botan and Hyouma’s relationship. I like Hyouma’s straightforward, honest yet, completely dense personality which has opened up throughout the story and even works to subvert a lot of Shonen-battle story tropes. Botan is also well-fleshed out this season. Her status as this ticking time bomb anomaly is slowly reformed amongst hard-stance exorcists as they come to realise that she's just an adorable marshmallow who's trying her best and isn’t defined by the malevolent god sealed in her.
I also enjoyed the introduction of the new Tsukumogami faction, the Bureau of Traditional Music and their eccentric personalities as they live only for rock and roll. They’re very funny and their philosophy leads to a very interesting turn of events.

Like season one, the animation is unfortunately the main factor that holds Mononogatari back. The art can waver between looking good or flat and bland with character's faces falling off-model. There are times when the animation can look fine, sometimes even good, but fights sometimes lack the weight, energy and frames needed to pull off a satisfying brawl. Overall it’s subpar.

Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari has the potential to be an 8 or even a 9 out of 10 if it wasn’t held back by its production. I suppose it depends on how much you value animation over a story, but whilst its story is great Mononogatari is the kind of show that needed some “Oomf” in its animation to get people turning heads. I’d understand if you’re someone who looked at Mononogatari and brushed it aside, but if you have some space on your watch list, I recommend giving it a chance.

7/10 Good.

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Mar 2, 2024

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The season 1 is actually underrated. Season 1 was definitely pretty good.
Season 2 just a disappointment in comparison of season 1.
Things I didn't liked was how the mc became from a guy with a good motive to a guy only exist for saving a girl and became shield for the girl standing in front of her through the whole season.The main villan was disappointment. The whole season 2 could be added with 4-5 more episode in season 2.
I am disappointed that the mc didn't faught Or beat a single opponent expect some clones but he was hown as some big honk or shit.

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Apr 14, 2024

Autonomia

Not Recommended

Season 1 was cool i liked and rated 8/10. Season 2 is underwhelming garbage. First half of the season is just a lot of useless talk only just to give hyuoma character a little growth that i already have seen coming since s1episode1, they really could have done it more smart, cool, interesting way. Second half is actually a naruto fight expect mononogatari s2 doesnt have 500 episodes to afford a dumb fight like that, i mean it wasn't even entertaining or cool, i would just skip straight to plot details.
"minor action spoilers ahead"
there is a huge plothole this entire story has: why there ...

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