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| Well there is something you are missing guys , this will have a 3 Season probably because it says in the OVA : The Chipher " To be continued " right ? So if you want to make sure you just need to check the date of the Season 2 and the OVA , well Season 2 ended at 27 Mar , and the OVA was deployed on Jul 22 both from the year 2009 so we can hope for a Season 3 , because the OVA is just an episode to unite both seasons but it just came out after the Season 2 ended. Season 3 here we go! |
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| How annoying that Nataru confronts Birdy with the fact that she's always been treated like a dog by the Federation now. The entire first series was boring and forgettable, this one was half padding, and they bring up something interesting NOW, in the last episode? Nimed said: Well there is something you are missing guys , this will have a 3 Season probably because it says in the OVA : The Chipher " To be continued " right ? So if you want to make sure you just need to check the date of the Season 2 and the OVA , well Season 2 ended at 27 Mar , and the OVA was deployed on Jul 22 both from the year 2009 so we can hope for a Season 3 , because the OVA is just an episode to unite both seasons but it just came out after the Season 2 ended. Season 3 here we go! But "The Cipher" is SET before the second series, which would make that "To be continued" most likely refer to that. You mention yourself that the second series was from 2009, two years ago. It's not very likely they'll make another one after all that time. |
FronzelSep 8, 2011 7:43 PM
| Little annoyed not all the plot threads were solved...not to mention Tsutomu is just about forgotten in the last 2-3 minutes. Did he die from mental fusion or something? Did he get his body back? Whats the deal with Christella and Gomez anyway? Why was earth used as a testing ground of the ryunka? Isn't Valic still on the loose? What happened to Nataru? EXPLAIN BIRDY! EXPLAIN! |
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nx6 said: The ending kinda puttered out though. Senkawa pops up out of Birdy's body and almost talks to Nataru, and suddenly Nataru decides he's not a psycho anymore? The "blob animation" issue aside, this was my main problem with Birdy's end-game. Nataru suddenly going all "It feels good to kill... so good, in fact, that I'm gonna kill my woman! MUHAHAHA!!!!" went against his character. It didn't come across as if it was well-planned in advance, and the way Nataru regained his sanity by talking to a kid he barely knew - after Birdy's begging fell on deaf ears - was another '...What?' moment. The whole Birdy vs. Nataru fight just wasn't very good, and some lip-sucking action didn't make up for it. Also, what was with The Butterfly Effect / The Terminator moment? Wouldn't Nataru's adult self have had to exist in the past to begin with in order to save himself - as well as Birdy - from death in the explosion?... DOES NOT COMPUTE! Until all the cards had been placed on the table, the series was great. The bullet-in-gut time reversal bit is one of the best anime moments my eyes have seen, and tales of brutal vengeance ALWAYS have an edge of intensity that makes up for their simplicity. And I was very appreciative of the fact that Birdy's backstory was tied into it all, alongside some good old fashioned childhood love cuteness. But, then, it simply ran out of momentum and the characters' actions started to become hard to accept. I mean, why did the female villain kill her commander, after it was shown that he'd saved her in the past? That didn't make a whole lot of sense; especially when Gomez didn't keep his word. And as for the animation, the staff picked movement over consistent art - hence lots of 'off' / ugly faces when the focus shifted to action. I wasn't really fond of it but I was still able to get into the action, and it beat the shounen speed-lines treatment! It's a shame both S1 and S2 sold poorly - S2 only coming to be because the budget for both seasons had been set when S1 was made. There's no real chance of S3, and that means we'll never get to know what the deal is with Gomez and Revi. It makes the events of S1 appear even more pointless. The only positive is that the Birdy II manga is currently being translated at a reasonable pace... but, since S2 credited the new, 2008 sequel manga, I'm guessing S1 butchered / altered the source material to the point that the two aren't recognisable when placed alongside each other... http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5057 ...Oh well - at least S2 didn't come across anywhere near as fillerish as S1 and didn't end with plot reset / memory loss rubbish. It's rare for a sequel to better a prequel but Birdy S2 most certainly did. |
AironicallyHumanSep 19, 2011 7:47 AM
| Just finished this today. Can only hope to see "Tetsuwan Birdy Decode:03 Announced" on the news section. (8/10) |
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| Lol Tsutomu wasn't really a main character... he's totally a supporting character. Nataru and Birdy are the main focus of the entire 2nd series. And yes the first series he did play a bit more... but totally supporting... in the 2nd series. |
Also, what was with The Butterfly Effect / The Terminator moment? Wouldn't Nataru's adult self have had to exist in the past to begin with in order to save himself - as well as Birdy - from death in the explosion?... DOES NOT COMPUTE! He existed in the future so he was able to help Birdy by telling himself in the past to take care of her. He survived the explosion and then his future self saved Birdy from getting killed. At least that's what it seemed like. Oh well, the whole first series was unnecessary to an extent... Tsutomu was should just be a supporting character. |
| WAY too many things left unresolved, REALLY REALLY NEEDS a 3rd season |
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| Holy fuck! That fight! Wow. Okay, I admit the animation presented was a bit lackluster but the action is there. It reminded me of Naruto vs. Pain (oh God, the horrors). Overall, a satisfying series although the ending was a bit meh for me. That speech by Tsutomu was epic though. Overall, a 7/10 for me again. |
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| A sad but good end! I really liked this last episode, like the last episode from the first season they sure know how to end with a bang! Great fighting scenes and well I was even right about the person who carried Birdy when she was young! So all mysterious are properly revealed in the end making up for a good ending! I do like to see a third season of this series, the story still doesn't seem to be over for me! Well up to the original 4 ova's and lets see what they have to offer! |
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| This season was way better then the first . The fighting scenes especially on Nataru were amazing! There are still so many questions unresolved. What happened to Nataru after he time traveled? Are there anymore existing powerful Ixcorians? What happened to Moss and Volic? Who is Revi and Gomez and what are there true motives? |
| Nice finale. 8.5/10 |
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| kinda wanted Nakasugi and Senkawa to talk at the end though, after all that he misses her again... even after finding the photo album, she still went all the way to see him. those two kinda needed a hug at the end. but when does that ever happen in anime (unless it's 8 years and 3 seasons) good thing they're teenagers and can go to college or that together... it would have been creepy if they got together with senkawa still in birdy's body. |
| Wow, this season as a whole has been amazing. Who knew that the second season would be infinitely better than the first? |
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| WOW Replace the MCs with aliens and EVERYTHING IMPROVES THANK YOU A-1 PICTURES best episodes this season were the flashback episodes of birdy and nataru's past. the entire plot was more interesting and easy to watch compared to the first season StevenHu said: Who knew that the second season would be infinitely better than the first? this |
| Better than season 1 but still shit. 2/10 |
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| Watching this series at this point sucks because there is so much left unresolved and unexplained by the end. And, at this point, it's clear that S3 is little more than a pipe dream, which makes the unsatisfying ending and the "next episode" preview that much worse. I almost feel like I wasted my time watching the show. Anyway, as for the episode, like others have said I definitely felt it was kinda rushed and Nataru's heel-face turn wasn't very believable in how they handled it. Fight scenes were above average for sure, but nothing particularly noteworthy. Kinda peeved the little girl got killed but the last two antagonists pulled a Karmic Houdini, but w/e. Good show for the most part, but the ending really makes it hard for me to recommend this to anyone in good faith. |
Ben said: +1While I find this season to be more enjoyable than the first, the ending was a little less satisfying this time around. What I enjoyed most about this season though was the animation. Sure the art during most of the fights is substandard, but the shear (or is it sheer?) kinetic energy that just pours out of those scenes is enough to make up for it. Some truly gorgeous moments; always made my hair stand on end (not in the traditional sense of the idiom mind you). 8/10 takuku said: +1Just finished watching the second series after completing the first series a few days ago, and that I really enjoyed both series. I felt some more screen time was needed for Tsutomu, especially for the last episode as I thought he was majorly ignored and they could have at least done an after-events with him as well as Birdy. I would like to see a third series or follow up from this. Rated: 8/10 BlueXIII said: +1Watching this series at this point sucks because there is so much left unresolved and unexplained by the end. And, at this point, it's clear that S3 is little more than a pipe dream, which makes the unsatisfying ending and the "next episode" preview that much worse. Anyway, as for the episode, like others have said I definitely felt it was kinda rushed and Nataru's heel-face turn wasn't very believable in how they handled it. Kinda peeved the little girl got killed but the last two antagonists pulled a Karmic Houdini, but w/e. There are a lot of unanswered question... It is a shame that there is no season 3, I really wanted to see all of those loose ends come together giving it a proper conclusion to this awesome anime... |
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| ehh I thought the 1st season was better, animation got crunchy towards the end and its an open ending for s3 but hell this was in 2009, only a dream now... |
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| Kept me engaged throughout the whole season, which is something I can't say for the first. Also gave me two of my favorite fight scenes in episodes 7 and 12. They really capture the speed and intensity behind every single movement, as well as being very emotional. Dream sequence was cool, time jump scenes were cool, flashback arc was cool, it was all cool. Everything was cool. Except for episode 8. 7.5/10 for now, maybe an 8 if I mull on it some more? |
| Damn I hate open endings especially with no resolution. The fact that no season 3 happened makes it even worse. 6/10. Season started real strong then it faltered at the end. |
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Siaster said: WolfWood37 said: Damn I hate open endings especially with no resolution. The fact that no season 3 happened makes it even worse. 6/10. Season started real strong then it faltered at the end. Is it just me or did alot of the show, show romantic development between birdy and tsutomu? and then kinda dropped it in season 2 to have her love nataru? Not really, at least to me, because Tsutomu had Nakasugi as a girlfriend in season 1. He was still reeling from that so he never really thought about Birdy in that way in Season 2. If we got a season 3 maybe that could have been explored. |
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Siaster said: WolfWood37 said: Not really, at least to me, because Tsutomu had Nakasugi as a girlfriend in season 1. He was still reeling from that so he never really thought about Birdy in that way in Season 2. If we got a season 3 maybe that could have been explored. I meant before nakasugi, It seemed Birdy was developing romantic feelings for him To me Birdy seemed very clueless when it came to romance. I mean look how much it took to convince Birdy of her feelings for Nataru. |
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| Better than the first one in terms of not having to deal with all that highschool bullshit drama into memory loss, but still pretty underwhelming. Nataru got a Tetsuo syndrome, the whole point of his battle against Birdy as stupid as the Batman vs Superman one. Open ends with the whole Gomez stuff, not to comment on that ridiculous time/space travel at the end. Was wondering throughout if the ending was going to make up for the rather meh-ish vengeance plot with very little things to care about (maybe some liked the loli fanservice?), but it turns out that it's not the case at all. I do agree with some earlier comment on the fact the bullet-in-gut time reversal scene was one of the most surprising ones of the show, but considering the whole end they give to his character and the point of his powers, it seems to me quite in vain. |
UnowenNov 6, 2016 7:28 AM
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| Despite the art during the fight scene being mediocre it made the whole fight feel really fluid, super intense aswell. Also kinda weird how Nataru switched from psycho to nice guy as Tsutomu popped up. I'm guessing that Nataru "jumping" back in time creates a different timeline where he's able to make it so he can tell his younger self to protect Birdy, which keeps repeating over and over. I actually really enjoyed the second season, the whole Ryunka thing didn't quite do it for me in the first season unfortunately but this season grabbed my attention for sure. 8/10 We definitely need a third season as we still have many unanswered questions but I doubt we'll ever see one. |
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| This shit is so bad. At least the first season didn't take itself so seriously. Overall, Birdy's idol persona was the only good idea to come out of this 'reboot.' And I guess they handled the tragedy well, with the reflection and the festival and such. Too bad our MC was pretty much the cause of it. Now, for this second half, they just went down the list of what an action sci-fi show needs and filled in the blanks with Birdy because her name's in the title. I didn't care about what was going on and was just waiting to see Nataru get killed, but it never happened. |
syncrogazerFeb 18, 2018 8:44 PM
| Definitely would be interested in watching another season if it ever comes out. Just something's that need to be touched up and unfortunately it never was, with the Federation. Overall, this season felt better compared to season one. I could never really get behind the whole Tsutumou and Nagasaki thing they had going on. |
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| Some good fights scenes this episode, happy Nataru didn't die and actually turned for the good with saving child Birdy. In my opinion this second season seems a bit better than the first, the plot really improved in my opinion. Kinda sad to know this was the last season and we never got to see anything on Christella Revi. |
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| Had my eye on this series for a long time, it always stood out as a potential hidden gem. I knew picking it up would be a great decision. It was a damn good watch! It really does suck to end this. I would love to eat up some more seasons. Definitely gonna miss this one :( |
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| I thought I had found a hidden gem, based on the reviews. But it was mediocre. Story was very old-school. If the art was also old-school, I could have liked it. I like Birdy's design in the manga. |
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bradleesargent said: CAC said: i loved this season, I wouldn't say more then the first. but close. what I didn't like was that Birdy and Tsutomu didn't end up in love.....i was really hoping for that. well if they make a 3rd season there's a good change out it now that everyone is out of the say kinda. i really hope they make another, cuz like what about Birdy and Tsutomu getting separated? they said I think it was at the beginning if this season that his body was beyond repair or something like that, so are they never getting separated? or is it that there making him a whole new body and its taking them a lot longer this time? there too many things left open for there to never be anymore. I feel exactly the same way, Tsutomu and Birdy belong together period with how much they have sacrificed just to be together and how much they have saved one another from certain death multi That's exactly what I was so much hoping for...the kinds of sacrifices that both Tsutomu made for Birdie and Birdie made for Tsutomu to me shows the power of real love. The fact that Nataru was literally trying to kill Birdie until Tsutomu saves her again by just showing up and reasoning with him to me should have made so much more of an impact on their relationship that I expected they would fall in love with each other as soon as Tsutomu was returned to his body. I felt like the last episode of season 1 where Birdie is told that Tsutomu would be returned to his own body and she shows a kind of remorse or sadness at the prospect of losing her closeness to Tsusomu makes me think that somewhere deep down she really does love Tsutomu. Oh wow, my post was over 10 years old lol. But I'm glad you enjoyed it and that people are still watching this anime. |
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bradleesargent said: CAC said: Oh wow, my post was over 10 years old lol. But I'm glad you enjoyed it and that people are still watching this anime. What did you think about what I said? I pretty much agree. But to be honest I've not watched this in a very long time so I'd need a rewatch to make any good thoughts on it. |
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