Gin no Guardian II

At Shinryou Private Academy—an expensive school for wealthy students—one would never expect to find the poverty-stricken Suigin Riku. When he is not working on one of his many part-time jobs to pay his tuition, he can often be found playing the RPG game Dungeon Century, where he has cultivated a relationship with an online friend. However, when Dungeon Century shuts down, he finds out that his crush, the kind-hearted Rei Riku, and his online friend are the same person.

But in the aftermath of this revelation, Rei gets kidnapped and taken into Grave Buster, which is a new online game from the creators of Dungeon Century, forcing Suigin to enter the harsh new world of a pay-to-win game in order to save her. Gin no Guardian 2nd Season continues Suigin's quest to rescue Rei, while attempting to solve the mysteries of this strange game.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Lu, Shui Yin Main

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Lu, Lian Main

Saitou, Yuka Japanese

Hua, Ling Main

Nishida, Nozomi Japanese

Collector Supporting

Saitou, Yuka Japanese

Wanchoi Supporting

Matsumoto, Sara Japanese

Aslan Supporting

Sakazume, Takayuki Japanese

Beck Supporting

Ugaki, Hidenari Japanese

Elder Bamboo Supporting

Satou, Haruo Japanese

Shoukei Supporting

Miyamoto, Jun Japanese

Square Owl Supporting

Yuzuki, Shouko Japanese

Li, Haoling Director

Andou, Ken Director, Storyboard

Akatsuki, Rin Theme Song Performance

Makusu, Kaito Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Lyrics

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Mar 10, 2018

ReyHa

Recommended

So, this is my first review. And I start from an anime which not many people talking about. And not many people like it.

Story: 8/10
I think this anime has a good story. Not for only the season 2 but, from the start of the anime, I already like it

Art: 7/10
It has pretty decent quality of art and animation, it's not the best, but I still enjoying it a lot

Sound: 8/10
It has some good music here, when the fights start or the drama begins, eventhough it's not memorable. The OP is still the same, powerful. The ED is... really beautiful
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Character: 7/10
Not really much character development, because this season is full with action. I think they don't have room for it. Yeah, Suigin is getting stronger though

Enjoyment: 9.5/10
I really enjoy watching this anime. I don't know why, maybe because i'm not watch this type of anime lately

Overall: 8.5/10
Overall, It's a good anime for me. Some people may hate it. But, yeah its only an opinion. Everyone has their own opinion

It's not over yet, so I hope it gets another season

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Aug 27, 2025

Chiisuigintou

Mixed Feelings

The art style is nice,
it's even a bit better than the 1st part.
Story as in a rpg has become quite common after .hack however, it kept some form of uniqueness to it, with it being more than just the game.
Still, save the princess scene like SAO 2 is kinda over done, both in anime and games.
Not that I mind, bc it sets a goal to work 4, 4 our hero.
The characters were good, not super unique,
but quite normal from what one would expect in a anime.
I don't think the characters had big realistic elements to them when it comes to their reactions,
but I don't think ... my view upon it is that of importance,
BC I compare it to my own life.,. Nyeah.,.


I kinda liked this anime,
however, with the anime just ending without a conclusion
and it being over 8 years since the last episode,
I'll guess I have to read the manga to know the full story.,.
Really sad, BC it would've been much better if it didn't end like this.

I guess the largest problem with the anime is the sudden end,
not really with the quality from it itself.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Oct 3, 2024

TangyAbleOrange

Not Recommended

After a mid first season that at the very least established an interesting premise, setting, and motive for its main character, I thought the second season would provide the meaty goodness of what the first set up. I was wrong.

The rules are inconsistent and stupid. Characters change personalities, emotions, and motives on a dime. The plot is bad. What's frustrating is it has all the ingredients to make a solid show, and leaves it all uncooked.

I had low expectations for the rules given the premise of a hyper-popular game that also serves as a form of income doesn't just favor richer players, it makes players ... broken. Still, there had to be some balance of power, mediating factors, or internal consistency that could ground all the player abilities, rewards in the game, and goals of the game... right? No. Suigin, the main character, has a special scarf that coincidentally BS's him out of any situation. Not only that, he randomly has other convenient abilities like creating an illusion of himself, teleporting, and, I kid you not, summoning a giant wall whose power is determined by his money. He actually uses this money wall power to protect himself from a car whose power is also determined by another player's money but because Suigin had more money his wall successfully blocked the car from running him over. Brilliant. The rules are pretty much Hunter x Hunter's Nen if it were developed by a toddler.

As for the characters... they're stupid. The main character is the main culprit of stupidity. He goes from carefree to serious, confident to insecure, calm to worried, etc. etc. It's not bad that he has human emotions, it's bad because they're so inconsistent with his own personality and the surrounding circumstances, as well as being volatile. What's more is that he is super unlikeable. He gets everything handed to him--literally over a billion dollars in money--a "Guardian" title, and his broken Raven Scarf item. He works for none of it. Is he grateful? Does he do his best to "earn this" à la Saving Private Ryan? No. Things happen to and around him, and he's aggravatingly inactive until he has to react to something. It's a massive pet peeve of mine when a character can do something to solve a problem or move the plot forward *and the character doesn't do anything*. The show also repeatedly commits the cardinal sin of going against a simple rule: there's a time and place for everything. Examples: it's not appropriate for the MC to turn his back on someone else pointing a gun at him; it's not appropriate for the MC to run straight up to a malicious-looking mirror that was conjured by another character that just kneed him in the face; and it's not appropriate for characters to be standing and talking while they're under attack. The supporting characters have similar capricious tendencies that seem determined by the tone and plot rather than what the character was established to be and behave like. Examples: the MC's shapeshifting partner (another BS pseudo-power he has) ricochets between being a ditz and a floozy; a game instructor goes from being a knowledgeable and capable player to an impotent sidekick; and a blood boss thing goes from being an intimidating and aggressive... boss thing, to being a polite and demure exposition-giver. The other player characters and their motives don't make much sense either.

I said the plot is bad, and it is bad. A significant plot detail from the first season involving a rare flower from a game that shut down is forgotten about and I guess served no real plot purpose. This new game that's integral to the MC finding and rescuing his "princess" just throws him into a stage where he is given his "Guardian" stuff for no reason other than the plot demanding he have the title, and this is somehow before he has a chance to learn anything about the game or get through the "beginner" stage which is never explained. Conflict repeatedly arises when characters underestimate the MC in some manner of, "Oho, I have x amount of money, you couldn't possibly defeat me!" and conflict repeatedly resolves in some manner of, "No way! He has more money than I do!? Nooooooo!" Doing it once would be fine, but even then it's unsatisfying for the conflict to resolve by no means of the main character. He just flaunts his money and wins, or has his shapeshifting partner do things for him, or gets some literal plot armor that can tank a ridiculous attack. Speaking of that latter thing, after he gets the armor he has the chance to go rescue the kidnapped "princess" character (due to another character randomly changing motives and deciding to help out) and instead runs off to fight another character who is intent on attacking other players. I guess this was to show the MC is altruistic to a fault, but it makes no sense. They're all players *in a game*. If a player decides to attack others in the game, who the hell cares? His "princess" was *literally* kidnapped, presumably by people who *literally* murdered his grandfather. What makes it more stupid is that the climactic fight between the MC and this lunatic player is deferred because the lunatic suddenly decides he doesn't want to kill the MC and instead fight another player because reasons.

The plot has tons more I could criticize. I didn't even get to the part where the show completely jumped the shark and introduced some nonsensical supernatural element that blurred the virtual world and real world. It was sort of foreshadowed, but it made no sense. Anyway, the animation itself was decent and the soundtrack was whatever. Altogether, it was a frustrating waste of time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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