Quanzhi Gaoshou 2

The "Unspecialized" character Lord Grim is infamous in the 10th server of the popular online game Glory. His reputation alone is enough to draw many curious players to his newly formed Guild Happy. Other competing guilds have enough to worry about with some of their own members abandoning them for Happy. However, they are also concerned by rumors that the person behind Lord Grim is really the retired professional gamer and "Glory Textbook" Ye Qiu, whom they have little chance of opposing.

Unsure of the truth, the powerhouse guilds attempt to suppress Lord Grim's growing influence, harboring differing motives for doing so. But regardless of what obstacles he faces, Lord Grim is determined to break into the cross-server of Glory—the Heavenly Domain—where characters, including himself, can reach even greater levels. There, he hopes to round out the team of rookies who will fight alongside him in the Challenger League, which would be only their first step toward the coveted Glory Championship.

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Ye, Xiu Main

Su, Mucheng Supporting

Huang, Shaotian Supporting

Tang, Rou Supporting

Bao, Rongxing Supporting

Chen, Guo Supporting

Qiao, Yifan Supporting

Sun, Xiang Supporting

Han, Wenqing Supporting

Wei, Chen Supporting

Xiong, Ke Director

Hudie Lan Original Creator

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Dec 4, 2020

Ghostflame2153

Recommended

Worse overall quality and excitement, but setup for next season.

A few big complaints being

-First few episodes are super meh.

-Animation is a big drop from season 1

-Main cast other than Ye Qiu from season 1 could literally be replaced by any other character and it wouldnt change a thing.

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*If you want to watch this, but dont feel the urge to watch it asap I would just wait till a month or so before season 3 and watch it then. That way the setup wouldnt feel as flat, and this season could just reignite any remaining excitement from season 1 and prep you for season 3 where the buildup is hopefully paid off.

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The first few episodes are really dissapointing, I would guess they are here to show the 10th server a bit more before it becomes irrelevant like the rest of the main cast from season 1 and to give this season some exciting episodes. When watching it while it was airing, I felt the seasons held me back from what I wanted and were super uninteresting, might be slightly better on a rewatch because they dont suck up a week but only 20 minutes instead but it still wouldnt be good.

After the first few episodes however, it starts to do a really good job at setting the next season up to be a great season with all the set up they've created. With character growth and change postponed for introductions which were interesting but I felt a bit dissapointed about a few of the characters basically not existing this season. The new introductions are pretty exciting and cool, with there being only one exception but this exception is out of the main cast so its not as bad as doing this to them.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Feb 27, 2021

PixelB

Recommended

I'm going to review Quanzhi Gaoshou as a whole series: the movie, OVA, season 1, and season 2.
Honestly, Quanzhi Gaoshou really doesn't make a lot of sense if you haven't read the novel. The novel is ~1200 chapters long, and the anime series crams around 600 chapters or more in 27 episodes. That's impossible. While the anime does adapt to the original material, it's quite a bit rushed, and there's a lot of heavy emphasis on certain parts of the story, while basically cutting out the other parts. As a result, you will find the story a bit weird and perhaps not make a lot ... of sense if you don't read the novel.
Season 1 and the OVA has decent pacing. It maybe adapted 100-200 chapters or so total? Season 2 on the other hand probably adapted 400 chapters or more. Season 1 keeps basically 1:1 with the plot points. Sure, it sort of feels rushed, but you get the idea. Season 2 liberally adapts bits and pieces while getting rid of any unimportant points, and even changes quite a few things in the plot. I think the most important thing that gets changed is how Ye Qiu is depicted. Yes, Ye Qiu is pretty OP, but that doesn't mean that he effortlessly beats everyone like what the anime tries to depict. It's like when he's fighting 1 on 10, he can win? Yeah, that never happens in the novel. What about beating Huang Shaotian in the 1v1 arena battle? He certainly does beat him with a good lead, but it's not nearly as one sided as the anime depicted. There's a lot of sticky scenarios that Ye Qiu gets in the novel, and they get trivialized in the anime, to the point where the viewer thinks that Ye Qiu has no weaknesses. That's not true at all in the novel. Ye Qiu strategizes, thinks, and only then, can he take small victories against the big guilds. It's not as smooth sailing as you'd think. Ye Qiu is not a one man army, and he can't beat everyone by himself.
As for combat, same sort of thing. I like the fights in the anime. Honestly, Quanzhi Gaoshou is definitely the best Chinese anime when it comes to animation and art. Fights are frequent, yet the anime manages to keep up with good quality animation. The OVA and the movie are in a league of their own, though, really amping up the art quality. Definitely super professional, but even just the anime is good. CGI is pretty terrible when it comes to bystanders, and there are still frames and reused sequences here and there, but for an anime to have this much fighting, this is a given.
I love the combat, but the combat in the game is never explained. There's a lot of in-depth explanations in the novel describing key abilities and mechanics for every single class. The anime barely mentions any skills, and as a result, you don't have an appreciation for when a pro player manages to pull an amazing feat off. Cancelling animations, parrying, special CC effects when you hit the same spot twice, synergistic combos, "true combos", vanishing step, partner combos, and just all the abilities are explained in depth in the novel, but the anime never does. Even then, the novel is quite badly balanced and doesn't make sense at parts, how does the anime have a chance?
Some characters are also kind of butchered. Again, Tang Rou in season 2 probably was in the show for about a minute. Same with Bao zi. Both characters are really important, so for them to have little to no screen time when they were first getting into Pro and improving at the game trivializes them. Tang Rou was a real strong character, but in the anime, she's kind of just an ornament. Even just for all the cast of characters, a lot of relationships and dialogue are cut off due to the anime cutting a significant portion of the bonding moments they had through in game events like dungeons, raids, PVP, etc. You don't really get to understand their personality, what it means for them to go pro, and what their motivations are, and you certainly don't get a sense of progress when you see them improving in skill.
Look, I love The King's Avatar, but the anime should be a supplement to the novel. It definitely shouldn't be watched first, since you won't know what's going on. I think it's not a good standalone piece. However, the animation and fights are still good, and just seeing Ye Qiu on screen and seeing key scenes in the novel being adapted is good enough for me to put this at a 7. Biased? Yes. Hotel? Trivago.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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May 18, 2021

eashr37

Not Recommended

Contains light spoilers. (Also a spoiler for season 1)

I don't where the high rating is coming from. This season felt like filler. It was very boring to watch and the story does not advance at all. Pretty much the whole season was the rival guilds fighting each other. They just keep fighting one after another, each fight lasting 15+ minutes. And at this point, there are too many guilds to keep track of.

In terms of the esports team that Ye Xiu is making, which is why I'd think most people want to watch this show, he barely makes any progress. One thing that ... made season 1 fun was meeting and getting to know his future teammates. This did not happen in season 2.

Here are a few positives: the animation was a big step up from season 1. Then, the fight scenes definitely had a lot of action.

I feel like everything that happened in season 2 can be summed up in a few sentences.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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