Darker than Black: Ryuusei no Gemini

One night, as meteors streak across the star-studded sky, Shion Pavlichenko becomes a Contractor. Despite her brother's transformation, Shion's twin sister Suou continues to live a fairly ordinary life, attending middle school with her friends and getting caught up in the awkwardness of growing up. However, everything changes when her home is invaded by a masked man cloaked in black, destroying any sense of normality she once had. Revealed to possess latent Contractor abilities of her own, Suou is caught between family, friends, and her own sense of purpose as she ventures into the ruthless world of cutthroats and espionage that Contractors call home.

Meanwhile in Tokyo, investigation surrounding Hell's Gate's sudden collapse is underway, and prophetic signs of doom point in the direction of a silver-haired doll.

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Hei Main

Kiuchi, Hidenobu Japanese

Mao Main

Sawaki, Ikuya Japanese

Pavlichenko, Suou Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Kirihara, Misaki Main

Mizuki, Nana Japanese

July Main

Asai, Kiyomi Japanese

Yin Supporting

Fukuen, Misato Japanese

Amber Supporting

Kawakami, Tomoko Japanese

Kurasawa, Gai Supporting

Matsumoto, Yasunori Japanese

Hazuki, Mina Supporting

Saiga, Mitsuki Japanese

Kayanuma, Kiko Supporting

Katou, Emiri Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Maruyama, Hiroo Producer

Oyabu, Yoshihiro Producer

Ooyama, Ryou Producer

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Oct 25, 2023

Dripfiq109

Recommended

Firstly I would like to say that please watch the specials before starting s2 because that’s how u can basically enjoy the anime without too many wtf moments like why tf is this so different from s1.

Overall at the start of s2 I didn’t like it very much bcz of Hei being very different and the idea of a loli as the mc instead of hei but hei is still very much the protagonist trust me it gets better as u watch more.

There is some mad story pacing like perfect the more I watched the more sense it made and the better it got ... until the end

Just hope hei is happy finally after the end and well an s3 would be appreciated but what reason has hei left to fight now. Man should be happy but still an s3 is much appreciated and specially cause Theres a ton of stuff to cover and lots of mysteries to still solve

But such a legendary mc. I like hei a lot as the protagonist peak guy.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Feb 19, 2021

AnimeEnjoyer420

Mixed Feelings

Summary: Darker Than Black's 2nd season is a better, but very different show than the 1st. Those tuning in expecting to see more of Hei being a cool guy and fighting villains like Batman will be very disappointed, as he becomes a secondary character to Suou, a middle school girl with all kinds of connections to contractors and an apocalyptic prophecy. It becomes something like a tragic magical girl story fused to the general neo noir structure and setting of the 1st season. However, the 2nd season benefits greatly from a focus on a single main story rather than the series of ... tenuously connected mini arcs that was season 1, and Suou is a more interesting character than anyone in season 1 was. Unfortunately a vague plot that leaves you with more questions than answers prevents it from being what it could have been, but it is an improvement on the original, though people that enjoyed the first season will likely disagree strongly.

Positives:

+ Suou is a good character. She's interesting, sympathetic and a tragic figure that isn't drowning in melodrama. I was very into following her arc, the development of her character, and how she reacted to some Big Secrets From Her Mysterious Past that I won't spoil.

+ The focus on a single storyline, in contrast with season 1, is a blessing. Season 2 allows you to stay with characters for the long haul and follow their progression. Rather than a series of unmemorable one-off stories and characters, there is more depth to season 2 because it has the time for it.

+ Art and animation looks outstanding for being more than 10 years old at the time I write this.

Negatives:

- Vague plot and ending that answers few of the questions raised throughout both the first and second series. There really aren't even enough clues to do informed speculation or theorizing on some of the big questions, like what are the Gates?

- Yin's disappearance and transformation is never satisfyingly explained. It would be one thing to remove her from the series the way they did if they showed the backstory of what happened between her and Hei and what caused her to turn into what she did, but you never get those answers, and they are never even really hinted at.

- Hei's transformation into Daniel Craig James Bond. The last thing I needed was another gritty, broken down former hero that's a jaded alcoholic wrestling with his personal demons now. I don't mind that they made a significant change to his character from the 1st season, but I have had enough of this archetype and wish it had been anything else.

- The weird pedophile guy that could turn into The Thing from Fantastic 4. Did we really need a pedophile and a serial child killer in the same series?

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Mar 20, 2022

slightexag

Not Recommended

Review on rewatch. S02 of Darker than Black exists only to show us to be careful what we wish for when we ask for another season of something good. The world would be better off without this. It takes the most interesting and cool character of the first season (Hei), neuters him, gives him alcoholism as a cheap has-been trope, then focuses on a new character nobody cares about. Everything that was interesting about the first season, from the noir vibe, to scifi intrigue, to funny or gripping side characters -- all this goes out the window with terrible writing.

This stands right up there ... with Haruhi Suzumiya's Endless 8 as far as biggest middle finger to the fanbase goes. If you want more of what makes the first season interesting, I'd try Psycho Pass or something else. S01 would've been better off as a standalone, including the OVAs which just open the door to the nonsense of S02.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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