Wind Breaker Season 2 Episode 12 Discussion

Here comes a new character Chika!Even Umemiya can’t beat him! I think Togame will return in season 3!
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@Blackpenredpen Not only Togame 😉.
I can't wait for the next season ! Quick an announcement please !!

anime ended on Ch 90 ( The Shadows)

start ch 91

Will there be other badass new characters?

Nirei's recollection of Bofurin's origins was well done. I liked the style the story was told in.

I thought Endo was bad news, but a darker shadow is cast with the introduction of his buddy Chika. If he's looking for more bodies, I hope he steers clear of Bofurin. They're not going to go down without a fight.

Overall, Tsubaki's backstory was touching. The Keel arc had a great resolution and the Roppo-Ichiza arc made for a nice shake up with its new characters. Awesome season,

Decent finale to S2 of Wind Breaker although I liked S1 more. A couple of reasons I didn't care for S2 as much was due to there being less action overall and a big emphasis on Tsubaki that took a couple of episodes. I did like the background on how Bofurin came to be and also that Sakura had some character development. I'm curious to learn about newly introduced and allegedly strongest Furin character in Chika so I'll check out S3 when/if it is released.

6/10

I dont get what the hype was all about or even the fact that the anime has 7.72 rating. This season was dry for me, nothing new i get to see. I was having a second hand embarrassment while watching some scenes.

Solid 5.58/10

They're finally telling us about Bofurin's past. I'm really interested in Endo's group, since they rely more on quality than quantity. I was hoping that the mysterious guy would be someone from Sakura's past. There's barely any backstory on Sakura other than little bits like people judging him based on his appearance and him always being alone. I feel like there's gotta be something that caused him to always end up alone other than his appearance.

This season was more focused on the development of Sakura's character, and the result is clear to see as he's a different guy from the previous season. I like Sakura's character development so far, but it would've been cool if he was with Endo from the beginning, and then have Umemiya convert him.

Season 2 was enjoyable and had good action, but I still prefer season 1 as it was more exciting for me.

8/10

Somehow managed to finish Season 2. It was way too tedious, even sillier than Season 1 and just plain boring.

This did not need to be 12 episodes. If it absolutely needed to, then it should've added more subplots, characters and character depth. As is, I had to grit my teeth through these drawn-out scenes as the season kept belaboring the same point and reusing the same cliches over and over again. If it at least moved along at a brisk pace and mixed in more fights, then I would've been fine with it, even its extreme corniness.

8 episodes might've been good:

2 episodes of the warehouse fight
1 episode of the aftermath plus Sakura getting sick and soul-searching
1 episode of Tsubaki backstory
1 episode of Shizuka and Roppon Ichiza setup
2 episodes of all-out Gravel brawl
1 episode of the aftermath and Furin council meeting

The action was choreographed and animated very nicely, but there was too little of it, and none of it really held much meaning. Tsubaki vs Man-bun was the best "talk" of the season.

Season 1 was kind of cool, and Season 3 seems to be promising some big developments, but I simply don't have faith in this series any more. Would much rather watch Kaiju No.8 or Sakamoto Days at this point...

Loved this, and loved the entire season. Even better than Season 1.

Actually liked that last episode, as it sets up the anime perfectly for the craziness that's going to come in Season 3, which of course we're getting.

10/10.

Enjoyed it from start to finish.

@perseii I completely disagree.

Season 2 is far better than Season 1. In Season 1, they tried too hard with the symbolism and metaphors within the fights to explain the inner conflicts of the characters, while this time around, things are more direct and we get more of a focus on things such as Akihiko learning to fight, the personalities of the Crowned Kings and their Vice Captains, Haruka learning to accept others, and the overall world of the series as a whole. Fighting isn't the only driving factor of the series and we got to see a lot even without the action.

Sakamoto Days is fire as well though.

That's the point, though, and a good thing. Fights aren't just fights, they need to have meaning and tell a story. The anime itself talks about how fights are "conversations."

It's why I said Tsubaki vs. Man-bun was the best fight for me, because each of them had clear motivations and an emotional arc during the fight. However clumsy it was. Season 1 had more of that.

Sure, you can have development and drama outside of fights, too, but if I'm watching an action show, I want that stuff to be woven into the action more. It didn't help that the development and the drama were pretty simple stuff and just way too drawn-out over multiple episodes, not even in an interesting way.


All extremely minor part of the season.

Except for Sakura, obviously, who got a ton of attention this season. But Sakura's arc boiled down to getting told over and over again by a bunch of different people that it's okay to rely on his friends.

I did like the action-less Tsubaki episode. It was interesting, thoughtful and did not overstay its welcome. I would've liked more like this.