Frankly, I want I want a second season. For some obnoxious reason, I really enjoyed this show. You know, as “junk food”. I feel like the pacing and directing were amazing. Yes, the show is “poor quality”, but ‘no shit’? You can tell they have a tiny budget, but plenty of other shows with much larger budgets just don’t match the Directing/Direction to the source material. Honesty: even if the funds are poor, I tuned into this every week with greater “gusto” than a any other show. ... Why?because it was fricking consistent and entertaining per what was on offer, ya know?
Sure, it was no Fate; Zero, but most shows never equate their budget with quality, nor do they match quality with their budget. It’s always such a “casino” for enjoyment unto us fans. Maou, Retry! was so very consistent, conservative, and smart about its use of its resources that I’m happier with this show than the other 6-10 I’ve been slowly watching from the last 3 seasons. It just “hit that sweet spot” for me. It’s what I LOVE about Isekai and the genre.
... Yes, I’m saying that it’s “entertaining garbage”, but you’d all be fucking with me if you said you didn’t have a soft spot for just that. :3 Come on, we all somehow adored Eromanga Sensei despite how much if a garbage fire that was... You get it, right? Shows come in ‘tiers’, and Maou, Retry! is a bottom-tier show that managed to ooze out something, heck, entertaining! There was no false facade, there was no waste of funds on fancy aesthetic, there wasn’t a huge mess in pacing the volumes, and the continuity was very reasonable. Heck, even he combat scenes were smoother than many high-budget mangas where I’ve got no fucking clue what’s going on despite the artsmanship.... They made the best of what they had to work with—a 10/10 if you consider the “upper limit” to be their budget instead of comparing to Industrial Powerhouses.
...In other words: I really fucking want a season 2. For the obvious budget they had to work with, and the source material considered, I’m absolutely looking forward to a Season 2. ... As if you could REASONABLY argue otherwise without simply disliking the genre; I love this genre, so I’m grateful for an amazing performance per a “limited resources production that blew my expectations away, aka a 4-5/10 somehow scraping into the 6-7/10 territory for the love of Isekai - a genre despised by the masses at this point”. I think they have balls, and I’ll observe said balls so long as they continue their pilgrimage. Heuheuheu :3 |