| I just finished 1st season of Kaguya-sama: Love is War. It wasn't as good as I expected, but it was pretty alright. But I felt like it just kept revolving around the same theme, nothing new really happened. Will things start happening or is it same kind of thing as season 1? I noticed that 3rd season has rating of over 9, so I'd kind of be interested getting there. But at the moment I feel like I'm getting bored. Maybe this just isn't good for binge-watching. Maybe this is better enjoyed with only 1-2 episodes a day. I am interested to know what will happen, but things just move so slow. |
| yeah I found it better it also made me catch up with the manga at the time |
| Yes, I think it gets better in season 2. |
| I don't want to say "It get better" but s2 is definitely the stronger season and s3 is where Kaguya-sama peak. What s1 is it established core part of Kaguya-sama and s2 just started to explore other theme and characters while still making core part of the series a lot fresher. Depends on how you think about the shows. You just feels a bit repetitive with the theme and characters? Then s2 will be better. But if you're not that into s1 as in not really into their humour or just not as invested in the cast, I don't think it gonna nesscerily changes your mind. |
| In season 2 the show mostly distances from its gimmicky convoluted premise and is almost entirely about tangential comedy and side characters. Not that I'm complaining, because the Big Romance always felt tedious, obligatory and formulaic and the story hasn't really managed to make me care about it at all. As far as I'm concerned, season 2 is the most enjoyable to watch on its own merit out of this franchise. |
| No it doesn't, season 2 is quite overrated, and season 1 was a lot better. But this is one of those classic cases where the sequel has a score that is massively bigger than the prequel. |
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| I never understand the anime community with stuff like this. If you don't like it, then don't watch it. Why do people force themselves to binge through series that they have zero interests in? |
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| Season 2 is when it peaked during . |
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| In my opinion, Kaguya-Sama gets better as the show goes on, but if you don't like it, then why do you want to force yourself watching it? |
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I never understand the anime community with stuff like this. If you don't like it, then don't watch it. Why do people force themselves to binge through series that they have zero interests in?
| @Blackfire2340 i mean unless your position is that a show never varies in quality from beginning to end, some people want to get to the parts of shows that are more highly regarded and might be more enjoyable to them. I sat bored out of my mind through 35 or so episodes of Gintama before I started to enjoy it, and I don’t regret it because I got much more that that amount of time of stuff I loved after that. |
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| It's more of the same for the most part. Slightly funnier, a bit more drama. |
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| No, it doesn't. Watch a actual good anime instead. |
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@Blackfire2340 i mean unless your position is that a show never varies in quality from beginning to end, some people want to get to the parts of shows that are more highly regarded and might be more enjoyable to them. I sat bored out of my mind through 35 or so episodes of Gintama before I started to enjoy it, and I don’t regret it because I got much more that that amount of time of stuff I loved after that.
| @Andiff That's a show with hundreds of episodes that changes drastically, as does other shonen anime. What drastic change could you possibly expect different in a second season of slice of life anime like Love is War? |
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| Wow, I literally just finished S1 and this pops up on MAL's front page. I felt like you did, pretty bored. There's nothing wrong with it, it's just not for me. I'd rather live with my curiosity about how much better it gets by S3 than watch any more. |
| For me season 2 was a step down in comparison, but on the other hand season 3 is the best season. Not sure what the OP is expecting tho, a mass shouting happening in the school and the show turning into a tragedy? |
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@Andiff That's a show with hundreds of episodes that changes drastically, as does other shonen anime. What drastic change could you possibly expect different in a second season of slice of life anime like Love is War?
| @Blackfire2340 i’m not exactly sure what the distinction here is? Yes Kaguya-sama is a romance instead of a Shounen, but that doesn’t stop seasons 2 and 3 from being better than season 1 because they can build on the characters that were set up previously. Would Clannad or K-On have been better examples of shows improving post first season in this case then since they are not long running shounen? |
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| It gets better but the type of humor doesn't change much, so it's probably not your cup of tea. |
No, this isn't my signature. |
| I think Season 2 is just different, not necessarily better or worse. But if you weren't sold on the premise in Season 1, I doubt that you'll change your mind in the later seasons. There's more happening in the later seasons, yes, but now there's another question of: "will you like what's happening". It's still a gag anime on a basic level; "nothing happening" and "moving so slow" is kind of the appeal, I think. |
| I liked S1 better than S2 Question is, how tf do people here even remember that much about a show aired in 2020? |
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| I personally think s1 is easily and by far the weakest, and everything after that is the series at its best. meaning s2, s3 and the movie are all around the same level while s1 is a step below all of them. s2 offers the best drama in the entire thing s3 and the movie are the romance at its best and the show only keeps on getting funnier as it goes. my biggest laugh was in s3. Also, for me personally, i enjoyed the series WAY more when i rewatched it in dub. the narrator in it is the best of the best only second to the stanley's parable narrator. |
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| S2 was my favorite of the three seasons so far. |
| I think I like season 2 the most because it moves the plot forward while still keeping the comedic aspect of the show (which is pretty funny most of the time). Though ironic to that statement, I lost interest in the middle of season 3. Not sure why, but the jokes don't land a lot of the time and the show is not as funny in general. I know season 3 is literally the finale or whatever, but I already knew how most things go because of the abundance of spoilers flooded my instagram when the show was airing. |
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Reply to Ricchan__
In my opinion, Kaguya-Sama gets better as the show goes on, but if you don't like it, then why do you want to force yourself watching it?
| @Ricchan__ I liked it, but it was very repetitive. I want the plot to move on. |
Reply to TechniqueGod
@Ricchan__ I liked it, but it was very repetitive. I want the plot to move on.
| @TechniqueGod It does. The other characters appear more in the foreground as the show goes on. |
Andiff said: is a romance instead of a Shounen But Kaguya-sama is romance (genre) and shounen (demography)...and comedy (genre), and drama (genre). Being targeted at teenage boys (aka shounen) doesn't prevent it from from being romance. Maybe you meant "battle shounen", which is already a genre, but doesn't stop a show from having romance elements (see Mononogatari: Malevolent Spirits) or long going character developments existing out of it. So I guess you don't know what you are talking about. |
alshuMar 6, 2024 11:38 PM
Otakupervert890 said: Kaguya is a seinen Naaah, it's shounen despite where it's published. |
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Andiff said:
is a romance instead of a Shounen
is a romance instead of a Shounen
But Kaguya-sama is romance (genre) and shounen (demography)...and comedy (genre), and drama (genre). Being targeted at teenage boys (aka shounen) doesn't prevent it from from being romance.
Maybe you meant "battle shounen", which is already a genre, but doesn't stop a show from having romance elements (see Mononogatari: Malevolent Spirits) or long going character developments existing out of it.
So I guess you don't know what you are talking about.
| @alshu Yes I’m aware of the demographic of Kaguya-sama, I literally own the manga in Japanese with the Young Jump logo on the spine, which is a seinen magazine. I was using the western colloquial meaning of shounen (as in battle shounen like you mentioned) as that was how the comment I was replying to referred to Gintama in contrast to Kaguya. I didn’t correct the other comment because it was immaterial to the point I was making as long as we were both working with the same understood meaning. |
AndiffMar 7, 2024 1:04 AM
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| kaguya falls off as it progresses really that said overall s3 is a better product than s2 since it has a more interesting story to tell, its just that as the story progresses it loses its charm. S1 is the best season. s1 is still a master comedy to me (back when it was actually funny) season 3 is romance The thing is, the author doesnt realize that this romcom he is writing isnt really all that romantic, and i believe he should have focused on the comedy instead. i feel like it isnt neccesary for the plot of every series to move forward, especially when there isnt much to the plot to begin with. Well that said the quality of the jokes also drops overtime. It feels as if it is doing lip service to comedy, secretly trying to build a boring af romance story, just to fail at both. You end up with characters you really fucking like but not enough scenarios to justify your love for them. It ends up being underwhelming and or frustrating. this is my opinion tho and the casual kaguya tards seem to disagree with it |
BerriesSanMar 7, 2024 2:02 AM
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Andiff said: which is a seinen magazin I disagree, but whatever. I guess I missed your context big time, sorry about that. Otakupervert890 said: We don't make the rule of demographic publishing - Those magazines can be bought by anyone. Also if you carefully look at their catalogue their titles can suit both shounen and seinen. - Just look at the themes in Kaguya-sama: social interactions between teens, the expectations from your parents can be too taxing, what path in life you should choose... All those are themes focused on teens. I usually I agree with demography being tied to a magazine, but in certain cases, you can have two demographics: shounen + seinen and in other shoujo + josei. Otakupervert890 said: non non biyori is kids demographic Definitely not aimed at kids. Having adult perspective here and there is a giveaway about it being sheinen with rose tinted glasses representation of youth and country life. |
| I think it does get a bit better, but I already liked S1 and if you didn't then you might not like S2 either. It's not like S2 is revolutionary, but it expands upon what was already established in S1. |
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| I finished season 2. It got lot better imo! |
TechniqueGod said: I agree with this take. I never read the source, but I was inadvertently sold a romcom that is both actually funny and actually moves forward in plot. The end of the first season made it seem as the characters are not as romantically obtuse. The second season onward resets that it just felt like they were milking it for what it was worth.I just finished 1st season of Kaguya-sama: Love is War. It wasn't as good as I expected, but it was pretty alright. But I felt like it just kept revolving around the same theme, nothing new really happened. Also, I liked the first season in that both the protagonist guy and girl were on level grounds with each other, which made the rivalry interesting to watch. From second season onward, it was like the veneer of the girl melted to reveal her feminine core, making the rivalry seem inauthentic and a cheap ploy, a plot device. It became like every other shounen romcom with a frustratingly dense male lead and a fawning female that just can't wait to depend on her man, you know, the same played out trope that turned Taiga from Toradora back into a little girl. I loved the first season of Kaguya-sama, but couldn't stand the second. It was literally shit in my view. [I'll admit I dropped the show after second season and was no longer interested. Not sure what the third season was really about.] |
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