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Jan 17, 2009 2:15 AM

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YOSHIDA STILL PISSES ME OFF

EDIT: well, finished the episode. I thought it was a very questionable way to start off, as was the choice of music. It'll probably get a lot better, though.
GrmoJan 17, 2009 2:33 AM
Apr 4, 2009 2:36 PM

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i like Suspen style.. hehee .. and deja-vu.
Jun 6, 2009 6:41 PM

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Still watching episode 1.
OMG,I love it ><
But,I'm sick of the OP.The song is already awesome! But why must Yoshida get spot on the OP?
I want more Shana fight!

Jun 16, 2009 2:08 PM

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eh~.....

liked the op

don't know if ill like this or not, so ill just be optimistic and watch it anyways.
Jul 17, 2009 8:03 PM

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that was rather interesting...looking forward to more.
Aug 20, 2009 8:54 PM
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mind**** >_>
Sep 25, 2009 6:05 PM

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This season appeare to be better than the first !
Verry good op (compare with the two first OP ~~) but the ED is average...

Beside the rebegin of al(yuji didn't hear that she loves him even if he knows that, for exemple), the animation is technicaly better, and the story seems intresting, many hopes in this season !
Dec 26, 2009 4:23 PM

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I liked it :D
Bit of a bad start but since its Shana I'll let it slide.
Dec 28, 2009 5:55 AM

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Is it just me, or this season's animation is better than the first one's :??
Jan 18, 2010 5:53 PM

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I just finished the first season and watched the first episode of this one, im completely hooked ><, im already hoping season 3 comes out soon cause i know im gonna finish this one pretty fast haha
Feb 5, 2010 2:05 PM

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I don't even remember why it took me so long to watch this after finishing season 1... but I love it *_*!!
The opening/ending = love them!!
I'm just a bit dissapointed that I saw Friagne's attack on the school 3 times already [1st season, movie and now this one], and that .... of Yoshida still didn't die ^______^
Richard_Omega said:
*coughyujiyousuckfornotremeberingshana'swordscough*

If he remembered, it would have been too easy ^_^




Mar 14, 2010 7:48 PM

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Joint<3
May 18, 2010 5:45 PM

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wow. now THAT was weird.
too bad she didn't confessed to Yuji agian.
I waited for this moment throughout all the first series and in the end it went all ok, BUT!
he didn't recognize the last word :(((((((
too bad, they two are torturing me :3
Aug 17, 2010 10:38 PM

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Meh, I kind of liked the recap. Or rather, I liked who they cleverly wrapped up the recap into the next enemy's attack. I like first episode recaps because sometimes I wait a while between seasons. This seems like more of the same from season 1, but season 1 was not so bad so I don't mind.
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Oct 3, 2010 1:01 PM

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strange way to start the second season glad w.e
more shana :3
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Nov 1, 2010 4:57 AM

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Bahh... I'm dissatisfied since it was mostly recap. ): Did they really need to take so long to establish the fact that Yuuji was in a dream world? I understand it was a way of introducing the new villain's powers, but still... D:

At least it looks like things will pick up really quickly this time~ From what the preview shows, the next episode is going to be really good. :D

I feel bad for Shana, though, that Yuuji didn't hear what she said at the end of the last season... I'm not surprised, though, since Yuuji didn't say anything in reply at that time -- a smile is a pretty good way to avoid saying, "I didn't catch that, could you repeat that?" right before you're supposedly going to die, after all. XD'''
Dec 21, 2010 4:21 PM
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i thought it was an interesting episode indeed (crap, wilhemina's rubbing off on me), the main thing that bugged me was shana's voice actress. i watched the english dubbed of the first season, because i don't really like the voice actress. i've seen her in other anime, and she does good, but i think shana's voice should be more like the one in the english dub.

anyway, aside from that, i enjoyed the episode, but it seems we're somewhat back to the beginning. of course i'm not expecting this to be as good as the prequel, but i do hope it'll end up good. ;)
Aug 15, 2011 10:21 PM

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This episode made absolutely no sense. And why the hell did they change the dub actors? The old ones were fine.
Sep 15, 2011 7:04 PM

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greg50100 said:
This episode made absolutely no sense. And why the hell did they change the dub actors? The old ones were fine.


Friends don't let friends do dubs......

Just listen to Rie Kugimaya in all her glory and read the subtitles. You'll be better for it.

I thought this was actually a pretty creative way to provide a flashback episode and still move things forward a bit. Looking forward to marathoning this before season 3 starts.
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Sep 30, 2011 8:09 AM
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This was awful...I've seen plenty of shows where they wimp out and kind of change things, but full on pretending like Yuji didn't hear her is the biggest puss-out I have ever seen. If he couldn't hear her, we shouldn't have either. So ridiculous.

On top of that nobody likes Yoshida..what is the point of a love triangle if everyone watching the show just wants her to be gone? She has no redeeming qualities to her AND another character in the show likes her so who in the world is going to root for her to disrupt the main focus of the show and screw over another character?

what?
Dec 9, 2011 5:04 AM

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Now I understand why Yuuji didn't say anything to Shana before she summoned Alastor. It's too bad Shana seems to only want to admit such things to Yuuji while in situations where she doesn't have to fully deal with the outcome.
Dec 20, 2011 12:03 AM

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That green haired tomogara girl is interesting.
Dec 21, 2011 7:25 PM

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I thought this would like by Haruhi all over again P:
Thank goodness it wasn't
Pretty good epiosde though!~
Aug 7, 2012 10:55 AM

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I was so happy at the end of S1 when Shana said she loved him. I'll be so annoyed if I need to sit through another whole series of Yoshida and Shana being too scared to say anything to Yuji and we're back to square one!
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Oct 31, 2012 6:22 PM

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In my fanboying of JC Staff, I'm trying to pinpoint when the studio started to rule, and it's obvious between the first and the second of Shana that some serious kicking bottom had engaged. So now I have to check 2006's production...

But anyway, weird and mysterious ep -- a time looping Tomogara, always nice -- but I think it's a great way to start: it's compelling to watch more. Plus a slow start could mean they'll go over the budget later, eh eh...
Jan 14, 2013 9:24 PM

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Well, that's one way to go about recapping the previous season.

The episode itself was okay. I mean, beyond the recap portions, it was just a reintroduction of the characters and the setting - so nothing special beyond them giving us a dose of Shana's "Urusai! Urusai! Urusai!" to start things off.

Anyway, I wasn't really a fan of the first season (I thought it was a pretty average anime) but there were enough things that I liked about it to give this second season a shot. Hopefully it will be an improvement on the formula from the first season.
Feb 7, 2013 9:55 AM

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Stupid way to do a recap, nice OP though.
Apr 18, 2013 9:51 PM
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Great opening
Jun 29, 2013 2:15 AM

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its already season II and i still hate yoshida
Jun 29, 2013 2:16 AM

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its already season II and i still hate yoshida
Jul 8, 2013 10:11 AM

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why is the English cast so different?
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Sep 27, 2013 4:20 PM

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Recap sucked. Anyone else disappointed that Yuji doesn't have the Blutsauger? I thought he was going to keep it and use it as a weapon.
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Dec 4, 2013 3:29 AM

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Marifrit said:
why is the English cast so different?


Apparently FUNi decided to not use Ocean Group (the ones who did season 1) and did it themselves :/ I personally hate it... the voices dont match the characters and its the same for season 3...

sorce: http://www.toonzone.net/2013/04/review-shakugan-shana-season-2-oav-more-moody-melancholia/
Jan 23, 2014 5:03 PM
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I died a little. Yuuji completely blew off the idea of Shana liking him.
Mar 30, 2014 4:45 PM

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Damn, that was so confusing, I thought I was watching the wrong episode :/
Still, it was great.

Glad to see that our little tsundere is still the same :P

I'm sure we'll hear again about this strange power. They killed it too easily and that power was weirdly too weak. But if applicated a lot of time, it could turn someone crazy.

Kadouzeki said:
I died a little. Yuuji completely blew off the idea of Shana liking him.


Yeah, but at the same time, even without knowing what will happen next, it seem obvious to me that they'll end up together :P
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Apr 17, 2014 2:46 PM

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Why do they already lifted the mystery in the episode. I thought this would be the main priorety
Jun 13, 2014 8:05 AM

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They just did a COMPLETE recap of the first season. ._________________.
I don't think that's a good way to start the show, but lets see where this will go.

And I can't believe Yuji forgot what Shana said before they were about to disappear. >.>
And Yoshida is probably still the most hated character.

On the brighter side, Shana is still the best tsundere girl ever. (~*^*)~
Aug 24, 2014 1:15 AM

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Airveen said:
Why do they already lifted the mystery in the episode. I thought this would be the main priorety

Yeah I thought so too. Anyway, the opening theme song is awesome! I saw this opening a long time ago and it's pretty much the reason I'm watching this show. Looks like there is alot of drama to come.
Jan 1, 2015 2:54 PM

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Dejavú moments.
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Jun 6, 2017 12:30 PM

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The first minutes into I was like

"What? Did I start season one by mistake ?"

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Aug 19, 2018 2:41 PM

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I get we got one recap then. Not really I guess and it was worth it as I had forgotten much from the season one but still. Anyway, I really wonder how this repetition goes on, that guze girl seems hardly defeated.
Oct 3, 2020 12:13 PM

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Very interesting start. Sakai is stuck in some kind of repeating dream like illusion. Reminds me of "rejecting classroom" from Hakomari light novel. The tomogara clearly achieved what she wanted to do. The new op and ed are great as always.
It doesn't feel like a recap because of Sakai's monologues. He actively tries to change things but to no avail. So I don't agree with the comments saying that this was a recap.
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Feb 9, 2022 9:04 AM

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Damn, Yuuji didn't fully hear what Shana said during that time? Now I understand why there was no kissing scene at the end of S1.

Shana doesn't want to lose to Kazumi, but at the same time she's still so vague with her feelings towards Yuuji. It's no wonder he's always gonna be dense towards her. At the same time, Yuuji can't return Kazumi's feelings, because he's a torch/mystes, and they can't have a normal relationship.

These kinds of situation always frustrates me, but in a good way. It means I'm immersed in the show.
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Art style is of course of poor quality but the animation is a bit fluid.
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