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To put it simply: MT season 2 is a HUGE drop from its first season. It took all of the controversial things from season 1 that were certainly not handled in the best of ways (pedophilia, cheating/polyamory, misogyny, a self-centered prick reliving his life but still ending up mostly a self-centered prick but being two-faced about it/hiding it, and therefore being praised for it, etc) and made these themes the center of the second season by trying to wrap it up pretty with a bow, like it's actually supposed to be a romance. Meanwhile, it dropped the plot line that was actually entertaining: Rudy traveling ... the world and finding/bringing his original family home.

The artwork and the music remains good; that can't be denied. But that is the only thing good with MT this time around. Instead of bringing us more traveling/trying to develop the POS main character into a respectable guy, season two brought us:
-- Tying up and locking teenage girls in a room so that they can pee all over themselves and then telling them that they deserve it, and instead of being pissed/finding someone to help them afterwards/reporting this, the girls start calling Rudy "boss" and being part of his brown-nosing crew.
-- Adopting a little slave girl for the sole purpose of serving Rudy's #1 fanboy, so that the slave girl can make anime figures for him, complete with removable clothes (see season 1 for fact check on this).
-- Centering a full 12 episodes on erectile dysfunction, like it's the end of the world and the worse thing that could happen to a guy. Oh, no! My dick won't rise when I want it to, so I should cry about it and spend an entire arc in a boarding school, where everyone is metaphorically sucking my dick anyway, and just wait for the "right girl" to volunteer herself/make me feel good about myself and magically I'm fixed with *gasp* - who would have guessed it?! - an aphrodisiaaaac. ((Some ground breaking storytelling by the author there, I gotta say.))
-- Literally worshiping and praying to a pair of used panties from your childhood crush inside a miniature shrine, even though you're engaged to another girl. ((This joke was funny at the very beginning of season 1, but now that this guy is in his teens (for a SECOND TIME) it is just straight up creep-tastic.))
-- And MYGAWD, all the terrible, terrible, TERRIBLE cringe-worthy sex talk in episodes 11/12. It could have given ME erectile dysfunction, it was so cringe. My metaphorical cock shrunk up in my body and died at least 4 times, while the phantom family jewels simultaneously came into existence and then disintegrated into ash before my family eyes. Over and over and over. Sylphy was the cringe queen of this season. She was not cute. She was WEIRD and DUMB. And all this nonsensical obsession came out of left field, for someone who hasn't seen Rudy since she was like 6/7 years old and supposedly had a life of her own for almost 10 years.

This show has turned into a wet dream for teenage boys and middle aged men, living in their mother's basement. ((AKA: All the real life Rudys out there, who can't reincarnate, so they're living their sick fantasies through this nonsense.)) It essentially teaches you that you can treat women however you want to, and then be praised for it. You can also have extremely terrible morals, and then be praised for it. And no matter who you are - if it's "in your family's blood" - you can cheat/act like an animal around ALL women and there's no repercussions for this, because your girlfriend/wife should just be cool with it/turned on by the fact that you're a disgusting horn dog anyway.

To be honest with you, Redo of a Healer is less controversial than this show. YES, I said it. At least with THAT fan-service riddled and visceral nonsense, you aren't stuck with someone trying to sell you questionable morals in pretty packaging. You KNOW what you're getting into if you still decide to watch it. Meanwhile, MT wants to pass off all these themes like nothing is wrong. If it wasn't for the animation/music, I'm pretty certain that this show would be seen for what it actually is.

Even though I hated this second season, and I have a feeling that I'll despise the 3rd season as well, I'm still going to watch it, because I try not to drop shows, even when it turns to dog crap. First episode of season 3 actually came out today and it was just a loooooot more brown-nosing and metaphorical dick sucking. Hurraaaaay

I can't put into words just how bad this show is. Normally, I would try NOT to parody everything that someone else has already listed in a review, but I just have to say: this show changed so dreadfully fast and it most certainly was not for the better. By the end of it, I was feeling sick and feeling like I had wasted my time. Typically, even if an anime is terrible, I like to stick around and finish it until the end, so that I'm at least in the know and I have the ability to back up my opinions of said bad ... anime. This is how I ended up here. Because after finishing it, not only was it so bad I will never watch it again, I had to do a small rant.

I don't even want to waste my time writing a full review for this, because I don't even want to spend that much time on something this pathetic. So, instead, I'm going to make a list of the reasons why I can't stand this anime:

- OP main character, who never actually tries at anything, but is always praised/feared/loved for no reason whatsoever, except for the fact that he's OP. And he gives people names.

- OP main character literally got like 10 god like powers at the beginning of the first episode, because he ASKED FOR THEM. And then dragon gives him even more. And now he's just the ultimate being, ready to take on everything.

- Terrible, TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE writing. No trying for anything. Everything handed to you. Nothing makes sense. And this isn't just "enjoy yourself/feel good" reasoning for a show where you're just not supposed to think about it. It's just bad writing.

- The evolution of monsters in this series doesn't make sense at all. They all turn more "adorable" and "human" when they receive names. This is just pandering to the bad isekai fanboys. I mean, seriously... A lizard girl gets a name and she basically shifts species to pretty much be human/looks exactly like a human with wings, and you're going to tell me this isn't just for poor fan service?

- The scenes that are supposed to make me feel something, actually do the exact opposite. They make me feel nothing. I feel nothing for these characters. There is no build up. There is no character growth. People are like flat boards. (Which is the opposite of the boobs in this show, and if we're being honest, the only reason half of the audience watched until the end.)

- The music is not memorable at all. Usually, music is one my favorite things about anime, but this one flops with music, too.

And I won't bother naming off anything else, because it would take too dang long and it's not worth it. But I do have a question: How the heck does a terrible show like this get such a high review on this website? Is it rigged? Are people just falling into bad taste as the years go by? Will men rate up EVERYTHING because the tits are flying? Did most of these votes get submitted by little boys/girls under the age of 10?

Please, Isekai. Please, go back to the good days.

Kiznaiver is a pleasant story, centered around a group of teenagers who have nothing in common aside from the fact that all of them are part of a staged dilemma that is forced upon them by a group of individuals pursuing a sort of extremist social experiment. It is a story writhe with a wide array of emotions, from joy to anger, as well as a great deal worth of unspoken romantic tension, pointing towards the fact that the main characters are all quite young and still learning to communicate their feelings effectively. By connecting with one another through the experiment, the teenagers participating in ... the experiment—Kiznaivers—grow tremendously and eventually are able to collectively overcome many of their internal struggles which have held them back in life and later form a bond that does not solely revolve around the Kizna project.

Overall, Kiznaiver's story is a very unique journey about the intriguing concept of how human pain—through both emotional and physical wounds—can be interpreted in many different ways and affect both the one who receives the wounds and the loved ones that surround them. This is shown in many different ways throughout the story, both in current and past struggles, and can leave the viewer feeling torn towards which characters they sympathize with most. While watching the series, I oddly found myself sympathizing the most with the characters that I had liked least at the beginning of the anime, which is a product of great character development. However, there were many characters within the story that were neglected in terms of background information or character exploration. Creating connections between each of these characters while overcoming their individual pasts, with an increasing cast as the story continues, was a concept too broad to be communicated effectively in just twelve episodes. There were also many theories that surrounded the Kizna system and its participants that were too vague or sketchy at the end of the anime, which could have been given better reason with more show time.

In terms of art, Kiznaiver's designs are very flashy for some characters while more simplistic for others, which effectively matches each character's personality, pointing towards the fact that people of many different backgrounds can come together to share a bond. The visuals for the background and setting of the anime were also done quite well but seemed to fade from one's mind to focus more on the characters instead, unless highlighting on a particularly emotional moment, like the last climatic scene of the series on Yugomori City's bridge. Perhaps the most unique thing about Kiznaiver's art style is the visual portrayal of pain that passes between the characters during their Kizna bond, shown as a brightly colored transition that quickly shoots across the screen and then disappears. Overall, the animation and art are both done well, but there is nothing extremely notable about the visuals, paling in comparison to the art of other works made by Studio Trigger.

With that said, Kiznaiver is definitely a series one could enjoy quite easily as a means of passing some spare time, though it might not impress more critical viewers. However, it is also something that could potentially influence people emotionally and encourage viewers to pursue positive relationships with others, despite past or current troubles. Though it is a unique story with a touching concept, Kiznaiver is a series that is much too rushed and half-baked in theory to deserve a higher score.