Freezing Vibrations, simply put, was very bad. More so, Freezing Vibrations was even worse compared to it's first season which was quite a good show. My main focus in this review will mostly be directed to anyone who has watched the first season.(which I don't know why you wouldn't watch that before watching this...) Let's begin.
Story: 4
The story never really was this shows strong spot. That said, the first season at least did a fair job at keeping it from being weak. This season,... they really dropped the ball. While the exact idea of the plot wasn't bad, it's execution was something of a nightmare. While I would like to go through each episode and beat them down like the wild animals they are, it is taboo to do so in a basic review. I will, however, address the **** storm that was the final episode and warn you about the 6th.
(Possible spoilers) Firstly, the 6th episode led to a moment that could be misinterpreted ENTIRELY. They did a GREAT job at completely misguiding you on a very important event that almost had me quit the show right then and there. When you get there, you will see, and will hopefully remember little ole me warning you now. To add to this episode, it resolved itself in the most insane way. Just everybody acting like nothing really happened. I just couldn't believe it!
Now for the final episode. So, while the build up to this point was already pretty bad, the phrase, "They dropped the ball" simply no longer does it justice. Vaguely put, the last episode could be described as: A character, who was never really hinted to being important, turns out to be pretty damn important and basically becomes Iron Giant Jesus, everything goes black and white, and then a picture of a nebula gets flashed at you. Yeah,.. you'll see... To top it off, they try to leave you with a cliff hanger by introducing yet another character who looks like three other people in the show. I just couldn't care enough at this point and just wanted it to end.
Art & Sound: 8
If you saw the first season, the Art was the same. For me, there is nothing to complain about and nothing really special about it either. So, all in all, no worries there. The sound on the other hand was quite swell. I spent most of the last episode listening to it with my face in my hands trying to cope with the pain. It might have actually been the only thing keeping me sane at the time...
Character: 2
Despite of all the stories flaws, the characters might have actually been the most disappointing part of this. While I thought that the first season spent a lot of time making Kazuya the "main" character, the second season spends most of its time making sure you don't think that. In terms of character development, he has ZERO. I warn you all now, if you wanted him to have any significant part of this story where he did ANYTHING useful, walk away. Now that I think about it, he gets less screen time than most characters in the show. Completely disappointing.
While the show does it's best to make him NOT the main character, it can't, FOR THE LIFE OF IT, decide who is. Call me old fashioned, but I like a focused story from a mostly singular perspective and strong development from a MAIN character. The story can't decide who the hell is important and just kills anybody it decides isn't. On top of that, EVERYBODY is crying ALL the time and nobody acts realistically. NOBODY. The weak characters strongly effected the stories progression and ultimately killed entire experience for me.
Enjoyment: 3
Do I really have to say it? It sucked. Every corner of every episode was just one disappointment after the other. I powered through in hopes that something would get good but to no avail. While this rating is strongly influenced off the success of its progenitor, which means it is probably receiving a heavier bashing than it deserves, the show was just bad. And I very rarely give below a seven.
The action scenes were pretty decent at times. I guess I got some enjoyment out of that maybe.
Overall: 4
I don't think I need to go any further. If you liked the first, I can't imagine you will like this one more. Though, you may not hate it like I did...
