Goddammit.
As an admitted fanboy of the first Aldnoah.Zero season, I was greatly looking forward to this, the second season.
But, I'm left with simply a feeling of disappointment.
Warning- There may be spoilers.
Story- 3
Disappointing. That's really all I can say. Even as a fanboy of S1, I'll admit that the story was at most, poor. From the cliffhanger of the first season, I'm not sure what I was expecting, exsctly. Inaho might be missing a few brain cells, or there may be a new main character introduced instead. Even that I would've been fine with.
Instead, Inaho is given a new, shiny, Deus ex Machina eye that can pull off spatial calculations in seconds.
Ok, I can work with that.
Oh, the eye apparently has a will of its own.
...
I f*cking hate you.
The main focus of this season, to me, was mostly slaine. But, I'll get into that in the character sections.
Art- 8
The art follows the style of the last season.
Explosive action scenes with close to flawless use of CG (In my opinion),
And all around pretty good art.
Sound- 9
It's Hiroyuki Sawano.
From the seeping vocals to the flawless OST arrangements, the sound is amazing.
And that's all I'll say.
Characters- 2
This is where I really, really wanted to see some improvement.
The characters weren't that great (understatement) from S1, so I was hoping that Inaho ' s presumed death might force them to mature in some ways (and we all know how well that went) in addition, the one non-onedimensional character also fell flat.
Slaine kidnapped Seylum, and what happens?
He puts her in a healing tank of some sort and looks at her.
Besides a few moments, he really doesn't have as much development as he did.
Enjoyment- 5
I'll admit, I enjoyed it for the numbing action scenes, but.. that's about it.
Overall- 4
Meh.
So much potential gone to waste from the first season.
It really saddens me.