Reviews

This was most certainly a difficult and frustrating season to get through, with many disappointments not by the story, but by your own standards of what you expect and want to happen. It never fully answers your questions, and all in all I believe this season didn't quite live up to its predecessor. It answered only enough to keep you interested, but still left you frustrated with a feeling of confusion and emptiness, much unlike the first season, which, although it left questions unanswered, gave a sort of satisfaction that this one did not provide. Character-wise, I'd say it was sub-par at best. Unlike the first season, which provided adequate development of every one of its characters, this season really only focused on a select few while the rest had to watch from the sidelines. Even the characters it did develop were not done very well. Akane Tsunemori and Kirito Kamui were the only two that really developed at all. The other two (Tougane and Shimotsuki) were really only sloppily thrown together last second. Now obviously this is not the kind of show that was meant to leave you happy and smiling, but overall I feel the story is what really pulled it together. It really kept you guessing as to what would happen next, and never giving you the satisfaction of being correct. The only thing that dragged it down is the ending, which left you feeling unresolved with no way to fix it. All in all I'd say this was a good show that did very well considering its episode count was half that of the first season, but it didn't quite make it to the same level.