Ratings:
Story: Fair 6.
Art: Good 7.
Sound: Fair 6.
Character: Very Good 8.
Enjoyment: Fair 6.
Overall: Good 7.
Now that this sequel is over, why can I say about it? Well:
Story (up)
I gave it a fair, because it was still connected with the 1st season in an apocalyptic wasteland ( I just exaggerated it) where vampires wanna rule and humans have to survive, but in its general context, the story simply rely on the "Betrayal" theme , where one would think knows who bad and the good were, but as it turns out it wasn't that black and white. In this sequel, it wasn't surprising that in any show with an apocalyptic theme, it would always have an open ending.
Art (up)
Well what can I say, it's the usual quintessential for any anime or manga to overdress the characters, it's like making them go to a formal gathering in a bikini, then again, this anime didn't rely on the fanservice to sell, that would prompt them preves to play with their joystick.
Sound (up)
I don't have any comment as to the seiyus who did the character's voices, and I don't have any liking for both the opening and closing themes. I think that's "Fair" enough.
Character (up)
I've said before, in this anime the distinction between black and white isn't that obvious, in fact this anime has kept us audience guessing as to how them characters would turn up, thought the main protagonist Yuuichirou Hyakuya is the quintessential character who should be the most powerful one the anime wasn't solely focus on him, rather it was equally divided amogst the characters, but the most profound where Guren, Mika, Ferid, Cowley and Kureto, they basically defined treachery in their own order and Shinoa, Kimizuki, Mitsuba, Yoichi and Mikoto defines survival in their own way as soon as they themselves got caught in a situation where they can no longer trust even their own side, which provides for a "Very Good" climax and ending for this anime.
Overall (up)
I suppose, I could have given this anime's overall an 8, but since it ended with an open ending with no assurance of a season 3 (or will it), I just ranked it a 7, which IMAO would be "Good" enough............
PEACE and Happy New Year
