Reviews

Ok..what the heck happened? Between season 1 and 2 there seemed to be a major overhaul in storytelling quality. I'm not going to be a total American weeb and say, "i DoN'T GeT IT, i DOn'T unDerSTanD!" I know that these stories are based off of Japanese folklore and urban legends so there are going to be lot of things that a Western audience just wouldn't understand. It seemed like this season was rooted even deeper into the lore and the "horror" aspect just didn't resonate with an American audience.
What bothered me, personally, with this season is the ongoing theme of "Wrong place, wrong time" that is prevalent in Japanese horror. The saddest episode I have to say was "Taro-chan". At the end when he kept lamenting, "It hurts, it hurts" really hurt my feelings. I wasn't creeped out by it, I was saddened that this little boy's soul is still here on the Earth plane reliving that horrible moment.
Now the WORST episode was "Wall Woman". This one really takes the cake and, in a way, does provide a feeling of not so much 'horror", but "terror." It got me upset because this woman is just minding her own business at what, 10:30 in the MORNING and is attacked by some cat demon while doing her laundry! As a woman who lives alone this struck me on a personal level, but I was pissed because she didn't warrant anything for that to happen to her! Plus it was broad daylight! I'll be damned if some demon kills me before 6:00 pm!
I just hope that season 3 can redeem the series...