Also, seeing how the supposed 'winner' of every fight walks away without confirming the other parties death is a lazy way to add shock factor (especially when it occurs all the time) e.g Episode 11-12, Keiji Onizuka fights the evolved Terraformar which reveals information to other Terraformars that infiltrated Annex I's Space Craft. He had the opportunity to kill the immobilized enemy but chooses to leave it which led to the failure of his team capturing and sending information from the communication room...
Story: 3/10
The main hook for Terra Formars Revenge was essentially a betrayal among the divisions which was an attractive hook at the end of the controversial 2014 adapted prequel. However, the execution of it was a different story, although I did enjoy the story hook it became inferior when the entire 13 episodes was each division playing cat and mouse to obtain XO and Akari and not much emphasis on the indecisive battles between Terra Formars and Humans. I would have have suggested to use the next arc at Episode 6/7 instead of Episode 13 because there were a lot of wasted opportunity to provoke a controversial event/decision by the communication broadcast from Mars. Overall, excited to see whether the next arc will carry the series...
Art & Sound: 5/10
For the most part, the art was great but the consistency lagged behind quite a bit; Most likely a compromise to maintain the high quality and proportion. Most of the episodes were still frames with zoom/pan movement which was very disappointing since the action scenes had the highest priority. I did notice CGI but it was well blended with the 2D elements which were surprising. VA were good and SFX~
Character: 2/10
Flashbacks are a great way to provoke a character in driving out their rage with adrenaline, However it becomes obsolete when every character has the chance to do it several times. Character development in this sequel is plentiful but innovative and structured - that is development that flows with the story line - is scarce in Terra Formars Revenge. With a smaller character palette, killing off characters isn't a passable way to develop characters anymore and thus flashbacks were intensified to allow the viewer to grasp the background of our characters with no effort to the producer. It may look like I am bashing the story and characters but I was genuinely enjoying the flow of the series and the climax of Season 1 set a high standard that wasn't met . Therefore, it has been reflected in the rating~
Enjoyment: 5/10
I will admit that the series was enjoyable personally despite all the flaws but the character talk a lot which spoiled the viewing experience.
