This is basically a 10 episode season because 1 episode is a summary (because the season moves at light speed you require a summary episode to make sure you've gotten all of the exposition dumps).
STORY: Did you know that the working title for this season of The Promised Neverland was "Dumpster Fire?" True facts! When I finished season 1 and heard there was another season coming out, I just had to read the manga. So I requested all of the manga from the library but by the time they came in, season 2 had started. I watched immediately, and was thrown off by the time the kids got to the shelter. Something felt off about that scene with the cookies. And then the wall, and how quickly things happened. Who were those other humans? How were they found? Just wtf in general? So I binged the manga. Without getting into the manga plot, all I can say is they dumped a LOT out of the anime and the anime moves at light speed to the point that it doesn't make sense, even to those who haven't read the manga. To those of us who have... the ending is not just insulting but it physically painful to watch.
CHARACTER: Despite the plot train heading straight to crap town, the main characters are utterly lovable. I just wish the LITERALLY 70 characters they removed between the manga to anime conversion were there. They dropped some really great ones. Still, Emma, Ray, and Norman remain as lovable as ever. I wish they had taken more time on Mujika and Sonju, though. I mean the pair got their own scene in the ED, leading us to believe they'd matter more.
ART: Beautiful, of course. Which makes it all the more insulting.
MUSIC/SOUND: Sorry, was too busy being angry to notice whether or not it mattered. I guess it was all right? They even put in, for instance, owls hooting. If you read the manga, you know what that means. So what was the point here?? I don't get it.
ENJOYMENT: I couldn't sleep when I was done. Literally angry and insulted. I didn't think an anime could ever make me feel so furious.
