In terms of story, the general feel of the overall plot is sort-off different from the previous season, I won’t spoil so I’ll just say that the sequence of the plot is very polished and smooth. The world building is still strong this season, a lot of factions would be introduced along with small hints on motives and drivers of these factions. What’s really impressive with slime however is how it goes back to previously introduced characters, factions or concepts, there is very little wasted characters in this series even though the amount of characters here is so vast you’ll still find every character memorable. My previously disliked characters has managed to grow on me, another one of those slime magic (this series really likes making friends of previous enemies for some reason, but not all). On the Finale, I’ll give a guarantee to everyone who has immersed themselves in the anime would have a very satisfying experience in terms of plot (also you guys should pay attention to any foreshadowing hehehe).
In terms of Art, it is very stunning but not really the strong point of this anime. I usually watch stuff in 1440p (a limitation of this one is that you can only watch it a 1080 max…) where the bigger screen and more intense colors makes you notice some poorly drawn details. My standard of a good art is where I can pause at any frames and screenshot that frame into a decent wallpaper, this is not true for this anime sadly. But on the good side, the balance of CGI and drawings is excellent, I’ve also noticed that there are some variations in the art style especially during the action scenes. It is kinda hard to rate art alone since the sound and art for me works in hand in hand but overall, I think the animators just have to revisit some frames and maybe release a UHD version of this series (I can dream right?).
Similar point in Art, I wished the audio design is more complex to utilize surround systems, the sound is limited to stereo which might be due to the format I watched it in, hopefully the studio can re-visit (this is just me nitpicking). On the good side, the sound effects really good, I really enjoyed the sounds produced in this series since it has a lot bass in it but there’s really little improvements from season 1 (it’s top notched on its own). In term’s of voice acting, I can’t hear any repeat VAs, either the VAs for this anime is so diverse or they are just top-notch (from what I hear they are since I can just feel the emotions thru their voice, as expected of Japanese VAs). For Music, it is quite well-composed and there are pieces that are very memorable, I am so glad that the studio invested in a song for the *certain amazing bad ass event*, it made the emotions very real.
For Enjoyment, this anime is very addicting. It is like playing a bioware game really, the anime is explorable and there are so many things that you can experience when watching this, there are always new things the you’ll find and enjoy. plus this anime is so interactive that it is almost like you are playing an RPG game where the main point is to explore the world. This anime is built for enjoyment, I don’t think you can see this as some kind of snobbish work of art really where they force you on some concept, the formula here is really just a matter of taking things already existing in the anime pool and just putting it together in one amazing piece (well done Fuze and Prod team!).
Overall, this season just made me have really high expectations of the next season. I hope the studio or production team would not disappoint. 10/10
