Story: 7 | Art: 9.5 | Sound: 7.5 | Character: 7 | Enjoyment: 7 | Overall: 7.5
I was looking forward to Part 2 since I enjoyed the first season, but this one just didn't.. feel quite the same I think?
This season just felt a bit too slow with unanswered & kind-of sudden things happening. There's not as much fighting scenes as there were in Part 1, and when there is it can be a bit hard to keep up with everything. That doesn't mean the visuals weren't amazing, because they definitely were. And the CGI doesn't feel out of place either, they did a great job with that.
I was hoping to see more of the Major (Vladilena Milizé), but we just don't get much of her side until the end, leaving more unanswered events when we see her go back to her old room. I think if they had included more scenes with the Major then I would have liked Part 2 more better. You can barely tell that she's a main character here.
The wait does pay off during the last couple episodes though, it was so great to see them meet in-person for the very first time. I'd say the best moments were in the last 2-4 episodes, I just wish the whole season could have had the same emotional level as those did.
86 is still a great series, Part 2 does not in any way ruin it for me, but Part 1 will be my preference out of these two - I loved how they introduce us to their world and each of the characters, the interaction between them and the Major. Part 2 just didn't have as much impact as it did the first.
-29/03/2022
