Throughout this whole seaosn i was missing The Camp from the first season, so many likable characters and interesting people there. Most of the people in this season are sending our Characters to their deaths. Its so depressing that The Republic of San magnolia sent so many innocent great people to their deaths with no thank you or anything. Racism sucks. At least the 86 have something at Giad (country they escaped too) like a bedroom, The Family Figure with Frederica and The Boss, and a functioning society, but I missed Milize so much
The Republic of San Magnolia. I really liked how they were portrayed. They were either scared or frightened enough that they closed their borders and ignored every other country and non white coloured haired people. They isolated everything and were just hoping for the war to end. They didnt wanna fight or involve themselves anymore then they were forced too, so in a somewhat relieving way they hid the truth from the public and pretended everything was fine; therefore when shit hits the fan and they're attacked you think. What if they worked with the other countrys still alive. What if they revealed the truth tot heir citizens. Things would be so different. I keep looking back at the conversation between Annette and Milize where Annete tells Milize that the war will be over in 6 years and that for her future she shouldnt work in the Military... Annette was so wrong, but thats depressing. Everything everyone worked for, what the Government did for the better of their people. The Military heads must've known the Fight was unwinnable so they decided to leave everyone in the dark. Ignorance is bliss. I'm so glad we started the story in this country because it opens our eyes so much. It's so depressing thinking about characters like Hantu, Kaie, Kujo and so many others that didnt know the truth, but deserved too. Literal AOT vibes
CHARACTERS. This season had some meh characters but the good ones had a lot of screentime. Like Frederica. She was so good at comparing Shin to his older brother. Plus her ability to see his past was awesome so she was able to make these great speeches and arguments with him.
A lot of the characters from Last season didnt have that much personal screentime but they're great. Honestly felt like they were all going through the motion except Shin.
Shin couldnt move past the burden of being the Reaper and feeling guilty and regret. His power as usual is very useful but def takes a toll on him. Honestly I was expecting for him to hear Milize's voice during a battle bc her whole country was destroyed. (kinda wish that happened; however for Shin to change for the better Milize being dead wont help) The pressure of the country's opinions on the 86 def hurt. Especially when being given so much pity.
Honestly it felt really different going form Milize who's a lot more emotional and readable to Shin who's almost the exact opposite, but its great to show the missing hole Milize gave everyone. From the daily calls to how she checked up on everyone. It really felt like something was missing and thats so depressing. No more love story for this season except survivors guilt and being unable to move on.
The battlefield is hard on people especially if you were fighting since you were a kid and had your family destroyed. No more holidays, birthdays, school trips, etc. Everything just gone because of the war and Magnolias racism. Everything that happened with Shins brother blaming him to similar aged people dying everyday and him "dying" and hearing the Legion at all times took its toll on Shin. This season he was so fucked up. He had to replace his goal from killing his Brothers AI to stopping Fredericas knight (who was a great Knight. Even saving Frederica by faking her death) and finishing every fight recklessly so he dosent have to be left behind anymore. Thats why its great that Frederica has her power bc she did a great job showing Shin what he's doing and how this is affecting others. Sadly this was a world threatening manner with the motor missile and Shin couldnt leave this up to others. Overall I like Shin and Fredericas dynamic.
There are some other interesting characters but they dont have much screen time. The white haired dude from the beginning was cool and it was sad knowing Frederica took their picture. That was depressing af (bc he died in case you didnt know.) The Blonde haired girl and the black haired widow killer or whatever his nickname was called were cool badass characters. If theres a season 3 then I hope they're featured more.
Raiden and everyone else appear to being doing alright. To be fair this season was mostly focused on the countrys and the Trauma Shin and everyone else faced that affect them. In the first season Theo had this great flashback with his PIG commander and showed how some PIGS can be good people. Same with Anju but thats a different story but yk yk. Not much background like that is given for these characaters apart from Frederica's Knight, Blonde girl hinting that her family was rekt and yeaah. The first season had so many great characters and moments. Like the guy who worked on their mechs. Its so sad that he's likely dead now
ENDING. Honestly the ending was goated. Didnt expect the Frederica and Raiden clutch against sir Knight The Goneth. The feeling of everyone being dead was great. Especially when Milize showed up and Shin sees the picture she shows him while hes in the mech. Seeing the whole Spearhead Squadron and believing Shin was the last alive FROM everyone there was fucked. Thankfully everyone was alive and EVEN Milize. She somehow survived which is awesome and its great to see her again after 8ish eps. Oh I loved how in the last episode before Milize saved Shin he was freaked out from the robot trying to kill him. Shin was defenseless with his Mecha fucked. I honestly though Frederica was gonna save him or Shin would die. Seeing his face then was so sad. We didnt know yet that Shin was passed out for A HOT MINUTE. I thought Frederica was watching this happen lmao. Milize thankfully saves Shin and Shin didnt know what she looked like and neither did she; however that didnt mattter bc Shin was stuck in his Mecha. They converse and then I realized... Oh my god..
They have LANGUAGE BARRIERS?? Does that mean in Episode 1 of this season they had to learn a whole new language? I dont think so honestly I dont know what the language barrier. Dosent matter though bc they finally met. Then we learn what happened in Magnolia. They managed to defend the place enough and went looking for people and Milize saves Shin. Personally I kinda wish we got to hear Milize's voice from Shins perspective. That wouldve been so fucked. She's a great person and being reminded that great honest people die everyday wouldve fucked with me more then it does now. The ending was great. A lot happier and Shin can finally breath again compared to the rest of this season. Fido coming back was great and having a family again is wholesome. Its just so sad knowing so many great people died ONE EPISODE before the Final trip in Season 1. Its great seeing Milize go to Giad and meet everyone in person. I loved the long distance relationship from the first season and its great to see it concluded here. I hope we get a season 2 or 3 (idk if this counts as part 2 or season 2. dosent matter) I hope we get some more loveable characters like Season 1 had. It's gonna be a lot more shitty having people die now because we spent so much time with them. See you in Season 2! 86
