I thought the previous two seasons were pretty good. I was happy with the way that the characters were developing and the action scenes were quite satisfying. And if it ain't broke- never mind, that's not even close to what happened. This season would have been fine if it had progressed like the other seasons. Unfortunately that is not what happened.
In one phrase: WTF just happened?
Story*2: 4
The story was quite poor because of the fact that Yuuji flipped sides. Why? And since the whole season revolved around that, the story turned out with a lot of why? The story did have some plot holes, but not gaping ones. No GOOD plot twists, but the story was still decent. The battle scenes were somewhat fun, and because of that, I give it a 4 instead of a 2. But if you liked the whole "half heart betrayal" thing, this category could be a 9 for you. But the majority did not, and a 5 it is.
Art and Sound*.5: 8.5 Not too concerned about this stuff, nothing out of the0+ ordinary. Fairly good art and better than average sound.
Characters*1.5: 6.5
Everyone acted accordingly-that is, except Yujii. I would have accepted his flip had there been some foresight or some sign he did not support what Shana did. But Yujii wanted to protect Shana so he could fight with her, not against her. The other characters were amazing and managed to bring this grade up a significant amount.
Staying True to Genre/Show*1.5: 6.5
Fairly important with this kind of genre, although not critical. Action was definitely there and it was pretty good. The romance, however, I did not find very good(at least for first part of season) and it lacked the true romance scenes.
Pazazz!*.5: 3
Not a critical part of this show, thank God, because there is not much of it. Or rather, there is attempt at it, but it fell flat in absolute. They managed to go lower than neutral by having plot twists that were less then enjoyable.
Enjoyment*1: 3
I could not even laugh about how much I didn't understand it, or how bad the plot twists were. There were some cool moments,(couldn't really enjoy them because I didn't understand what was going on) however, and that raises the score a bit; but the bad still far outweighs the good.
Overall: 5.17
I don't recommend this season. Just pretend at the end of the second season
everyone lived happily ever after.
