FUMETSU NO ANATA E SEASON 2

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  Mcsuper

  48/100
  It Loses Its Initial Slow-Paced Emotional Charm From The Previous Season

  To Your Eternity is known to many for its methodical, slow-paced story of Fushi’s growth and the despair he faced throughout his life. Unfortunately, Season 1 sputtered to a conclusion following an underwhelming final arc around the events of Jananda, which was more action oriented, and less gripping overall. Season 2 of To Your Eternity literally follows in the footsteps of that arc, as it continued to sputter through quite an underwhelming story, that has lost most of its original charm of slow paced storytelling. The new characters introduced are okay at best, with some being decent, and some being downright awful. The pacing is fast, like an action story, which in my opinion, is not what To Your Eternity’s charm ever was. It felt like a bunch of ideas mashed together, and it felt like the author ran out of ideas now that Fushi is basically just a normal human being now, albeit with world-changing powers.

  The plot this season was quite a mess, to put it lightly. Season 1 was an emotional roller coaster, this season lacked most of those charms, and left me baffled at some of the writing decisions that potentially even took away from the emotional moments that we witnessed from Season 1. The timeskips are jarring, the pacing is zooming, and with that, I wasn’t nearly as invested. Fushi learning how to speak was interesting, but him getting every single overpowered skill known to mankind, enough to become an isekai protagonist, now that’s pushing it. With this type of shift, it’s only fitting that the entire season felt way more action oriented, and was less focused on what made Season 1 great, which was the emotional buildup and world building.

  Perhaps a reason why the world building felt markedly weaker this season was also a product of the animation this season, headed by Studio Drive, a lesser known studio compared to the likes of Brain’s Base. The backgrounds felt very “static”, if you catch my drift. Very watered down compared to some of the shots that Season 1 provided.

  Music wise, nothing to write home about either, and as much as I like “Pink Blood”, the OP, the fact that they reused it is so uninspiring. I’d much rather have heard an inferior OP to it than seeing it reused. The soundtrack was also quite forgettable.

  Another huge drop off was the quality of the characters, none of which elicited any emotion out of me. Fushi, being all grown up now, just does not have any meaningful qualities anymore, besides containing the numerous vessels of presumedly dead characters from Season 1. He gets all these powers, he’s like God, but this isn’t the Bible we’re reading here, so being overpowered doesn’t mean a thing to me. A new addition to the cast is Bonchien Nikolai La Tastypeach Uralys (nice name, I know), and I will admit, I liked him, and his mannerisms, but as the series went along, his energy virtually disappeared, and so did my interest in his character, who felt so useless to the story.

  A character that frustrated me a lot was Kahaku, a descendant of Hayase, who inherited every single creepy gene, who felt like a manipulative weirdo, trying to form Fushi’s vision of things into a way that benefits his obsession with him. The difference between Kahaku and Hayase seems to be only at a biological level, their gender. The relationships overall in this show befuddle me, because I don’t see how the sexual orientation of Kahaku matters, why let heteronormativity reign? Have some gall and just jump down the same path as Hayase did, regardless of what “gender” Fushi is assuming.

  Simply put, To Your Eternity has gone in a completely different direction, and it hasn’t worked out, in virtually every aspect. It feels like an anime that has lost its identity, and is trying so hard to find one, but it’s constantly stuck in a limbo of deciding whether it wants to be slow paced, fast paced, emotional, or epic. There were definitely a few enjoyable episodes here and there, and the effort was there at times, but overall, it just wasn’t all that great, inheriting all the problems that the second half of Season 1 had, and then some.

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  TubbyDelice

  63/100
  Less impactful compared to its predecessor but still has some enjoyable moments. 63/100

  Spoiler-free review:
  To Your Eternity Season 2 shifts away from the strong storytelling and character development of the first season, focusing instead on politics, religion and large-scale battles. It is less about personal growth and more about rushed introductions to a bigger cast of characters with minimal development. And the impact the story had in the final arc were minimal when compared to its scale. While this season wasn’t bad, it falls short to the previous one. 63/100

  Spoiler warning:
  This show made me laugh and cry last season and I was more invested into its story. This is mostly because it was focused on smaller moments and character building. The pacing of each previous arc contributed to the overall impact of the story. While the pacing was not flawless, it was certainly more coherent than season 2. My first issue with this season is related to the opening. I like Pink Blood, but after 20 episodes, I was hoping for a change. It felt repetitive and it had too many spoilers in my opinion. Also, most of the next episode previews contains major spoilers that ruins any mystery. However, before addressing other flaws, I would first like to write some of the strengths this season had.

  Our protagonist, Fushi, improved quite a lot over last season. Although it remained susceptible to external influences, it was capable of establishing clear priorities and gave its perspectives multiple times. I also appreciated some of the new characters even if most of them didn’t get the time to shine. I did get frustrated over some of their writing, but I still think the author did a great job with Eko and Messar. The OST was as strong as last season, though opinions may differ. I personally didn’t have an issue with the visuals, but it is a downgrade over last season. My preferred episodes from the season were Episodes 5, 18, and 20. Two of these episodes highlighted significant character development for Bonchien, which I enjoy a lot. Episode 20 was obviously the most emotionally impactful episode of the season and, in my opinion, can stand its own against several key moments from last season.

  

  But I did find the season's conclusion for 2 particular character unsatisfactory. Cyrilla and Kahaku. I think Cyrilla was one of the worst antagonists this show had. In Episode 6, he is introduced as the representative of the Church of Bennett. This character holds significant power, and I would expect him to maintain a positive public image as the supreme pontiff. However, throughout the episodes, Cyrilla frequently laughs loudly or do evil smiles in front of crowds and other upper-class characters. Additionally, the decision to dig out the stone where Fushi was sealed and place it in the centre of town wasn’t smart. Moving it posed several risks, and strategically, relocating it to an unsupervised area seemed unwise. And finally, why Cyrilla decided to trust Kahaku when it is clear as day that the Guardians are his mortal enemies. I could write more and more about all of those smaller things, but I’ll leave it at that.

  Now Kahaku. He appears to be one of the most hated characters this season but personally, I like him. Even if his actions are quite weird at times I saw potentiel. But my main critique is his tendency to be passive and compliant rather than assertive or decisive. Given his power and the influence of the guardians, who have protected people from the Nokkers for two centuries by the way, he could have taken a more active role against the Bennett Church and maybe even clear their entire religion right at the start. But no, he chose to trust people that he didn't know and became the housewife that keep Eko safe. I was just really sad that his character was put to the side for so many episodes until the very end.

  

  There's another issue I would like to address. Not related to character development, but rather the logic behind how Fushi acquires new forms and how the dream world / wandering ghosts works. As established previously, Fushi can assume multiple forms, but this ability relies on dead characters choosing to remain in the living world as wandering spirits. From my understanding, the Nokkers may also have the ability to prevent a spirit from either departing to the dream world or lingering as a ghost. This could potentially explain why Fushi is unable to transform into certain characters or revive those recently killed by the Nokkers.

  Though, I do have an issue understanding Kahaku's ancestors. The Hayase lineage is presented with the option to reincarnate instead of entering the dream world or persisting as ghosts. My interpretation is that the spirits of these individuals might have been consumed by the Nokker possessing their bodies, suggesting that true reincarnation does not occur, and that the children are merely influenced by the teachings of the Guardians and the Nokker within them. This would make sense and, if I’m correct, could lead to something interesting in the future since this Nokker died at the end. But the Beholder clearly state in Ep.1 of season 2 that the spirit can do as it wishes when the host die.

  

  This is implying that the mother would need to die prior to childbirth if reincarnation is the goal, which seems problematic when giving birth. Still, it raises a point, if Hayase's spirit wasn’t consumed by the Nokker inside her body, she theoretically could have continued to follow Fushi as a ghost at any time, rather than choosing reincarnation. I doubt next season will clarify her choice or that the author will make sense of this.

  I did enjoy how the Nokker inside Kahaku’s arm evolved during this season. It was smart and it knew when and how to capitalize at key moments. But I’m unable to understand why it didn’t simply kill Kahaku while controlling Eko. Why couldn’t it had used Kahaku’s form just like other Nokkers does when they steal forms from Fushi. It just decided to go back with Kahaku and leave him do as he wished until they both died in the lava. This was in my opinion dumb and out of character. And while on the subject of the Nokkers, I was overall disappointed in their total failure at making a real impact in the final battle. Yes, many died but this tragedy felt irrelevant when you have a character like Fushi that has the ability to bring people back to life and rebuild a city in days.

  

  On a positive note, I really did enjoy episode 20. Aside from the segment involving Kahaku, the details regarding how each characters spent the remainder of their lives made me happy, and I was satisfied with the response Fushi gave to his companions about his dream / goal. Even though this season wasn’t as great as the previous, I once again felt hooked by the last episode, and I am going to be watching season 3.

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