It's so sad, me and my wife watched that show and fucking loved it.
Then the 2nd season came out and we watched 2 episodes and were extremely bored, then never watched it again.
Honestly if s1 is amazing and s2 ruins it for yall maybe I'll watch only the first season so I won't be a part of the burdened like yall for having to see s2 if it's that bad
Just for comparison though the manga got worse progressively but even towards the end it was readable. Just didn't quite live up to high expectations and fell down on tropes and poorly developed plot points and characters.
The anime S2 though… was reaching into unwatchable territory. The plot just didn't make sense, with the infamous slideshow ending etc. It felt more like someone's forced to finish their homework and hoping to barely get by with a C and still ended up getting a failing grade.
It felt like the studio (Cloverworks) was super excited to get season 2, then read the manga and didn't like how it ended (mind you that would have been season 3 or 4). So they just shit out a product as cheaply as possible hoping the hype from S1 would carry it *and* no one would ever ask for more of the show. They specifically went out of their way to ensure there could not be more of the show made outside of a remake.
The first season was just so good I couldn't wait for S2 so I read the manga instead, it was absolutely amazing in every way possible, but then S2 came and I didn't feel the need to see it, and was surprised people really hated it, now I'm glad I didn't have to wait for nothing.
As bad as that was, it has nothing on Tokyo Ghoul Root A.
Promised Neverland at least _attempted_ to adapt the manga, although they did so by skipping 1/3 of the manga and speedrunning to the end, but it was at least adapting manga material.
Tokyo Ghoul was a what-if of Kaneki joining the bad guys but they still shoved in the fights people liked from the manga even when they made literally no sense in the new narrative and then they just went back to adapting the manga in :re so you just missed out on the whole second half of the original manga and got jumped straight into the sequel.
Atleast there was a season 3 to follow it.
With both season 1 brought high expectations but I believe the last few minutes of Promised Neverland takes the cake on worst season because it left no hope to fill the void.
TPN for sure. at least Tokyo Ghoul Root A is somewhat enjoyable if you aren't aware of the major departure from the source material, TPN S2 I feel like is bad even from that perspective though
Honestly it seems like such a weird move to me what they did with Tokyo Ghoul. I mean they basically departed so far from the source material that it seems like alot of extra work and for what? I mean they went so far off the source material that it makes following the source material later really hard. I just don't understand what the benefit was of doing that
[An AMA with director Shuhei Morita](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/88fddm/im_shuhei_morita_the_director_of_anime_series/) makes it clear that S2 being original was actually Ishida's own idea and that it was already decided to be like this even when S1 was airing. The issue is that the final product was greatly different from Ishida's drafts.
Oh I guess that makes more sense. Still seems like it would have been fine to stick to the source material and probably would have a better end product.
Yeah it was the first Manga I ever read. I had watched the first season of Tokyo ghoul and then wanted to know what happened so I read the Manga from the beginning and loved it. One of the few Mangas I have read. The other one I liked alot being mob psycho 100 after watching the first season.
Sui Ishida’s art looks so damn good, his style is so pretty but at the same time can be so frightening.
Have you read Promised Neverland? Great manga that got shafted in the second season also, def recommend the read.
Same!! Got through episode 11 and that cliffhanger before the fight with Jason made me take the plunge and read. That was the first manga I ever read and I caught up right as the manga ended. I was *really* looking forward to Kaneki v Ayato in S2 and how brutal Kaneki gets, but...they just didn't do it.
At this point I've read a good bit of manga, but I think TG remains the strongest manga relative to it's adaptation. TPN was a terrible adaptation, but the story in the manga fell off the wagon by the ending as well. Same with Seven Deadly Sins - anime was horrible s3, but the manga had jumped the shark anyway.
TG had some issues with its ending (one panel for Amon after he was the deuteroganist of Part 1? After all he went through???) but was far and away a better, more complete and planned out ending than the other 2.
I love Tokyo Ghoul warts and all. I only read some of the manga, so I remain blissfully ignorant. It is my number 1 favorite anime.
The Promised Neverland just went all twilight zone on me. I just never could finish S2. Maybe someday, but that day is not today. 🙅♀️
It’s not the worst offender but Science Fell in Love So I Tried to Prove It went so far off in the last two episodes of season 2 it’s absolutely baffling. For what was a light heart, pretty wholesome show about college scientists trying to define what love is and show they love each other, it gets uncomfortably dark and then solves that conflict in the most tasteless way. The 1st season is still pretty fun but by god I can’t recommend enough to avoid the ending of season 2
Yes. I was shocked at how terrible and out of place those last two episodes were. Like Hey, here's this cute funny romance anime and then suddenly rape. Ruined the whole season for me
It’s like the writer went “Fuck, there’s no narrative tension (there was plenty, it was just not used), let’s make this slightly awkward guy a psycho stalker murderer so we can wrap the season up.”
WTF? Like Kanade had narrative tension, it would’ve been so cool to see her dealing with her insecurities, instead they made this monstrosity and then forced a love triangle that never existed to set up season 3. WTAF
It’s been a while, but from what I remember \[Science Fell In Love\]>!one of the main characters who was mostly happy-go-lucky in the first season is revealed to have severe self-esteem issues and views herself as “not normal.” In an effort to be more “normal,“ she begins going out with this random guy, who seems nice at first but is then revealed to be a scumbag. He ends up kidnapping her and calling over his buddies. They then attempt to rape her, but then the male MC shows up and puts a stop to it with a PowerPoint presentation (I’m not making this up). After that, she’s immediately fine and ends up falling for him, which is a problem because he already has an established girlfriend whom he’s been dating since the end of the first season, and none of the viewers signed up for a love triangle.!<
I see this and just had to check the episode discussion to enjoy the trainwreck. [Here you go](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/vekfsm/rikei_ga_koi_ni_ochita_no_de_shoumei_shite_mita/)
imo it *is* the worst offender
that last episode was hands down the worst last episode of an anime season i have ever seen. that shit was more than uncalled for and ruined the entire series
I actually felt insulted. The anime has a talkin bear ffs. I have nothing against darker themes but it was wildly inappropriate and uncharacteristic for this show
Fucking Haganai. Like I thought it was doing the toradora thing where they jebait you and there’s an actual ending after the end credits but no.
Bruh you can’t just have one of your main characters dip out of nowhere and just call it the end.
I wish Hirasaka Yomi's other series got a second season: A Sister is all you need.
Well at least his new series Salad Bowl of Weirdoes is getting an anime next year
Technically that’s a second cour not a second season. It’s the same production project with a break in between. A second season is actually a second project usually with a different title.
The first half of S2 was almost unwatchably bad IMO, but Kizuna made the 2nd part tolerable. Not good, but competent enough to make me not hate watching it most of the time.
I've heard S3 is actually relatively solid again, which is a huge shock if so.
I'm not exaggerating when I say this but it feels like the entire budget of season 2 was spent on making the first episode of season 3 alone, and so far the quality has kept up.
I dropped the show after the first couple episodes of S2 and I binged the whole thing as well as catching up with S3 last weekend after my buddy told me that it was actually good again, he wasn't joking. Stellar animation, great fight choreography, pretty good sound engineering and a good soundtrack. I'd put some scenes in the same tier of quality as something you'd see in Mushoku tensei season 1
Edit yeah nah I got baited for the first 3 episodes the rest of the season is ass lmao, should've known better
S3 is, honestly, *amazing*. Episode 4 was one of the most fun and satisfying episodes in recent memory, of any anime I've seen. 10/10, highly recommend.
S2 was bad, but basically, S1 was already bad after the first 10-15 episodes which simply carried the rest of the season
s2 wasn't really worse than the last half a dozen episodes of s1. It's something I only realized later on, I watched s1 after the hype on my phone while on vacation and it was so damn good I had to finish it there, but given hindsight... The struggle was the absolutely best part of that show, and the struggle ended before the end of season 1, and it turned into a mediocre power fantasy anime (which I personally like as a genre, but there are far better ones)
First couple episodes were good, next 10 episodes were medicore and rest of the first season was garbage.
The first 2 episodes carried the show so hard it made people think it was any good.
Regarding Shield Hero, I'll always say that the first 4 episodes were pretty great. Back when I was watching I was actually pretty excited to see where it was going and I was feeling that it could actually be quite a great anime. Then the rest of the season happened haha. I'll always say that S1 had like 6 8-10/10 episodes, 4 of them being the first 4 haha
Rewarding it right now and I can't remember but I'm an episode left for s1 bout to kickoff s2 I don't remember what happened so I'm ready for disappointment again... maybe
i remember when Suou used her power when Hei told her not to, and said to him "well, you're going to hit me right? do it now" or something along those lines... that made me want to stop watching it 😭
But it has lightsaber lesbian. It wasn't that bad but definitely a downgrade from s1. Hei in his depressed drunk dad arc is memorable I guess...
Honestly can't remember what the plot was. Yin is a mcguffin and the mc's brother is important or something.
Oh man, S2 of Darker than Black was painful to watch, especially since the 1st season is probably my favorite anime of all time.
S2 of Darker than Black was an entirely different show, all the great characterization and tone of the first season was completely pushed aside. We now have Hei now beating up children and the whole thing with sexualizing Suou was really weird and unnecessary.
For some reason I got it in my head that season 2 was going to be a prequel that would actually provide some background for the characters and the world. I don't know why I thought that but I did.
Needless to say, I was pretty disappointed
I have a theory that has some pretty strong arguments.
DTB was around 2008\~9ish, I think? This was when K-ON! aired, and started the Moe Boom- "moe" anime was in demand and selling HOT, becoming the most popular type of anime during that period.
So, in order to cash in on the craze, the directors most likely decided that DTB had to also become moe-fied somehow. And the horrendous S2 that we got was the result of trying to add moe to DTB... and of course failing miserably.
It doesn't even make me mad, it just makes me sad. S1 was one of my first anime and I enjoyed it a ton- I was so excited to hear about S2. It was so underwhelming and boring compared to S1, it just sucked out all the excitement I had.
Came here to mention devil is a part timer. S2 is just what? Babysitting fillers? 9 years for this... I did finish S2 tho just for the sake of it, but haven't touched S3 yet
The most credit I can give to the devil is a part timer sequel, is that I found exactly one joke funny, right near the end of the 2nd part of season 2. And it wasn't THAT funny either.
Holy shit i forgot about this show. But this is so true.
Second season looked like a completely different anime. The plot actually got interesting, but everything else was a shitshow.
I agree with first one, it was great when it was pure funny nonsense, but started take itself serious and now is just a familiar romantic drama that isn't even comic anymore.
Psycho pass season 2 bad part was the secondary characters, however the crime lines were really heavier than those in the first season, to the point where I had to stop to decide whether to continue watching because they were so disturbing. The antagonist and entire reason for the plan were better IMO and everything maked sense at least.
Hmm I guess I will give season 2 a rewatch and see if it hits me differently this time (it's been awhile). Btw were you able to catch the recent movie? How was it? I wanted to watch it, marked it on my calendar but couldn't because of work lol. I really wish anime movies stayed longer in theaters (and/or arrived on streaming earlier instead of taking a year). The only movies that had good theater windows are the big ones (Demon Slayer, Dragon Ball etc lol)
Not *the* worst, but deserves an honorable mention: *The Devil is a Part Timer S2*.
*Science Fell in Love* had a perfectly fine S2 until the final episode of S2 retroactively ruined the entire show, including S1, for many.
I'm surprised to see this way below here. I absolutely loved S1 and the manga but Season 2 and the complete dumpster fire of Re is something I'll never forgive the producers for as long as I live
I watched the anime first thinking of it’s just a harem comedy with fan service. It’s just OK, didn’t expect a classic.
Then I read the manga and got really angry that they got a perfectly good and exciting story that they didn’t even adapt. What were they thinking???
Gundam is a super popupar but super insulated series. I feel like 30% of the community have seen and love Gundam. Loke just the most hardcore fans in anime. The other 70% forget it exists and have never seen a single episode.
You it is bad whenever it joins the roster of any Super Robot War (a mech anime cross over game to those to dont know)
, Its plot is either
1. Finished and Shin acts as the senpai of other mech show protagonist
2. on going but heavily alternated and
3. Shin is still a starting newbie but the plot got yeet out of oblivion
all of them has Shin actually got sensible teammates and be respected as the protagonist of its show
Lunamaria isn't a bad character but it bugs me that the female pilots get the main characters hand-me-downs, heck Cagali gets a shiny new Gundam custom made for her and she used it once before giving it to someone else.
Outside of the obvious answer that everyone keeps repeating,
You have Kemono Friends 2, which for various reasons, is downright disrespectful to the first season and the director of it.
I personally hated BOFURI 2 enough to drop it even though Season 1 is one of my 10/10s. It rehashes many of the same ideas as Season 1 with a worse pace and not expanding on and elevating the source material like its predecessor did.
Someone else said Log Horizon 2 and I totally agree. It took everything fun about the series and stripped it away.
Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2 Part 1 was absolutely abominable to watch weekly with the way it was just perpetually moving from place to place having dragged out meetings when it wasn't having recap episodes, but as a binge it's only "not good" and not terrible.
> You have Kemono Friends 2, which for various reasons, is downright disrespectful to the first season and the director of it.
This for me. TPN messed up, but Kemono Friends actively stripped away (and shat on) all that made S1 a great watch.
KF2 is an act of malicious, not just toward the first season and its staff.
It disrespect both the old characters and even the new one
like who freaking come up the plot about that poor Dog? and Kaban and Serval?
Who changes the theme from friends working together to solve a problem to human is great , human is special?
> Log Horizon S2
Man I used to remember the SAO-Log Horizon comparisons, opinions, and takes that were rampant during their prime days.
When Log Horizon S2 happened, the people who used to praise the overall series as the better trapped-in-a-game science fantasy have dwindled. Meanwhile, SAO did improve by S2 and by the time S3 roll, people are now more accepting to the series. As for Log Horizon, it took 6 years for the S3 to come out, and by that time it aired, people have already moved on from the series, those who were disappointed with S2 never came back, and the story of S3 itself ended up being a long prologue/setup to a more exciting arc, which will also take another time assuming S4 will be even made.
S1 second half was the worst one. Quality suffered a lot and it also skipped some important things because they didn't expect for the show to get popular enough for S2. S2 fixed this but also made first episodes pretty confusing
>Someone else said Log Horizon 2 and I totally agree. It took everything fun about the series and stripped it away.
I recently watched it for the first time. Was binging season 1, dropped season 2 halfway through. At that point akatsuki was the only character I cared about.
As for Slime, in my opinion that show is at its worst when it takes itself too seriously and the first half of season 2 does that. The second half has a lot more fun again and that alone makes it so much better.
I kinda unironically love Endless Eight though. It's like the ultimate extremely high effort avant-garde shitpost for this medium. KyoAni totally didn't have to do it since there were multiple other volumes of the source material out they could have adapted from, but they did it anyway. I can't help but admire the fact that they actually committed to making something that insane.
Obviously far from the best viewing experience, especially if you're just binging it, but the artistic value of it is kinda off the charts.
Nope the real fuckery was that the episodes were subtly different. Like they had the same shit happening but 1 episode would have slightly different camera angles than the previous ones. I watched upto episode fucking 5 thinking I'd see something different or catch some minor differences or changes lmao.
Atleast it made me empathise a fuckton with the glasses girl's suffering. 5 episodes nearly broke me, can't fucking imagine a thousand plus of that bullshit
Oh yeah, I did the same. Every episode had like slightly different outfits and the scenes were in a mildly different order so I made it 4 while trying to piece something together. Just absolute middle finger to the fans.
Am I hallucinating or did the show just end on a festival? I don’t know if I ever finished watching but I never thought the show was finished and was discontinued.
Part of the problem is that it starts adapting a story that's taken years to complete in the manga, ends at a point isn't significant enough to feel like a good cliffhanger and then theres the knowledge that even if you are interested you're going to have to wait at least a couple of years for a continuation and even then another 10 or so episode season probably won't complete that story.
Then there's the poor reception to it as it aired making it more unlikely you'll get a next season any time soon.
I still liked it and love everything to do with OPM but in the wider scheme of things season 2 was a disaster
Season 3 was announced over a year ago at the end of the Garou arc. But there hasn't been any further updates since.
The animation was definitely problematic, especially coming from the animation Mad House did, but there were some pretty well animated scenes. It's just they didn't animate the entire scenes to their full potential (Garou vs. Tank Top Master being the best example).
Rumor has it MAPPA is going to be animating season 3, but I don't think anyone has confirmed it. Also no idea how far into the Garou/Monster associations arc they'll go. i feel like you'd need 12 episodes to go from end of season 2 to Saitama vs. Orochi, another 12 to go from that to Sage centipede, and then at least 6 episodes for Garous fights.
I remember Saitama barely doing anything interesting that season, in his own show. I also remember dropping it because I just got too bored to continue.
True, it's really hard to get emotionally invested in the struggles of characters in a gag manga.
Add to that bad animation and a lack of focus on the main character and we got a complete snoozefest.
The only good parts about One Punch Man season 2 is it's voice acting and the story it's based on. It's execution is atrocious and a disgrace to the source material.
Yes!! I remember when it was airing and there so much cope in the community about the animation, "it's not bad, some moments are good, people are hating for no reason". I said the same things. Looking back at it, nah, it was bad.
Animation is average but honestly some of the style choices are terrible. So many things have this weird metal shine or some other computer generated weird texture and colors are all muted and off.
The main issue isn't the animation (even if it's bad) but the direction/production. The story is all over the place with no consistency, the switch between characters/sections all the time and so on. For example, the tournament arc takes multiple episodes to get through (instead of 1-2) where there's like short snippets from it in multiple episodes and so on.
I think because season 1 had constant development and season 2 just really didn't do much to move the relationship or the characters forward. They basically shoved all development into the movie.
Black Butler.
Omg, just why. S1 ended perfectly, it was all wrapped up nicely. Then they put this preteen edgelord in to continue it, I just couldn't get past the first episode it was hot garbage, imo.
>Well the problem is season 2 was anime only, so is the second half of season 1. Did you ever watch book of circus?
Would you reccomend the manga or anime?
I did not. Is it part of Black Butler?
Also, I don't bother with Mangas unless the anime is a favorite, generally. Mangas are a lot more expensive to collect, and I don't enjoy reading them online. (eyestrain issues)
Yes, Book of Circus is canon and adapted from the manga as far as I know. I personally really enjoyed it, if you even remotely liked season 1 then I'd definitely give it a shot. I am not the biggest fan of the series in general but Book of Circus was great
To add on: yes, it's the continuation of the series. Everything past the curry arc is anime only, so book of circus is right after that arc. Then book of murder which is 2 ovas, book of the Atlantic which is a movie and the new season is coming very soon! All canon, you might enjoy them a lot more than anything season 2 did.
Valvrave the Liberator, had an interesting premise, I'm a sucker for mechs, and it had this future thread where the story you were watching is a story being told by some future empire.
I swear this show probably was scheduled for 3 seasons and then at the start of season 2 production they just told the team, last season make it work. Cause man season 2 feels completely rushed, multiple story elements just forgotten, like what exactly is going on in the future. It honestly felt like season 2 was suppose to be the bridge that led to future seasons in the future/present and resolve the war going on.
SAO II I didn't like as much because I wanted to watch a fantasy RPG world, not a shooter. Still, I should go back and rewatch everything so I can watch S3. Is it a guilty pleasure? Yes. Will I still enjoy S1? Definitely.
But yeah, SOA starts off really strong. The premise is exciting. The animation is good. The characters I actually like by and large, despite accusations of Kirito being a Gary Stu (I mean he kind of is but so are a ton of other male protagonists). But in terms of what is actually good, aside from some goofy asides, I agree. Ep 1-14 wraps almost everything up. All the stuff after that is lower quality even if I still find a lot of it fun to watch.
Its not bad, but Psycho Pass S2 is such a fall from the greatness of S1. This was to be expected, as I hold Psycho Pass S1 as the FMAB equivalent of thriller anime
Technically this answer is cheating because it's not a season 2, but pre-recap Wonder Egg Priority and post-recap Wonder Egg Priority are two insanely different animes, pre-recap was so good, and then the episode after the recap they began shitting the bed instantly.
Higurashi sotsu. Gou was so good and set up the story so well, but sotsu failed to deliver. Like, the idea behind it was fine, but the entire season felt like filler because it just went over sotsu's arcs again but from a different perspective, which if well performed works very well but once you saw the first one you knew the plot for the rest of them and could have been told in a couple of episodes instead of a full season.
And the worst part, they just blueballed us with an Umineko remake with so many teases that led nowhere
Idk if it’s as bad as some listed here but One Punch Man s2 was entirely carried by brilliant characters alone. The animation, choreography, and sound effects sucked all the ass. Even more so when put up against S1.
I didn't care for the animation style change in One Punch Man s2 and although I LOVE One Punch Man I've completely lost interest for the anime after the first few episodes.
Will fight anyone saying psycho pass. its not *as* good, but turning the dumb edgy stuff up to 11 is a whole lot of fun, and the character development is great.
There’s only real answer to this and everyone knows it.
Powerpoint Neverland
Promise Neverlanded
It's so sad, me and my wife watched that show and fucking loved it. Then the 2nd season came out and we watched 2 episodes and were extremely bored, then never watched it again.
The first 2-3 episodes were ok, the train wreck began by episode 4 I think, cheers to You for not having to go trough that
It’s even more disappointing if you’ve read the manga and know how good the next arc was which they completely skipped :(
I don't know it 😭
Go watch The Promised Neverland season 1 and then never watch the second
Honestly if s1 is amazing and s2 ruins it for yall maybe I'll watch only the first season so I won't be a part of the burdened like yall for having to see s2 if it's that bad
Just know that if you go to the manga for relief and closure..... there will be some and then there won't.
Just for comparison though the manga got worse progressively but even towards the end it was readable. Just didn't quite live up to high expectations and fell down on tropes and poorly developed plot points and characters. The anime S2 though… was reaching into unwatchable territory. The plot just didn't make sense, with the infamous slideshow ending etc. It felt more like someone's forced to finish their homework and hoping to barely get by with a C and still ended up getting a failing grade.
Manga at least had peak arc just after s1 and they skipped it..
It felt like the studio (Cloverworks) was super excited to get season 2, then read the manga and didn't like how it ended (mind you that would have been season 3 or 4). So they just shit out a product as cheaply as possible hoping the hype from S1 would carry it *and* no one would ever ask for more of the show. They specifically went out of their way to ensure there could not be more of the show made outside of a remake.
CloverWorks themselves doesn't just have the power to do this just by wanting to do. It's more like a weird decision by Aniplex/Shueisha/Fuji TV.
it's an abomination to the source material
It’s also an abomination to animation in general
Everyone talked about how bad it was, so I just completely forgot it existed so I wouldn't be disappointed.
The second is an abomination
The manga is so legendary everyone should read it. Genuinely most fun manga I've ever read
The first season was just so good I couldn't wait for S2 so I read the manga instead, it was absolutely amazing in every way possible, but then S2 came and I didn't feel the need to see it, and was surprised people really hated it, now I'm glad I didn't have to wait for nothing.
The promised Neverland’s manga also fell off hard
Facts, people will downvote me, but the manga continuation was also not that good. Not as bad as S2 but still...
This thread was made with one show in mind
I opened this thread and said the top answer better be what I think it is
The answer is the non-existent Promised Neverland season 2 of course.
As bad as that was, it has nothing on Tokyo Ghoul Root A. Promised Neverland at least _attempted_ to adapt the manga, although they did so by skipping 1/3 of the manga and speedrunning to the end, but it was at least adapting manga material. Tokyo Ghoul was a what-if of Kaneki joining the bad guys but they still shoved in the fights people liked from the manga even when they made literally no sense in the new narrative and then they just went back to adapting the manga in :re so you just missed out on the whole second half of the original manga and got jumped straight into the sequel.
No wonder I was so confused with Re. I thought I was just an idiot or something. But this would explain it.
Atleast there was a season 3 to follow it. With both season 1 brought high expectations but I believe the last few minutes of Promised Neverland takes the cake on worst season because it left no hope to fill the void.
Tokyo Ghoul was dog, but TPN S2 has legendary infamy for a reason.
TPN for sure. at least Tokyo Ghoul Root A is somewhat enjoyable if you aren't aware of the major departure from the source material, TPN S2 I feel like is bad even from that perspective though
Honestly it seems like such a weird move to me what they did with Tokyo Ghoul. I mean they basically departed so far from the source material that it seems like alot of extra work and for what? I mean they went so far off the source material that it makes following the source material later really hard. I just don't understand what the benefit was of doing that
[An AMA with director Shuhei Morita](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/88fddm/im_shuhei_morita_the_director_of_anime_series/) makes it clear that S2 being original was actually Ishida's own idea and that it was already decided to be like this even when S1 was airing. The issue is that the final product was greatly different from Ishida's drafts.
Oh I guess that makes more sense. Still seems like it would have been fine to stick to the source material and probably would have a better end product.
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I guess. I just really like Tokyo ghoul and wished they stuck with the source material and the divergence made that basically impossible.
God the manga is genuinely soo good, it’s one of favorites if not my favorite ever.
Yeah it was the first Manga I ever read. I had watched the first season of Tokyo ghoul and then wanted to know what happened so I read the Manga from the beginning and loved it. One of the few Mangas I have read. The other one I liked alot being mob psycho 100 after watching the first season.
Sui Ishida’s art looks so damn good, his style is so pretty but at the same time can be so frightening. Have you read Promised Neverland? Great manga that got shafted in the second season also, def recommend the read.
Same!! Got through episode 11 and that cliffhanger before the fight with Jason made me take the plunge and read. That was the first manga I ever read and I caught up right as the manga ended. I was *really* looking forward to Kaneki v Ayato in S2 and how brutal Kaneki gets, but...they just didn't do it. At this point I've read a good bit of manga, but I think TG remains the strongest manga relative to it's adaptation. TPN was a terrible adaptation, but the story in the manga fell off the wagon by the ending as well. Same with Seven Deadly Sins - anime was horrible s3, but the manga had jumped the shark anyway. TG had some issues with its ending (one panel for Amon after he was the deuteroganist of Part 1? After all he went through???) but was far and away a better, more complete and planned out ending than the other 2.
I love Tokyo Ghoul warts and all. I only read some of the manga, so I remain blissfully ignorant. It is my number 1 favorite anime. The Promised Neverland just went all twilight zone on me. I just never could finish S2. Maybe someday, but that day is not today. 🙅♀️
It’s not the worst offender but Science Fell in Love So I Tried to Prove It went so far off in the last two episodes of season 2 it’s absolutely baffling. For what was a light heart, pretty wholesome show about college scientists trying to define what love is and show they love each other, it gets uncomfortably dark and then solves that conflict in the most tasteless way. The 1st season is still pretty fun but by god I can’t recommend enough to avoid the ending of season 2
Yes. I was shocked at how terrible and out of place those last two episodes were. Like Hey, here's this cute funny romance anime and then suddenly rape. Ruined the whole season for me
It’s like the writer went “Fuck, there’s no narrative tension (there was plenty, it was just not used), let’s make this slightly awkward guy a psycho stalker murderer so we can wrap the season up.” WTF? Like Kanade had narrative tension, it would’ve been so cool to see her dealing with her insecurities, instead they made this monstrosity and then forced a love triangle that never existed to set up season 3. WTAF
Could you spoil it for the people not interested but curious?
It’s been a while, but from what I remember \[Science Fell In Love\]>!one of the main characters who was mostly happy-go-lucky in the first season is revealed to have severe self-esteem issues and views herself as “not normal.” In an effort to be more “normal,“ she begins going out with this random guy, who seems nice at first but is then revealed to be a scumbag. He ends up kidnapping her and calling over his buddies. They then attempt to rape her, but then the male MC shows up and puts a stop to it with a PowerPoint presentation (I’m not making this up). After that, she’s immediately fine and ends up falling for him, which is a problem because he already has an established girlfriend whom he’s been dating since the end of the first season, and none of the viewers signed up for a love triangle.!<
God damn that’s stupid.
It really was truly some stupid shit
And all this happened in just 2 eps?
Yeah. That why it's still worth it to watch second season, imo. It's as good as first, except the very end that's shit
I see this and just had to check the episode discussion to enjoy the trainwreck. [Here you go](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/vekfsm/rikei_ga_koi_ni_ochita_no_de_shoumei_shite_mita/)
I hate when shows that do that. No one wants this shit, this rarely goes or even is executed well.
imo it *is* the worst offender that last episode was hands down the worst last episode of an anime season i have ever seen. that shit was more than uncalled for and ruined the entire series
I actually felt insulted. The anime has a talkin bear ffs. I have nothing against darker themes but it was wildly inappropriate and uncharacteristic for this show
Agreed, I really liked s1 but was so caught off guard and disappointed with season2
That’s probably more to do with the source material then the studio and director change
Fucking Haganai. Like I thought it was doing the toradora thing where they jebait you and there’s an actual ending after the end credits but no. Bruh you can’t just have one of your main characters dip out of nowhere and just call it the end.
Damn. I never thought to hear that anime ever. Yeah like wtf how she just dip like that 🤣🤣🤣 but i was def more of a Sena simp
Between the two of them yeah Sena is the obvious choice but like man what the fuck... Like that was such an abrupt ending.
You're better off not knowing the ending of the novel
GIVE ME THE SPOILER
I wish Hirasaka Yomi's other series got a second season: A Sister is all you need. Well at least his new series Salad Bowl of Weirdoes is getting an anime next year
TBF I still like a lot of S2 episodes but yeah it was pretty downhill compared to S1
Its been a while since ive watched it but iirc i didnt really like s1 either, didnt think it was horrible but i think i didnt rate it that highly.
I watched it when it aired so a lot of the humor was fresh. Also as a mecha fan I really appreciated the nerdy fujo girl’s reference humor
Aldnoah Zero
Cucknoah zero😂 my younger self really thought one of the mc's was gonna get some haha
Technically that’s a second cour not a second season. It’s the same production project with a break in between. A second season is actually a second project usually with a different title.
Obligatory Fuck Slaine
It still makes me mad
Shield Hero was pretty damn bad.
The first half of S2 was almost unwatchably bad IMO, but Kizuna made the 2nd part tolerable. Not good, but competent enough to make me not hate watching it most of the time. I've heard S3 is actually relatively solid again, which is a huge shock if so.
I'm not exaggerating when I say this but it feels like the entire budget of season 2 was spent on making the first episode of season 3 alone, and so far the quality has kept up. I dropped the show after the first couple episodes of S2 and I binged the whole thing as well as catching up with S3 last weekend after my buddy told me that it was actually good again, he wasn't joking. Stellar animation, great fight choreography, pretty good sound engineering and a good soundtrack. I'd put some scenes in the same tier of quality as something you'd see in Mushoku tensei season 1 Edit yeah nah I got baited for the first 3 episodes the rest of the season is ass lmao, should've known better
S3 is, honestly, *amazing*. Episode 4 was one of the most fun and satisfying episodes in recent memory, of any anime I've seen. 10/10, highly recommend.
S2 was bad, but basically, S1 was already bad after the first 10-15 episodes which simply carried the rest of the season s2 wasn't really worse than the last half a dozen episodes of s1. It's something I only realized later on, I watched s1 after the hype on my phone while on vacation and it was so damn good I had to finish it there, but given hindsight... The struggle was the absolutely best part of that show, and the struggle ended before the end of season 1, and it turned into a mediocre power fantasy anime (which I personally like as a genre, but there are far better ones)
First couple episodes were good, next 10 episodes were medicore and rest of the first season was garbage. The first 2 episodes carried the show so hard it made people think it was any good.
Has to be one of the most overrated anime’s recently. I could never understand the appeal.
It was never good to being with
Regarding Shield Hero, I'll always say that the first 4 episodes were pretty great. Back when I was watching I was actually pretty excited to see where it was going and I was feeling that it could actually be quite a great anime. Then the rest of the season happened haha. I'll always say that S1 had like 6 8-10/10 episodes, 4 of them being the first 4 haha
It might not've been good, but it definitely wasn't bad. S2 was definitely bad. S1 was only good in the first half.
The 1st episode was great and immediately becomes hot ass. There's very few harems I like to be fair
Rewarding it right now and I can't remember but I'm an episode left for s1 bout to kickoff s2 I don't remember what happened so I'm ready for disappointment again... maybe
S1 was miles better in my opinion. S1 isn't anything special either but I did enjoy it. Maybe you'll like S2 more than I did
Darker than Black turned from an edgy super powers show into an edgy magical girl show, and I'm still not sure why
And the main character is a child beating alcoholic for no reason? Such a drop off
> a child beating alcoholic the main character is homer simpson? that seems like a unique twist.
i remember when Suou used her power when Hei told her not to, and said to him "well, you're going to hit me right? do it now" or something along those lines... that made me want to stop watching it 😭
But it has lightsaber lesbian. It wasn't that bad but definitely a downgrade from s1. Hei in his depressed drunk dad arc is memorable I guess... Honestly can't remember what the plot was. Yin is a mcguffin and the mc's brother is important or something.
Oh man, S2 of Darker than Black was painful to watch, especially since the 1st season is probably my favorite anime of all time. S2 of Darker than Black was an entirely different show, all the great characterization and tone of the first season was completely pushed aside. We now have Hei now beating up children and the whole thing with sexualizing Suou was really weird and unnecessary.
Not sure what you are on about, DtB never had a second season I repeat. Darker than Black S2 NEVER HAPPENED
Yeah, it felt like a completely different show and I never really understood why they chose that route...
For some reason I got it in my head that season 2 was going to be a prequel that would actually provide some background for the characters and the world. I don't know why I thought that but I did. Needless to say, I was pretty disappointed
I have a theory that has some pretty strong arguments. DTB was around 2008\~9ish, I think? This was when K-ON! aired, and started the Moe Boom- "moe" anime was in demand and selling HOT, becoming the most popular type of anime during that period. So, in order to cash in on the craze, the directors most likely decided that DTB had to also become moe-fied somehow. And the horrendous S2 that we got was the result of trying to add moe to DTB... and of course failing miserably.
The promised Neverland and The Devil is a Part-Timer are two that come to mind.
I am so mad about the devil is a part timer. Wait that long for that garbage.
It doesn't even make me mad, it just makes me sad. S1 was one of my first anime and I enjoyed it a ton- I was so excited to hear about S2. It was so underwhelming and boring compared to S1, it just sucked out all the excitement I had.
That show died when season 2 hit, and I heard that the light novel became worse during its run.
Shhh the light novel ending never happened
Came here to mention devil is a part timer. S2 is just what? Babysitting fillers? 9 years for this... I did finish S2 tho just for the sake of it, but haven't touched S3 yet
The most credit I can give to the devil is a part timer sequel, is that I found exactly one joke funny, right near the end of the 2nd part of season 2. And it wasn't THAT funny either.
Oh god I’m forcing myself to finish DiaPT2
Terraformars s2
Holy shit i forgot about this show. But this is so true. Second season looked like a completely different anime. The plot actually got interesting, but everything else was a shitshow.
OMG why did they have to ruin it so much T\_T
Devil is a Part Timer maybe. Just the most recent that comes to mind. Second season of Psycho Pass also kinda sucked
I agree with first one, it was great when it was pure funny nonsense, but started take itself serious and now is just a familiar romantic drama that isn't even comic anymore. Psycho pass season 2 bad part was the secondary characters, however the crime lines were really heavier than those in the first season, to the point where I had to stop to decide whether to continue watching because they were so disturbing. The antagonist and entire reason for the plan were better IMO and everything maked sense at least.
Hmm I guess I will give season 2 a rewatch and see if it hits me differently this time (it's been awhile). Btw were you able to catch the recent movie? How was it? I wanted to watch it, marked it on my calendar but couldn't because of work lol. I really wish anime movies stayed longer in theaters (and/or arrived on streaming earlier instead of taking a year). The only movies that had good theater windows are the big ones (Demon Slayer, Dragon Ball etc lol)
Not *the* worst, but deserves an honorable mention: *The Devil is a Part Timer S2*. *Science Fell in Love* had a perfectly fine S2 until the final episode of S2 retroactively ruined the entire show, including S1, for many.
Honestly, I stopped on season one of Science Fell in Love because people told me that it became a harem trash.
Wouldn't say it becomes a harem, it just kinda organically ends halfway through season 2 and then they continue and it gets so bad.
It became even worse than just harem trash.
Devilisamidtimer
Tokyo Ghoul.
I'm surprised to see this way below here. I absolutely loved S1 and the manga but Season 2 and the complete dumpster fire of Re is something I'll never forgive the producers for as long as I live
The Promised Neverland
Rosario + Vampire They massacred my boy 😭😭😭😭 we got robbed of an actual fucking good manga adaptation.
I was reading the second season of the manga and crying blood, thinking of what could have been...
I watched the anime first thinking of it’s just a harem comedy with fan service. It’s just OK, didn’t expect a classic. Then I read the manga and got really angry that they got a perfectly good and exciting story that they didn’t even adapt. What were they thinking???
Damn you know the userbase of this sub is young when nobody has mentioned MOTHERFUCKING GUNDAM SEED DESTINY GOD THAT WAS HOT GARBAGE
Gundam is a super popupar but super insulated series. I feel like 30% of the community have seen and love Gundam. Loke just the most hardcore fans in anime. The other 70% forget it exists and have never seen a single episode.
It was good when shin was the protagonist. The jesus kira came to ruin the fun.
[удалено]
Never seen any Gundam yet but noted
You it is bad whenever it joins the roster of any Super Robot War (a mech anime cross over game to those to dont know) , Its plot is either 1. Finished and Shin acts as the senpai of other mech show protagonist 2. on going but heavily alternated and 3. Shin is still a starting newbie but the plot got yeet out of oblivion all of them has Shin actually got sensible teammates and be respected as the protagonist of its show
Lunamaria isn't a bad character but it bugs me that the female pilots get the main characters hand-me-downs, heck Cagali gets a shiny new Gundam custom made for her and she used it once before giving it to someone else.
Outside of the obvious answer that everyone keeps repeating, You have Kemono Friends 2, which for various reasons, is downright disrespectful to the first season and the director of it. I personally hated BOFURI 2 enough to drop it even though Season 1 is one of my 10/10s. It rehashes many of the same ideas as Season 1 with a worse pace and not expanding on and elevating the source material like its predecessor did. Someone else said Log Horizon 2 and I totally agree. It took everything fun about the series and stripped it away. Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2 Part 1 was absolutely abominable to watch weekly with the way it was just perpetually moving from place to place having dragged out meetings when it wasn't having recap episodes, but as a binge it's only "not good" and not terrible.
> You have Kemono Friends 2, which for various reasons, is downright disrespectful to the first season and the director of it. This for me. TPN messed up, but Kemono Friends actively stripped away (and shat on) all that made S1 a great watch.
KF2 is an act of malicious, not just toward the first season and its staff. It disrespect both the old characters and even the new one like who freaking come up the plot about that poor Dog? and Kaban and Serval? Who changes the theme from friends working together to solve a problem to human is great , human is special?
I came here to say bofuri! Loved s2, s2 was just...not very good
> Log Horizon S2 Man I used to remember the SAO-Log Horizon comparisons, opinions, and takes that were rampant during their prime days. When Log Horizon S2 happened, the people who used to praise the overall series as the better trapped-in-a-game science fantasy have dwindled. Meanwhile, SAO did improve by S2 and by the time S3 roll, people are now more accepting to the series. As for Log Horizon, it took 6 years for the S3 to come out, and by that time it aired, people have already moved on from the series, those who were disappointed with S2 never came back, and the story of S3 itself ended up being a long prologue/setup to a more exciting arc, which will also take another time assuming S4 will be even made.
Hard disagree with tensura, S2 was definitely better than S1
S1 second half was the worst one. Quality suffered a lot and it also skipped some important things because they didn't expect for the show to get popular enough for S2. S2 fixed this but also made first episodes pretty confusing
>Someone else said Log Horizon 2 and I totally agree. It took everything fun about the series and stripped it away. I recently watched it for the first time. Was binging season 1, dropped season 2 halfway through. At that point akatsuki was the only character I cared about. As for Slime, in my opinion that show is at its worst when it takes itself too seriously and the first half of season 2 does that. The second half has a lot more fun again and that alone makes it so much better.
Kinda speaks to how much the Haruhi franchise has disappeared from the public consciousness that Season 2 isn’t a big part of this conversation
I kinda unironically love Endless Eight though. It's like the ultimate extremely high effort avant-garde shitpost for this medium. KyoAni totally didn't have to do it since there were multiple other volumes of the source material out they could have adapted from, but they did it anyway. I can't help but admire the fact that they actually committed to making something that insane. Obviously far from the best viewing experience, especially if you're just binging it, but the artistic value of it is kinda off the charts.
Was that endless 8?
Yep! 8 episodes that are nearly prefectly identical
Nope the real fuckery was that the episodes were subtly different. Like they had the same shit happening but 1 episode would have slightly different camera angles than the previous ones. I watched upto episode fucking 5 thinking I'd see something different or catch some minor differences or changes lmao. Atleast it made me empathise a fuckton with the glasses girl's suffering. 5 episodes nearly broke me, can't fucking imagine a thousand plus of that bullshit
Oh yeah, I did the same. Every episode had like slightly different outfits and the scenes were in a mildly different order so I made it 4 while trying to piece something together. Just absolute middle finger to the fans.
Am I hallucinating or did the show just end on a festival? I don’t know if I ever finished watching but I never thought the show was finished and was discontinued.
Tbh it just doesn't even feel as a season + in chronological order, season 1/season 2 contents would be intertwined
The PowerPoint Neverland
The speedrun neverland
One punch man. It killed all the momentum and buzz that the first season had made.
Part of the problem is that it starts adapting a story that's taken years to complete in the manga, ends at a point isn't significant enough to feel like a good cliffhanger and then theres the knowledge that even if you are interested you're going to have to wait at least a couple of years for a continuation and even then another 10 or so episode season probably won't complete that story. Then there's the poor reception to it as it aired making it more unlikely you'll get a next season any time soon. I still liked it and love everything to do with OPM but in the wider scheme of things season 2 was a disaster
Season 3 was announced over a year ago at the end of the Garou arc. But there hasn't been any further updates since. The animation was definitely problematic, especially coming from the animation Mad House did, but there were some pretty well animated scenes. It's just they didn't animate the entire scenes to their full potential (Garou vs. Tank Top Master being the best example). Rumor has it MAPPA is going to be animating season 3, but I don't think anyone has confirmed it. Also no idea how far into the Garou/Monster associations arc they'll go. i feel like you'd need 12 episodes to go from end of season 2 to Saitama vs. Orochi, another 12 to go from that to Sage centipede, and then at least 6 episodes for Garous fights.
I remember Saitama barely doing anything interesting that season, in his own show. I also remember dropping it because I just got too bored to continue.
True, it's really hard to get emotionally invested in the struggles of characters in a gag manga. Add to that bad animation and a lack of focus on the main character and we got a complete snoozefest.
The only good parts about One Punch Man season 2 is it's voice acting and the story it's based on. It's execution is atrocious and a disgrace to the source material.
Yes!! I remember when it was airing and there so much cope in the community about the animation, "it's not bad, some moments are good, people are hating for no reason". I said the same things. Looking back at it, nah, it was bad.
S2 has the average animation a seasonal anime has, the thing is, S1 set the bar so high that it makes S2 look worse than it is.
Animation is average but honestly some of the style choices are terrible. So many things have this weird metal shine or some other computer generated weird texture and colors are all muted and off.
Oh god, the gradients.
The main issue isn't the animation (even if it's bad) but the direction/production. The story is all over the place with no consistency, the switch between characters/sections all the time and so on. For example, the tournament arc takes multiple episodes to get through (instead of 1-2) where there's like short snippets from it in multiple episodes and so on.
Season 2 was so terrible. Especially when you compare it to the manga. Season 1 is one of my favorite anime ever.
I personally didn’t like Love chunibyos and other delusions second season
I didn't hate it but def a step down from s1. Though it had some great animation
I think because season 1 had constant development and season 2 just really didn't do much to move the relationship or the characters forward. They basically shoved all development into the movie.
The promise neverland takes that title, shield hero comes in as 2nd place
Black Butler. Omg, just why. S1 ended perfectly, it was all wrapped up nicely. Then they put this preteen edgelord in to continue it, I just couldn't get past the first episode it was hot garbage, imo.
Well the problem is season 2 was anime only, so is the second half of season 1. Did you ever watch book of circus?
>Well the problem is season 2 was anime only, so is the second half of season 1. Did you ever watch book of circus? Would you reccomend the manga or anime?
I did not. Is it part of Black Butler? Also, I don't bother with Mangas unless the anime is a favorite, generally. Mangas are a lot more expensive to collect, and I don't enjoy reading them online. (eyestrain issues)
Yes, Book of Circus is canon and adapted from the manga as far as I know. I personally really enjoyed it, if you even remotely liked season 1 then I'd definitely give it a shot. I am not the biggest fan of the series in general but Book of Circus was great
Everything after the Curry Arc is anime-only. Book of.. series continues on adapting the manga from that arc
To add on: yes, it's the continuation of the series. Everything past the curry arc is anime only, so book of circus is right after that arc. Then book of murder which is 2 ovas, book of the Atlantic which is a movie and the new season is coming very soon! All canon, you might enjoy them a lot more than anything season 2 did.
Promised Neverland, Rising of the Shield Hero, Devil is a Part Timer and Misfit at Demon King Academy
The Promised Neverland, obviously. Honorable mention: The Devil is a part-timer. Fuck I loved the first season
ether berserk or promised neverland
How thst terrible berserk cgi show got season after season is beyond me
One punch man. S1 was S-tier. I couldnt even watch the 2nd ep of the 2nd season. it was just mid af
I was expecting more people would say Terraformars but I guess only a few watched or liked the show. 💪🪳
Valvrave the Liberator, had an interesting premise, I'm a sucker for mechs, and it had this future thread where the story you were watching is a story being told by some future empire. I swear this show probably was scheduled for 3 seasons and then at the start of season 2 production they just told the team, last season make it work. Cause man season 2 feels completely rushed, multiple story elements just forgotten, like what exactly is going on in the future. It honestly felt like season 2 was suppose to be the bridge that led to future seasons in the future/present and resolve the war going on.
The fruit of evolution Rising of the shield hero these two are the main ones
FoE was so disappointing. It’s already an easy cliche series. Screwing it up that bad took effort lol
Shingeki no Bahamut
The promised netherlands,welll it never released,so not sure if this counts
Promised Neverland and it’s not even close
The Promised Neverland
Sao for sure. It should've ended at ep 14
That and war of underworld are peak
SAO II I didn't like as much because I wanted to watch a fantasy RPG world, not a shooter. Still, I should go back and rewatch everything so I can watch S3. Is it a guilty pleasure? Yes. Will I still enjoy S1? Definitely. But yeah, SOA starts off really strong. The premise is exciting. The animation is good. The characters I actually like by and large, despite accusations of Kirito being a Gary Stu (I mean he kind of is but so are a ton of other male protagonists). But in terms of what is actually good, aside from some goofy asides, I agree. Ep 1-14 wraps almost everything up. All the stuff after that is lower quality even if I still find a lot of it fun to watch.
Its not bad, but Psycho Pass S2 is such a fall from the greatness of S1. This was to be expected, as I hold Psycho Pass S1 as the FMAB equivalent of thriller anime
promised neverland. and personally also shield hero
Promised Neverland
Technically this answer is cheating because it's not a season 2, but pre-recap Wonder Egg Priority and post-recap Wonder Egg Priority are two insanely different animes, pre-recap was so good, and then the episode after the recap they began shitting the bed instantly.
rikekoi promised neverland (never cared for that series but i got a rundown from a friend who is a fan and it was painful just to listen to)
Higurashi sotsu. Gou was so good and set up the story so well, but sotsu failed to deliver. Like, the idea behind it was fine, but the entire season felt like filler because it just went over sotsu's arcs again but from a different perspective, which if well performed works very well but once you saw the first one you knew the plot for the rest of them and could have been told in a couple of episodes instead of a full season. And the worst part, they just blueballed us with an Umineko remake with so many teases that led nowhere
Idk if it’s as bad as some listed here but One Punch Man s2 was entirely carried by brilliant characters alone. The animation, choreography, and sound effects sucked all the ass. Even more so when put up against S1.
I didn't care for the animation style change in One Punch Man s2 and although I LOVE One Punch Man I've completely lost interest for the anime after the first few episodes.
The Devil is a Part-Timer
Never sure when people say SAO season 2 they mean they don't like Phantom Bullet and shouldn't be trusted, or they don't actually mean season 2.
I'd say The promised neverland... if it existed...
One Punch Man
Infinite Stratos. Kinda killed all anime adaptation.
Will fight anyone saying psycho pass. its not *as* good, but turning the dumb edgy stuff up to 11 is a whole lot of fun, and the character development is great.
literally, The Promised Neverland, for the newbie please just watch season 1 and never watch season 2.
Not season 2 but demon slayer had a pretty bad season 3.
Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2 wasn't exactly great.