Comic Party: Revolution · review
Although Comic Party Revolution kind of continues where season one ended, this season does not hold an overall story-line, the art style is fairly different, and a whole lot of things were so different forcing me to hate this season right out of the gate. However, towards the end, I felt this second season was okay. Character development did happen, but it didn't go as deep as I would like it to have gone. Lots of the episodes dedicated themselves to having the viewer learn about each character a little bit more (except for Subaru). I apparently missed something because the character Subaru just suddenly appeared inthe group that I've grown to love. I felt as if she was an outsider the entire time.
The art style is a little different, but not so different that I couldn't enjoy the show. Instead of living in a house, Kazuki lives in an apartment. All of the characters felt much taller, which made me think that at least a couple years have past since the ending of the first season (although that isn't supposed to be the case). Mizuki's and Yuu's hair is a lot longer.
The English dub in this season was... okay. Yuu's voice actress was obviously from New York or New Jersey because her voice stood out like sore thumb. She has no place in Japanese anime's.
Mizuki's voice actress is great, she reminds me a lot of School Rumble.
The music wasn't very noticeable. A couple times I noticed a great melody but nothing in particular struck me as fantastic or something that I had to have.
Although I did enjoy the show, I have to say this show strikingly scores 7 all over the place. It does not do exceptionally well in any category or in any way period. There was no underlying story to speak of, the art was a bit different, the characters did not get as much depth as needed, but in the end I did enjoy what I watched because of the comedy.
The last episode is specifically why I ended up liking this season. It strayed from its normal E rated material. The last episode had two ways it could have finished. One way could've finished romantically, the other could've finished with no real relationship advancement what-so-ever. Unfortunately the chose they latter. In the end, I wanted a bit of romance to be sparked and nothing advanced in any of the characters relationships.
The relationships in the end were exactly the same as they were in the beginning of the season.
Eimi Ooba for some reason becomes part of the group. Her reasons for doing so is never clear. Aya's reason is never touched on either, but her reasons are more obvious. Subaru is a surprise character, she suddenly appears out of nowhere and seems to know everyone really well. Her character did not get any depth and remained an outsider in my eyes.
I was looking forward to season two because I wanted some resolutions, but all I got was a bunch more questions and sometimes became confused as to why certain things happened.
This show kind of ruined Comic Party for me. Part of me regrets watching this season, but another part of me is glad that I watched the last episode.
Now, on to the OVA, and hopefully it was resolve some of my questions. We'll see.