Review of Fire Force Season 2

*THIS REVIEW DOES NOT CONTAIN SPOILERS* Fire force was one of the most under-rated show of last year, getting slept on by a lot of people, the animation was great and the world they introduced was very interesting. When a Shounen gets a sequel the 1st thing it needs to do is built upon the characters and world that was settled in the 1st season. Let's see if Fire force season 2 manages this. STORY: 6/10 Let's start with the good parts: there are a lot of fights and a lot of hyped up moments, the show does well to pull you into the next episode and itis an overall decent ride. Now the bad: Pacing, i know you probably already read about how horrible the pacing is in this show but it has to be said, its really REALLY rare that i fall to sleep while watching a show, but Fire force managed it. Also one of the arcs is so fucking bad that i actually considered skipping it but it was really important to the main story, which btw, just fucking jumps out a window. It tries to do something simple but ends up complicating it so far that it seems the makers of the show got tired of people saying its just a "basic Shounen" which it is. It goes for the "The evil people have to collect x amount of things/people to do this bad thing" cliche which i don't really like mixed with the "evil cult" cliche. As an ending statement on the story: you would probably like this show if you are really into conspiracy theories.

ART: 8/10

I mean, it's practically a death sentence to make a Shounen show without good, fluid animation so i expected it to be pretty good. The fire itself looks really good but doesn't really look like it packs any wait when it hits something and i really didn't see any problems with the animation in most of the episodes. There is one arc however (also mentioned previously) that for some reason looks way worse than the rest of the show. I swear to god David Production went on vacation for a month and just let some fucking random people they picked off the street do this arc, its pretty bad. Either way, the animation isn't ground-braking put it does look pretty good.

SOUND: 10/10

This is the only place where FIRE FORCE settles itself apart from other run-of-the-mill Shounen. The sound in this show is so fucking amazing, i could say it's on orgasmic proportions. Seriously now, this is some of the best sound design i have ever heard, its crisp, well chosen and it really shows that they spent a lot on time on it. The only reason i didn't read the manga(which i heard was better than the anime) is because i wouldn't have been able to hear that beautiful roar the fire does. The music also fits amazingly well with the show and it compliments the fight with style. Easily the best part about Fire Force.

CHARACTER: 5/10

I mean, it doesn't take any brave steps here. This is the reason people call this show the "basic bitch" of modern shounen. The characters are so cliche that its actually embarrassing. If you watch anime and ask me to tell you about the characters of fire force without saying their name you would be fucking confused cus it seems i'm just talking about every character in existence. The character design is pretty good but even here the show kinda fails with some of them (you know which if you watch the show). The only true character development we get is: this character is strong now and in conclusion it's a total shit show.

ENJOYMENT: 6/10

I mean, i really liked the fight scenes and the well-placed cliff-hangers but you can't expect me to give it more than 6 when i fell asleep while watching it. It's a tough one, on one hand i was looking forward to almost every episode and sometimes i enjoyed myself, but on the other hand, some of the episodes are boring as fuck and that arc was really really bad, i just cant give it more than 6 (and thats pretty bad for a Shounen).

ENDING STATEMENT: In this instance season 2 ends up being worse than season 1. Even if it seem i dont like the show at all i would still recommend it to you if you are looking for some fun stuff you can turn your brain off to (or if you are a conspiracy theorist). If a season 3 ever appears I'll probably watch it, but not get too hyped.

OVERALL: 7 (almost a six)