Review of Overlord II

I just cannot fathom why this show is so applauded by the masses. Season 1 is what I would consider a show carried by its premise; it's execution was mediocre at best but it's base concept appealed to people and I can understand that. But *this*... The plot is a broken mess, with gaping holes from last season completely ignored while several new side stories are piled on top. The writing is awful, with bland dialogue and exposition dumps as far as the eye can see. And, perhaps its greatest sin, is that the majority of the season is devoted to an entirely new castof characters that can only be described as the most generic and forgettable lineup I think I've ever seen.

Instead of building on what the previous season established, Overlord inexplicably decided on quantity over quality and just screamed "MORE!" while it dumped everything it could on top of what little it had; more stories, more exposition, more characters, quality be damned. Overlord II is the epitome of superficial; if you were to simply remove the overlord branding this show would be drowning and forgotten in the sea of mediocrity as it deserves.