B-Project: Zecchou*Emotion · review
In all honesty, I doubted even writing a review for this one. I watched this more out of mild respect for the first season, but this made me lose almost all of it. Let's just get this out of the way: Overall (2/10) • Story (1/10) If MAL allowed 0s, this show deserved it. Yes, it is an idol anime. Yes, ridiculous situations happen. But the writing in this season is not even sloppy, it's like the writers did not even care at all. There was no plot, the pacing was shot to bits, and the only focus was to introduce new members to B-Pro.Yashamaru did not even have a proper resolution to his story. Dialogue was cringe-worthy at best.
• Art (2/10)
Completely dreadful, sloppy work. Compared to season 1, the colours are dull and looked splotched on. There were more stills than any fluid animation. There were problems with syncing at times during songs or even dialogues.
The 3D rendering did not even stand up to other idol animes like UtaPri or Tsukiuta, more choppy than smooth and very artificial.
• Sound (4/10)
The only saving grace of the show. The songs were decent, but they failed to have any true emotive value. After a while, all tunes sounded the same and the meanings of the lyrics blurred into each other. What happened to the B-Pro sound of season 1?
• Character (3/10)
This only happened because of the well-established characters in season 1. It is difficult to balance so many characters in an idol anime, but it isn't always just about giving each character adequate screen time. Character development is a much needed aspect, as well as the continuity of certain characteristics or personalities. Yashamaru whose character needed urgent explaining for his motivations was swept around and made to look like a two-bit villain, again. The new members were superficial and seemed shallow due to the writing.
•Enjoyment (2/10)
Only the songs saved this anime. The plot, art, characters, everything else was a waste of time.
I highly advise those who like idol animes to stay away from this unless you're entertained by shiny things.