Review of Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya

Okay, so... not the killer sequel series I was hoping for. Just so y'all know before you watch this, the season does end as though it's going to have a third season when, in fact, it doesn't. So, that's a bit annoying. Starting off with the art. I'm still in love with it. The character designs are done so well, the effects are awesome, and the landscapes look great. The sound, again, wasn't up my alley when it came to the OP and ED songs. The background music, though, was bomb. Anytime something epic was supposed to happen, a track would kick in that would justmake the scene 100xs better.

The characters... Listen. Every character is very interesting to me. Their relationships with each other, especially, were written very nicely. It made for some heartwarming scenes that I enjoyed a lot. That being said... I was hoping for more. I wanted to know more about the characters themselves, and this season didn't really deliver. It eluded to a lot of things in the pasts of some of these characters, but it was never looked into and explored. There could've been extremely interesting stories to tell through the characters' pasts and what their pasts had to do with the current plot.

I found that problem with the story as well. For starters, the idea of this season simply being a battle was a bit off-center. I was hoping that the sequel would delve into some of the unanswered questions left by the first season like the human experimentation, the end of the world, the rise of vampires, etc. However, none of it was covered or explained. This season showed a lot of stuff happening that was supposedly meant as an answer for the questions we had, but it just came off as confusing because there was no context for what or why something was happening. More than likely, a lot of that fault lies with the fact that this season told its story assuming it had more time to tell it with another season, so the story ended up being told halfway. I know there's more in the manga, but to watch this season as it was just felt strange.

I still very much enjoyed watching it, though. I'm still invested in what's going on and how this world works because it interests me a lot. Seeing these characters interact with each other, and seeing how deep some of their bonds run was really lovely. I just wish there would've been more of it. It also would've been cool to see the characters train and develop their skills because the fighting sequences were dope. There's a lot I love about the Owari no Seraph series, I just think it goes by way too quickly. Without being nitpick-y, I'm glad I watched this series. Hopefully I'll find more like it in the future.