Review of Overlord II

While I enjoyed this season of Overlord, I did not like it as much as I did season 1. While the beginning story of the Lizardmen was the usual quality that comes from Overlord, especially the final battle, it was the transition into the Eight Finger's storyline that brought this season down a few notches. The primary problem is that too much attention was focused on Climb and Tuare, who were easily the most vanilla characters in the entire anime. A young earnest boy who wants to be stronger and an innocent girl traumatized by the brutality of her world. Theseare overdone tropes in anime, so it was a bit disappointing that so much of this season focused on them, when literally every other character on the show is more interesting. The thing that saved the middle portion of the season was just how cool Sebastian is as a character.

The battle in the capital was also entertaining, but, its not the kind of thing that should end a season because there was no true sense of danger there considering the circumstances surrounding the clash.

Nevertheless, there was much to enjoy about this season of Overlord. As usual, the villains of Nazarick are entertaining to watch, the action was good, and there were some surprising moments and a few swerves. But, still, I hope season 3 will be more like season 1 than season 2.

Story: 8
Art: 8
Sound: 10
Character: 10
Enjoyment: 8
Overall: 8