Review of Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya

While Owari no Seraph is described as generic, typical shounen etc. I think once you look deeper into the story, it goes farther than generic. While it does have the typical themes of family, betrayal, powerful underdog characters, it does have a deeper meaning to it (in my opinion) Ill get to the review. Story- 8.5 Bad- both seasons had the constant theme of "family" being shoved down your throat, and also had some faults in the animation and kind of typical shounen themes Good- However, there is more to this than the "typical shounen", while i understand that many haven't read the Guren Ichinose light novels/the manga,the second season clarifies a lot of questions from the first season while leaving them open ended (with multiple answers). Like who to trust, what is their real reason (these weren't truly answered, they are just open ended questions), background stories etc. This season also gives us a layer of depth by introducing the Hiragiis and the vampire progenitor council. While some would brush this series plot as typical shounen, the story isn't to be taken lightly. If you pay more attention the story then you can spot deeper plot points that are crucial to it.

Art- 8.5
The animation was average, but way better than the first season. I also enjoyed the backgrounds, and the animation style. With a slightly higher budget, Wit Studio touched up on the action scenes and other character movements (S1 Ep 3-6 had kind of sketchy character movements).

Sound- 10
I LOVE the soundtrack. The soundtrack would be played at the right moments and draw you more into the story. The music was really epic, I can't exactly put it into words how amazing the soundtrack was.

Voice acting- I watched the dub, and needless to say, it was pretty good. I felt like all of the voices fit perfectly, exception being Yoichi, he sounded kind of weird when he screamed/yelled. Guren, Yu, Mika, and Shinoa sounded really good. Mika was amazing.

Character- 9.5
While many would say that the characters are stereotypical/ didn't get enough characterizations. I agree that a few characters are stereotypical but I feel like that they have mostly good characterizations. Many of the characters had enough backgrounds to support the reasons behind the way they act. However, the characters that I feel like who didn't get enough backup on their backstories were, Shinoa, Guren, Mito, basically Guren's squad, Narumi's squad, Kureto, Aoi, and Mika.

Since I've read the Guren Ichinose light novels, most of their character felt complete to me while I was watching the anime. However, I feel that they should've put some factors on how Mika was abused by his parents and more of what led him to dislike humans. But some of these have been answered like (spoiler from 1st season) how Yu
went berserk, (Guren Ichinose light novel spoiler) human experimentation by the Hyakuya sect, his hatred for the species that murdered his family. Like I said, many questions have been answered in the second season but are still left open ended.

Enjoyment- 10
I absolutely love this series, while there are some plotholes, these are all answered in the manga and the Guren Ichinose light novels. Also if you're new to anime, this has plenty of aspects similar to the Maze Runner series, some Percy Jackson, Harry Potter (Guren Ichinose light novels), and Attack on Titan.

Overall- 9.99
This series is amazing in my eyes, once you get past the stereotypes, it gets really good.