Review of Full-Time Magister 2nd Season

Okay well i've never written any reviews before, but the few on MAL seem to be exceptionally negative so i thought i might just try and put an opinion out there of some-one who although understands the number of flaws in the 2nd season and can see it is not a particularly well written anime, still very much enjoyed the series I will try to keep this spoiler free as possible Now maybe I do have a bit of a soft spot for anime set in a school environment with OP MCs, but i don't think this show was without its merits I think if you want tobe able to enjoy this anime you have to go in with the thought that this is just going to be a fun filled fighting montage that lacks a particularly intelligent or ground braking new story. It certainly not as bad as the story for the other anime below a 7 rating in MAL that i have seen and don't think it deserves such a low rating

Story - 6/10

Now the story was a little bit all over the place, a few plot holes, but these are often just simple issues of characters not acting reasonably to a situation, Mo Fan being a prime culprit for this.
If your not able to overlook this kinda of thing, then i can imagine this show being a difficult watch for you

It is also a little easy to predict in in places, i did find myself on occasion successfully predicting what was happening next/next death

They make the classic anime mistake of randomly going into a little more detail for a random character, right before killing them off a couple times
This not only lets me know who they planning to kill next, but doesn't really add any emotion to the situation, because i still don't really care any more about them because of the couple of minutes of extra screen time you have given them (as i mention later no real backstory is given so its hard to connect with many of the characters)

Despite this i still very much found myself feeling sad/shocked just due to the shear brutality of the situation, and the overwhelming loss of life especially to young kids

There are 2 major differences between this season and the 1st

1)
-They've tried to go much darker, with this season, characters are getting killed of left right and centre (although they get a bit carried away and just start killing off and putting time into characters I care almost nothing for)
-I quite enjoyed this dark twist on events, it gave a very apocalyptic feel which was a nice change from the first season started to wonder if mainish characters might actually die from quite an early point of the season
-I also enjoyed the one hit kill kinda style from the monsters this season, a problem I often find with anime is the insane amount of damage people can take before they die, so it was refreshing to see when people got slashed, they tended to just die after

2)
-The 2nd season is spread over a time period of just a week or two, whilst the 1st is over a couple years
-This caused an issue because many of the side characters barely changed from the start to the end of the season (mentioned further in character section)

Oh also just one more thing, ridiculous ending, just doesn't bother answering anything in a cliffhanger for the next season

Other than that I did just about overall enjoy the story for the 2nd season

Art - 7/10

I think this is possibly the one area where there is actually a small improvement from the first season
But i guess thats what you would expect considering the 2nd season came out nearly 2 years later
I really like the artwork for the combo attacks when he uses both fire and lightning at the same time

Sound - 5/10

Nothing very special about the OST
Didn't like the opening or outro songs as much as the first season, they both sound a bit bland

Character - 5/10

I think this was one of the main issues with the anime (i touched on it in the story section)

But there is just a lack of character development i'm struggling to remember a single bit of backstory for any side characters/main characters
So a lot of the characters just feel hollow and only the around to die so the show can pretend that it could kill of anyone at any point

-The only character that really changed at all was our MC, Mo fan, and all that he did was get a bit stronger, I still know nothing of his life, why on earth he got teleported to this world, why does he have necklace that eats the souls of everything he kills?!?!
-And on that note their didn't really seem to be much difference between training for his tier 2 and tier 3 magic and, it would have been nice if they had done something different and more exciting instead of just recycling the first season

Enjoyment - 8/10

Regardless of all the flaws, I very much enjoyed this anime

I went in with the mindset of, hopefully this will continue off from the 1st season, sadly I was disappointed from that perspective

However I was given an entirely different anime to enjoy, that was a more ridiculous way darker and just lacked some of the story quality of the 1st season

Overall - 7/10

Overall i would still recommend the 2nd season to most people
I still watched it all in one sitting, and despite the lack of character progression still found myself wanting more, and often at points at the edge of my seat because i was always intrigued as to what was going to happen next to the students/town etc.....

I can see why a lot of people don't like it though, but i just think in order to enjoy it you just need to watch it for what it is, which is Mo Fan, (and the general, who is dench but they of course wait for the last episode to show you........) just going crazy and murking demons for 12 episodes

Anyway I hope this review helps anyone who's on the edge for whether or not to bother with the second season