They're still on the right track! Still Metal Bat. Still not certain about the tournament. Garou is looking like less and less of a threat with each one of these though... reviews grow short as impressions do too.

Yeah I watched this one too.

Still not bad! Still not the same as the first season, but intriguing characters are gathering, a martial arts tournament is up next, unexpected things still happen (looking back at the first season the unexpected element seems to be key), and it seems they're heading for a possible showdown in a far off future... despite that monstrous initial loss.

Or not. Maybe they'll change direction entirely now. Part of me hopes they will, but part of me also hopes the monster really was the ultimate villain. But it wouldn't be OPM without a twist so I think I'd prefer the twist.

Go twist.

...wasn't bad! It's starting to have a way more laid back a pace than the original, as far as I can recall, and the episode overall seems a bit more eventless.

But I do like it.

The fight scenes are ferocious, the characters are all in character so far, and despite the random factor (never been a fan of the random factor taking over what could have otherwise been an awesome and compelling storyline) it does have consistency. I like that.

I like the girl too.

And I like the reactions.

There's nothing yet that I don't like, so I guess I'll become a regular with this one for a change. And hope it holds.

Maybe I should start those old episode reviews again too...

The first episode of the second season is finally out! :D I just watched it and... I can't say I don't like it. I can't really say if it compares to the last season or not. The one from three years ago. The one and only. The original. The one that raised the hype for this one so incredibly high.

I'm hoping the new studio delivers.

Quality-wise it feels similar, but script-wise I'm not so certain... it seems less streamlined somehow. Not that the first one ever was, but so far it feels more like Space Dandy than OPM - if you know what I'm saying?

This first episode also has more of a harem anime element to it than the entire last season combined, which might not necessarily be a bad thing, but it might take away from the essentials...

Then again the essentials are bound to have changed regardless.

The last season didn't end in a finite way, so I'm happy they chose to continue the saga, and expand upon those mysterious characters from the first that were never truly revealed. I just hope they keep it classy. Hope it doesn't turn into an Ikkitousen or similar, where to make up for the main character not being a voluptuous, visually appealing female, they surround him with plenty of specimens of the sort.

That'd be for good or bad of course. Voluptuous, visually appealing females mmm...

Either way I just hope they keep it classy. I'm still hopeful. The first episode doesn't have me convinced this is going to all go as well as last time, but it doesn't have me disappointed either.

I'm skeptically looking forward to keeping up with this.

Time to pick up my first new show in... however long it was exactly since the last season. Might be a few years at least. Finna be interesting/fun/if nothing else a great waste of time. But I'm thinking it'll probably be two of those three. I'm not hard to please. A meal and cheese. At lease.

Peace.

The things you miss when you don't watch dubs!

These days there's so much filler, but sometimes you get a glimpse of greatness... hopefully this is the one where it all turns round again!