Before I say anything, I wanted to say that I will try to avoid being biased, as a manga reader. Please tell me if i did anything wrong, this is my first review.
There will also be spoilers, so look out for those.
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TPN season 2, where do I start. TPN started off as an amazing horror story that'll get anyone hooked, even if it had just 12 episodes. something that quickly made it into mainstream, and when the anticipated season 2 was announced, the hype was unreal.
Season 2 started off pretty good. Immediately with episode one, the pacing was a little weird, but it wasn't a big deal because they were still staying loyal to the manga.
2 was good, 3 was good, 4 was.. good, and 5 is where everything kind of went... downhill?
Pacing was VERY fast, and even an anime-only could notice this. That says a lot.
Let's look at the pros and cons.
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# PROS
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# Animation & Art
TPN has always had very great art and animation. nothing SUPER special, but it wasn't bad either. animation isn't and hasn't been a big part of tpn, but at least it's good enough to be looked at as a pro, for both season 1 and 2.
i'd give it an 8/10.
# Music
Okay, in my opinion the music is the best part of TPN season 2. OST is great, and adding isabella's lullaby in some parts was just PERFECT. It's only appropriate for a drama/thriller anime to have amazing soundtracks, and tpn really did succeed my expectations for the music. OP and ED are amazing as well.
9.5/10.
The dramatic scenes and suspense in some episodes of this season were done very well. I can appreciate that.
But, with all the pros that I can think of, let's move on to the cons.
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# CONS
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# Pacing
This is an obvious con. Not only did they try to fit in 144 chapters in 11 episodes, the pacing is so incredibly fast it's bad.
# Story
Ah yes, TPN's story is amazing. It's genius, and just such a good horror. But of course, season 2 didn't even keep one of, if not the best arc of the story. I feel incredibly bad for the anime-onlies because of how confusing the story is now. The last episode didn't even explain what the heck was going on and how they got to the human world. Even as a manga reader, I too was confused at what was going on in the later episodes.
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TPN's first season was done wonderfully, but sadly, the second season just didn't add up or compare to the first's at ALL. It's confusing, Nothing really adds up and it's incredibly hard to understand. Nevertheless, is TPN2 a bad show? Not necessarily. I can see why people could enjoy it, and I can see why people would despise it with everything they are. For me, i'll stay 50/50.
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TL;DR: TPN season 2 keeps the music and animation just amazing as the first season, but just about everything else is either fast, doesn't make sense, or terribly written.
Just read the manga.
(this was my first review, hope you liked it! :D)