Princess Connect! Re:Dive Season 2 : Full Review
This is one of those shows that is tough for me to really give a fair score and review to I think. Because man does this show have some flaws. But in the end I just really loved the entire season, and I can’t find it in myself to give it a worse score.
Stuff like the lore of the story and larger Princess Connect world. Obviously plays some incredibly large parts in story, and almost seems like required knowledge to know what is happening. Cause without it I have so many questions, I don’t even know what this world is that they are in. It is a story that is dealing with time loops and overpowered characters fighting in alternative spaces, and characters using what looks like VR computer terminals and such. But I don’t know if this is some form of VR world, or if it is a world where magic has just advanced so far that it mimics something like computers at times.
But I just don’t care all that much, I just kinda gloss over the fact that the larger world has no context in the story and makes very little sense. All I want to see is these very enjoyable characters that I really like fighting together and growing together as they overcome the various challenges. And eventually come together fully along with the friends they made along the way to defeat the Big Bad Evil Guy at the end of the story. It is just very enjoyable and I love it. And honestly, I like it more than the first season by a far amount, it is a more enjoyable season I think.
Though I do feel like the final episode might have been a tad rushed compared to the rest of the show. They did an extra poor job at explaining various events that finished the episode off on. And just kinda ignore it and don’t give any real detail about what just happened at all.
Visually this season stands way above the competition this season I feel. You have some very fluid and visually popping action scenes and battles, everything looks amazing and just keeps your attention the entire time. You just want the battle to continue to continue seeing more of it. While outside of battles you do occasionally have some less great moments, moments of some bad cgi or low quality animation that stand out. For the large majority of the show it just looks great. Honestly it just helps reinforce what I’ve always wanted, to see these animation studios that do the amazing cutscenes and trailers for gacha games have the ability to go all out and make some full length anime.
So yea, I fully recommend watching this show. Probably more so if you are previously invested in the Princess Connect world. You would probably get much more enjoyment and love the story even more. But even for me, I just like it way too much not to recommend.