So to sum up: The best thing about S1 is the world building. The worst about S1 is that there's not enough of it. The best thing about S2 are the characters. The worst about S2 is that there's not enough of that. To me, it sounds like the show succeeded in what it was trying to achieve.

I liked how the Otherworldly café doesn't just connect it's characters in the café but how the worlds of those characters are connected as well. Season two did this more than season one.

Made in abyss is a hidden gem.

and then you remember how slow manga is going… i doubt we’ll see season 3 anytime soon ;/ made in abyss is my favourite fantasy story

i didn't have the issues u had so for me it's a masterpiece

This felt like a video with 300,000 views at minimum. I don't know what else to say. A review of this caliber, with this level of consideration and professionalism put into analyzing every component of the show and their true holistic value to the experience... Bravo man. Putting out shit this high quality will only lead you to great places. You just need a little bit of that algorithm magic, seriously.

I still think the movie is the high point, but Season 2 was really good and worth watching to see where we go next.

I like the editing in this video

Good review although i disagree with a lot of what you said , especially about riko character was amazing this season , first 6 episodes she was by far the most important character and she have many top tier moments like when she frees veuko and she said she doesn't care about her being a bad person as long as she gets her goal and in ep 6 she straight up beat a huge monster just by using her intelligence making evrey one whining about her know that she's not useless even though she never was , or in ep 9 when she automatically analyzed wazukyan entire character or at ep 12 when she tells wazukyan its never gonna happen the way her want it to be or her entire relationship with ma , like honestly besides faputa she was the MVP of the season by far

Season 2 is superior to season 1 on every level (music, story, characters, animation, emotions...)

I watched S1 and the movie several times, and listened to the soundtrack, so I didn't forget about it.

This season was amazing, but I agree that having more slow moments in the ganja's backstory would have made it perfect. The soundtrack is also in an interesting position. After listening to the entire ost, there are definitely some unused tracks and I have no idea why since they ended up reusing a few. Don't get me wrong, I still loved it, but there are much fewer instances of weirdly placed & returning tracks in s1. That said, simply the fact that Faputa is in this season and Reg's mystery is further unraveled ranks it higher than season 1 in my book overall. Although I'd still have to rate the movie higher. If season 2 is a 9, Dawn of the Deep soul is a 10. Anyone still refusing to give this series a try (and I know quite a few) Is seriously missing out. It was fun checking out your thoughts on the season as it was airing, and you brought up many good points. Thanks for the content.

I finally got to this after 9 months... Very interesting review. We have different opinions, but I do understand everything you said and it makes sense. Well, bye!

friends: this is a relaxing anime Me: 💀💀💀💀💀

Ngl the thing that 2nd season went mostly unnoticed is just criminal

this will be one of my favorite shows, across genres and medias

I completely agree on the OST- it felt lacking even if the music IS on par with the previous season and movie Or at the very least... it didn't EXPLODE out as tracks did in their previous implementations. I feel the movie is the best implementation of the OST so far. Just, something is different. I know Kevin hated the pandemic, and very likely had to conduct over Zoom calls, mix it at home and then on top of that the implementation of those tracks, something was just - noticibly less impactful about it. I still adore this season, and the story so far in spite of the shortcommings-

I have already watched it all but I am still going to watch a video saying why I should xD

I remember your bad take on cyber lol but ofc u should watch season 2 very good

Sound track when he said that ong pitch forks fire

Esse anime é maravilhoso aaa

When you already watched but are starving for more content

This is not really a criticism but more of a hope that moving forwards I hope Akihito returns and expands upon the same conflicts that were the most interesting in season one. With the movie and season two there were interesting moral conflicts between our heroes and the characters around them but in season one the conflicts were less about being versus a villain or antagonist and more about the situation being antagonistic to them and the characters silently having to grapple with needing to do the right thing in the most difficult situations by themselves with little influence from the other characters who are driving the plot forward. I really hope Akihito can expand on this specific theme later in the story because it's really what drew me in to this story.

What ost is it that starts playing on 6:25?

My emotions BEFORE MID: 😊😃 AFTER: 😨😭😱😫

even though i agree more time should have been given for developing these new characters but despite that the story still is among the best and made in abyss definitely is a masterpiece

Would love to watch the second season but noone seems to have the licenz in my country germany and even the place that was spoused to have the licenz a service called Joyn dont has a clou where to watch it.

I don't agree with you about the flashback , i think it was handled phenomenally besides maybe belaf character , also riko was the best character this season what's you all on about

Using the precedence of episode 9 isn't wise in my opinion. It's an entirely filler episode that adds nothing, instead it dumbs both Riko and Reg down in the service of stretching out a layer that didn't need to be. There is nothing new added in said episode that doesn't already get told later in the same season. There is nothing that is vital and can not be removed, which is why it is removed almost completely in the movie and no one cared.

Dang I just realized bondrewd's arc is the one how started the trend

If its for the quality. I think i wouldn't mind waiting for 5 years+

Made in Abyss season 2 was peak anime. Only thing that made it a 9/10 instead of a 10/10 for me is that Faputa's Speech, and the Turbonid dragons' fun party time afterwards where such incredible amazing moments of peak anime, that the series actual last episode felt a bit lackluster in comparation to what just happened.

They could fix the criticized point by inserting another movie, which fleshes out the story of the Ganja squad. This would also fix the problem of the waiting time for the S3. The movie would not necessarily get a manga with the same quality than the rest of the story first.

This may help provide some context about Nanachi being non-existent in season 2. Tsukushi originally planned on having Nanachi die during the Bondrewd arch, and having them become the white whistle. After Nanachi was introduced in the story though, the manga finally caught major attention and became a fan favorite character. He elected not to kill them off in that arch. Of course, now Tsukushi had to figure out what to do with Nanachi during this arch, where they weren't supposed to exist. This was the unfortunate result. That said, he'll likely incorporate Nanachi better into the next arch. Will have had more time to think about how to do it more organically.

I found this show randomly 😁

My favorite is still the movie. I think it’s absolutely perfect. S2 was underwhelming for me tho, I found the backstory not really interesting at all although episode 10 of S2 is still a masterclass of an episode, and probably the best in the series excluding the movie

I forgot to finish it lmao

Very fair review. When it's good, it excels like no other story can. When it's bad, it's pretty bad.

I agree on the one flaw you highlighted - of all the missed opportunities, I think Vueko x Pakkoyan relationship is the most unfortunate one. This could've been the greatest upgrade to the manga this season, and they blew it up. However, Vueko's story overall is masterfully executed apart from this, it left me weeping so damn hard for so damn long, and I consider her the true protagonist of Season 2. However, the most significant drawback, in my opinion, is how the mangaka deals with Nanachi. Bringing back Mitty after the masterpiece arc of Season 1 was a grave mistake, plain and simple. It cheapens what Nanachi's been through, what Reg's been through and just set back then repeat Nanachi's character arc... only in a much less impactful way. Just because of this, I don't think Season 2 is on par with Season 1 in the story department. I do admit though, that it moves the grand narrative forward in great lengths, deepening our understading of how the Abyss works and what the fundamental concepts of it are. All that being said, I can only compare Made in Abyss installments to each other, this series is way up and above all other adventure anime, period.

If i am not wrong they did not use many of Kevin ost, like Faputa ost. Kind of made me mad

I wanna know why the sixth layer has literal fucking cities that are in ruins. WHO lived there? What is it?! It's so casually identified and never explained, drives me mad.

man feels weird thinking that there were times where the greatness that is smartphone isekai didnt exist

Vueko 🥺🥺

Orth looks like the generic starter town from every isekai got cut out of it.😁

We need a made in abyss video game. No not the Nintendo Switch game I'm talking a PC game with graphics maxed and the world populated with monsters as much as Technically possible. It would be an awesome exploration game. No they should not add the main Cast in the game. You should be able to customize a character for yourself and start exploring the abyss and earn your whistles until you can progress to the lower floors.

I kinda liked knights and magic. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I can’t find a safe place to watch it without getting spammed with viruses or pop ups

Season 1 was amazing. The movie was a drastic departure. It was good, but I ultimately ordered a cake and got ice cream. Yeah, I love ice cream. But I wanted a cake. I still haven't watched season 2, probably never will, just because of how little of what I wanted was delivered by the movie, and how much time that bitterness has had to ferment in my soul.

within the first 20 seconds they’re showing child SA. the creepy stuff they continue to do using childlike characters is too weird for me. it’s a shame bcs the fantastical world of the show is really cool

Do people still say first?

I haven't watched season 2 because I'm afraid nothing could live up to season 1.... I did watch the movie and it was also great but I'm truly afraid to go further.

Honestly, season 2 lost me. It felt like the story was really progressing in season 1. Season 2 felt like one long side mission

I think S2 is too high concept and the show becomes difficult to interpret

It would be a great anime if it wasn't weird about kids and was more straight forward rather than purple prosing basic plot elements until you can barely see the context anymore. Kids going down into hell and not seeing it as such would be an interesting story but these aren't kids, they're weird fetish bait that's way more competent than they ought to be.

Highly disagree, the first season was good, movie was phenomenal, s3 was very underwhelming and many reviewers agree that it wasn't great

SEASON 2 WAS SO BORINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

So wrong.