>>451196I finally finished season 2 and honestly, I thought it was milquetoast. Don't get me wrong, the art style was gorgeous and I knew I was going to love it because it's heavily inspired by Ayame Kojima's art andthe fight scenes were definitely a treat to the eyes as well, I especially loved seeing Maria kicking ass with her creatures. But the story itself and characters? Still left a lot to be desired as I found myself not really caring about the characters outside of Maria and Terra and even then, I feel like they should've done more with them. And sad to say but Annette being blackwashed still left a bad taste in my mouth because it really did come off as pandering (and I'm black lol). If Annette was a new character made for the show, I wouldn't have minded her as much but as is, I just have a bad taste in m mouth and can't help but feel her handling is pandering and was a true case of DEI.
But overall, I just feel like there needed to be more episodes so we could get to know the characters more to care about them and that is what both seasons of this show have failed on, at least imo.