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Originally Posted by Deathscyther
The music throughout the season was superb. Certainly the best part of Shana II.
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That pretty much sums up my thoughts on Shana II, the soundtrack, especially Kawada's songs were on a whole other level. The second OP sequence is the only one I watch
every time. The animation and direction is simply amazing, many frames are beautiful enough to be desktop wallpapers.
The beginning really,
really,
really killed it for me. I like Konoe just fine, along with all the other characters, but it's just too little stretched too far. As good as it got later, too little too late, like the last 5 episodes were very solid, which is something I can't say for the rest. Another ambiguous ending really lowered the rating, this show seems to hate definitively changing the status quo. The cast hasn't changed from the end of season one. Sure, Yuuji is no longer AS useless, and they know a few more Tomogara, otherwise it's same old.
Slice of Life is fine, IF somehow JC Staff boosts their characterization to the level of say, Minami-ke or Clannad or Spice and Wolf, I definitely wouldn't mind 12 episodes of that. Until then, Shana should remain balanced with action, IMO.