Opening Sequence:
The sequence was changed up this time and there were things that were good and things that weren't. I didn't like how they reused images that they could have easily redrawn (the George-Shannon, Jessica-Kanon sequences to be exact) and how some things were just lazily put in for the hell of it almost (the parents + Kinzo). Things were added that I expected (the stakes, along with Lambda and Bern) along with unexpected things that I thought they would have held off on.
I especially loved the last fifteen seconds of it, along with the collision between Beato and "Beatrice". It's certainly more interesting to watch than the original one, with better transitions and generally more appealing.
General
-Not as much game BGM as normal, but I really liked the new tracks. My favorites were the ones from Eva and Young Eva's talk and near the end when Ronove served tea and cookies, before 'Core' came on.
-Loved all the new seiyuus, as stated before, and particular favorites were Marina (Jessica), Ono (Battler), Atsuko (Kyrie) and of course Miki (Eva). Honorable mentions go to Rikiya (Rudolf) and Shinohara (Natsuhi) who also did a good job at voice acting, despite their minor speaking parts.
Pros:
-The pacing was done well - a good amount of time was allotted for each scene.
-Art quality was overall improved, despite a couple of oddities.
-Parents got a wonderful amount of screen time.
-Maria did not look creepy as hell (well expect for the letter part, but otherwise that's it)
-The designs for Young Beato, Past Eva, Past Krauss and Young Kinzo looked very good. I'm surprised that Kinzo looks just as I imagined him as a younger guy.
Cons:
-Lots of lazy animation/reused scenes (particular with the letter reading and Kinzo throwing out the ring).
-The art quality, as I said before, had improved, but certain times it would drop again, majorly during the parents talk.
-Transitions. This is especially important with the scene change from Young Beato to Eva arguing with Kinzo, because both do not take place in the same time. And speaking of which, technically the Young Beato scene was a dream she was having and they didn't make it clear enough, as they did with the Eva scene.
-Looks like they're back to changing bust sizes. I noticed jumps in cleavage mostly with Jessica and Kyrie (I think at one point they actually jumped a little
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Overall:
Adaptation wise it was good and Entertainment wise it was even better. Although they lost some points for the odd transitions, along with the lazy reused art/animation. I'll give it an 8/10.
As expected, they ended on Rosa revealing her secret.
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