Masterpiece
New genius devil, new skill, new attitude, new way treat patients but continues developing story from the first season.. Everything is perfect 💯 💯 The thrilled, the suspense and the plot twist..I love how Sera sensei always with Amagi, even its absurd conditions or choices but followed and respect him.. Also how adored Saeki sensei towards Amagi since the beginning, without complicated things surrounded between both of them..
Every pieces comes together at the last two three episodes.. Totally blown my mind.. ^_^ Ninomiya Kazunari as always great great chemistry with Takeuchi Ryoma..
They set same bar like Season 1 bcoz as great as Season 1.. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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Way better than season 1
Amagi as the main character is definitely more interesting than Tokai because the former is enigmatic, animated and so unpredictable. Nino totally nailed his character in this series as I looked forward to his performance every episode. I was also glad that Sera got more screen time this season, which was something I felt off in the first season and really liked how they showed his progression as a doctor. Was also great they have more episodes portraying the back stories of side character especially for Tokai’s favorite nurse.In terms of the story, there were more excitement for this compared to the previous because there were more twists. The best one being Tokai and Amagi’s backstory. Totally didn’t expect that. And the public surgeries make it more dramatic and everything higher at stake. I think it’s a good strategy to include the public surgeries because they don’t have to pretend that the show is a realistic medical drama anymore. They are owning its own absurdities. The only issue I have with the story is probably the black pean agreement, which felt forced to called it that item since it’s more of a metaphor to the doctors’ relationship. I was very confused how the stories links to the Black forceps when they called it that.
I love the music in this show. The use of dramatic classical music for the DA portion is a stroke of genius and add the drama to those scene. Overall, this was a huge improvement from the original. Congrats!
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The first season but slightly to the left
I should start this out by saying that, like the first season, I still don't know whether I actually liked the show or not. I feel like I might as well review both seasons together cause the season 2 feels more like the fever dream version of season 1. The parallels aren't so much uncanny as they are annoying, but they are plentiful.(The rest of this is all spoilers so don't read beyond this point if you don't wanna know what happens.)
We start with Sera (the only character that actually got some character development, though it kind of starts and ends with being a little more mature and confident) meeting Tokai's twin (who is somehow also a crazy surgeon genious and gets called a devil) and he falls right back into old patterns, trailing after him like a puppy and being not-so-gently bullied into becoming a better surgeon in turn.
Everyone else is exactly the same, sometimes to kind of sad degrees. There is one notable new character, a korean exchange resident and he's actually quite alright.
Neko is Neko (though she levels up to doctor because the show apparently finally realised that female doctors exist - shocker, I know).
Miwa's only change is that she gets involved in the plot more.
Takashina, though with a certain self-aware irony, is right back to two-timing and back-stabbing, though this time it's entirely his decision so at least there's that going for him.
Saeki is shockingly unchanged, kind of the bad guy but never really, very little logic to his actions and provocations of all other characters, and like in the first season he conveniently gets to redeem himself at the end with a tragic backstory and a noble cause that goes completely against the way he normally acts with no explanation for the weird dissonance. The fact that both Tokai and Amagi think he did something wrong and framed their respective father figures for it, only to find out that he wasn't actually at fault and everything they were mad about was a misunderstanding, only to then be saved during a surgery by Saeki's help (that they shouldn't rightfully have needed) is the greatest injustice done to the twins imo. The fact that he has the audacity to be shocked at the end that he didn't get voted director after antagonising everyone, even those who were on his side, is actually hilarious.
The villains this time seem to have been on the way to an over the top anime adaptation, but they took a wrong turn and ended up here instead. Cartoonish doesn't do it justice. And it's every. single. one. of. them.
Plot wise it's really season one but with more dramatic flair, Amagi's mentorship of Sera a little more flamboyant that Tokai's but otherwise unchanged in dynamics, Saeki's fight with some other important dude over a chairman position, the machine vs. human debate for the medical cases and whatever kind of confusing, emotionally charged mess Saeki's relationship with the twins is. It's one messed up family and while he seems to have good intentions, Saeki's involvement manages to make it worse at every corner.
We also completely abandon realism with our public show performance surgeries but we weren't big on that in the first season so that was actually kind of easy to get used to. The show is so predictable it kind of hurts, with very few unexpected surprises.
None of this sounds like I enjoyed myself. But somehow, shockingly, I did. It wasn't because of the original and tight storywriting for sure, but somehow the characters have grown on me and the acting (with notable exception from the villains, though they seem to have been intended that way) was solid throughout. The relationship dynamics, though recycled, weren't any less amusing to watch the second time around and the last 15 minutes ripped me to absolute emotional shreds as intended so that's that I guess.
I rated it 8.5 mostly for nostalgia but also for the fact that despite all the objectively bad parts I still ended up enjoying it. The rating I gave here has about as much logic behind it as Saeki's behaviour, so it felt fitting somehow. This review probably wasn't very helpful but it sufficiently conveyed my (conflicted) emotions about the show so do with that what you will. I hope you watch it and feel as confused as I do.
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Some improvements, but not that much
While I think Tokai-sensei is great as a character, Amagi-sense is even greater! He brings a nice air and more dynamic to the inter-character relationship, especially with Sera. I prefer this season's medical aspect due to they give more clear explanation on why Amagi-sensei's ope technique is marvelous.However, while I am glad having Neko-chan background story, the other characters that supposed to be the regular one often missing and has no significancy (for example, Hanabusa and the Korean intern). And, the money laundry story wheer Amagi-sensei suddenly has relationship with police investigator is just so weird. Finally, the finale episode is so annoying because, again, they keep talking and talking, when the time to operate is limited. However, O gotta say I enjoy this season more than the first one.
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Tan intensa y emotiva como la 1ra temporada
Yo estaba un poco en contra de ver esta segunda temporada porque considero que se le dio un buen cierre a su antecesora y además porque el protagonista es un personaje que no era Tokai, un personaje con el que empatizamos mucho.Ya al momento de darle la oprtunidad y ver el primer episodio, quedé encantadísima. Tiene un comienzo muy sólido y eso se va desarrollando en el transcurso de los episodios, está increíble ver como cosas como la edición (esa colorimetria alegre que manejan) y la música (clásica) están en armonía con el personaje de esta temporada que es Amagi, así como la primera que es más oscura y sobria como Tokai, pequeñas cosas como esa hacen la diferencia entre los personajes.
Considero que es más fácil empatizar con Amagi porque es totalmente opuesto a Tokai, es decir, a grandes rasgos, sí es un 'demonio genio' pero más expresivo.
En cambio Tokai, es como un viejito gruñon.
Los nuevos personajes (hablando específicamente de los coreanos) pensé que iban a pasar sin pena ni gloria pero en realidad resultaron muy simpáticos y de los demás que ya los conocíamos... que gran desarrollo de personaje manejaron para la mayoría de ellos, eso me dio mucho gusto. Black Pean no sería black pean sin personajes importantes como Saeki y Sera, que después de todo, Sera es el protagonista porque vemos gran parte de lo que pasa en Tojo desde su perspectiva.
Es una 2da temporada que no decepciona nada, pisa muy fuerte desde su primer episodio y esa fortaleza se mantiene estable hasta el final, una temporada divertida, intensa, emotiva y con grandes revelaciones.
Y la pregunta del millón es... Tokai o Amagi?
Por mi parte, me es difícil decidir.
Pero de algo estoy segura:
Para quien comience esta serie, es maratón seguro.
Está en netflix :)
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