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I really wanted to love this. I was fully ready to love it.
I’m genuinely sad that I’m rating it so low. This was one of my most anticipated releases of the year, and I went into it incredibly excited.
This will be a very short review.
After the first episode I still had hope. After the second, I already knew it wouldn’t go above 5 stars. It follows a proven formula — one that clearly works, as the first two seasons showed. This show had everything it needed to be great, yet it still failed.
This sequel (or side story, whatever you want to call it) lacked everything that made the previous seasons special: the startling, disturbing, and original situations, the compelling characters, and the excellent pacing.
And this?
I honestly can’t even explain what the purpose of the series was, other than to pad Netflix’s catalog. Mission accomplished, I guess.
So many things made it an excruciating watch: the inconsistent pacing, the weak character relationships, the heavy-handed attempts to teach lessons, the moral dilemmas, the punishments, and the forced suspense. It tried to be both dramatic and shocking, but ended up feeling predictable and repetitive.
That’s exactly why I don’t want to think about this series or even write about it. I’m choosing to pretend it was all a bad dream. Or a fever hallucination. Whatever helps me sleep at night.
P.S.
The Japanese remake starts on April 24th. I really hope I like that one.
This will be a very short review.
After the first episode I still had hope. After the second, I already knew it wouldn’t go above 5 stars. It follows a proven formula — one that clearly works, as the first two seasons showed. This show had everything it needed to be great, yet it still failed.
This sequel (or side story, whatever you want to call it) lacked everything that made the previous seasons special: the startling, disturbing, and original situations, the compelling characters, and the excellent pacing.
And this?
I honestly can’t even explain what the purpose of the series was, other than to pad Netflix’s catalog. Mission accomplished, I guess.
So many things made it an excruciating watch: the inconsistent pacing, the weak character relationships, the heavy-handed attempts to teach lessons, the moral dilemmas, the punishments, and the forced suspense. It tried to be both dramatic and shocking, but ended up feeling predictable and repetitive.
That’s exactly why I don’t want to think about this series or even write about it. I’m choosing to pretend it was all a bad dream. Or a fever hallucination. Whatever helps me sleep at night.
P.S.
The Japanese remake starts on April 24th. I really hope I like that one.
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