This new season is actually still pretty good.
The animation is still great. There is some interesting character development for the main characters.
The soundtrack is mixed. I am not a big fan of some of the rap songs used.
Minor spoilers but it is so damn funny that the one lesbian couple has a domestic violence incident.
Overall I think it is worth a watch if you liked the first season.
I haven't seen much of any woke bullshit or any leftist preaching so far.
Haven't watched the first season yet. Does it deserve its rating or is it overrated?
The animation is extremely good. It's one of those shows where 9/10 scenes could be paused and played off like it was something an artist drew by hand for 5 hours. Excellent voice acting throughout, especially involving the drama in the first 2-3 episodes of S1. The story happens because of things that could have been prevented, but fate conspired against the characters. Motivations seem reasonable and not retarded.
There's some 'Woman Strong' stuff that goes on, but it's not egregious, it's just the end result of having what amounts to 'superhero' characters. There is one of those shitty rap/pop songs for the intro and theme of the show. Two main characters (mentioned in the OP) are lesbians and their budding relationship gets a fair bit of screen time, but I found it to not interfere with my enjoyment of the rest of the show. The show stops just shy of doing a 'Capitalism bad' routine with the upper/lower class dynamic, but I don't remember it being too distracting a plot point. I last watched it in Nov 2021 when it was new, so I am likely forgetting the things that rubbed me the wrong way more than the things I enjoyed about it.
I think it's one of those shows that is "quite good," but because so much of the rest of modern TV is unrepentant trash it stands out all the brighter. A 6/10 lady in a pretty dress who is a healthy weight among landwhales and slobs. It gets my recommendation for the animation alone. It's beautiful.
Guess I'll give it a shot. Thanks.
Finished the first season now and I pretty much agree with you on every point. The first 3 episodes were truly great but the other 6 felt rushed. Would have benefited greatly from a longer runtime. Silco was definitely my favorite character. A villain that isn't really a villain but also not an anti-hero but a believable, complex and compelling character with understandable motivations.
Overall the character development wasn't as in depth as I would've liked it to be, voice acting was lacking sometimes and quite a few female characters were basically just men with tits (not talking about the established characters/champions from the game).
But truly great visuals and animations, good soundtrack even if I'm not too much into the chosen genre, solid story that wasn't black and white, no or barely noticeable agenda preaching and no beautiful characters intentionally made ugly. Even the men with tits were actually believable characters. And truly violent (not gory) fight scenes.
Good show, very good compared to the average slop we get these days but falls short of being great. So a bit overrated but not by too much. Gets my recommendation.
Hopefully S2 at least maintains that quality. I think I'll wait until all episodes are out before I binge watch it.
I'm glad I could convince you! I'm holding my breath for S2 to stand up to S1, the show could completely ruin its reputation is it bungles the follow-up. I expect they understand how much the show was liked, and they know how popular LoL is and I'm confident that Riot Games has a strong investment in it as well.
The real question is, Jinx; could you fix her, or is she perfect the way she is? :^)
Depends. In 2D or 3D? :^)
First season is a genuinely good show. Very good writing, very good animation, compelling character arcs...it's just an all around high quality work of fiction. The ending to it is just sublime.