The Misfit of Demon King Academy 2 is a good closure to what this entire series is all about: regaining his lost and stolen glory from the imposter who seeks to destroy and erase him. Of course the entire season 2 showed us that things are not what it really seems as there are a lot more complicated issues developed that led to situation at the end of the season. https://externalpreview.redd.it/themisfitofdemonkingacademyiinewvisualv0WHKvsNJSCTGQcUwjtuBpTSuEYXRkhpZkcLvY21i7s.jpg?auto=webps=897ea774ed99d36cf808927e77db7726f8e50710 Picture Source: Turbostrider27 on Reddit thru Google Image Search One thing I want to address first is that there is an obvious change in the seiyuu casting for Anos. When I watched this season I noticed that his voice became a lot deeper than in season 1. A quick check and it confirmed that there was a change in the seiyuu. I prefer the season 1s seiyuu for Anos to be honest as his voice was deep but not too deep that it didnt fit Anoss character. In season 2 it was much deeper that it didnt feel right. Unfortunately the season 1 seiyuu did not reprise his role for Anos again in season 3 so we are stuck with the season 2s seiyuu for Anos. Although I do have a preference for the season 1s seiyuu the change is somewhat subtle as in Anoss voice has been deep from the beginning so I got used to the new voice quickly since the change is kinda subtle. Anyway back to the story itself. After the major events happening in season 1 season 2 sees our group of protagonist trying to go back to their peaceful daily lives as students at the demon king academy. However a member of Anoss group was being targetted and this started a series of spiralling investigation into the why and who. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/crop1200x630gGD/cms/episodereview.4/201453/misfit7.jpg Picture Source: Anime News Network thru Google Image Search The story dived deeper into what exactly happened after Anos sacrificed his life to allow peace to wash over the land. The focus this time was on the fairies and that also led to the answer of the why and who mentioned previously. https://thecinemaholic.com/wpcontent/uploads/2023/01/21vsavvvb.jpg Picture Source: The Cinemaholic thru Google Image Search I feel that the lore was well thought out and it didnt seem to leave behind any loopholes from what I could see. However despite giving it a high positive rating there were some things that were otherwise. I wont be spelling out all of them by the way. The first which is more cringe given the nature of this story is the fan girls of Anos. I get it Anos being a benevolent king to his own people would definitely want them to have a chance to shine. Even with small little actions Anos would praise them to the high heavens. But what I could not get over is how they constantly have to sing. https://i0.wp.com/www.crowsworldofanime.com/wpcontent/uploads/2020/09/TheMisfitofDemonKingAcademyEpisode11Figure01.jpg?resize=6402C360ssl=1 Picture Source: Crows World of Anime thru Google Image Search I didnt address this in my season 1 review because it did not happen frequently. But in this season? Gosh... I dont mind if song has great powers to defeat enemies but like... cant they choose something more fitting to their theme? Like a dark academia kind of song would be more benefitting than this sudden lighthearted jpop springing out of nowhere. I mean that is just my personal opinion of this singing thing in the series. Another issue I had is Lena. Before I move on there is going to be a spoiler. To give a full context of my issue with Lena I will put it in the spoiler link. But to help people who does not want spoilers a very general and nonspoiler way for me to say is that Lena a suddenly became another person... I mean yes we have someone else who did that before Lenas revelation but that someone else was understandable Lena... not so much... As mentioned earlier I wont be spelling out all of the issues I have with this anime. Regardless it was actually a fun series to watch and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am only concerned about what they intend to show in season 3 because isnt this the end of what the entire story is about? We could only wait and see.
85 /100
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