Audience reviews
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FrancoQ4inRed
The main reason I started to watch this anime was its opening. I Heard it while playing AMQ, so I decided to give it a try.
After finishing the 2 seasons, I can say it's a really good anime. Its story is well-done, specially the first season. In the 2nd season, I felt like there were many parts that were rushed. But, I understand that this anime is based in a JRPG, so they have to comprise many things and make it coherent in 24 eps.
I really like the characters design, especially the usage of the color White and other colors. I think this make the characters recognizable and distintive from other animes. Also, I really liked the whole cast and their interactions.
Really good animation and cool music, as well. I would recommend this to anyone.
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The road trailed by this adaptation is boring most of the time, with some nice character moments and fight scenes here and there.
The plot is predictable most of the time, but not in a bad way.
The visuals are stunning thanks to the great work from ufotable
Music can be generic AF if you played Tales of games before. Most of it will sound the same to you after a while.
Inspite of it all, this anime has one of the best endings from the last 6 years. With that in mind, you decide if it's worth to sit through a lot of high minded retoric about good and bad, weird slow pace and rushed stuff at random, all for a pretty sweet last episode.
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# Minus
- Less Character Develoment -
Straight to the critic, the character development is kinda less, make some of the scene feel lost its emotion especially at ep 11. There's less connection between each character that connected to the main char. The "supporting" role is just follow the mc and much of them do less interaction even though they following the mc everywhere (except Mikleo, even though its still a bit less)
- Badly written Story -
The plot has generic story, where the MC is going around conquering any demons that the mc fight with. The story feels bland at much space that makes it kinda boring.
- Bland, Boring, -
Yes yes, all that feeling because of that badly written story. Let me tell you, im watching all the episodes while im playing games because of getting tired with i…
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I'll be honest, the only reason this is getting a seven is because the last few episodes were pretty solid. If only, if only the rest of the series was like that.
Alright, so I saw some definite improvements this season to last season, though I kind of felt like other stuff was sacrificed for it a bit, but I'll go through what I was happy to see in this second season. As far as the main character's development, I enjoyed that it swayed more towards and actual motive for this season. He seemed like he was fighting conflict within himself to decide how he wanted to use his power, and he ultimately figured out the answer. Getting that insight into his character is something I was craving from the last season, so I'm glad I saw it here. I also thought that the focus on one of the other charac…
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Does doing a necessary evil still make you good?, can you ever eliminate all evil?
The second season of Tales of Zestiria the X was for LA a decent improvement from the first season merely since the first season was essentially setting everything and LA does EVERYTHING up, from it's characters, settings, major plotlines and slight character developments, the second season more or less gives resolutions to many of those major plotlines that was established in the first season.
So this second season is much more character heavy and LA says this in a good way as we focus on two of the major characters that already established some character arcs from the first season, Rose and Alisha. Rose is up first and is about her revenge to which her beliefs of doing a necessary evil makes her evil or…
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Watching this as someone who had played both of the games it is based on, I can safely say that this anime is better sequel to Tales of Berseria than the eponymous game.
That said there are a few very jarring inconsistencies between the story here and the story of ToB. I will not describe them here to avoid spoilers but let's just say that, among other things, Zaveid would not be happy to discover that dragons can in fact be purified.
The story is also quite different from the Tales of Zestiria game, especially in this season, where pretty much the only common point is Sorey defeating the bad guy. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but I would have loved to see some of the other locations and plotlines from the game, though that would require a longer run that the 25 episodes.
As for the…
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You always have to be careful when taking in a squeal.
You can either be ecstatic or really disappointed which is why I am always hesitant if i only liked the anime.
I was surprised that I liked the second season more than the first.
I found that they did not repeat plot and the characters actually developed but, did not loose key personality traits.
They did sometimes switch to 3D animation but not to the point where it became a pain. The action sequences did improve. They added more detail but not to the point where you dont know where to look.
Overall, if you liked the first season you will love the second.
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The second season started off really well, and made me like Rose as much as I did Alicia in the first season. Following the Sparrowfeathers/Shattered Bones made for some intriguing moments and Rose was really fleshed out well as a character. But, once things shifted to the final battle with the Lord of Calamity, the anime was just far too rushed and killed what could've been a great anime. Major events were just happening in a blink of an eye, and it kind of baffled common sense. For example: (Spoiler) Rose was having a horrible time Armatizing with her own close Seraph Dezel, but later on, Armatizes with Mikleo in one go, just out of nowhere. No discussion, nothing. She's suddenly just there with Mikleo in her. Makes no sense.
Because of the rushed speed, some characters were making maj…
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TALES OF ZESTIRIA SEASON 2 ANIME REVIEW
OVERALL: 8.2
PLOT: 8/10
The first season of this adaptation is really a great one for me. Since it tackles human emotions, the capability of human to destroy things cause by their greed, by their selfishness, it really captures my excitement. However, the continuation of this anime kinda disappoints me. Though it still focuses on what the first one is, there are questions that failed to found its answers. It feels like something is missing. Some valuable explanation has been left unsaid, which I think I can find in the game itself. Still, I like how all of the characters made their way to do the right thing even if it means sacrificing their very existence.
CHARACTERS: 7/10
The characters are too perfect, now that I think about it. Except for R…
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i really enjoyed first and second of this tales series cause it was entertaining for me cause when the first season came out i was really exited because the tales series is my favorite but i don't know why a lot of people dissed it but everyone has their own opinions but i really enjoyed this season as well as the first so i recomend this to people who like the tales series to watch it cause its and the art and graphics are amazing the character designs and music fit so well with this season illumanate by miami is absolutely perfect fit for the series
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To clear things up, this is a review of Seasons 1 & 2, or better put "Tales of Zestiria the X" as a whole.
This review will not follow a typical format, I think everyone already knows that the art is great and that the sound is probably great too. As such I'll focus on everything wrong with the show.
So lets start by getting this out of the way:
Art: 9/10 , it's ufotable, I gave Fate/Zero a 10 and rated Garden of Sinners equally as high. Zestiria is still up to scratch, or though at times quality fluctuates slightly and just doesn't meet previous standards set by the studio.
Sound: 'Very good' 8/10, as a guitarist myself I could appreciate the slightly rockier OST parts and Flow is always great.
And now for where it goes wrong.
Story: 3/10. Honestly this didn't come as a surprise to…
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The art surrounding the story is like a beautiful wedding dress surrounding a goat that was mauled to death by a bear last week.
This series gets the first 10 I've ever given for art, rounded up from 9,6 because the derpy faces of some characters could have looked better while the rest looks like it had the budget of an entire small nation. That's the only good thing about this insanely retarded mess worth praising.
Mr. Shepherd keeps clinging to his ideal that nobody should ever be killed and it gets ever more annoying as time passes. There are so many thousands of good examples of how refusal to do away with a souce of suffering and death results in absolute disaster that I won't even bother listing any. Yet this blockheaded colossal dork never even once has to make a tough choice beca…
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The art of this series is so great that it makes you care about the characters and the story.
The plot isn't that complex because it doesn't need to, the are times when people just want to enjoy great visuals with a simple story about a group of friends who wants to protect the world from the malevolence of itself.
Some spoilers:
That plot twist was actually pretty cool, it was interesting how the Lord of Calamity became who he is because of the loneliness that the previous shepherd cursed upon him. Also, it showed that even the shepherd who is meant to be the kindest person in the world can have malevolence within him.
Another reason I enjoyed so much this show is because I love endings where the main character sacrifices himself in order to accomplish whatever his goal is.
HOLY SHIT…
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Tales of Zestiria second season
Slight spoilers mainly in character analysis.
Tales of Zestiria the x2 is the second season of the Tales of Zestiria the x-anime series that was adapted from the game series of the same name. This season continues to expand upon both of what was established in the game itself and what was introduced and expanded upon in the previous season. As I have yet to complete the game that acts as the anime’s source material I have no idea whether it still follows the game or not but in any case, this season continues the journey that Sorey and his seraph friends embarked upon in the previous season as they try to stop the lord of calamity from bringing eternal darkness and despair to the land.
While the previous season was largely set in the country of Hyland th…
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Tales of, a series that keep us entertained since a very long time until now. This time, the second season of the Zesteria story live to the honor. As the 1st season made clear, you don't need have experienced the game to apreciate this story potential and if you played the game, well, you gonna still seeing a beautiful complement to the story that you know already.
The art is beautiful, Ufotable work with the anime scenes in the game, too, so they know how to paint the Zesteria World. With absolute fidelity to the game, the 3D world comes to the 2D with super powers and pretty details in every corner, even the ugly ones.
The OST with the addition of the singles of the anime are very delightful, necessary and well blended in all scenes, so the story can walk with the right tones and the…
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Out of all of the games in the 'Tales of-' series, many people were skeptical at Ufotable's choice at adapting Zestiria, which was understandable given how it had one of the weakest stories in the entire series. And honestly, the skepticism backed itself up very well given the final product.
Story: Continuing with its previous season, Tales of Zestiria brings us back to the world plagued by malevolence where we follow our main protagonist, Sorey, as he fully realizes his power as the Shepherd in order to save the world from humanity's own faults and wrongdoings. At least...that's what I think the show's about? It's not really all that clear.
Unfortunately, the muddiness and lack of detail of my own synopsis to me shows just how difficult it is to describe Tales of Zestiria from a story s…
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Story(7)
It may sound dull but i enjoyed it because it gives me some enjoyment even though is long and boring and actually killed some time for me to enjoy, even though the story is not really a well written one, the story overall surprised me a bit as it is way interesting than i thought originally, it may have some difference from the game but its normal to me to see this change
Art(10)
Ufotable back at it again with yet another beautifully finished animation that actually gave me interest to the characters and the place
Sound(8)
It retains the OST from the game but the OST is not my very concerned one comparing to Fate/Stay Night UBW OSTs, yet beutifully done.
Character(6)
Oh boy, this is where it drops, Sorey is not very appealing to me as he may be a pure-hearted type of protagonis…
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Having said that, I will now analyze the different aspects of "Tales of Zestiria the X" as a whole:
Story: 3/10
Tales of Zestiria’s main issue is that it came out in 2016. For anybody who has experienced a decent amount of fantasy stories, the whole premise of "a crew with different powers goes on a journey to save the world" gets old quickly. And while it's true that Zestiria might work as a baby's first show, this alone doesn't make up for its shallowness and lack of originality. ToZ also disappoints when it comes to direction and pacing. The original idea of the show taking liberties with the plot seen in the game was originally promising (due to it being considered below average by a large portion of the Tales fanbase), but unfortunately, the result proved to be disappointing too. The…
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Tales of Zestiria the X 2nd Season was nothing special for me just like the 1st season
When i 1st heard about the anime I thought it would be good and full of action and stuff like that
but I was really disappointed the story was boring,character were a bit interesting but nothing special,the animation was fine,although the whole anime is about purification and stuff like that you can predict what's gonna happend in the next episode or in the next scene...
I wouldn't recommend this anime to anyone,but people like stuff like this,well it's up to you to chose whether you gonna watch it or not :D
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This is my first time reviewing Anime and i am no critic this is just my opinion on what i have seen also this review is for both season 1 and 2 of Tales of Zestiria the X
Story is 6 for me cause this version of the story had better character development than the game but i am mostly talking about Alisha i liked that she was more involved here unlike in the game where she's not present in the final parts of the game like she suddenly turned into a minor character other than that the story is decent enough but not enough to blow out the story of the game all together
Art is a 8 I loved Ufotable's animation enough said
Sound is an 8 as well the music in the game was used here and i believe some new tracks which is great and i loved Flow's opening and ending theme
character is a 6 like wh…
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