AniWorthRiki-Oh 2: Child of Destruction
Introduction
Child of Destruction is the sequel to the RIKI-OH OVA Wall of Hell. Child of Destruction tells us more of Riki's past, as we flash back to his childhood to learn the terrible fate of his mother and how he himself was taken away from his twin brother Nachi during a game of hide-and-seek, with Nachi's plaintive cry of "Are you ready yet?" haunting him through the years. Riki has a six-pointed star emblazoned on his hand, while Nachi has a swastika on his, the significance of which go unexplained. Riki finds himself in the town of Misaki, dotted with illegal nuclear power plants and run by a religious fanatic military organization called "God's Judgment." He is taken prisoner and made to fight in gladiatorial matches in a sprawling arena. He finds his brother, whose special powers have given him the name of "Savior," but his reunion with his resentful sibling turns sour rather quickly. Part 2 is much gorier than Part 1, with Riki smashing his fists into numerous soldier opponents with far less restraint.
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Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 5.21/10 · 1297
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| 2/10 | 69 |
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| 3/10 | 124 |
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| 4/10 | 185 |
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| 5/10 | 286 |
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| 8/10 | 70 |
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Audience reviews
5 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
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This OVA was a bit of a mess. The story felt scattered and confusing, and not in a good way. It seemed like they tried to cram too much plot into this short episode, which made following the narrative difficult.
The change in setting—from the brutal prison of the first OVA to a secret underground fight club—felt jarring and out of place. The tone didn’t quite match what was established before, and the overall flow suffered because of it.
Compared to the first OVA, this second part was disappointing and less enjoyable. It lacked the chaotic charm and clear focus that made the first one so entertaining.
Read at the sourceKamezuki
As the title suggests, “Riki-Oh 2” is the sequel to 1989’s “Riki-Oh.” This OVA explores the titular character’s past and his quest to find his twin brother from whom he was separated as a child. While “2” has its fair share of gory violence, it’s toned down compared to its predecessor, and the stilted scenes, animation errors and jumpy narrative do it no favors.
Presumably, the events of this OVA take place after what happened in the first one, although it’s hard to tell. Riki-Oh is searching for his twin brother, Nachi, who has similar powers to his, except Nachi has a swastika on his hand, and Riki-Oh has a Star of David. (The reason behind the existence of these powers is unclear.) He walks around in northern Japan and talks to a psychic woman who almost dies but is suddenly okay just…
Read at the sourceWaterinaglass
This OVA is not very good. There is not much more to say than that, but I will try to elaborate a little, bit. It seems like it is supposed to be a continuation of the original "Wall of Hell" OVA but it doesn't seem to connect or relate to it in any way. Either way, on it's own the story is pretty bad. It would be better as a 13 or more episode series instead of a 40 minute OVA. A lot of stuff happens too fast for me to care about, and many characters are introduced and die in less than 10 minutes.
The art is not great either and while the setting is not a pleasant one, I don't think the art needed to be so drab to showcase this. All the scenes are excessively grey and faded.
The characters are not interesting nor very cool, yet they could have been if this was written better. And eithe…
Read at the sourceSinister_Garbage
The story was a continuation of the first OVA.
WHen i first watched it i thought it would be enjoyable but when it goes the the part where Riki's brother gone berserk it went all poor. The fight scene with his brother was also really short.
The story doesn't make any sense either. How did Riki get his streignth? Is he a martial artist or just gifted? And the ending was also probaly a cliffhanger.
The art looked like a deformed JoJo drawing, but the fight scene was pretty decent. But in fact that's the mistake, if the character was too overpowered then the story has to be good
Read at the sourceVoivodian
This is an extremely crappy Ova with one of the worst, nonsensical plots I have seen out of all the trash retro Ovas out there.
In between the poorly elaborated apocalyptic plans of the bad guys coming out of nowhere, Riki's brother going from 'don't kill muh brother; ANGERY' to 'Imma destroy all of Japan' within 10 minutes and Riki Oh getting mortally wounded only to fight as if nothing had happened in the very next scene, this anime is like Evangelion in how it chucks in random religious symbols in the hopes that the viewer would over interpret it as a sign of 'intelligence'. However, even Evangelion manages to have a somewhat coherent plot, Riki Oh's is just shit flinging that hopes it sticks.
Of course any genre savy viewer knows that you don't watch this sort of garbage for characte…
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