As much as the first season was fun, crazy, interesting and exciting, the second was just as average, passing, boring and stretched. A good screenwriter would be able to cut a lot of excess and cram the events of the entire second season of the episode into three or four, without losing information and gaining in watchability. I'm not talking about the "Rebirth of uncle", which happened in the middle of the second season of "The demon lord Unrecognized by the school", the postponement of the release for six months due to COVID-19 in 2k23 is a joke to the chickens. And I would understand if this stretching with empty dialogues and scenes was justified by the fact that ALL events would end in the second season, but after all, there is a seed for a sequel in the scene after the credits! So there was something to shoot about, even if the whole mess with Misa and the false lord could fit into 3-4 episodes. In short, I'm a little disappointed, such a season was not worth such a long wait. Of course, I can blame the dubious quality of the second season on the "curse of the sequel", it sometimes completely kills some anime ("Fruit of Evolution", "Overlord", "Rise of the Shield Hero"...), so I will still wait for the third season, and hope that it Makes this anime Great Again.
@Dimixond: in the second season of Overlord, there was a terrible, long and uninteresting story about lizardmen, which almost killed all the anime. If, after the second season of Overlord, I hadn't seen the second seasons of The Rise of the Shield Hero, The Fruit of Evolution, and now The Unrecognized Demon Lord School, then I would still consider Overlord anime to be the one with the most heavily skidded second season. But the presence of three more anime with failed second seasons in every sense does not detract from the legendary suckiness of the second season of Overlord.
PS And the presence of "Overlord" sequels after the second season also does not exclude him from this shameful list, since both "The Ascent of the Hero of the Shield" and "The Unrecognized Demon Lord school" have also announced sequels. And I've got my fingers crossed and I'm holding my fists so that their quality is at least at the level of season 3 of Overlord
Watching this anime in any other way than in one gulp is difficult, since you just stop seeing the thread of the narrative ... I don't think I'll watch the third season if it is released.
Initially, season 2 was supposed to be in 2 parts of 12 episodes as the rebirth of the unemployed, but because of covid, it was divided into 3 parts because of this, the impression was blurred, but the sequel will be in 2024 so the new season will not have to wait long.
If the first season was a rather mediocre, but funny comedy (a banal plot, a banal plot, another super-strong dude was reborn, demons, magic, etc.), in the second season there is some unnecessary immersion in the ENT of the series, while lightness and humor are lost.
I watched it only 5 times and then at an increased speed, very much worse than season 1 It's like there are two different projects about different things and it's not a plus.
And I would understand if this stretching with empty dialogues and scenes was justified by the fact that ALL events would end in the second season, but after all, there is a seed for a sequel in the scene after the credits! So there was something to shoot about, even if the whole mess with Misa and the false lord could fit into 3-4 episodes.
In short, I'm a little disappointed, such a season was not worth such a long wait. Of course, I can blame the dubious quality of the second season on the "curse of the sequel", it sometimes completely kills some anime ("Fruit of Evolution", "Overlord", "Rise of the Shield Hero"...), so I will still wait for the third season, and hope that it Makes this anime Great Again.
If, after the second season of Overlord, I hadn't seen the second seasons of The Rise of the Shield Hero, The Fruit of Evolution, and now The Unrecognized Demon Lord School, then I would still consider Overlord anime to be the one with the most heavily skidded second season. But the presence of three more anime with failed second seasons in every sense does not detract from the legendary suckiness of the second season of Overlord.
PS And the presence of "Overlord" sequels after the second season also does not exclude him from this shameful list, since both "The Ascent of the Hero of the Shield" and "The Unrecognized Demon Lord school" have also announced sequels. And I've got my fingers crossed and I'm holding my fists so that their quality is at least at the level of season 3 of Overlord
I don't think I'll watch the third season if it is released.
The premiere will take place on April 12, 2024.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suk6N56VDMQ&;ab_channel=アニプレックスチャンネル
It's like there are two different projects about different things and it's not a plus.