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Originally Posted by DreamSword

The score is way better for starters; what with it having music that not only sets the mood almost perfectly every time, but is nice to listen to all on its own. By extension, the atmosphere is handled way better too, with this big feeling of unease dominating every episode without ever feeling overbearing.

Personally, I prefer Armour Zone to Die Set Down.

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

But most importantly of all, this show finally gave me some characters I actually gave half a crap about! Hiroki, Chihiro, and especially Iyu were all characters who I grew to rather like as the show went on, with all of their arcs not only being handled rather well, but the way they intertwine with the season's' overarcing theme of what exactly being a person and living life means was done rather well for the most part.

I guess the premise involving totally different focus characters would work favorably for you as you weren't even invested in the originals. For me, it did take a while to get over that premise, especially when the first season already had to work hard to gain my emotional investment. There was potential in the development of Chihiro and Iyu, but by the end, the plot is like, "it's wrong for these two people to live" and even by Amazons standards, I thought that was too cynical.

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Shoot, the season even managed to get to like some of the returning characters better. I was not expecting to ever get anything out of any of the old squad, but I genuinely felt for Fukuda and what he has to go through. Sure, I still hate Jin, and this season made me dislike Haruka even more, but as an overall the character work was a major step up here. Almost nothing here felt like it was just misery for the sake of it. Like, yeah, aspects of the plot are certainly still dumb, but even then, still way better than how season 1 went about things.

I'm curious since you didn't explain before, what's your problem with Haruka? Anyway, I was honestly expecting Kazuya to become Riderman after losing his arm.

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

While I'm not about to claim that the entire show is saved or that season 2 of Amazonz is anything spectacular, I felt way better about watching it than I did the first season, and that's really all I can ask for.

Are you going to watch Final Judgment as well?

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

I remember the second season of Amazon as a boring and useless power-up of Haruka.

Yeah, I liked the heroic green and yellow suit of Amazon Omega until it got smothered in gunmetal and even traded the Condoler-like Driver for a generic Heisei one. Good thing it was only temporary.