It's a bit of a shame since in almost any other aspect it's a better game than the first one.

I have two gripes:

- Make it so contact damage only does 1 mask instead of 2 on bosses.
- The RB+up to use tools is an unfortunate combination of keys. Actively discouraging me from using them.

This is doubly true once the discourse escaped anime centric spheres and moved into videogame ones, where the Studio is even more of a sacred object.

My fear for this is that all of Kutsuna webgen stylings will be dismissed by the general public as "Ai" because they don't understand shit about animation and their source of info is misguided posts like this.

Mauling hundreds of digital cadavers strangely relaxes me. I suppose it's the same effect idle games have on other people, it allows me to drone off.

So when the game asks me to replay missions (with cute narrative justifications too) I just do it. Sweet numbers going up.

You know, I never finished it. Got close to the end and had only a couple of things to do before starting the final set piece but i was so tired and done with it.

Firstly, you can clearly read the credits in the video description.
Or if you prefer english, you can find them here: anilist.co/anime/196482...

Kentaro Waki, the Director of Photography for this Special is very good at imitating cel era anime with digital tools. That's why it looks so authentic.

Everything in this Special, with the exception with the reel before the logo appears, is new animation.

Characters gesture toward Shingo Araki but do so through a very modern, very clean, lens.

Portraits have clear korean sensibilities while pixel art remains unabashedly "old". Art design recalls abstract paintings seemingly on purpose to evoke this timeless feeling.

I don't want to sound too negative. The show is fun, if you liked the first Season this is (mostly) just that.

I just wanted a bit more.