Picking up from where we left off, we follow our protagonist MustProtectMyFamily-kun and the squadron of vampire slayers, as they gear up for an impending all-out battle with the vampires, in what is to be an attempt to regain control of Earth for the sake of humanity's survival.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you "Generic: the anime." It has proven that when you really try hard enough, when you really push long enough, and when you really care enough, you can enter even denser shounen bullshit territory. It pushes forward into the throw-away abyss at breakneck speeds. Through the magic of fujoshi bait, God awful writing and the power of friendship, this anime becomes a firework display of stupidity rarely achieved by many. But I guess there is one noticeable change worth noting, and that's that the show somehow manages to get worse. If 1st season didn't hammer that point in, then this season surely made sure to get the job done. Owari no Seraph is the "How to make a Basic Shounen for Dummies" in visual format.
It's still a poor man's version of better shounen stories, it's still subpar in quality, and it's still an intoxicating pile of throw-away excerpts from better-established premises and ideas. There's really no change when it comes to this ill-conceived hogwash of clichés and overused tropes. And perhaps that word is all that's needed to sum up this series.
Now doesn't that just roll off the tongue with so much ease? Fits like a glove doesn't it? It's like the word itself was It's even better saying it out loud, follow after me and let's say it together: Just say "it's generic" and a picture is immediately imprinted onto the minds of the audience as to what is to be expected. Simply attach it to the title of a show and it works as a description without any need for further elaboration. Generic: such a simple word, yet one that can also encapsulate a great deal of information with its utterance.
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