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The Rising of the Shield Hero · Season 2 · Crunchyroll

The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2

The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2 is a ONE-TIME WATCH, BollyMeter 6.5/10. 13 episodes on Crunchyroll from 6 April 2022.

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BollyMeter6.5/10Rotten Tomatoes' sole critic review gave 53%, with reviewer Panos Kotzathanasis calling it 'disappointing and definitely unworthy of the excellent first one'; MAL audience ratings confirmed the broad decline in reception.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Season 2 (2022) was a significant step down. The condensed 13-episode run tried to cover a Spirit Tortoise arc that manga readers noted felt rushed, and Rotten Tomatoes' sole critical review - a 53% from Panos Kotzathanasis at Asian Movie Pulse - captured the prevailing sense of a season that had lost the careful world-building that made Season 1 compelling. MAL reviewer Veronin's pre-existing critique of the franchise as 'popular mostly for its gimmicky nature, masquerading itself as mature' found broader agreement with Season 2 as evidence. Fan communities largely attributed the decline to a compressed production schedule and pacing decisions in the adaptation.

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53%critics positive · n=1
  • “The second season of The Rising of the Shield Hero is disappointing, and definitely unworthy of the excellent first one.”
    Asian Movie Pulse

Season Over Season

Season 2 is a notable decline - the 25-episode pacing of Season 1 was replaced with a compressed 13-episode run that stripped the character development and world-building that the first season earned slowly.