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For the love of God, new viewer, stop at season 1
IBO Season 2 is notorious in the Gundam fan community. If Gundam Seed Destiny had not captured the gold medal for "biggest fuckup in history", IBO S2 could easily take the crown. Every positive to S1, is gone in S2. This review will include spoilers. Please, take it on faith, do not watch season 2 a…
Read full review on AniList →A highly disappointing followup to the first season that manages to miss everything that made it great to begin with.
The second season of Iron-Blooded Orphans is a disjointed sequel that is disappointing to say the least. None of the emotional weight that the first season carried managed to make its weight into the second season. Rather than being a meaningful continuation of a remarkable series, IBO S2 ends up be…
Read full review on AniList →A flawed yet gripping tragedy of finding one's place in an unforgiving universe
###~~~_This review covers both S1 and S2, and contains minor spoilers for both of them._~~~
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__Introduction:__
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Even as a relative newcomer to th…
Read full review on AniList →That Time an Anime Gave me Anxiety
The folly of ideals. What do I live for? What do I fight for? What shall I die for?
Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans asks this question. However, it may seem like it failed to answer it. I would argue the opposite, rather the absence of an answer is in itself the answer. We follow the strugg…
Read full review on AniList →IBO's Second Season has a story and a lesson to tell, and its still worth a watch.
~~~_"Let's go, to the place where we belong."_
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Season 2's story and ending has often been discussed as something of inferior to Season 1's ending, and it may seem so, because of the haphazard storytelling. Nonetheless, as an overall thematic ending, I do think IBO has succeeded, and even if the…
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