Reviews for Asura Cryin' 2

ok this is my first review so go easy on me well many many people said that the asura cryin series suck but i will explain why they say that: like 90% of the people who say that only saw the first season and have to warn u if u only watch the first season U WONT UNDERSTAND A THING OF THIS ANIME. this isnt a story that has a season and if its succesefull thay make a second one, no that not the case, this series was intended to have 2 seasons thats why u wont unsderstand anythinf just by watching the second season. whenu start seeing the second season u will get captured by the storyline and by the way the plot and story starts to develop and the evolution of the romantic part was prety good too (^^)

Loved the arts from the final batle it reminded me litle of gurren lagann :D and the OP of the first season in the final batle was EPIC!!!!

well overall i give t a 9 cause it was realy emnjoyable art was prety good the story developed very well and the sound (speacialy in the end) was very good and because it ad a very conclusive ending, it was not like most animes in oour days that have inconclusive endings thats why i advise u to see this anime :D

PS: DONT TRY TO WATCH THE SECOND SEASON WITHOT SEEING THE FIRST UR U WONT UNDERSTAND A THING!! HAPPY HOLYDAYS EVERYONE ^^

The whole story of Asura Cryin' is quite bizarre and maybe complicated but everything does make sense despite all its weirdness. First of all, if you are reading this review (no spoiler) I assume that you've seen the first season; understood the relation between handlers, burial dolls and demons(akumas); and most of all that you’re interested in what happens next (the sooner you watch the sequel the better because of all the terminology you have to remember). Following the first season Tomoharu now knows that the Asura Machina uses the soul energy of its burial doll; in his case the emotions and soul of his friend Misao.Because of this, he’s now looking for a way to separate her from Kurogane (name of his Asura Machina). On the other hand, his demon friend Kanade, as an unnatural being in the world, can’t use her powers to aid Natsume because of the “Hizaika” (the effect that makes demons disappear little by little when they use their abilities without a contractor).

So this is the initial setting given in this second season. All about the journey to find some device to save Misao doesn’t look promising at all but I must say that what makes this season very superior to the previous one is the crazy turn of events and the main plot regarding all those flashbacks you’ve seen before. Yes, all those confusing flashbacks from the first season that made you wonder “what was that again?” are now explained in this sequel. Now the story is no more about finding Naotaka, escaping from the student council or finding some stabilizer; this time the series has bigger plans for Natsume and company. Since there’s much more at risk the events occurring now involve more action and give a feeling of curiosity about what’s coming next.

The art of this anime is no better than average, it doesn’t overwhelm you but it could disappoint you especially considering all the mechas and powers you see in it. In contrast of the art, the sound is awesome I personally loved the OP/ED by Angela the most; also the voice roles are accurate to the personalities. As for the characters, the main difference to the first season is that Ania plays a bigger part in this season.

Overall, the enjoyment of this anime is guaranteed in almost all of it, if you liked the first season or you think it was interesting but not well developed you will find Asura Cryin’2 fascinating. This second season is the bigger half of the story so you won’t be lost in the end wondering what happened.

Ever have to watch an anticipated (or somewhat anticipated) sequel because the first of the series just made absolutely no sense? Well this would be one of them. I was skeptical at first about continuing the series and even after I started watching, it was kept on hold at episode 1 for the longest time. Assuming you have watched the first season, you should know why. Simply put, the first season was full of ambiguity and there was only a rough grasp of the current plot. Now, to end the first season off with nothing but questions about everything we had witnessed, anyone would assume thatthe explanations would follow in the season season. Well time to be disappointed ladies and gentlemen because what we are going to get, is far from explanations.

As for the explanations, without getting too in depth and ruining the fun for all of you(if you so happen to be the masochist to find out yourself), what the end result is, is that not only does the story get more ambiguous because of the new stuff that gets thrown at you, you basically get no explanations on anything from season one. Not One(good one at least).

As if it couldn't get any worse, it does. By the end of the series your going to have so much contradictory information in your head, that you have no way of making sense out of this huge mess of poor planning.

Asura Cryin' as a whole, is a perfect example of the "try too hard to put in everything and fail miserably" type anime. It tries to appeal to, too wide of an audience, that it stretched itself so thin, that it snapped.

To put it simply, try taking a small rubber band about 3-5 cm in diameter and try to wrap that around your family sized box of cereal. What is the end result? The rubber band breaks and whips you in your hand. Not only will it leave you in pain and pissed off, but u got an opened box of cereal in the end to add insult to injury.

As for the rest of the anime, it was alright. Some characters were great, some blew, and some will even confuse you more. The second season incorporates more sound tracks into the series, but none too inspiring. I found myself liking the first seasons OP more than anything else from the series and a bit disappointed in the rest of the sound tracks.

There was no way I could enjoy this to its fullest because I personally was too focused on the terrible plot. However, because Asura Cryin' tried so hard to appeal to everyone, I got to see some of the character development I had wish to see.

To conclude, Asura Cryin' sucked. Watch it if you really want to see the conclusion (believe it or not there is a very conclusive one), but if you really wanted to see a well knit plot, don't bother.

As many of you have seen the first season, let me just say that season 2 is much better. I'm only saying this because I watched season 1 and I had watched it 1 episode a week just because I didn't get into it enough to watch it nonstop. THIS season however is different. I had to sit through school and keep looking at the clock wondering when school would get out so I could go home and watch the rest of season 2. I was on the edge of my seat most of the time due to how action packed it was, and thestory was a big improvement from season 1.

The story in this season had a much bigger plot, and it was a really interesting one too. The entire season is basically talking about different dimensions and alternate worlds. That intrigued me to start thinking about what it would be like to have another me somewhere. The entire story didn't have to deal with alternate dimensions alone, it continued the plot line involving the Asura Cryin' and Takatsuki vanishing and Misao and Tomo remembering their past. The story is totally crazy and it'll have some "Didn't see that one coming" moments.

Art was as good as the first season. The fight scenes were animated beautifully and the character art was impressive. I'm saying this because the characters are portrayed differently in some of the episodes, which was cool because at some point in animes you want to see the characters wear something other then what they usually wear. That and the visual effects were also quite impressive.

I like the voice actors and stuff, but when I watched it, it was one of those "Turn the Vol. up because it's too low, then turn it down again because it got too loud" animes. That's the only thing that I noticed they could have improved when making the show. Other then that, the sound effects were good, voice acting was good, it was all good.

I personally liked the characters a lot. They weren't really annoying, they looked good, voice actors did a good job bringing a good picture to what they would sound like in real life. It was well done. Ania remains my favorite. She can't be replaced in my opinion.

I enjoyed this season a lot. Personally, out of all the animes that haven't been dubbed yet, this is one of my favorites. I recommend this to all those who liked Asura Cryin' season 1, and to all the people who didn't like the first season. It's a big improvement, trust me. You're bound to like this one.

Hope this review helped.

Story In my opinion, Asura Cryin' 2 was a lot better than the first season, some flaws were amended and made better. Basically, the twists in plot still remains and is good, you wouldn't know when friends turn into foes or whether foes turn into friends. New characters were introduced and a new storyline was formed, making the anime more interesting than the first season. This season got better and better towards the end as the characters turn more serious as time goes by and trusts one another in order to cooperate. The ending was pretty good although some of the characters who failed in achievingsomething they wanted in the anime had a pretty sad ending but good thing was that the main character ended up with the main heroine I wanted. Another part of the ending that I want to point out is that they used the first season's opening theme song once again which gives me a exciting feeling when I watch the main character fighting against the 'final boss'. This anime turned out great and I do not have any complains for it.

Art

The art and effects still remains intact, explosions were still awesome which I like a lot when I watch an action anime. Characters' facial expressions are still well made and the environments are well detailed.

Sound

The sound effects and voice acting are still good, and the opening theme is still great but it kind of loses to the first season's opening.

Character

New characters and old ones still remain, all of them have their specialties and I have different taste likings for each and every one of them.

Enjoyment

I enjoyed the whole season thoroughly, every single time I watch it, I'm always keen to know what is going to happen next which always leave me in a position to wanting to finish the anime.

Overall, it's a nice and good anime in my opinion. Has touching moments and also happy moments which makes it interesting.

This will be a review over Ausura Cryin' as a series including both seasons. Asura Cryin' in short is a story of love, despair, and sacrifice. What one is willing to do to accomplish their goals and the price you pay for those goals and the power you use. Story: The story in season one is kind of convoluted to say the least it mostly is their for setting up the main story that happens in the second season and for you to know all the terminology they use throughout the series. It mostly is about the main character Tomoharu learning who he is andhis importance to the world and why his best friend Misao is haunting him as a ghost. Kind of silly at first with all the crazy stuff that happens at the beginning but don't worry by the later half of the second season all should make since by then. If you can get by the first seasons convolutedness and are still interested I can guarantee that you will like the second season a lot more.

Art: The art in the story is pretty good but not the best compared to other animes that came out around the time this anime aired but still good and the fighting scenes are also done fairly well too.

Sound: I didn't really listen to much to the op and ed other than the first time they came on and the music they used was ok but not really memorable so don't come in excepting anything exceptional.

Characters: The main characters of Asura Cryin' are mainly just the science club members even though they all aren't said to be main on the MAL list but that is who the story mainly goes around is their group. But in a whole the mains are Tomoharu, Misao, and Kanade. All three mains don't really change who they are throughout the series they generally stay the same.

Tomoharu is the main male lead who is almost literally thrown into the chaos of the world without really knowing what the hell is going on and why he needs to be involved while everyone else tends to keep him in the dark the whole time till they find it necessary to tell him what the hell is going on so I kinda feel bad for him at times and understand his reasoning of why he sometimes throughout the series decides to fight and sometimes wavers to the not fighting side to protect things he thinks others don't know about.

Misao, the main female lead is Tomoharu's best friend that died in a plane crash and now "haunts" him but for the most part she is their for comedic relief and pushing Tomoharu when he starts to act like Shinji from Evangelion and also their for when the tension is high and settles everyone down mainly Tomoharu and makes them act rationally.

Kanade is the other lead who is like the team mom pretty much. Everyone kind of just goes to her because she is nice and somehow always seems to shoulder the wait of what ever no one else wants too and is their to listen to everyone elses problems and give them advice.

Other than the 3 mains being kind of normal and not all that exciting the supporting characters are where the story thrives not only do you see how they change somewhat throughout the story you get to see their backstories and what their resolve is made out of. The sometimes sad back stories will make you realize why they are the way they are and feel some empathy for them even so for the bad guys too. I don't want to say to much about them because I feel like you should watch for yourself and also it would take a long ass time.

Enjoyment: I got a lot of enjoyment out of watching this series. Being kind of wacky at times and also pulling some fan service that wasn't over bearing made it good too but the characters, setting, and story made it interesting to watch and once you get into it you almost don't want to stop.

Overall I can say that if you find the story interesting and remember all the terminology they use I can say that you will like this series it isn't too ground breaking but is defiently underrated even though kind of typical in the way the story goes but overall a fun watch I recommend it to those who want to see a action/romance/comedy series that has a somewhat serious plot to it.

I hope you found this review helpful and I hope you consider giving this anime a try.

Watch anime and keep it chill my friends.- MrLief 2014 Bokurano review

Ok let's begin... Story To be hones...I made a huge breake between the first season and second...So I was kindda lost when I decided to watch the second season and didn't understand what hapened in the past ]previous season -] ...but as the sory was evolving I was informed trough the episodes what it was the situation and what it might evolve...But...I really liked how it evolved the plot...my opinion...is much good'er than the first season this anime...I really enjoyed... Art Well...outstanding color's and graphics...Charmig views and lively colours..I liked the colours of Kanade's eyes when she uses her demon powers...Sound

To be honest...I like more the soundtracks from the first season...on this second season it bored me all sounds...I tryed to listen to the OP...didn't like it...I tried to listen to the ED...didn't like it... It seems they didn't work very hard for the soun departmant...The only song/soundtrack I liked was in the last episode that used the first season's OP soundtrack...

Characters

I really loved how the relationship between Kanade,Misao and Tomoharu evolved...the other were just side characters so I wasn't very much interested in them...I really love Kanade's persoanllity and even how she looks *cough* ...

Enjoyment

I enjoyed watching this anime...even though it was my first "mecha" anime I liked...It had some pretty funny moments...but in the same time it had romance...and even sad moments...the perfect mix for a succes anime...

Overall

I give this anime a 9+ ...If you watched the first season you MUST watch the second season as well...

I'm just going to start off with saying that you HAVE to watch the first season. And all of the second season. Almost everything gets explained by the end, but til then you will be completely lost and wish that someone would just sit the MC (and us) down and take 10 min. to explain stuff to him. Story I give this show massive props for having the story it wants to tell and using almost the entire 2 seasons to tell it. Far far less filler episodes than most series, and a VERY twisty plot that keeps throwing new ideas and curveballs atyou. I greatly enjoyed it. This show also has a complete ending as well, not just one thrown in because they weren't getting another season. Yes it's a happy ending, bite me I love those :)

Art

I wasn't a big fan of how they designed the characters. It grew on me by the end, but randomly I'll be drawn out of the show just because of the art. Rest of it's fine with some great action scenes here and there.

Sound

I liked the OP. Rest of it wasn't bad. I found all the characters voices to match their personalities/art style anyways.

Character

Not bad at all. Nice little romantic triangle going on with MC, ghost girl, and demon girl, but it's not the focus of the series. MC is moderately useless but he's got lots of strong girls to protect him (I *guess* he's controlling the mech, but he seems to be just shouting it's name usually). Not a perv and will stand up for things so not bad. Doesn't really change much through the show, it's more overcoming his ignorance than character growth. Main 2 girls had distinct personalities and I liked em. Lots of side characters, but none felt like they were just thrown in there really. More importantly none irritated me which was rather refreshing (MC's best male friend is usually the guilty party in most of these shows).

Enjoyment

I really liked it. Crazy story, fun light romance, some humor, ok action, kept me entertained. Plenty of shows I loved more, but this is the only one I've felt the need to write a review for (it being confusing as heck and wanting to get my thoughts down I think lol).

Asura Cryin' is definitely the most needlessly complicated series I've ever seen. While I like the fact that many types are powers and factions (demons, mecha, cyborg, etc) have to fight one another, I feel that the series is trying to bite off more than it can chew. The different powers and factions aside, the many important plot keys like contracts, various devices and stuff makes it hard to digest what was exactly going on. The worst part is that the number makes it hard to place a stronger emphasis on one part of the story itself, which also indirectly results in several plot holes,like, what's stopping Takatsuki from forming the contract anyway?

And maybe it's because of the style of the original story, Asura Cryin' tries to do too many genres as well. It wasn't as obvious as the first season, but it still tries to do all of them within 13 episodes. It's not so bad until they inserted a beach episode somewhere in the middle of the season, trying to incorporate some fan service/moe/comedy/romance into the mix, ignoring the fact that the mood of the story is pretty tense and there are actually lives on stake while they are partying.

But with that said, you can see that the story's still pretty gripping. There were many unknowns in the first season now that were explained, and the story makes many daring twists that could have spoilt the storyline... and risking a lot of plot holes (which did). Towards the end, the story had several over-the-top moments that had the series worthwhile after all.

Though I've never liked how they designed the characters, I must say the animation's still relatively good. I've never liked the songs, but that could be just my opinion.

Overall, watching Asura Cryin' can be frustrating at times due to the needless complexity and plot holes, but the bold direction of the story lines and many elements of the story makes it interesting to watch.

Plot/Concept: Excellent!... ignoring the plot holes.

Story Style: Good

Audio/Visual: Good

Value: 7

I have to say that although I don't think this is the best anime I've ever seen I still enjoyed watching it. Unlike many shows it had had a nice conclusion that tied up many of the threads of the plot, which honestly is not something that I can say for an awful lot of series. Just the fact that they bothered to give it a proper ending puts it head and shoulders above the truly crappy anime. Many people seem to have really hated this show and I suspect that expectations were very very high for some reason. Personally I just foundit on crunchyroll one day and it was enjoyable enough to finish watching.

I don't think it really is possible to watch just the first season and have any idea what is going on.

Anyway, I can't say more without spoiling. There really isn't anything that original here, and honestly if you are looking for some weird alternate universe science fiction you should go watch Noein instead, but really this series is not a bad way to kill time when you get off work in the evening.

The one set of complaints I see that I really don't understand are about the animation. I like the old-school look, and there isn't any really horribly inserted computer animation.

This review is about the first and the second season of Asura Cryin. You can read it even if you didn't see the show, there's no massive spoilers. It was the first show I watch in my life (well, after bleach but I don't put Bleach, One piece and all these shows in the same bag as the little shows, like Asura Cryin). It's one of my favourite. I thought it was because it's the first show I watched, so there are kind of magic things, you know, the first time. So I marked it at ten, the first time I saw it. And then I watchedother show, all different from others. And I put a lot of ten... And I remember Asura Cryin, and then I said: "Well, no it's not as good as Durarara, Angel Beats, ect..."

So I decided to rewatch it.

I did it. Everything is clear now, I know why I love this show. It deserves a 10.

Let's begin with a quick synopsis, about the two seasons.

We follow the story of Natsume Tomoharu, a young student who has the entire house of his brother for him because his brother moved out for a time. He have a mysterious ghost, which is reality a "spectral projection", who followed him everywhere, it's Misao.

They moved in all the Natsume stuff, because it's the beginning of the scholar year. When they moved, someone get them a suitcase, really heavy.

This suitcase is in reality an altar for what they've called "Asura Machinas". Some people in the school are also "handlers", the persons who have an Asura machina.

On the other side, there are people who have more power than humans, and it's more like supernatural powers, they are called "demons".

Natsume is a nothing more than a human, but he will go through his proper discovers.

We will follow the story of this world, well, I think said universe rather than world is more correct.

I'll not said more things about the story, to not spoil.

Where Asura Cryin did well, it's the plot. To be honest, is one of the plot the most worked that I saw, I think. You can't predict what will happen. And another thing is also good, is that the two seasons are really connected, well the second one is the direct next part of the first.

I'm a bit boring about Mecha anime, maybe because I saw too much show of this category. But Asura Cryin is not a basic mecha anime. Their powers are not overpowered. If they use it to much, there are some repercussions. And that's why it's interesting, and also that's only why the story is pretty interesting and well-constructed.

There're some magic things in this show, like the voice that came out when an Asura Machina is called. It's the voice of the spectral projection first, and it becomes the voice of a machine. It's such a detail, put it put you in the show, and you are really excited to see what will happens.

Let's see part by part.

Story: 10/10

As I said, it's one of my favourite show. The story is well constructed, and there is always some rebounds. They also succeed to make a good happy end, without inconsistencies. And I appreciate that!

Art: 10/10

Asura Cryin was published some years ago. The art is not bad, I like the design of the machinas, the universe and characters are also good. I have nothing to keep out about it.

Sound: 10/10

Well, the two opening and the two endings are... Awesome. It just in total harmony with the show, especially the second opening, which begins a bit slow and become faster.

The ambiance music are also good, but once again, I think I don't really take care about it. My ear didn't bleed at any time in the anime, it's mostly the opposite. Which is a good thing, obviously.

Characters: 10/10

I was a bit in trouble to mark this part. I put 8 first, but maybe it deserves a 10. I don't really like Natsume. He's pretty... Basic. Takatsuki is also banal. That's why I was tented to put 8. But I think Misao, Shuri, and hopefully Saeki (well I maybe forgot some others), got really interesting behaviours. Misao is always hyperactive, she gives a really good rhythm to the anime, Shuri also, and Saeki is pretty interesting, because he give a bit of serious in the anime.

The "bad side" is also well represented; they have good behaviours and ideology, that's why I finally put 10.

Enjoyment: 10/10

Well, I think you understand. I pretty like everything in this anime, except some moment, when it's a bit like "love story time", but it never happens too much, so that's pretty good. Honestly I rewatch the two seasons in maybe 3 days. It's pretty short for me, and I enjoyed it maybe more than the first time I saw it.

One advice: stop thinking and watch it.

But once again. Don’t believe everyone. Make your own opinion.

asura cryin season 2 definitely starts to open up in terms of the real action and events, you can sort of view season 1 as an introduction to the main and actual story like how asura machina actually use a certain type of source for their fuel, and how demons NEED contractors, i found season 2 pretty amazing as well as season 1, the events that occur midway to season 2 may confuse those that watch it but i think this series definitely needed both season in order to fully tell the story that is asura cryin. it is definitely an anime to give achance if you are interested in comedy/ suspenceful events as well as mystery and (this is the reason why the spoilers going to be here) a utopia like ending. like seriously i couldnt think of a more perfect ending to the series.

overall rating 10, amazing.

I found the second season of Asura Cryin' to actually be better than the original season. There's far less instances of character overlap than the first season had. I didn't find myself being as confused with "who" was on the screen at the time like I did with the first season. They went the extra step and provided deeper characterization than the first season. They also concentrate on telling the story and seemed to have gotten rid of "filler" in the second season. The story line was more compelling and there was a sense of urgency to it. Unfortunately, at least to me,they fell a little flat on delivering the final part of the story.

The art was okay. I really didn't notice anything that would push it above "Good". It was better than some but not as good as others.

This is not a music styled anime so they didn't do anything noticeable with the music.

While this anime is not groundbreaking - overall - I was glad to have watched it.

Compared to the first season, this is much better. To some people that I have talked to and the one other review that I read, they believe this is a boring show and is just a time waster. I say this was a fairly decent season of the two season series and I would definatally reccomend it. This one is defanatally one of my favorites. Compared to the first season which only had really one shocking moment, this season had several and kept me interested. The plot was also better and develped missing pieces that were left from the first season. Though I do wishdevelopers would go back to develope a back story to tell us what happened after the end instead of the wuick 2 min look through with what happens to all of the characters.

Go watch it. If you don't want to watch the first season fine, but the second season I would say is worth the watch.