BingedAndBroken

📝 So... How Did I Feel About This One?

⚠️ WARNING: Potential Spoilers — I’m Not Saving You from Emotional Damage

Crows Zero 2 is where the connection between this world and The Worst becomes a little more obvious.

Not because the movies suddenly become part of the High&Low franchise.

They don't.

It's really because Housen Academy is involved this time.

And if you've watched High&Low: The Worst, you already know that Housen is a pretty important part of that world.

So watching this one after getting into High&Low was definitely interesting.

It was like finding another little piece of the puzzle.

But once again, that's pretty much where the connection begins and ends for me.

This is still very much Crows Zero.

Same general tone.

Same cast.

Same world.

And, unfortunately for me...

Same music problem.

The J-rock isn't bad.

But it still doesn't quite fit the way I want it to.

There are moments where the music should be making the scene feel bigger, more intense, more badass.

Instead, I'm sitting there thinking:

“Okay, this is a perfectly respectable song, but why does it feel like we're about to have an emotional breakup instead of a school-wide beatdown?”

Maybe that's just me.

But after experiencing the High&Low soundtracks, I definitely noticed the difference.

That said, I did enjoy this one more than the first movie in some respects.

The battles were better.

The Housen conflict gave the story a bigger sense of scale.

And having the two schools finally come together for a massive confrontation was definitely one of the more entertaining parts.

💕 Things I Loved

The biggest thing for me was getting to see Suzuran and Housen finally go at each other.

Because let's be honest.

That's what I came for.

These two schools have history, and putting them on opposite sides of a giant conflict gives the movie a much bigger feeling than the first one.

The battles were also noticeably better this time around.

There was more going on, the confrontations felt bigger, and the action had more weight behind it.

Still not quite High&Low levels of insanity for me, but definitely an improvement.

I also liked having the same cast return.

After the first movie, it would have been weird to suddenly lose half of these characters, and thankfully, we get to continue with the people we've already met.

There's something satisfying about watching the rivalry between Genji and Serizawa continue while a much bigger threat is closing in around them.

And finally, the Housen connection.

As someone who came to Crows Zero through High&Low, seeing Housen here made the whole thing much more interesting.

It really did make me understand why this school keeps showing up in conversations surrounding The Worst.

😭 Things That Hurt My Feelings

I still had questions.

And one of them involves the kid connected to the Housen student who was killed.

I'm sitting there trying to figure out exactly what his relevance is supposed to be.

Because honestly?

I wasn't entirely sure.

He felt like he should have been more important to the story than he actually was.

Instead, I was left wondering:

“Okay... so why are you here?”

And yes, he's pretty.

We can acknowledge that.

But pretty does not automatically equal plot relevance, sir.

I wanted more explanation about his role and why his presence mattered to the larger conflict.

It felt like there was supposed to be more there, and I just wasn't getting it.

🔥 And Then There Was THIS...

The fact that these two schools basically have generations of beef.

Suzuran.

Housen.

Years of grudges.

Dead students.

Revenge.

And somehow everyone still thinks the best way to resolve all of this is to assemble several hundred teenagers and let them beat the hell out of each other.

Which is apparently the educational philosophy of this entire universe.

I will say, though...

Watching Suzuran and Housen finally collide was worth it.

The battles in this movie were better than the first one, and the scale of the conflict made the action much more satisfying.

This was definitely the moment where I could see the DNA that eventually made Housen such an important part of The Worst.

🫠 Final Mood

Crows Zero 2 was an improvement for me over the first movie.

It had better battles, a bigger conflict, and the introduction of Housen into the story made it much more interesting, especially after watching High&Low: The Worst.

This is really where I started seeing how the different schools exist within the same larger world.

But again, I wouldn't really call it part of the High&Low franchise.

It's more like they're neighboring pieces of the same delinquent-movie universe.

And honestly, I'm okay with that.

The cast was good.

The story was decent.

The battles were better.

But the music still didn't quite work for me, and I still had questions about certain characters that the movie never really answered.

Overall, though?

I enjoyed it more than the first one.

And now that I've seen both Crows Zero movies, I can definitely appreciate the Housen connection to The Worst a little more.

But if I'm being completely honest...

If you gave me a choice between watching another Crows Zero movie or another High&Low installment?

I'm picking High&Low.

Every.

Single.

Time.

Started: Curious to see where the Crows Zero story went after the first movie.

Finished: Better than the first one, especially the battles, but still firmly in the “good, not great” category for me.