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Just my personal opinion.
There is a saying in Saudi Arabia, "Sequels are not always good. Just because you liked a thing for the first time, does not guarantee that you will like it for the second time too."
Having really liked the first season of Legal High, I was kinda happy to see that there is a second season waiting for me. I mean I enjoyed the banters of eccentric Komikado, asadora heroine Mayuzumi and Miki firm trio along with the lovely Hattori-san and Ranmaru so much that despite belonging to the anti-sequel cult, I decided to watch jump upon the chance and continue the fun ride. Yes, it was a bad decision.
I mainly had 2 problems. First was the repeated stupidity for the sake of Komikado's winning streak. Now I know that it is exactly what makes this show and it's ultimate charm but honestly what was interesting and fun in the first season became kinda dull and boring in the second season. The way logic was completely thrown away in some of the cases was just painful to watch and endure. You already know that everything is a set-up by Komikado and everyone else is just plain stupid. And let me tell you being in the same field yourself doesn't helps at all.
The second and the main reason was Mayuzumi's character. It felt like she got all the negative traits of Komikado and Hanyu while being her annoying self. In the first season, Mayuzumi was this self righteous and justice oriented character who, although a bit cliché, formed an interesting duo with the contrasting Komikado. This made their banters really fun and their dynamics were just perfect. But in the next season she felt really different to me. She still had the self righteous traits in her but all the while she was becoming more and more like Komikado. So she did all types things while being her preachy and annoying self. It's like she had completely lost her goal and was just a tool to highlight Komikado's shenengians. Moreover, Komikado became a complete womaniser and honestly some scenes were really cringe.
Let me mention though, there were things I also liked. Unpopular opinion, but I enjoyed Hanyu's character. He was a nice addition and his vague and far-fetched morals formed an interesting combination with moral less Komikado. His ideals were both good and dangerous (as highlighted in the 5 th ep and the Ando Kiwa case) and brought about how ambiguous goals can lead to bad outcomes and no one should be responsible for deciding one's happiness.
I also really liked the cases in ep.3 and ep8. They were a perfect example of human hypocrisy and greed and how one should be accountable for their own desires. Moreover, Judge Beppu, although really random, was an intriguing character and her interactions with the rest of the characters were fun.
It is not that I hated the show. I still enjoyed it and I will still recommend it to the fans of first season. But it's just that somethings are enjoyable only to a certain limit and more than that can be a bad experience for some people.
Having really liked the first season of Legal High, I was kinda happy to see that there is a second season waiting for me. I mean I enjoyed the banters of eccentric Komikado, asadora heroine Mayuzumi and Miki firm trio along with the lovely Hattori-san and Ranmaru so much that despite belonging to the anti-sequel cult, I decided to watch jump upon the chance and continue the fun ride. Yes, it was a bad decision.
I mainly had 2 problems. First was the repeated stupidity for the sake of Komikado's winning streak. Now I know that it is exactly what makes this show and it's ultimate charm but honestly what was interesting and fun in the first season became kinda dull and boring in the second season. The way logic was completely thrown away in some of the cases was just painful to watch and endure. You already know that everything is a set-up by Komikado and everyone else is just plain stupid. And let me tell you being in the same field yourself doesn't helps at all.
The second and the main reason was Mayuzumi's character. It felt like she got all the negative traits of Komikado and Hanyu while being her annoying self. In the first season, Mayuzumi was this self righteous and justice oriented character who, although a bit cliché, formed an interesting duo with the contrasting Komikado. This made their banters really fun and their dynamics were just perfect. But in the next season she felt really different to me. She still had the self righteous traits in her but all the while she was becoming more and more like Komikado. So she did all types things while being her preachy and annoying self. It's like she had completely lost her goal and was just a tool to highlight Komikado's shenengians. Moreover, Komikado became a complete womaniser and honestly some scenes were really cringe.
Let me mention though, there were things I also liked. Unpopular opinion, but I enjoyed Hanyu's character. He was a nice addition and his vague and far-fetched morals formed an interesting combination with moral less Komikado. His ideals were both good and dangerous (as highlighted in the 5 th ep and the Ando Kiwa case) and brought about how ambiguous goals can lead to bad outcomes and no one should be responsible for deciding one's happiness.
I also really liked the cases in ep.3 and ep8. They were a perfect example of human hypocrisy and greed and how one should be accountable for their own desires. Moreover, Judge Beppu, although really random, was an intriguing character and her interactions with the rest of the characters were fun.
It is not that I hated the show. I still enjoyed it and I will still recommend it to the fans of first season. But it's just that somethings are enjoyable only to a certain limit and more than that can be a bad experience for some people.
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