Hype and discussion

Akebi Sailor Uniform and Bocchi The Rock are peak in their own right, you said it. As for Wind Breaker I'm not surprised it got a second season tbh. It was destined from the beginning. The next season will be very good, trust me. That should be covering the Keel Arc.

Lol, is it cause it's recent? I have no idea. They probably want to give the current generation of fans what they desire or something like that. I am just speculating of course.

@CheliosX I don’t argue that they are good, I’ve known them since the “hype manga” times. I'm just wondering why CloverWorks seems more confident in Wind Breaker's commercial potential than theirs.

Simple, Aniplex invests in it because it's very easy to sell. A series with a lot of cute/hot boys to sell, specially for the fujoshi community, and to top it all with some big name seiyuus to boot. Even the BDs will have special character songs.

@Oongbuh But don't the all-female shows I mentioned work just as well for the yuri fans/waifu-seeker audience?

Wouldn't have high expectations but itz definitely gonna be better than Tokyo Shitvenger. Lookin' forward to seein' KEEL gettin' killed

@RobertBobert The main difference is that Bocchi and Akebi are Slice of Life shows which means there's not alot of pressure to immediately announce followups when their success probably relies on talented directors having time to elevate the material. Wind Breaker is an action show with good looking marketable guys, and as you probably saw from the way the season ends is an ongoing story where each arc sets up the next. It benefits more from momentum.

Going back to season 2 hype I believe the manga continues to get better from here so I'm hyped to see it adapted.

@OrielBel Well, although I don't remember where the Akebi adaptation stops, right now the manga has a pretty "hot" arc in terms of plot and fan expectations. But if without any sarcasm, do you think that having a "actual" plot makes Wind Breaker more demanding to continue?

@MegamiRem So, some of the clumsiness of the first season finale was due to the fact that it was originally a 2-cour anime?

@namesrowan Well, I would disagree on this part. Both shows follow the formula of their genre very closely, albeit in the best possible way.

@Oongbuh Well, Akebi has long been one of those memetic cases, when all-female anime's fandom is largely made up of shippers who interpret every character's action in a "certain" direction, but Bocchi has really spiked the number of people looking for yuri shipping or trying to idealize the characters after anime premieres. Even more than I expected. I REALLY remembered the days of active K-ON broadcasting with all the "this is canon!11" and "Ritsu's forehead" memes.

@RobertBobert Yes because then you'll end up on cliffhangers with no followup which can sour fan opinion.

This is adapted from a weekly manga where the payoffs come quick, not after months and years

@OrielBel Do you think that this is also why the lack of quick announcements and the imminent continuation of Frieren and Chainsaw man upset people so much?

@RobertBobert I think people just get upset when a story they like is incomplete. But some series have a stopping point for an anime to reach so that it feels complete for now but if you want more then buy the manga.

Wind Breaker's story is just getting started so the producers likely thought it would be better for the franchise to have more ready quicker. Like another poster said this was probably designed as a two cour form the start.

@OrielBel Well, although I don't remember where the Akebi adaptation stops, right now the manga has a pretty "hot" arc in terms of plot and fan expectations. But if without any sarcasm, do you think that having a "actual" plot makes Wind Breaker more demanding to continue?

@MegamiRem So, some of the clumsiness of the first season finale was due to the fact that it was originally a 2-cour anime?

@namesrowan Well, I would disagree on this part. Both shows follow the formula of their genre very closely, albeit in the best possible way.

@Oongbuh Well, Akebi has long been one of those memetic cases, when all-female anime's fandom is largely made up of shippers who interpret every character's action in a "certain" direction, but Bocchi has really spiked the number of people looking for yuri shipping or trying to idealize the characters after anime premieres. Even more than I expected. I REALLY remembered the days of active K-ON broadcasting with all the "this is canon!11" and "Ritsu's forehead" memes.

What do you mean by that? Pacing/animation?

@MegamiRem Plot content of the season. We essentially had an introduction, a big tournament arc, and three episodic stories at the end. Which, as I said above, made it difficult for many people to know whether the show is worthy of their long-term attention.

@RobertBobert And what would have made it worthy of their long term attention? Mindless continuous fights? The last episode is not even episodic story but buildup for next season.

@MegamiRem Many were afraid that this was just a trivial "read the manga to find out further" bait that people would forget about after the ending.

@RobertBobert Some people make big thing out of anything possible. Just ignore those instead of even stretching it further yourself.

@MegamiRem I'm too old to ruin a show because of reviewers. Although I would also be upset if this didn't get a sequel. I'm looking for shows that I can seriously invest in.

@MegamiRem I'm too old to ruin a show because of reviewers. Although I would also be upset if this didn't get a sequel. I'm looking for shows that I can seriously invest in.

i just hate how they always leave shows on cliff hangers the wait for next season so annoying especially a year or longer wait for sequel