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REVIEW: Muv-Luv Alternative Season 2

what's supposed to be the dramatic denouement of a finale for the whole series

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what's supposed to be the dramatic denouement of a finale for the whole series

I can’t quite tell from this whether the reviewer is aware that the point where the anime ends — at least for now — is not the end of the Muv-Luv Alternative story. The visual novel has six story arcs, and each of the first two seasons has covered two, leaving spoiler[base invasion] and spoiler[Operation Cherry Blossom] yet to be covered.

That said, this review does make a pretty strong case that the entire anime has been a wasted effort, from its fundamental decision to leave out Extra and Unlimited (and not rework the adaptation to get that material across one way or another), to ending before the conclusion of Alternative. I recall an interview a year or two back with someone from the Muv-Luv camp — not sure if it was creator Kouki Yoshimune or aNCHOR brand manager Tororo — saying that what they expected going forward was that new fans would get into the franchise through the anime, and then get further invested through the action games. Well, the anime has turned out to be a nonstarter, and the action games were either dead-on-arrival (Project Mikhail), or so bad they couldn’t be released at all (Immortals / Dimensions). After avex spent all that time and money, the best part of the franchise is still the visual novels from 20 years ago.

Well, there’s always NFTs, I guess.

well,at least the visual novels have been localized and are easily accessible on Steam these days. There's that