Kami no Tou: Ouji no Kikan

Animation 7, Story 9, Chars 9, Char design 7 (matches the manhwa more, so Rachel finally looks on the outside as on the inside, S1 Rachel was too cute for what she is)

Yes its less unique than S1, but if it means we get to get S3 and more, I am more than happy with it so give it a try for yourself, make your own opinion. The story will pick up...not like S1 was crazy filled with action, not to mention story depth which we didnt even scratch the surface off

For adaptation of sauce with 600+ chapters, following multiple "main" characters sometimes for multiple ... chapters, diving deep in backstories of side characters that will die in a moment, so much it made me take a break 2 or 3 times already (looking at you War of talks and Cat games) this is still good show and also much better than 80% of current season.
For this show to shine it would need continuous releases like major shounen titles like Narutardo and Wan piss. But I am afraid we wont get it when I am reading reviews of ppl here...

For someone who has been following the webtoon for a couple of years, the sudden announcing of season 2 has left me confused but also hyped because it was so far apart from the first season. Nevertheless, so far the start of season 2 has been great from my perspective, they are following the webtoon accordingly and the choices in terms of pacing are alright.

In terms of animation, I do agree with the consensus that the animation isn't as unique and fleshed out as season 1 but if that was the cut off for the series to continue being animated, I will happily watch it ... as it is now. The action so far has been well animated and we should be patient before we can judge it fully if it was well done or average.

In terms of character building, so far it has only been 3 epsiodes but they are clearly showing everyones motivations and aspirations with a few subtle hints here and there for us who have read the source material.

In terms of story, back when I read it the first time I was left with a lot of questions on why we completely changed settings but believe me, from here on out it only gets better and better. Consider that this anime season in the webtoon is season 2 which is drastically differenet from season 1 which is considered a prologue to the story. The direction behind Viole's character is one of the best things in this show for me and hopefully they do it justice.

Overall I will give this season(so far) 8/10 because the animation is alright and the story's adaption is being handled well and I will definitely follow this till the end.