#azazel is not to the taste of the current vs producer

[mikanrulz]

Same anon about the tags, sorry I didn't meant to imply that snb will change storylines altogher (especially this late as you say ^^') what I said was in line with anime series changing tone, saving/killing characters (pmmm), or just not really knowing where they're going until mid-way of airing (klk) etc. and something that I've felt in VS was that the tone/focus of the story changed in between episodes too much (something that many people seen to have niticed too), which *could*... (1/2)

thank you for the info on those two shows!^^

I see what you mean, which reminds me: just last week an animator for vs said they just *finished* wrapping things up, which is surprising? if he meant they actually did finish the actual last ep, tho he could mean anything by it honestly ^^; dir sato did tweet about doing re-recording of certain eps when just a month before, he actually tweeted about *wrapping things up*. well.

snb:vs so far already has 3 advance viewing events, 1) ep1-4, 2) re-viewing of ep 1-14 and adv 15, 3) ep18-19. for the first one, it was at least two months before airing, but for the rest it was maybe only 2-3 weeks before actual airdate. I understand in the west advanced viewing is usually used to gauge the viewers’ reaction and a chance to fix what felt lacking, but for snb:vs case, the viewing seems to be only used for promotion and nothing else lulz since from some reports, there did seem to be nothing that changed between pre-viewed eps and actual aired eps.

for the story itself, re: change of tone/focus of the story in vs, I was a bit prepared for this since the mappa guy and director sato did say the first cour of vs would be lead by azazel, implying after that the focus character would change. they also said that the show would be darker compared to first cour.  

I was prepared for a change of tone, but i was at all not prepared for a change of *show*.

entering 2nd cour, it was not only the tone, it’s everything; the pacing, the tone/focus, the characterization that felt out of place and couldn’t keep up with the change, just - everything. according to the creator, the show was supposed to be darker, but if you watched nina’s scenes, who was supposed to lead the show in this cour, and just took her reactions at face value, it felt even more humorous and lighthearted than the first cour.

like

1st cour w/ azazel as lead: doom and gloom fantasy,

2nd cour w/ nina as lead: happy doki doki love story

the demons struggle and all the important issues took a backseat to nina’s love story, and while i want to believe the writer really meant nina as an unreliable narrator who would set things right in the end, her ignorance and self-centric attitude can’t be anything but genuinely meant at this point.

tl;dr

idk if it’s really poor planning and/or miscommunication among staff, but one thing is clear: there’s a discrepancy between what the staff *thought* they were showing in the show, and what actually got shown to viewers.