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Let me start off by saying that season 1 was incredible for me, as it was for many other people. I didn't feel so invested into a show for a very long time. But after watching Dawn of The Deep Soul I was honestly bummed out, I felt like the story completely changed its focus.
One of my favourite scenes from season 1 was when Riko was hit by the Orb Piercer, and Reg was hopelessly trying to save her. It was a really heavy scene that showed the will of the protagonists to move forward despite the dangers of the Abyss. It was desperate and horrible, but it felt real, it was what needed to be done to survive.
In Dawn of The Deep Soul, however, I thought that all the gore and horror shown was unnecessary. Why did the cartridges need to be made with the body parts of human children? Why did the white whistle need a sacrifice to be made? Why did Bondrewd experiment on orphan children in the most horrible way possible? It honestly became kinda stupid to me.
It went from gore and horror to show what the protagonists needed to face to venture further into the abyss, and their resolve to continue pushing forward, to gore and horror for the sake of gore and horror.
And after watching the start of season 2, I feel like the show will continue going with this trend, which is a shame for me.
I am by no means trying to ruin the show to anyone else or trying to force my opinion on others, nor am I calling the show bad. I just wanted to see what others think about this, and maybe some different perspectives will help me love the show again.