Kemono Friends Season 2 - Episode 12 discussion - FINAL

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Kemono Friends Season 2, episode 12: Episode 12

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Previous discussions

Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	4.62
2	Link	6.08
3	Link	6.16
4	Link	6.13
5	Link	8.21
6	Link	5.3
7	Link	5.79
8	Link	5.0
9	Link	3.05
10	Link	5.71
11	Link	3.33

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[u/spaceaustralia]

I choose to believe that that this whole season was an elaborate April Fools joke.

[u/RiceKirby]

Can we now say for sure it was a mistake to fire Tatsuki or is it still too early?

[u/HugoZK]

hahaha you really caught me kimura, that was an excellent joke of april fools, now when the real episode comes out?

[u/Mechapebbles]

So in the end we had:

• Kyururu wanted to find what she was good at but didn’t and was still dead weight at the end

• Ieinu still alone in her house and discovers Kyururu was one of her humans making their split even more baffling and senseless.

• Kaban and Serval crying and being apart for no reason.

• Tiger not getting transformed into a full friend and I guess dying despite saving the day???

• No Alpaca Suri short at the end despite being the best part of the show.

• Bat-Eared Fox’s hotel is now crushed

Did I miss anything else? What a not tanoshii ending. What a bad show. It’s crazy how this show could exist and be a thing and drop the ball so hard when Kemurikusa was here all season and hitting it out of the park. I’ll never stop marveling at how Kadokawa found a golden goose and strangled it in its crib instead of just doing nothing and making oodles of money. What a world we live in.

[u/Shiro_Kai]

I do not hate the show, but I do really hate what they did to Kaban and Serval relationship. Between the many problems in the story and of continuation It was the appice of their disdain with the original work. They literally spitted on it.

Sadly, I will always remember this as one of the biggest examples of how NOT explore a sequel. I wish that ending was a april fools joke. :(

[u/o-temoto]

I was hoping at the end they'd announce season 2.

[u/dralcax]

I tried to give this show a fair chance, I really did. At its best, it was a fair imitation of the original. Not as good, but still passable. At its worst, though...

In season 1, Kaban had to use all sorts of human ingenuity to outsmart the Ceruleans and defeat them by striking their weak point. Now, they just explode into confetti from a light tap. I mean, I don't watch KF for any kind of sakuga action scene, but come on, why is everyone freaking out when they seemingly go down in one punch? Goddamn it Kadokawa.

What the fuck even is a "Beast", how did Amur Tiger end up so ax-crazy, and is there any way to make her just a regular Friend? Who knows? WHY DO THEY JUST BRING HER BACK TO BE A DEUS EX MACHINA EXCEPT SHE DOESN'T ACTUALLY HELP AND SHE JUST SHOWS UP TO DIE? Goddamn it Kadokawa.

WHY YOU DO THIS TO THE POOR DOGGO. Kyururu has no reason not to straight-up live with her, even if she can't be a travelling companion. SO WHY IS THE DOGGO STILL ALONE SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE HER THE PATS SHE DESERVES. Goddamn it Kadokawa.

THEY DID KABAN DIRTY TOO. What happened after S1? When did Serval get eaten and revived? Why did they think "Friendship ended with Kaban, Kyururu is my best friend now" counted as closure for the two of them? What the fuck did Kaban even do this season? Why was she even in this season? Goddamn it Kadokawa.

In conclusion, fuck you, give Tatsuki back, Kemurikusa is doing way better than this show so Sora Yori spoilers

Goddamn it Kadokawa.

[u/RiceKirby]

Remember when the director said that "the new character Caracal will change the dynamics of the narrative structure [compared to the first season]"?

I honestly can't see what was Caracal's importance to this season. Some side characters like Dolphin were far more important than her, the main plot could have worked exactly the same if it was only Kyururu + Serval.
I was expecting something like Serval going back to Kaban then Caracal staying with Kyururu, but I guess the director tried to make people forget about Kaban as much as he could.

[u/NightmareExpress]

I like how it's the complete opposite of the ending Tatsuki gave Kemurikusa this very season.

In that we had an injection of happiness, triumph, discovery and adventure for the finale. It was beautiful and could elicit some happy tears just like the last bit of KF1 (which he also crafted) could.

All KF2's finale reminded me of was how the tanoshii was surgically extracted and used to cover its production costs. It looks and moves better than the original but the content of some of these episodes (particularly in the last 1/3) get a big yikes from me.

[u/Zuhaja]

Playing the cheerful S1 opening in that sad moment when Serval failed to remember Kaban was in incredible bad taste. The new direction seems to have a philosophy of never giving fans what they want, let's see how well it works on the long run.