Hello everyone, i hope you are doing great. I will cut right to the chase and let you all know that Goblin Slayer season 2 is out. Yeah, it's true there is already a season 1 out there, which was released in 2018 and it has 12 episodes.
Goblin Slayer for all of you who don't know what the anime is about, is a fantasy, action/adventure anime that is quite gory so be prepared before you watch it. The story of the first season is quite simple, we have a team of rookie adventurers who begin their journey in a goblin cave.
They believe that goblins are easy to kill but apparently, the reality is a bit different, especially for some rookies. So the team is basically massacred and as the priestess of the group is about to give up, an armored-like knight guy appears around nowhere, kills every goblin and saves her.
Apparently, the guy is named The Goblin Slayer and as the name suggests he has an obsession with killing goblins. In fact, he doesn't have a group and he is fighting solo only goblins, nothing else with a goal to eliminate them. Soon the priestess with join him along with a couple of other characters, a lizardman, an elf and a dwarf and together they will face more and more Goblins.
The second season will also have 12 episodes, there are 5 currently out but still i don't see any actual plot. It's more like the adventures of the party killing goblins and their everyday lives. There is some character evolution as well still there is a long way to go. Hopefully, we will see some kind of plot regarding the goblins or a stronger goblin-like foe in the coming episodes.
What I Like and What I Don't
To tell you the truth it's not one of the best anime out there, in my opinion at least, but it's not the worst either. I would say if i have to rate it that i would give it a 6.5/10. What i really really like about it, are the fight scenes that are full of gore scenes. Also, the way they fight the goblins are always different depending on the case and the terrain which makes it seem a bit more "real" in a way.
It's not like you have the typical team that easily kills everything with their OP powers. Instead, you have actual characters who struggle against many enemies, have limited powers and can easily get hurt if they don't follow a plan. Not that they are stupid or something, but the anime tries to show you the reality and cruelty of all those adventures and quests we may play in games or see in other animes that seem cool.
What i don't like is that i don't actually see, for now at least, an actual strong plot. Instead, i watch their everyday lives and some fights along the way. I would prefer a better structured plot which it would seem more interesting in my eyes, as it would seem more interesting to explore their everyday lives should an actual strong plot exist. Now i don't seem to care that much about the character but only the fight scenes and maybe the Goblin Slayer a bit.
