Opening Songs
OP 1 - Over The Testament (Metamorphose)
Ending Songs
ED 1 - Temperature (Dual Flare)
Genre: Action, Romance, Supernatural
Episodes: 10
Here we are again with more "Testament". It was pretty much confirmed at the end of the first season that we were getting a sequel, so here we go. I was actually KIND of looking forward to this one, since I needed a little bit of ecchi demon slaying action while "High School DxD" is taking a break to prepare for its 4th season (which I cannot wait for). What's more, the first season of "Shinmai Maou no Testament" was actually pretty good for my tastes, which isn't saying much, but hey, at least it's not utter garbage. While it was quite obvious from the get go that the main aim of the show is the fan service (which they did a good job of, at least in the uncensored blu-ray releases), it still managed to provide a decent lore, world, and setting....some of the characters were likable as well. I had somewhat high hopes for second season, which wasn't THAT well met. That being said, if you did watch season 1, you should give season 2 a go anyway.
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| Well at this point, Basara might as well go all the f**king way. |
The opening theme is "Over The Testament" by Metamorphose, which consists of some veteran seiyuus and singers, like Aki Misatom, Megumi Ogata and even Yoko Ishida. Anyway, its good, its not as good as "Blade Of Hope" in my opinion, but its still good enough for an action oriented anime. The ending theme is "Temperature" by Dual Flare, which consists of a duo of rookie seiyuus with the same last name (I assume they are sisters). Its an attempt at a "cool yet cute" ending theme, and it kind of has that going for it, though to me its not the type of song that I'll listen to for a long time.
Rating: 7.0/10
I kind of enjoyed season 1 a little bit more when the cast was fooling around in their everyday school life, at least back then it had a reason to be a little bit more silly. With "Testament BURST", the story takes for a more serious tone as the team takes to the demon realm, where all sorts of political family business comes into play. When it tries to be too serious, "Testament" doesn't exactly do the job TOO well. They also introduced a F**K ton of new characters that didn't exactly do their job of investing us into this new setting. While the fan service is still rather solid, and the story does take itself further than it did in season 1, the rest of the show takes a minor dip. For a trip to the demon world, there isn't THAT much fighting, and what's there is kind of lazily done, especially that one tournament arc. I'd say that if you were like me and were sold on "Tesament" through the fan service, just watch the uncensored Blu-Ray release, because unless they go for a season 3, which is quite a far stretch, there's really not much of an improvement over the first season that's NOT fan service.
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| That's pretty much the gist of season 1. |
Following the ending of season 1, Basara managed to save Mio from Zolga and the whole family manages to head back home safe and sound. Jin Tojo invades the demon king's castle all by himself to show dominance and to sort of "get revenge" for his kids, causing some sort of an uproar. With Mio having to return to the demon realm for some political warfare soon, everyone decides to tag along with her there for support. Takigawa returns to the demon king's side as his general Lars, and things get trickier once more girls start to push themselves into Basara's harem with the slave master pact. With Basara and Mio's opponent being the new Demon King, thing's aren't going to be so easy this time...
"Shinmai Maou No Testament BURST" concludes on a not-so-high note. Its a decent season that has a weaker showing than the 1st season in my opinion, but if you're here for the fan service then you won't be disappointed. Here's to maybe having some more "Testament" in the future, though I won't be THAT adamant about it.
