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Hello lords and ladies.
Welcome back to Cartoon Hangout, your place for all things cartoon.
It’s been so long since I last reviewed this show, no thanks to the incredibly wait
time between season 1 and season 2, but I was pumped to see what season 2 would bring
us.
Would it improve upon the first?
What new things would the writers do to set it apart from the first to avoid doing the
same old things?
And so far I have to say the second season is off to a great start.
We find out a few new things, though one of them is something anyone could have seen coming.
Obviously spoilers await.
With Marienette having the book we last saw a season ago, Hawk Moth is in danger of Ladybug
and Cat Noir discovering his secret identity.
Which is obviously Adrien’s father, Gabriel.
So he sets in motion a plan to put him above suspicion, he renounces his kwami and allows
himself to become Akumatized into The Collector.
While I’d have loved to see the season start off with the huge bomb of Adrien discovering
his father is the supervillain Hawk Moth, I do think this is still a fairly smart decision
on the writer’s part.
Or at the very least handled really well.
It shows off just how calculating and intelligent Gabriel is.
Still, I can’t wait to see what happens for real when his identity is dragged into
the light.
Everything else was really good, too.
The show is still great looking, some of the best CGI I’ve seen from a cartoon in ages.
And the action scenes remain exciting and excellently animated and framed, especially
this part where the heroes battle The Collector by the stairs.
It gave the environment this realistic quality as the characters moved through.
“The Collector” was a pretty nice start to what I hope will be one of the best shows
this year.
The episode hints at some powers that Ladybug and Cat Noir could unlock and that should
definitely be interesting to see later on.
My only complaint, and it’s just a small one, is that I think revealing Hawk Moth’s
identity could have gone a long way in setting the show’s story apart from other superhero
tales.
It’s pretty standard to get this close to uncovering it, only for the heroes to be fooled
into thinking their early suspicions were incorrect.
But I do get that with the cat out of the bag, you’d be forced to do certain stories
much differently and perhaps this reveal is being saved for the finale.
It’s just that we went all of season 1 with little progression in this story, so I had
hopes we’d start the season off with that reveal or even getting on the path to it.
Still, I have high hopes for season 2, but unfortunately you won’t be getting my complete
thoughts on the remaining 11 episodes just yet.
I’m taking a break due to my health, mentally, and I’ll be away for 2 months or so.
It sucks that I won’t be able to give you any reviews on season 2 for some time, but
it’s the way it has to be.
I hope that you’ll be patient until I come back in June.
When I do return you’ll get my thoughts on episodes 2 through 12, I promise.
For now leave me your opinions on this episode (and this episode alone, please).
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