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ONA DramaShiguang Dailiren
ONA DramaShiguang Dailiren: Yingdu Pian

REVIEWS

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  AquaLucas2

  65/100
  im disappointed tbh

  This is honestly painful to say, Link Click was one of my favorite shows from the last 3 years and I was hyped when season 2 was announced. Now that it’s over I can confidently say this was a massive disappointment.

  Before we get into that I have to say this wasn’t horrible, the animation and soundtrack have mostly stayed the same, and every character brings a very lively performance, so props to their hard work, I dont want that to go unrecognized.

  Now what’s wrong with this season? I blame entirely the attempt at a serialized plot that fell straight on its face.

  The only new interesting characters were Tianxi Li and Tianchen Li, I could somewhat get behind their storylines, if they didn’t include a bunch of bullshit involving the Hawaiian shirt thug and the glasses guy in a suit (his name is Jin Qian) that make the mystery convoluted for the sake of being convoluted. I don’t care if he murdered his coworker or his girlfriend. Why are you even here? I swear there's this blonde guy, Min Liu, who showed up for like one episode only to have a laughing fit with Jin Qian and Tianchen Li for no reason. It’s so mustache twirling in the most played out way. And don’t even get me started on those geriatric ass masked super heroes that showed up in episode 3.

  Tianxi Li and Tianchen Li at least have the brother sister relationship that parallels Cheng Xiaoshi and Ling Qiao that make for some good moments in the later part of the season. Just cut out all these side characters we don’t need them.

  Another part that annoys the shit out of me is the mind control powers. I can’t take a cop drama seriously when people fade in and out of consciousness, take over people's bodies remotely, find abandoned theaters to make hostage situations like all of this is extremely unnecessary. Especially when the police are so undermanned. So many scenes of like 1-2 police officers WITHOUT GUNS surrounded by like at least 10 thugs. Even in the hostage situation there were like 3 cars at most.

  Let me say the time manipulation from the first season was a plot device for the character interaction, you weren’t supposed to think about it too much because it was used to explore the lives of the characters Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang were involved with. Now that it’s trying to be ERASED pretty much anything is possible and people can make up whatever ‘theories' they want on how these powers work in the overall mystery, it doesn’t make them any less nonsensical and immersion breaking.

  Now I’ve been pretty negative, even though theres still a lot of what made Link Click good in the first season. I’ll say it here I enjoyed myself, but just not to the degree of the first season

  Lu Guang was probably at his best this season. What he did despite being in a hostage situation with a goddamn STAB WOUND made me love his character even more. He is abso-fucking-lutely one of the boys B)

  Like I said before, the Li siblings had an extremely heart wrenching backstory, and their plot lines intersecting in the last couple of episodes made for some extremely tense scenes. I especially like the episode when Tianxi Li was brought into the police department and Qiao Ling calmed both her and Cheng Xiaoshi down. The flashback with them as children almost brought me to tears. :’(

  The ending and opening themes were both really fucking good. It kept the same ethos as the last season with the punchy edit into the ED that made for some cool cliffhangers. The animation for the opening was even better than last season, despite how cool the hand movements are (and yeah IK their rotoscoped, idgaf).

  Just… man I’m bummed that this didn’t live up to expectations. Oh well maybe Season 3 (pls) will turn it around.

  And yeah, if you enjoyed it then I’m envious, but also good for you.

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  vessalius5524

  98/100
  Maintains the quality from the first season but with a different appraoch

  Link click might be the best of chinese animation and its not hard to see why. The Emotional storylines incorporated with thriller and mystery elements not to mention the sheer unpredictability of the plot itself.
  Unlike the first season, the story enters a linear plot line, which involves our main characters entirely. With addition to giving hints on how far the abilities can go and quite possibily a teaser on where they began.

  

  The main theme of this season happens to be domestic violence. And how it can be extreme in many cases. Considering how little it is represented in media despite being one of the most common issues in asian countries and how well a job someone rarely does with its portrayal I cant help but applaud the creators for the work they did and making it standout from a psychological prespective. From the children having psychological issues though in a non traditional way with addition to the extreme cases of murder and paranoia, it does an extremely good job.

  

  All the characters are good standouts especially the twins. However some can be stereotypically "mad" as well. In addition to this, Lu guang happens to be the best of the trio this season. Considering how it was primarily focused on the twins mostly, the protagonists can take a back dive however Lu guang with his development as a character and his actions makes up for it. Season 1 was primarily focused on Cheng Xiaoshi while the main storyline(which begins in this season) happens to center around Lu guang especially considering the concluding episode.
  The plot explains everything up to a satisfactory degree... How it happens and why it happens though it can become a bit hard to follow in the middle. Considering we are talking about time loops etc. But it explains it later on in case you miss it in the previous episodes so its a win either way.
  All of the 12 episodes are connected however with a astounding reveal making up for another cliffhanger ig. But overall while it has some short comings since it was experimenting with some stuff(episode 9) it did a job well done overall in more ways then I can count. Link click stands out among similar storylines involving timeloops with its emotional touch and real world elements. The plot contains a sense of Alturism which is rare in many thrillers.
  The art and aesthatic is beautiful overall. In terms of quality it improves from first season and the story boarding is nothing short of unique in many cases. The Music just adds to the entire thing putting a cherry on top, every score is enticing and the opening sequence being complimentary to the plot itself without containing spoilers is also pretty good.
  The last thing I will probably mention is the action. The creators definitly researched martial arts. There are several sequences and all of them are done beautifully.
  All in all A great season that ultimately sets itself for the next.

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  R2R

  80/100
  Back with some more punches and a more focussed mystery.

  https://anilist.co/anime/136484/Link-Click-Season-2/

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  I had a hard time reviewing this show because there is a lot of merit to it that comes from its interesting plotline which has a lot of scope for some fun things to do. But a main demerit is to keep it interesting without making it too unpredictable.

  Back in 2021, S1 blew out of nowhere along with another unexpected gem. No one expected for some chinese anime (donugha) to blow up amidst some extremely popular shows like To Your Eternity, Vivy, 86, Tokyo Revengers etc. While the show is praised for being a fine thriller, I particularly don't like this part of the show. A big issue with this show is it's unpredictability. While that works in favor of the plot to grow, it doesn't seem to end. We have yet to have a clear picture on how the powers are getting manifested, though a clear trigger has been established. Or how many more characters are there to explore. While that feels exciting on its own, I can't help but fear it gets boring eventually.

  But one thing that I really like is it's strong storytelling, particularly the emotional part. The show never fails to bring you into the psyche of its characters with powerful visuals, portraying some of the best psychological depiction of loss, helplessness, trauma, envy, along others. It also doesn't back down in crafting thrilling scenes with captivating narrative and a much thicker plot devoid of the episodic storytelling as in S1. This season steeped up a bit in action department. There's a fair share of fluid hand combat scenes that's kind of rare territory in action in anime. A lot of anime or manga tend to focus more on the weapon based, magic based battles that got very generic. While not the most amazing, the action scenes in Link Click deserve a praise for just giving a good hand to hand brawl, and quite a lot of them too.

  The characters grew in number too, especially those with plot relevance. The main characters of this show are definitely the Li siblings. Their backstory, while not innovative in theme, stills pulls an effective depiction of violence and trauma. That people can go different ways despite living under the same roof, yet always trying to protect the other. We also got a tease of sort about Lu Guang, and that we still don't know anything about his past. Maybe S3 explores him, hopefully.
  Though there are some characters that just felt not well utilized or straight up irritating. Like that bodyguard that only seem to be there just to constantly mock everyone, or the lady subordinate who had like one cool fight and got hit in the head. I seriously felt for Li Xiao though, man went through so much grief this season. The character study behind the lawyer was interesting, and a bit similar in tone with the sibling story, but he too became a little madman in the end. The grandpa was cool tho.

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  Conclusion

  Overall, I like this season more than S1. It feels balanced in everything it set out to do, with a few inconveniences that are just rooted to S1. No hate to S2, but I really missed S1 OP and ED.

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