As of this date I have watched the first 66 episodes released on Netflix. The first season, consisting of 26 episodes, was fairly simplistic but had likeable characters, competent world building, and logically developed consistent and growing relationships amongst its characters. By itself, the first season would have rated a very average 6 as nothing stood out. The writing and animation was mediocre and the music was passable. At least the story was being built, albeit slowly, especially the relationships amongst the characters. It was watchable if nothing else was available, promising better in the future.
I have no idea what happened to the 40 episodes of season two. The animation quality consistently degraded linearly until the final episode. Watching them back to back, it was barely noticeable. But if you watched episode 27 followed by 66, it was hugely noticeable. Additionally, the story was completely ignored in favour of turning these episodes into 40 nonstop tag team wrestling episodes. Of course, there is a large market for this type of anime, such as Dragonball Z. They jettison plot for wrestling type action. Certainly, these episodes generated several additional series and movies, confirming a financial success. It should be noted that watching these episodes was like seeing UFC match's, with the outcomes being just as predictable. Characters on the left are bad guys and the ones on the right are good... Now, everyone bash each other's heads in. That was 44 episodes of the most lazy writing that I've ever watched. There wasn't even an attempt to enhance the world or story line. Even the relationships that were being evolved between the male and female character were completely ignored and dropped, relegating the girls to wrestling match audience members. That is probably acceptable to the target audience of pre-middle schoolers, aka grade schoolers.
If you believe that the epitome of entertainment is tag team wrestling, with it's built-in story line of good verses evil, then this series is absolutely for you. For those expecting a story... Well, just forget it. No attempt was made.
I have no idea what happened to the 40 episodes of season two. The animation quality consistently degraded linearly until the final episode. Watching them back to back, it was barely noticeable. But if you watched episode 27 followed by 66, it was hugely noticeable. Additionally, the story was completely ignored in favour of turning these episodes into 40 nonstop tag team wrestling episodes. Of course, there is a large market for this type of anime, such as Dragonball Z. They jettison plot for wrestling type action. Certainly, these episodes generated several additional series and movies, confirming a financial success. It should be noted that watching these episodes was like seeing UFC match's, with the outcomes being just as predictable. Characters on the left are bad guys and the ones on the right are good... Now, everyone bash each other's heads in. That was 44 episodes of the most lazy writing that I've ever watched. There wasn't even an attempt to enhance the world or story line. Even the relationships that were being evolved between the male and female character were completely ignored and dropped, relegating the girls to wrestling match audience members. That is probably acceptable to the target audience of pre-middle schoolers, aka grade schoolers.
If you believe that the epitome of entertainment is tag team wrestling, with it's built-in story line of good verses evil, then this series is absolutely for you. For those expecting a story... Well, just forget it. No attempt was made.