Emma - Act II, episode 1

[timepiececlock]

Oh. Oh oh oh. It's hard for me to describe how or why watching Victorian Romance Emma makes me happy, but... it does. It makes me so incredibly happy. The first season made me happy... in fact by the end it damn near sent me into viewer romance nirvana, then broke all my heartstrings.

I thought that was the end of the anime. I thought I had to read the manga to see what happened next for the two lovers, but a year later I find... they've made a sequel series! And it's all subbed by the time I get to it! HUZZAH.

Plant me in front of a screen and call me a happy bunny. Emma is unlike any anime I've seen before... in an incredibly good and understated way. Season two seems to keep that quality.

I'm excited. And happy. Did I mention Emma makes me happy?

Comments

[rasielle.livejournal.com]

I knoooow, it's just so lovely. So emotional, and yet no shenanigans. I think season one might've been the less dramatic of the two, but that's just reasonable; everything has to end with season two, after all. But even then, it's quality, from all angles.

I think what I might've liked best about season two was its emphasis on the more concrete, financial and familial, repercussions of Emma and William's relationship. It made the conflict between duty and heart much more real, since until then it's only ever threatened. A little sacrificial, maybe.