okay i just finished crystallized and... i have a sort-of-not-really-that-much-depending-on-how you-look-at-it kind of hot take

first half of the season: GOATED! i don't think there's much argument about how good it was to see the ninja in prison again, it's a thought-provoking feeling about heroes and antiheroes that i haven't really thought about since skybound! harumi returning as the herald of the overlord was set up well because no one knew it was gonna happen and it wasn't foreshadowed at all. GREAT FIRST HALF! second half of the season: I honestly don't see the problem with it until the later episodes cuz it...