Why did the reputation of Guo Man's "Soul Street" decline so much in the second season compared with the first season?

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The first season of "Soul Street" is a fantasy war fan serialized on 20 16. As the ending approached, word of mouth soared. At the request of fans, the second season was launched at the end of 20 19 and 12, but its reputation was far less than that of the first season. By the end of the fifth episode of the previous article, the score was only 4.7. Not only that, the score in the first quarter dropped to 9. 1. The world gap makes a work that has been expected for three years be regarded as an ant.

Why is the same work so bad in the second season? Feng mainly thinks that the main reason should be the plot and the quality gap with the first season:

1 Plot: In fact, taking the original comic plot in the second season is tantamount to shooting yourself in the foot, because the comic plot was originally changed in the first season, and it was re-adapted on the basis of the comic plot, which led to the inability to completely follow the comic plot in the second season. In comics, Cao has always been his brother and Cao Xuanliang has always been his younger brother. After the magic operation of identity exchange in the first season of animation, although it created the reputation of the first film, the fruit of collapse was planted at this time. In addition, there is a slight gap between the characters and the first season, and the relationship between the characters is also chaotic. Here are some key points:

The magical change and delay of the plot: as a bloody fighting cartoon, the lighting point of the fighting that the audience really likes to watch is actually good at first. The fight between Chu Xu and Shi Lingming did have the flavor of the first season, but the story after that was a mess. As a semi-comic party who has seen comics, although it is a tragic story, it is not clear about the cause and effect of animation, whether to find a dragon peach or a bodhi tree. Besides, it's about memories afterwards. Water blames himself for his memory after death, which is a direct magical change. In short, the fourth and fifth episodes give people the feeling that they are forcing water.

So the impression of the plot is very poor. If it is a cartoon party, this sentiment will be more obvious. If it is simply an anime party, the defects will be relatively small.

The weakening of the protagonist's strength and personality problems: Cao Yanbing's strength in the first season is actually very obvious. A single Chu Xu is enough to deter all kinds of mixed soldiers. Why did it take half a day to deal with a group of miscellaneous soldiers in the second season? In fact, it can be killed directly. In the first season alone, Cao is actually a man who pays great attention to brotherhood and is extremely proud. After being framed, he didn't stand up and refute, and he also made a scene afterwards, which was completely out of line with General Huo's design in the first season. The other is to arrange Xia Ling as a drag bottle. In the cartoon, she is a lively and naughty but powerful character, but the animation has pulled her into a person who needs Cao's protection. If it is to foil Cao Zai and release the pressure of skills, it is actually unnecessary!

Frequent advertisement insertion: very annoying. It's just an advertisement in the middle of the story in three minutes. Sponsorship is not excessive, but frequent interruptions will arouse the audience's disgust. It's watching cartoons, not advertisements, and three years of polishing is not enough money. Do you have to insert advertisements frequently to affect your perception? The most annoying thing is undoubtedly advertising.

Can't help but mention the emotions of the audience: in the original book, the evil deeds of Nan Yufu and others are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. When the author Xu Chen described it, she not only asked her to kill everyone in the village, but also asked her to kill her relatives for her own benefit, which aroused the hatred of the audience and was later solved by Cao. It can be said that the hatred of the audience is not completely intensified in the animation, so there is not much passion when watching Cao Kill, but one more point. In addition, there is no emphasis on the past relationship between Nanyufu and Beiluoshimen. It simply makes people misunderstand that the contradiction between them is deep, and it does not explain that some foreshadowing has been laid, which is completely contrary to the original plot of the comic book!

2 psychological gap: after the fire in the first season, almost everyone went back to read the original story after understanding it. In fact, many people know what the story of North Rashomon is and how it ends. However, the animation production did not reach the height of the comic story, even lower than the expected value, more reflected in the quality difference from the first season. The story told in the second season is far less intriguing than that in the first season. As more people know the follow-up story, the production of the second season is far from the ideal value. This emotional gap is actually the reason for the real decline in word of mouth.

There is no way to recast the peak of the first season, and the second season is inevitably unsatisfactory, but these can be saved by excellent production and rigorous plot laying, but the second season failed to do so, just giving a step under the original gap and making the score continue to sink!

Feng's conclusion: The defects in the second season of Soul Street are quite obvious. The plot is not rigorous and the emotional bedding is not enough. As a foil, the strength of the protagonist is weakened. Any point is fatal enough. Three years is enough time to polish better works, but a lot of advertisements and guest appearances are still to save money. Fortunately, the producer found the problem in time and chose to stop broadcasting after the release of the fifth episode. A good attitude is better than ignoring the whole story, and there is still expectation for the following story.

Regarding the battle between Cao and the four famous volcanoes, the rise of the northern imperial clan is a major attraction and a plus item. If it can be done well, it will save a lot of reputation. I hope the production team can polish this product as attentively as cartoonists. No matter what the final result is, don't let the audience wait for three years like drawing water with a sieve.

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