Re
Hamatora: Season 2
(2015/Sentai Blu-ray Set)
Picture:
B Sound: B+ Extras: C Episodes: B+
It's
been three months after the Moral incident and the existence of
'Minimum Holders', people with supernatural abilities, has gone
public. As the Hamatora agency continues to take odd jobs involving
minimum holders, they not only face a paranoid public but must also
face their former friend and police inspector Art who has come back
from the grave and is now stealing the abilities of minimum holders
in Re
Hamatora: Season 2
(2015).
Even with the fact Minimum Holders have become
public knowledge, the Hamatora Agency continues to protect the normal
humans from Minimum Holder crimes and the government continues to
train, use and abuse those with powers. As the prejudice and fear
continues to grow between those with power and those without, a new
order and threat has appeared, former friends are now enemies.
However, everything points back to government's secret agenda for the
creation of Minimum Holders.
This series was like a anime
version of X-Men with a plot. In truth, what would happen if
people suddenly discover there are mutants, psychics, or espers? How
would society change? Even if people accepted there are those with
powers would they become jealous, afraid? Unfortunately, humankind
has been know more to abuse and use their abilities than to live in
peace with them and governments ALLOW fear and terror to exist, so
they have an excuse to control the public by any means they wish.
The
1080p 1.78 X 1 digital High Definition image is pretty good
throughout all episodes, but not up to the best Sentai releases,
while the lossless DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) Japanese 2.0 Stereo sound
bests the English dub and is the playback highlight as the set with
Pro-Logic-like surrounds if you wish. Extras include clean opening
and closing animations, Japanese promos and disclaimers, and
trailers.
Episodes
include...
Melancholy of Hero - Is Nice dead? Since
the Minimum Holders have gone public some people resent them and some
idolize them.
Art Returns - Art returns to the
government facility to steal all the children's 'Minimum
abilities'.
Madness Flowers - Art and Nice confront a
murderous Minimum Holder, are Minimum Holders too dangerous to
live?
For Whom Talent - Honey faces her father, a Nazi
research scientist father who believe all Minimum Holders should be
caged and controlled.
Buddy's Wishes - Art's former
partner, Gasquet investigates why his partner turned evil. He
discovers this was all connected to the creation of the Minimum
Holder facility, but an unexpected turn results.
Advent
- Murasaki confronts Art, but Art uses him pretend to be the coming
savior of Minimum Holders.
Emergency Room 24 Hours - As
Murasaki recovers, his friends come visit and the doctors find out
how many times they can revive him.
Worst Promise &
Best Memory - Hajime remembers her past when Minimum Holders were
tortured and experimented on and how Nice found and rescued
her.
Symphony in the Moonlight - The Freemun terrorist
organization gathers forces for the coming battle, the Hamatora
Agency put on a comedy version of Kaguya-hime.
For Whom to
Duel - Hajime and Koneko get taken hostage and Nice and Ratio are
forced to fight each other.
End of Yokohama - The
Freemun start their terror revolution. Art reveals his intentions
isn't to protect Minimum Holders, but to kill all Minimum
holders.
Re: Ego - Nice confronts Art, but is it too
late for humans and Minimum Holders to live together?
-
Ricky Chiang
