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Majisuka Gakuen 2
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" /> TYPE: drama
GENRE: shojo yankee
YEAR: 15-Apr-2011 to 1-July-2011
Cast: AKB48
Intro:
Majisuka Gakuen 2 is the second show in a series of shows about delinquent school girls and their struggles.
Summary:
Majisuka Gakuen 2 is set 1.5 months after the events in Majisuka Gakuen 1. With a truce in place with the Yabakune high-school the forces within MajiJo start to gather to overthrow the New Rappappa. A begrudged graduate returns and takes over Yabakune for revenge on MajiJo’s Atsuko. However, Atsuko has left MajiJo in Otabe’s hands and went on a scum hunting spree to find the answer to her inner demons. On the brink of MajiJo’s destruction Atsuko faces the choices between going to prison or saving her school.
Critique:
There are numerous changes in MG2 that are good and bad. The changes kind of balance each other out, though. Story wise it’s more complicated and full of schemes. The story has two major weakness that are also the reason for the show to exists. One, is the return of the begrudged graduate. It’s practically impossible. Two, Atsuko selfishly leaving MajiJo and hunting down the scums and hoodlums of Japan. Many of the cast have improved their acting skills but it goes under due to large cast and complicated story as well as the absence of the main cast from MG1. The impact is minimal.
Overall, Watanabe Mayu (Nezumi) virtually takes over the central role despite her being the secondary villain. It’s for this reason that she gets a show of her own (to be covered later). Also unlike in MG1 she’s wearing a suggestive colored hooded jacket symbolizing her emotions or state of mind or the deceptive role she’s taken.
It’s nice Takahashi Minami got a seemingly larger role than in MG1 but the limited activity of the police hunting for Atsuko was a bit disappointing. A bit more action would have been nice. Admittedly, there was not much time to have it all. The final large scale showdown involving another school was unexpected but it seems necessary to have the old main cast come back.
Verdict: 8.5
cast: 9
cast performance: 9.5 very good
script/directing: 7
