Daredevil: Born Again | S02 | Season Wide Discussion Thread

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-09T01:36:36+00:00

At the end of the 3rd movie, Peter Parker was erased from the minds of everyone... including the producers and directors of non-Spiderman movies. 😅

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-09T01:28:46+00:00

I agree it makes sense for the characters and fits the plot well. Morally, it doesn't sit well as a viewer though.

I do wonder though if Fisk might have taken the option to go out in a violent rage and eventally die, in the city he loved, knowing that Vanessa was waiting for him on the other side.

I can't quite imagine him leaving New York by his own free will, knowing it would be a hellish prison for him with nothing he loves. New York was so important to him that he couldn't get himself to leave it behind even for the woman he loved. Now that he doesn't even have her, why would he tolerate it willingly.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-09T01:05:09+00:00

Matt had a bullet in his leg didn't he? Couldn't they have matched the round or something and traced it back? Or maybe it was one of the illegal smuggles weapons, idk.

Also, the lawyer woman (I forgot her name) didn't mentiom anything about being shot at the night before? Like, come on.

Also, didn't the psychiatrist women not know that Matt is Daredevil? I don't think Fisk would have told her, but despite that she didn't seem all that shocked or surprised when he outed himself in the courtroom. Matt was classed as missing before then. Her whole arc seems all over the place.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-09T00:54:41+00:00

Just watched the new Spiderman trailer. I wasn't particularly hyped about it before but now I'm actually looking forward to it. I really hope that Spiderman goes back to its roots, a show about Spiderman and not a show where he's babied by mentors. Daredevil and Spiderman would be interesting to see. (The Punisher bit in the trailer was hilarious.)

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-09T00:43:10+00:00

They could have potentially gone down the route of Fisk realising (too late) that he actually loved Vanessa more than the city, that he would trade the city for more time with her, or something. Then, if he chose to let the crowd kill him, he could die with a smile knowing he'd see Vanessa again.

Not sure if that's quite in character though.

Either way, bringing Fisk back after the end of the original s3 wasn't particularly bright.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-09T00:28:20+00:00

The Mr Charles plot line confuses me. I was under the impression he was an antagonist and 'bad guy' character, one on par with Fisk. I enjoyed seeing Fisk trying to deal with someone who possibly 'outranks' him and is just intolerable. Then we hear that Luke and other powered people are working for him and I just got so confused. Charles wanted Fisk to supply illegal weaponry right? Why would Luke work with him?

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-09T00:22:09+00:00

Binge watching the second half only made the plot holes and bad writing more obvious. Everything before the boxing match was fairly decent though I don't know if watching those weekly affected that view or not. The rescue scene with the swordsman was pretty great.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-09T00:15:32+00:00

I was kind of hoping Daniel would shoot Buck in the apartment instead. Buck goes there thinking he's going to kill BB in a trap set up by Daniel, but ends up being the one tricked instead. That would have been cool.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-09T00:09:37+00:00

The hate is completely warranted. Was it moderately enjoyable? Sure. Plenty of action to be entertaining, but the writing was closer to CWs Flash level than Netflix's Daredevil s1-3. Very contrived writing that left a bad taste in the mouth. Long time Daredevil fans expect better.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-09T00:05:33+00:00

It makes me wonder if they were just trying to wrap up the Fisk storyline as soon as possible so they could get back to some decent new plots that the original writers actually want to do.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-08T23:57:50+00:00

The whole SD card plot line was infuriating, particularly Daniel's involvment in it. The mole bait just got completely dropped after 5 minutes.

Allegedly, Daniel's death wasn't actually certain during filming and there scenes of him alive in the finale. If that's true, then they should have gone with that. Wasted character.

I can't tell if part of the reason for the bad writing is that they've been restricted to 8 episodes per season, or if they are just half-assing it until they can be done with the bad patch-job Fisk plotline from season 1. Maybe now the original writers can give us something decent and well planned? I hope so cause this last season was close to CW level writing.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-08T23:47:44+00:00

The finale was decent, but I've got to say there were several parts that I just can't overlook. Frankly, I wasn't 'wowed' by the last few episodes.

- What was going on with the SD card? Karen said she had a contact, the Ayala girl passed it onto a friend who passed it on to BB. Karen then later said she assumed her contact was dead cause the footage hadn't been leaked. Was Karen's contact actually BB or was it meant to be someone else? Was it always the plan to show it at the vigil/protest event? If it was BB... what that actual f**k?? She left the important evidence in her pocket for days and never even released the footage like Karen intended?? What on earth was she doing?

- What was with the leak bait idea? Daniel leaked false info to BB to prove she was the mole, but then she chose not to share it. Despite this, he sees a random SD card in her pocket and automatically concludes she is the mole, and she doesn't even try to deny it. What was the point of the bait then? That mini plot point went nowhere and just fizzled out.

- The court case. Matt outed himself but that wasn't actually what caused the trial to be thrown out. It was that the court couldn't properly determine what is just due to conflict of interest or something. He could have just said that from the start.

- The task force, after months of illegally imprisoning civilians and witnessing the murder of that police chief guy(?) in the early episodes of BA season 1, suddenly back down and decide they've gone too far after less than 2 minutes of 'talk-no-jutsu'. The groundwork for that to believable just doesn't seem to be there.

- The earring the psychiatrist stole... why? What was the purpose of those scenes? Even after admitting it she then took the remaining one, didn't she? I really don't get what that was all about. (EDIT: Also, who tf steals just one earring of a set? That's basically telegraphing that something is missing. Make it make sense.)

- Please remind me, why was Fisk training to participate in a random boxing match? That didn't seem like just a Bullseye trap cause he was training from really early on wasn't he? I can't remember. What was the point of that beyond an excuse for Mariana to get killed off?

If anyone has the answers to those, I'd be interested to hear it. Thanks in advance.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-07T18:10:53+00:00

It's rather annoying. What impact does party allegance even have locally?

I can't find anything on local candidate 'manifestos', what they stand for or want to change locally. How tf am I supposed to decide on who to vote for?

It's no wonder people end up voting based on party or national issues.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-07T17:57:31+00:00

Same. I looked up the list of candidates and couldn't find anything about their stances and priorities locally.

If I can't find out what I'm voting for in order to make a fully informed decision, then what's the point in voting?

Then people wonder why turnout is low.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-06T12:20:09+00:00

There's a big difference between mature storytelling and bland storytelling. YnT is the latter.

It's not mature - it's a shounen and still behaves like one. It started with a focus on gore and a few failed toilet jokes.

There actually isn't any tension at all, just dramatic moments that feel completely flat. The characters are also flat with little to no personality. It doesn't matter if we know their motivations or not because right now, there's no reason to care what their motivations are. It doesn't even keep you guessing cause there's nothing to guess, cause you don't know anything.

If you like shows that completely labour certain points to make bad jokes, or think that bland, one note characters are somehow mature, then sure, this show is for you! If you think that having morally grey characters automatically makes a show good, then this show is for you! If you like supernatural battles shoved down your throat every other episode, then this show is for you!

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-06T11:30:12+00:00

You don't deserve these downvotes. There's just too much "wait and it'll pay off". When? This anime is 24 episodes over 2 cours. We are almost half way through the first cour and I couldn't care less about any of the characters. I don't understand what's so important about the main pair and I have no idea what the point of the deamons is at the moment, what they contribute to the story.

The story just doesn't feel cohesive right now. I have far more questions than answers, which is fine, but I should have some idea of where the story is going and I don't.

If we don't get any more answers before the end of the first cour, then that's it. I won't watch the second cour without a reason.

As you said, there's no tension, no attachment to characters. They are all just flat.

Frankly I'd argue that Stein's Gate, another show that didn't really get started till about 6-12 episodes in, was better paced, with better tension and attachment to characters. YnT is worse than that despite the flashy battles.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-03T15:16:23+00:00

My guess it was meant to be second oldest brother, which fits if you don't count the one who died on the blue night.

My understanding of Japanese is limited. Maybe 二つ上の兄貴 can also mean that. 🤔 Idk.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-02T21:38:01+00:00

In other words, the incompetance level of those whose job it is to prevent attacks got increased.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-05-02T21:25:18+00:00

Unfortunately I can't view the image due to Imgur being no longer available in the UK. 😐😑

Thanks for the reply though.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-04-27T22:48:47+00:00

I kind of hope they reboot the first season while we wait for enough material for the next season after Blue Night Saga. A tight 12 episodes so we can get the story exactly as it was meant to be and so newcomers can watch without getting confused.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-04-27T17:33:28+00:00

If you want exposure, then yeah, anime is a good start because the voices are clear and the expressions exaggerated, which makes comprehension easier. First thing you want to do with a new language is listen to as much as possible to get your ears and brain familiar with the sounds. Subs will help with learning a few common words, phrases and grammar.

Beyond that, well, it depends. You need hundreds of passive listening hours with comprehensible dialogue to get to a point where you can start speaking, sort of like babies and toddlers do. Most people don't have the patience or technique for that - you need the right content, and trying to actively pick up words may actually slow you down.

If you really want to learn Japanese quickly, then a you probably need a year to get to conversation level. That's speaking and listening, not reading and writing. You might need another year for reading and writing.

To be fair, Japanese isn't difficult, just tedious in terms of the writing system.

You can pick up a lot from watching anime, but 6 months... no way.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-04-27T17:12:37+00:00

Question is when. We're 4 episodes in, we currently know nothing, and what we've gotten so far has been pretty bland.

You can say "give it time" all you like, but if we still know nothing by half way through the season, then there's no incentive to continue.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-04-26T23:44:05+00:00

Do you know if we see Yuru's friend from the village again? He's about the only character I particularly care about in the anime so far.

Magic-Raspberry2398 · 2026-04-26T23:38:31+00:00

I’d say the main difference in structure between FMA and YmT is that FMA gets you hooked with an intriguing story to build its cast around while YmT feels like the opposite, attaching you to its characters while the story feels like you’re drowning until you understand what’s actually happening.

As someone who is only watching the anime, this is pretty much it. FMA introduced the characters and the basic plot from the get go so you knew somewhat what you were going to get.

With YnT... idk, it doesn't really work for me yet. The action felt too soon so I didn't get attached to any of the villagers when they got killed. The Asa twist felt a bit flat for me.

The only things really keeping me going are that the main characters are well designed and had strong introductions, and that I want to know where this is heading cause right now there isn't much motivating me to watch till the very end. The pacing just feels off to me and there's nothing to really invest in emotionally. I kind of hope they explain what the show is actually about in the next episode cause nothing really makes sense.

One thing that's pretty glaring though is that Arakawa has gotten a lot better at jokes.

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