The Stolen Hope Episode 2 Review

Hey everyone! Make sure to check out the review of the first episode, here!

The Stolen Hope episode one didn’t blow my socks off. If anything, it made them slightly wet and uncomfortable. But this series has, currently, 8 episodes in it, with the second episode being published on March 29, 2015 and as I’ve said before, I have hope that this series will get better. So without further ado, I’m Knightmare, and let’s get started.

So we start off with a new character running to some sort of castle—how did this castle get built by cats? How did they manage this without thumbs? How is this cat wearing armor? Don’t know, and apparently, we’re not supposed to care. The voice actress here sounds pretty good, but her line delivery just seems…a little off. (open the gates) Seems so…relaxed for someone who appears to be in a hurry.

The guard seems more than happy to keep her waiting, which seems like a dumb move since we learn the guard is actually scared of Vixy attacking, and, I can’t help but wonder that, if this got back to the king, he’d be peeved.

Eventually Vixy gets inside and tells the baddie king that they have an opportunity to kill the king and queen. How did she get this info? Is she some sort of expert spy? Maybe the narrator told her, idk.

The baddie, Ares, asks about their (1:36). Yeah. You heard him right, he says quotes un-quotes. Not the right saying there, friend. But hey, at least we got the series’ name drop! Demands attention, doesn’t it? Except that it’s ruined by this really weirdly worded sentence (1:47) ‘we really do kill’ What…what does that…even mean…we even do? What is that sentence? Ugh. The audio is also super distracting here. I know the feeling is supposed to be intense as villains openly speak about their plans, but…it’s just distracting how it keeps starting over.

After the intro, we join our MCs again who are going to the recruitment center thing, and then proceed to make fun of a girl for her looks? What? Um, okay. Vesta, our MC’s best friend, then makes a comment on Apollo. Our MC is horrified her friend thinks Apollo, her brother, is attractive, while I’m left to wonder how Vesta didn’t realize this. I mean, one, she’s a friend, isn’t she? Wouldn’t she know what Apollo looks like? Two, can’t you see the family resemblance?

The Generals begin to speak and—actually, I really like some of these characters. Honsetly. I think a bubbly spy is a cool play on expectations, and General Dusk is badass. Some of the dialogue could do with a bit of tweaking, but General Dusk tho

So freakin’ cool

We meet a cat that literally licked his fur off—why?—who is also a spy. Don’t get why there are two spy units, but okay.

Some stuff happens with the queen recognizing Lunis, and the recruits are then left to choose different branches of military they’d like to visit. Lunis chooses to visit Caroline, who works with royalty in hopes of figuring out what the hell just happened.

Overall, I think this episode is better? Not much to it, and the animation and art style is improving, but it’s still nothing to write home about. When the close up shots show how lines intercept, it just feels sloppy.

But that’s only what I thought! Once again , I know that these things take months, if not years to complete, so that in itself is impressive. I’m still hopeful for this series to make some major improvements—I mean, just look at Alcatraz by Judepickachu! That series started off rough, and has become amazing. Make sure to let me know what you think in the comments below. Thanks for watching, and I’ll see you all Sunday.