First, I have to admit that I did skip some of the Mighty Warriors bits because I'm not as interested in them as I am in S.W.O.R.D. What can I say *shrugs*

But now to the good things. S2 was such a fantastic set-up for the following movie, it went so deep on all fronts, telling us more about Mugen, about the characters' background, about the hows & whys. And it showed us so much character development, Murayama and Hyuga and even Cobra himself.

Speaking of Cobra, his journey fascinated me because we get to see him as a kid, then as an eager puppy in Mugen, all smiles and energy - and then the way he became, closed off, standing apart, always on the outside looking in, carrying the responsibility for Sannoh, and his desire for it all to be finally over, for the fighting and hurting to stop - and then, in the end, his realization that the only way to achieve that is to fight back, his renewed determination. What a journey within only 10 episodes!

I loved it. Somehow, in some way, they managed to make this drama so rich and deep, with characters coming and going, with the big bad looming and S.W.O.R.D. a world of its own within that universe...

Can't wait to see the movie now!