Season 2 is where this show peak imo, I'm glad that this wasn't just nostalgia. I remember being one of the people defending Kagami, I remember loving the Queen Bee so much, I vividly remember how starstucked I was by Sandboy and people discussing it.
30:00 We get a “new-ish” revelation that shock of all shocks: Chloe would rather change than lose her friendship with Adrian. It gives something more down to earth for the character to care about which is nice. We even get an inkling of why she’d value him this much in the same exact episode.
Although there were theories that Tikki knew cause in Evilstrator, around the scene when Chat pulled Marinette closer, Tikki said something similar to "Adrien?" It was a fun theory then
After watching Queen Wasp, I noticed that the whole tragedy of Chloe's redemption was Marinette's fault. Instead of consoling Chloe by saying that she has real friends and that her horrible mother isn't worth her love, with a smug smile Mari says that Chloe is the worst and that the two should reconcile. For that reason the season 5 finale didn't surprise me like others since Mari already helped another abusive parent in the past.
@@beldafigueroa6799 How was it also valid for Marinette to give Grabiel a second chance even though for 9 months he tormented Paris, emotionally abused his son, was an asshole to everyone and clearly enjoyed being a villain?
It doesn't stop at that. Other than mari teaching chloe that being a bad person will get you what you want. She also fed chloe's ego by throwing her a party, and she raised her hopes by adding her to the hero team. Then she took all that away in a mere second. Mari inadvertently pushed chloe on the path to regression from the very beginning, and sadly, I don't see a lot of people pointing that out.
Sandboy is always going to be my favorite season 2 episode. We see Plagg’s soft side as well as sensitive to the thought of Nooroo being mistreated to where Plagg was crying! Adrien and Plagg’s bond and friendship gets stronger! We get some Tikki x Plagg aka Sugarsock moments! And we see all the other kwami’s! I cried tears of joy when Plagg told Adrien. You’re the best Cat Noir I’ve ever had Adrien! And the villain?! Aka the akuma! Fricken amazing! Amazon powers! Amazing design! Just everything is amazing!
43:54 Everything she wanted materially speaking. We know he’s also emotionally neglectful. Also the “You have chance to be useful and fix your mistakes” bit is what makes the whole Queen Bee thing more tragic for me by my interpretation as combined with this reveal this line makes me think Chloe feels Queen Bee is her only way to redemption. It re-contextualizes why she’s so insistent on being Queen Bee and adds depth to that conflict.
By far my favourite season, the show still had its charm, the plot finally seemed to be moving, & the writing was actually kinda decent?? Esp with Chloe, well we all know how that turned out
tbh the Christmas special would've been aided by no akumatised villain, I think instead it should've been fully about Adrien dealing with his trauma and maybe bonding with his dad, also obviously no songs
@@Owell_Owl Yeah that could also work, but either way it'd be nice to have a bit of time where Adrien bonds with Gabe since their bond should be focused on
@@DFeligamiAdrizoeSworaDennisFan Tbh it is kinda suspicious to see some random man with a guy who was assumed kidnapped so i can semi understand her panic
Zombizou is probably one of the best episodes in the series for me, good action mixed with some very great writing, i'd definitely enjoy a Zombizou episode you should go for it if you want!
In Sandboy it's revealed Adrien's darkest fear is being locked up and alone, and then near the end of season 5 Gabriel locks him up and makes him alone.
43:32 This right here is the ticket. It shows internal struggle on a level never seen possible for the character and makes us question how she truly views the friendships she does have. It leaves the door open to SO much exploration with how she views Sabrina, Adrian, Andre and what have you that I’m shocked the writers didn’t see the GOLDMINE this whole episode was. It also shows a side that is truly self loathing and self aware and that there’s a part of that believes she worthless. It’s tragic in way I can relate to with such an internal struggle of self due to having such self awareness. This is the ONE time I can sort of understand benching Chat even if I REALLY don’t like that they did so. Plus the joke with rocket launcher is funny.
I wan in love with this! great ranking for the season that I couldn't have seen better from. The amount of feelings I still got from the emotions Chloe showed and that finale! It was amazing! The heroes felt earned in their own rights. It makes me wish we didn't have the whole zodiac miraculous in the box and just sticked with the original seven. It kept things easier to understand and keep track of. I would've loved if they stuck with this small group of heroes instead of “everyone gets a miraculous now” Like…if everyone is super then no one is y’know? Great ranking and great review of each episode!! 🎉
The most interesting and relevant part of Sandboy is the kwami's birthday ritual inside the miracle box and how Hawkmoth takes advantage of that to partially localize the box, but you didn't even mention any of this :-(
I overall don’t have many problems with the listing here. There were some details left out in some episodes that I thought were going to get some light but I also know this took longer for you already so I’m not too disappointed. Personally, Maladiktator is my favorite episode of S2 and you said all of my thoughts about why in this video. The reason why the finale wasn’t my favorite (as hype as it was) is that, imo, we should have had the Miracle Squad for longer. We just didn’t really have enough. I would have loved to see how each of them interacted even out if battle when/if they had to regroup. It just felt like they fell apart way too fast. (Which I can understand since it was their fist time fighting as a team) I understand why it went down the way it went down (Queen Bee held down the fort, no cap) but I just wish we saw more from the 5 of them, especially since they were so hyped up the previous episode. Still my favorite season finale though. No other finale has come close to being the best (imo).
I think the Chloe episodes were peak (Despair Bear, Zombizou, Style Queen, Queen Wasp, Malediktator. A.K.A. the rewatch list). At least the Queen's Battle Triology are rated better than the finale because, One, it's Chloe. Chloe being good. Two, Ladybug just revealing Alya and Nino's identies to each other. Ladybug could've just brought one of them to a different room in the school and said, "I told them an excuse so you can become the superhero I need you to be". Three, Carapace's shield was knocked to Rena Rouge's side, AND SHE LOOKS AT IT. In order to save Carapace, what does Rena throw? The shield? No. She throws her whole body in the way when she could've saved both of them.
My favorite episodes of season 2 is Despair 🐻, Befana, Sandboy and Troublemaker and what made me laugh🤣 in Gigantitan was Axis making fun of Marinette when she was explaining her plan to her gal pals 😁😂🤣.
24:37 My only real gripe with the ep was the fact it incapacitated Chat for this battle. This was the one where I felt benching him wasn’t necessary as I feel Nino and Adrian fighting together would have been cool.
Me: Sees number 21 I am biased as all get out since Marc and Nath are my favorite characters in the show, but I understand the reasoning. Great ranking.
Befana has a flying moto which is cool AND a scary power. She either kill you or turns you into a spooy angel. Your dead or force to obey her. That's horrible 😨
i vividly remember watching the christmas special with my cousin when it came out, and we both absolutely broke down when plagg started singing, like we were on the floor dying of laughter. good times, terrible episode.
Season 2 and 1 are so underrated tbh I barely hear people talking about them especially season 2 , season 1 has the best animation in the whole show , season 2 has the best finale change my mind , I also don’t care about the fact that season 2 animation was a downgrade compared to the 1st one but the good episodes carried !
@@ACriticalRetrospective same I’m still confused with how much times the bee miraculous changed models - , like in style queen the bee miraculous was looking different when Marinette choosed it to give it to Alya but the model changed when Chloe opened her box
39:48 Or at least we can see how she influenced Chloe even WHEN SHE WASN’T AROUND ASTRUC! Sorry. We can see that she knows how her mom acts and in this episode is trying to replicate her to get her approval. Other episodes are most likely not the same for why she acts the way she does and it DOES seem most of the time she’s genuinely entitled. In many parts this episode is adorable yet sad with Chloe trying to replicate her mom. It makes the character feel like a child.
42:21 MY FAVORITE EPISODE THIS SEASON! The sheer amount of character implications and setup here makes the writer in me happy! I’ll get into it when you talk about the scene in question.
28:54 Syrian was my all time favorite episode when it first aired/dropped partly because I am a competitive swimmer and loves water, but also because I loved story of the episode and was one I rewatched over and over again.
13:29 I'd like to point out how in this drawing, Queen bee's hair is drawn so similar to vesperia's hair. I doubt it's foreshadowing but I still think it's crazy nonetheless
All of the episodes you ranked at the bottom are my favourite episodes. 😂 Probably because I'm more interested in the romance. The action is still good though. I love how basically the whole fandom collectively loves the season 2 finale though. Sooooo much better than the season 5 finale lol.
Okay, time for my own ranking (totally not biased): 1. Gorizilla - Adrien acting like a person? Check. Gabriel being actually a half of a decent parent? Check. The iconic commercial? Check 2. Style Queen (Queen's Battle - Part 1) - I actually don't know why I like it so much, I just do 3. Catalyst (Heroes' Day - Part 1) - I like the part one more, it keeps me hooked, but why did you make every red 4. Queen Wasp (Queen's Battle - Part 2) - Miraculous why do you make me feel sad? Poor Chloe :( 5. Mayura (Heroes' Day - Part 2) - Mayra is beautiful but for some reason, I cannot remember how that episode went, again why did they make everyone red? It's ugly 6. The Collector - The big reavel that led to season's 5 finale...Collector looks beeter than Gabriel 7. Malediktator - Cat Noir being an actual cat? Can we do that again? Oh, right the episode's cool I guess 8. Despair Bear - Adrien having a backbone? Yes, please. Also Chloe's outbusrt was understandable 9. Reverser - Marc is so adorable, Reverser is one of my favorite villains of this show (Like I said, ranking completey unbiased) 10. Troublemaker - Good thing Jagged didn't take in Luka and Juleka or Penny would have to deal with two season 1 Chloe's, Fang best boy 11. Riposte - Kagami had better introduction but the misgendering was so stupid, especially in my VERY gendered language, this is basically the only Ladrien episode or I guess Gorizilla is too. Also Marinette stop simping for once 12. Capitan Hardrock - Luka's debut and he's weakest episode...also Anarka, you are a bad parent, but Luka debuted so *yay* 13. Sapotits - Why deos Cat Noir and Rena Rouge have better chemistry than LadyNoir? 14. Zombizou - Marinette getting akumatized bait, but it was fun to watch I guess 15. Sandboy - #therapyforNooroo also why does de-akumatized Sandboy looks so anime? 16. Frozer - Good thing too know Adrien also has weird fantasies...also the better ships being better and Luka being Luka 17. Frightningale - In my dub they rhymed optimism and cataclysm, IT DOESN'T RHYME, Frightningale is preatty cool but I cannot say her name for the life of me 18. The Dark Owl - Batman parody, the third...reveal bait I think? 19. Befana - When I watch it, it's actually pretty cute but when I don't, I just sort of forget it exists 20. Syren - I uh...the power ups go nowhere, plus Aquabug looks ugly and why doesn't Syren has an actual tail 21. Robostus - I am scared of robots and Markov just proves me right 22. Prime Queen - The interview was funny but I don't know, it's not my cup of tea 23. Glaciator - Cat Noir could have been resonabley angry, he COULD'VE, Andre ice cream man, what is your marketing strategy? 24. Gigantitan - That design...THAT DESIGN, it's my enemy, but not gonna lie kind of a gulity pleasure 25. Anansi - I don't know, it doesn't stick out to me 26. Santa Claws - I LOVE musicals, how dare they make me not want to watch a musical episode
As a marc/reverser fan who absolutely loves the reverser episode, I get it being 21. It kinda has the vibes of a season 1 episode with the “introduce another classmate and then have them akumatized” format. The issue is that marc doesn’t have the same importance as luka or kagami story wise since they’re important to the romance aspect whereas marc is just a side character-we don’t see him much afterwards unless its a few background cameos lol. Maybe it would have been a higher end episode if it was in season 1, but its hard to ignore the impact the other episodes have when it comes to developing the main story. (reverser still my fav episode miraculous writers give marc more screen time i beg)
I remember in 2018 the frozer trailer came out and everyone was screaming that adrien revealed his identity just it all to be a dream part also heroes day is amazing
Even though I stopped watching Miraculous Ladybug.(Purely because of the season 3 finale sorry not sorry.) I will always have a soft spot for season 2. It’s just peak Miraculous(Which isn’t saying much). It expanded the story in simple yet straightforward ways. Such as the new superhero’s, Chloé’s redemption and it felt like we were actually going places. Until the show became needlessly complicated! But either way I will always have a soft spot for this season.
30:48 This is the first time we get an truer inkling that Andre isn’t as good of a dad, I can’t even say as we think because we already assumed he must have failed awfully as a parent when raising her to get like this. Emotionally absent parenting everybody.
Yeah, season 2 is still the best of the series, and one that even if it hasn't aged well, i still enjoy to this day unlike previous seasons....I will have to disagree with some of the ranking choices, seeing as I don't think the christmas special is that bad, I view glaciator as the best of season 2 if only for it showing the consequences of the duo's secret identity conflict and being a far more sympathetic episode than something like chat blanc or ephemeral, and Frightningale being an abomination of god that makes me question what the hell it's doing in a season surrounded by greatness.
6:26 yeah. That was the reason why I didn't like Luka until later on. "He was the porcelain version of Adrien. And not the good kind." - me when I was younger. His introduction nerved me a lot back then 😅
I almost forgot that there was 7 power-up! In all this Years they show three and we never saw the Quami whit fly power-up and never see: Plug with fish power-up animated, Adrien when trasform with that power-up and Adrien e Marinet use the fly one only when they are alredy trasform!
Can I be honest with Santa Claws. Despite being in position with the rest of Season 2 episodes, I personally think Santa Claws only works as a Season 1 finale as a Christmas special after Volpina in my opinion. ^^
Honestly, i only had problems with Syren, Frozer and Malediktator... which ironically were all animated by the same company... There were other small things like Prime Queen with Adrien wanting to kiss LB or Gigantitan with Marinette being a bit creepy, but episodes itself, it was the three i mentioned due to how annoying Adrien is in these.
40:13 What this episode doesn’t have in emotion it has in pure stakes. Style queen holds a slowly disintegrating Adrian hostage and even Hawkmoth is worried about the outcome. Plagg is even forced to use cataclysm without a holder.
I think the reason Thomas assassinated Miraculous is because he is trying to compete with Precure or Pretty Cure for their world record back in 2018 with Precure All Stars Memories a for having the most Magical warriors(The best written characters minus Kira Kira Precure La mode characters) on screen in an anime film and that they are the longest running magical girl franchise (Don't Start With Wonderful because their the start of the second generation I recommend starting with the first generation of Precure from Futari Wa Precure to Hirogaru Sky Precure) and they are up to 80+ characters so I think that Thomas is really trying to compete with Precure for how many magical heroes he has. And Toya/Cure Scarlet from Go Princess Precure had a amazing Character arch so did Setsuna/Cure Passion from Fresh I so recommend Futari Wa Precure to Go Princess need Maho Girls skip Kira Kira to Hugtto and then to Healing Good Precure And stop.
37:23 And crammed in successfully by the popularity of this episode. If some more episodes were as impactful as this one the show would be better off. It makes this episode feel like a fluke with how solid it is.
PS yes I am 1 of the people that ❤ Glaciator also I happen to like André Glacier I think he does let people choose their 🍨 he just pick out the perfect colors for couple which is wonderful and sweet😊.
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Santa Claws and Maladiktator are my joint least favourite episode in Miraculous (but I saw S4 first so I already wasn't a big fan of Chloe), I also really dislike Style Queen. Others I'm not too keen on include Frightningale, Zombizou (it was ok) and Captain Hardrock (Luca is cool, but the episode is kinda boring). Despair Bear is a really mixed bag for me (parts of it are really good, but I really didn't like the superhero segments). I disliked Style Queen and Maladiktator in particular as Chat Noir was completely absent in one and reduced to a joke (legit at the start when he was an emotional wreck earlier over Chloe leaving) in the other, in fact in Maladiktator he was referred to as a complete pushover by the villain and by ridiculous (utterly ridiculous) plot armour he kept his miraculous (also Audrey was completely cringe in it as well (and kinda gross towards KO'd Chat Noir/Adrian in both episodes). My favourite episodes are the Heroes Day Finale, Anansi (Nino was awesome), Befana (many lovely LadyNoir moments), Sandboy (such a fun lore filled episode and it was soo funny), Gorizilla (wonderful Adrinette moments), Queen Wasp (a good episode with a significant threat that wasn't completely beaten using plot armour) and Troublemaker (it was intense that she became the first villain to remove one of Ladybug's miraculous earrings). I liked Frozer and Siren (they both very atmospheric episodes), Reverser was pretty funny as well and well handled (despite the awkwardness earlier between Nate and Marc), Riposte was a nice introduction to Kagami, Gigantitan was stupid by funny, Gladiator had really awesome Marichat moments (and then later LadyNoir), .
Season 2 is where this show peak imo, I'm glad that this wasn't just nostalgia. I remember being one of the people defending Kagami, I remember loving the Queen Bee so much, I vividly remember how starstucked I was by Sandboy and people discussing it.
Season 2 had good writing and Thomas Astruc hated it.
Let that sink in…
He did?
Yes he hated chole writing@@ACriticalRetrospective
He writte most of the épisode
@@christ5431 nope, season 2 was the season he was the least involved in, he even said it himself how little control he had over season 2
@@jasmineelhilali9152 when did he say that? If that's true well i can definitely tell lmao
I remember pre season 2 Kagami and Luka were announced and the entire fanbase went ballistic at the thought of the love square not working out
YEAH I REMEMBER THAT I WAS LIKE 11 AND I WAS SO CONFUSED.
@@ACriticalRetrospective Same it confused me as a kid cause I wasn't really a shipper of either ship I just liked superheroes
@@Cinnamonraisin_Bagel Me too
I remember so much of the problematic stuff people were saying about the two (especially Kagami) because of the love square.
@@redballoon9007 Oh yeah there was some actual racism being said sadly
30:00 We get a “new-ish” revelation that shock of all shocks: Chloe would rather change than lose her friendship with Adrian. It gives something more down to earth for the character to care about which is nice. We even get an inkling of why she’d value him this much in the same exact episode.
21:11 i remember how hyped dark owl was in the fandom, i forget Tikki and Plagg didn't know the identities from the beginning
@@Cinnamonraisin_Bagel This is quite a nostalgia trip for me.
Although there were theories that Tikki knew cause in Evilstrator, around the scene when Chat pulled Marinette closer, Tikki said something similar to "Adrien?"
It was a fun theory then
After watching Queen Wasp, I noticed that the whole tragedy of Chloe's redemption was Marinette's fault.
Instead of consoling Chloe by saying that she has real friends and that her horrible mother isn't worth her love, with a smug smile Mari says that Chloe is the worst and that the two should reconcile.
For that reason the season 5 finale didn't surprise me like others since Mari already helped another abusive parent in the past.
And Maribrat is a disgusting person
Not gonna lie. Even without mentioning derision. Marinette is kinda valid for acting like that
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How was it also valid for Marinette to give Grabiel a second chance even though for 9 months he tormented Paris, emotionally abused his son, was an asshole to everyone and clearly enjoyed being a villain?
@@beldafigueroa6799 It’s…never a valid thing to encourage a child to be as worse as their abuser-
It doesn't stop at that. Other than mari teaching chloe that being a bad person will get you what you want. She also fed chloe's ego by throwing her a party, and she raised her hopes by adding her to the hero team. Then she took all that away in a mere second. Mari inadvertently pushed chloe on the path to regression from the very beginning, and sadly, I don't see a lot of people pointing that out.
The best season of miraculous hands down so where did we all go wrong from here😢🎉
Thomas returned, that’s what
@@helloworld7515 if those rumors are or aren't true it's bad either way but I did hear a rumor that Thomas won't be involved in season 6
@@Keith_Norman interesting, I suppose the next season might determine the validity of those rumors then. Have you heard about why he’s not involved?
@@helloworld7515nope all I heard it was a rumor but it's most likely because his unprofessional if I had to take a guess
Sandboy is always going to be my favorite season 2 episode. We see Plagg’s soft side as well as sensitive to the thought of Nooroo being mistreated to where Plagg was crying! Adrien and Plagg’s bond and friendship gets stronger! We get some Tikki x Plagg aka Sugarsock moments! And we see all the other kwami’s! I cried tears of joy when Plagg told Adrien. You’re the best Cat Noir I’ve ever had Adrien! And the villain?! Aka the akuma! Fricken amazing! Amazon powers! Amazing design! Just everything is amazing!
Same here with Sandboy and Tikki x Plagg 😃🤩😍.
43:54 Everything she wanted materially speaking. We know he’s also emotionally neglectful.
Also the “You have chance to be useful and fix your mistakes” bit is what makes the whole Queen Bee thing more tragic for me by my interpretation as combined with this reveal this line makes me think Chloe feels Queen Bee is her only way to redemption.
It re-contextualizes why she’s so insistent on being Queen Bee and adds depth to that conflict.
Season 2 gave us:
- Peak Ladynoir
- Marichat
- Peak Adrienette (before season 5)
- Rena Rouge
- Carapace
- Queen Bee & Chloe’s redemption
- Lore
- Hawk Moth reveal & Gabriel being half-decent
- Prime Queen
- The episode “Gorizilla”
- Zombizou
- Syren
- Clara Nightingale & Frightningale
- Troublemaker
- Marc Anciel & Reverser
- Sandboy
- Style Queen
- And an epic finale
By far my favourite season, the show still had its charm, the plot finally seemed to be moving, & the writing was actually kinda decent?? Esp with Chloe, well we all know how that turned out
best season of miraculous
Agreed
@@ACriticalRetrospective I'd argue season 3 is the best season of miraculous
tbh the Christmas special would've been aided by no akumatised villain, I think instead it should've been fully about Adrien dealing with his trauma and maybe bonding with his dad, also obviously no songs
I feel like should make more like Cronfrontation where the akuma fight is like 2 mins
@@Owell_Owl Yeah that could also work, but either way it'd be nice to have a bit of time where Adrien bonds with Gabe since their bond should be focused on
It could but they would need to tone it down a bit
I honestly like the Christmas special. Except Marinette thinking Santa was akumatized. Like Marinette was really being an idiot there.
@@DFeligamiAdrizoeSworaDennisFan Tbh it is kinda suspicious to see some random man with a guy who was assumed kidnapped so i can semi understand her panic
thank god for this I almost forgot how cool this season was, this is gonna be a blast and a half
Zombizou is probably one of the best episodes in the series for me, good action mixed with some very great writing, i'd definitely enjoy a Zombizou episode you should go for it if you want!
And definitely an interesting concept that is quite silly like Queen Banana but well excuted I like the goofy concept I wonder how they came with it
@@Owell_Owl Cooties maybe?
season 2 will always be my favorite because of the new things they tried, and mayura being introduced, I remember going insane over it
In Sandboy it's revealed Adrien's darkest fear is being locked up and alone, and then near the end of season 5 Gabriel locks him up and makes him alone.
@@Charles-xe4ow What a terrible guy.
43:32 This right here is the ticket. It shows internal struggle on a level never seen possible for the character and makes us question how she truly views the friendships she does have. It leaves the door open to SO much exploration with how she views Sabrina, Adrian, Andre and what have you that I’m shocked the writers didn’t see the GOLDMINE this whole episode was.
It also shows a side that is truly self loathing and self aware and that there’s a part of that believes she worthless. It’s tragic in way I can relate to with such an internal struggle of self due to having such self awareness.
This is the ONE time I can sort of understand benching Chat even if I REALLY don’t like that they did so. Plus the joke with rocket launcher is funny.
45:42 And you know what? Unlike the season finales post this, this feels SO earned due in part to how solid the characters are by this point.
I wan in love with this! great ranking for the season that I couldn't have seen better from. The amount of feelings I still got from the emotions Chloe showed and that finale! It was amazing!
The heroes felt earned in their own rights. It makes me wish we didn't have the whole zodiac miraculous in the box and just sticked with the original seven. It kept things easier to understand and keep track of. I would've loved if they stuck with this small group of heroes instead of “everyone gets a miraculous now”
Like…if everyone is super then no one is y’know?
Great ranking and great review of each episode!! 🎉
Thank you so much! That means a lot.
they really should've done a Volpina vs Rena episode
I wonder which episode will be on the bottom
The most interesting and relevant part of Sandboy is the kwami's birthday ritual inside the miracle box and how Hawkmoth takes advantage of that to partially localize the box, but you didn't even mention any of this :-(
@@inakisoler4221 Sorry about that. Good on you for spotting it though! 👍
30:46
I also really like how Chloe dresses like the teddy bear, which really shows how big of a role it had in her life
I overall don’t have many problems with the listing here. There were some details left out in some episodes that I thought were going to get some light but I also know this took longer for you already so I’m not too disappointed.
Personally, Maladiktator is my favorite episode of S2 and you said all of my thoughts about why in this video.
The reason why the finale wasn’t my favorite (as hype as it was) is that, imo, we should have had the Miracle Squad for longer. We just didn’t really have enough. I would have loved to see how each of them interacted even out if battle when/if they had to regroup. It just felt like they fell apart way too fast. (Which I can understand since it was their fist time fighting as a team)
I understand why it went down the way it went down (Queen Bee held down the fort, no cap) but I just wish we saw more from the 5 of them, especially since they were so hyped up the previous episode. Still my favorite season finale though. No other finale has come close to being the best (imo).
I think the Chloe episodes were peak (Despair Bear, Zombizou, Style Queen, Queen Wasp, Malediktator. A.K.A. the rewatch list). At least the Queen's Battle Triology are rated better than the finale because, One, it's Chloe. Chloe being good. Two, Ladybug just revealing Alya and Nino's identies to each other. Ladybug could've just brought one of them to a different room in the school and said, "I told them an excuse so you can become the superhero I need you to be". Three, Carapace's shield was knocked to Rena Rouge's side, AND SHE LOOKS AT IT. In order to save Carapace, what does Rena throw? The shield? No. She throws her whole body in the way when she could've saved both of them.
Those Chloe episodes are Really Good
Pull out the bug guns CR - thanks for bringing us this MIRACULOUS retrospective
My favorite episodes of season 2 is Despair 🐻, Befana, Sandboy and Troublemaker and what made me laugh🤣 in Gigantitan was Axis making fun of Marinette when she was explaining her plan to her gal pals 😁😂🤣.
Can't wait for s1 and 3 rankings! 😁
I agree I really want to 👀 a season 1 ranking 😃.
24:37 My only real gripe with the ep was the fact it incapacitated Chat for this battle. This was the one where I felt benching him wasn’t necessary as I feel Nino and Adrian fighting together would have been cool.
He’s back from the dead again!
I always come back!!!
@@ACriticalRetrospective he apparently does!
Like a boomerang 🪃
bro William Afton from fnf
@@mo951wrong game bro that the beep boop bap game bro 💀
Me: Sees number 21
I am biased as all get out since Marc and Nath are my favorite characters in the show, but I understand the reasoning. Great ranking.
I knew Reverser would get people talking. 🤣
Befana has a flying moto which is cool AND a scary power. She either kill you or turns you into a spooy angel. Your dead or force to obey her. That's horrible 😨
Befana's episode is 1 of my favorite 😃.
i vividly remember watching the christmas special with my cousin when it came out, and we both absolutely broke down when plagg started singing, like we were on the floor dying of laughter. good times, terrible episode.
Kagami’s introduction episode was awesome! She’s one of my favorite characters! ☺️😁🥰🤺🎨
Great video as always👍
Also fun fact: Sapotis came out on my birthday, and the next episode, Gorizilla, came out on my sister's birthday
Those were some great birthday presents!
Season 2 and 1 are so underrated tbh I barely hear people talking about them especially season 2 , season 1 has the best animation in the whole show , season 2 has the best finale change my mind , I also don’t care about the fact that season 2 animation was a downgrade compared to the 1st one but the good episodes carried !
I would watch them whenever I got the chance.
@@ACriticalRetrospective same I’m still confused with how much times the bee miraculous changed models - , like in style queen the bee miraculous was looking different when Marinette choosed it to give it to Alya but the model changed when Chloe opened her box
39:48 Or at least we can see how she influenced Chloe even WHEN SHE WASN’T AROUND ASTRUC! Sorry. We can see that she knows how her mom acts and in this episode is trying to replicate her to get her approval. Other episodes are most likely not the same for why she acts the way she does and it DOES seem most of the time she’s genuinely entitled.
In many parts this episode is adorable yet sad with Chloe trying to replicate her mom. It makes the character feel like a child.
Do Season 3 ranking Next! (It's my personal favorite season!)
It'll probably be the one after the next, if that's okay.
42:21 MY FAVORITE EPISODE THIS SEASON! The sheer amount of character implications and setup here makes the writer in me happy! I’ll get into it when you talk about the scene in question.
28:54 Syrian was my all time favorite episode when it first aired/dropped partly because I am a competitive swimmer and loves water, but also because I loved story of the episode and was one I rewatched over and over again.
13:29
I'd like to point out how in this drawing, Queen bee's hair is drawn so similar to vesperia's hair. I doubt it's foreshadowing but I still think it's crazy nonetheless
@@usernotfound_____yet Cool! I didn’t even notice that.
31:02 Which reinforces the reason of WHY she wants to keep Adrian around as he was one of her only friends at that time.
All of the episodes you ranked at the bottom are my favourite episodes. 😂 Probably because I'm more interested in the romance. The action is still good though. I love how basically the whole fandom collectively loves the season 2 finale though. Sooooo much better than the season 5 finale lol.
@@fluffystar1 I agree completely. Heroes Day was peak Miraculous.
Great video! I love the little intro u gave all the villains at the beginning, u defo should have done that for the rest of the season episode reviews
I'm really glad you enjoyed it! That's actually my favourite part of the video.
Can't wait for your season-3 ranking video
Bryce Papenbrook: Good VA, terrible singer
@@ehimemaidumu Still nowhere as bad as those children who sang the songs in TAF. My poor ears suffered for years from that show!
I honestly didn’t find his singing that bad.
Okay, time for my own ranking (totally not biased):
1. Gorizilla - Adrien acting like a person? Check. Gabriel being actually a half of a decent parent? Check. The iconic commercial? Check
2. Style Queen (Queen's Battle - Part 1) - I actually don't know why I like it so much, I just do
3. Catalyst (Heroes' Day - Part 1) - I like the part one more, it keeps me hooked, but why did you make every red
4. Queen Wasp (Queen's Battle - Part 2) - Miraculous why do you make me feel sad? Poor Chloe :(
5. Mayura (Heroes' Day - Part 2) - Mayra is beautiful but for some reason, I cannot remember how that episode went, again why did they make everyone red? It's ugly
6. The Collector - The big reavel that led to season's 5 finale...Collector looks beeter than Gabriel
7. Malediktator - Cat Noir being an actual cat? Can we do that again? Oh, right the episode's cool I guess
8. Despair Bear - Adrien having a backbone? Yes, please. Also Chloe's outbusrt was understandable
9. Reverser - Marc is so adorable, Reverser is one of my favorite villains of this show (Like I said, ranking completey unbiased)
10. Troublemaker - Good thing Jagged didn't take in Luka and Juleka or Penny would have to deal with two season 1 Chloe's, Fang best boy
11. Riposte - Kagami had better introduction but the misgendering was so stupid, especially in my VERY gendered language, this is basically the only Ladrien episode or I guess Gorizilla is too. Also Marinette stop simping for once
12. Capitan Hardrock - Luka's debut and he's weakest episode...also Anarka, you are a bad parent, but Luka debuted so *yay*
13. Sapotits - Why deos Cat Noir and Rena Rouge have better chemistry than LadyNoir?
14. Zombizou - Marinette getting akumatized bait, but it was fun to watch I guess
15. Sandboy - #therapyforNooroo also why does de-akumatized Sandboy looks so anime?
16. Frozer - Good thing too know Adrien also has weird fantasies...also the better ships being better and Luka being Luka
17. Frightningale - In my dub they rhymed optimism and cataclysm, IT DOESN'T RHYME, Frightningale is preatty cool but I cannot say her name for the life of me
18. The Dark Owl - Batman parody, the third...reveal bait I think?
19. Befana - When I watch it, it's actually pretty cute but when I don't, I just sort of forget it exists
20. Syren - I uh...the power ups go nowhere, plus Aquabug looks ugly and why doesn't Syren has an actual tail
21. Robostus - I am scared of robots and Markov just proves me right
22. Prime Queen - The interview was funny but I don't know, it's not my cup of tea
23. Glaciator - Cat Noir could have been resonabley angry, he COULD'VE, Andre ice cream man, what is your marketing strategy?
24. Gigantitan - That design...THAT DESIGN, it's my enemy, but not gonna lie kind of a gulity pleasure
25. Anansi - I don't know, it doesn't stick out to me
26. Santa Claws - I LOVE musicals, how dare they make me not want to watch a musical episode
As a marc/reverser fan who absolutely loves the reverser episode, I get it being 21. It kinda has the vibes of a season 1 episode with the “introduce another classmate and then have them akumatized” format. The issue is that marc doesn’t have the same importance as luka or kagami story wise since they’re important to the romance aspect whereas marc is just a side character-we don’t see him much afterwards unless its a few background cameos lol. Maybe it would have been a higher end episode if it was in season 1, but its hard to ignore the impact the other episodes have when it comes to developing the main story. (reverser still my fav episode miraculous writers give marc more screen time i beg)
I remember in 2018 the frozer trailer came out and everyone was screaming that adrien revealed his identity just it all to be a dream part also heroes day is amazing
It was worth the wait 😊
Even though I stopped watching Miraculous Ladybug.(Purely because of the season 3 finale sorry not sorry.)
I will always have a soft spot for season 2. It’s just peak Miraculous(Which isn’t saying much).
It expanded the story in simple yet straightforward ways. Such as the new superhero’s, Chloé’s redemption and it felt like we were actually going places.
Until the show became needlessly complicated!
But either way I will always have a soft spot for this season.
@@xxselkiexx6174 Me too
30:48 This is the first time we get an truer inkling that Andre isn’t as good of a dad, I can’t even say as we think because we already assumed he must have failed awfully as a parent when raising her to get like this. Emotionally absent parenting everybody.
He's a pathic(wanna use another world I DO NOT LIKE HIM) BABY MAN CHILD!
Yeah, season 2 is still the best of the series, and one that even if it hasn't aged well, i still enjoy to this day unlike previous seasons....I will have to disagree with some of the ranking choices, seeing as I don't think the christmas special is that bad, I view glaciator as the best of season 2 if only for it showing the consequences of the duo's secret identity conflict and being a far more sympathetic episode than something like chat blanc or ephemeral, and Frightningale being an abomination of god that makes me question what the hell it's doing in a season surrounded by greatness.
Sounds like someone really hates Frighteningale.
I assume it makes you sick, and your skin turn pale.
@@ASLB247 Sounds like someone really hates Frighteningale.
I assume it makes you sick, and your skin turn pale.
@@MGory828 more like it drives me to drink and bursts a few blood vessels.
@@ASLB247 First off, I saw the review, and it speaks itself perfectly. And second off, hope you enjoyed the little rhyme I gave you.
@@MGory828 …Oh COME ON!
Just started the video but I hope life’s going well man, especially mocks. This season was definitely interesting.
@@theeeveelutionist7245 Things are fine, thanks for asking!
6:26 yeah. That was the reason why I didn't like Luka until later on. "He was the porcelain version of Adrien. And not the good kind." - me when I was younger.
His introduction nerved me a lot back then 😅
Can you do a reviwe of scott pilgrim vs the world
43:26 It feels like a parent confronting their child. Which I think is to it’s advantage.
I NEED THE ZOMBIZOU VIDEO! It's my favourite episode also, and I would like to have a video talking about the masterpiece that is
That's encouraging!!! It might be my next video!
YES YOUR BACK
Season 2 was peak, it was all downhill after that
I almost forgot that there was 7 power-up! In all this Years they show three and we never saw the Quami whit fly power-up and never see: Plug with fish power-up animated, Adrien when trasform with that power-up and Adrien e Marinet use the fly one only when they are alredy trasform!
36:08 Sandboy: The Premonition!
LETS GOO HES BACK 🎉🎉
Can I be honest with Santa Claws. Despite being in position with the rest of Season 2 episodes, I personally think Santa Claws only works as a Season 1 finale as a Christmas special after Volpina in my opinion. ^^
Honestly, i only had problems with Syren, Frozer and Malediktator... which ironically were all animated by the same company...
There were other small things like Prime Queen with Adrien wanting to kiss LB or Gigantitan with Marinette being a bit creepy, but episodes itself, it was the three i mentioned due to how annoying Adrien is in these.
_🎶 We could've had it all~ 🎶_
_🎶 Rolling in the deep~ 🎶_
What's that song?
@@ACriticalRetrospective Rolling In The Deep by Adele
@@nevaehhamilton3493 Thanks for informing me!
40:13 What this episode doesn’t have in emotion it has in pure stakes. Style queen holds a slowly disintegrating Adrian hostage and even Hawkmoth is worried about the outcome. Plagg is even forced to use cataclysm without a holder.
i loved this video! new sub and definitely looking forward to seeing ur other vidss
@@mochaexpresso-0-0 Thank you so much! 😊
I think the reason Thomas assassinated Miraculous is because he is trying to compete with Precure or Pretty Cure for their world record back in 2018 with Precure All Stars Memories a for having the most Magical warriors(The best written characters minus Kira Kira Precure La mode characters) on screen in an anime film and that they are the longest running magical girl franchise (Don't Start With Wonderful because their the start of the second generation I recommend starting with the first generation of Precure from Futari Wa Precure to Hirogaru Sky Precure) and they are up to 80+ characters so I think that Thomas is really trying to compete with Precure for how many magical heroes he has.
And Toya/Cure Scarlet from Go Princess Precure had a amazing Character arch so did Setsuna/Cure Passion from Fresh I so recommend Futari Wa Precure to Go Princess need Maho Girls skip Kira Kira to Hugtto and then to Healing Good Precure And stop.
If im being honest season 2 has the most unique villains n arguably is just the best season
I need this with season 3 so bad
Now do the ranking of all season 3 epidodes please 🙏
40:46 I’d say while they CALL this a two parter I’d say it’s a three parter.
42:26 It is.
47:47 if this was s5 cat noir would have got nerf so ladybug is the only hero
The Season 5 finale hurts me....
@@ACriticalRetrospective Season-1 Adrien adopting season-5
37:23 And crammed in successfully by the popularity of this episode. If some more episodes were as impactful as this one the show would be better off. It makes this episode feel like a fluke with how solid it is.
Am I the only who did not remember the Christmas special
PS yes I am 1 of the people that ❤ Glaciator also I happen to like André Glacier I think he does let people choose their 🍨 he just pick out the perfect colors for couple which is wonderful and sweet😊.
Can you please do the same for season 1 and 3
I'll definitely get round to it!
47:24 so true
Can you talk about Season 3 and do a ranking my personal favorite was kwami buster
A Season 3 Ranking Video is high on my priority list. 👍
@@ACriticalRetrospective thanks ☺️☺️
What is your Fav S3 ep??
@@christ5431 If I tell you, the Season 3 Ranking video won't be as interesting. 😁
@@ACriticalRetrospective kepp the secret is see 🤫🤫
Jooo❤🎉🎉
Finally😂🎉😅😊
Hello do you rember me the ladybug comics guy can you do a video abote ladybug Merchandise
Like a review on the comics?
Yes and toys and how it change to show to introds new heros and powers that are only onech useful
Is and also abote the toys and video games and how it change the show
@@mo951 Sounds interesting!
Thanks
My main gripe is gigantitan being a high as it is. I just find it cringe.
You showed the UA-camr zamba
14:36 What song is this?
Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix - Destruction Dance.
The vocals were from a cover by Juno Songs.
Wait what about season 1 episode ranks?
I might do that one in a few months. 👍
@@ACriticalRetrospective ok
39:15 Ah, I like this episode as well, but it’s not my favorite.
I like reverso not beacuse of the episode but beacuse i like the gay guys
Idc what anyone says i ship Mark and nat
I’m a big fan of your content will u collab with me
I'm pretty busy. I'm really sorry. Thank you so much for your support, regardless.
I'm sure you'll go far with your content. Even if I can't help directly, I'll be here to offer advice and encouragement if you need it. ☺
do you like zelda
I love Zelda!!!!! Tears of the Kingdom is actually my favourite game of all time.
What about you?
@@ACriticalRetrospective skyward sword
At the end of the video I become angry thinking of what they do in the nex season! They ruin the show!!!!😡
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Santa Claws and Maladiktator are my joint least favourite episode in Miraculous (but I saw S4 first so I already wasn't a big fan of Chloe), I also really dislike Style Queen. Others I'm not too keen on include Frightningale, Zombizou (it was ok) and Captain Hardrock (Luca is cool, but the episode is kinda boring). Despair Bear is a really mixed bag for me (parts of it are really good, but I really didn't like the superhero segments). I disliked Style Queen and Maladiktator in particular as Chat Noir was completely absent in one and reduced to a joke (legit at the start when he was an emotional wreck earlier over Chloe leaving) in the other, in fact in Maladiktator he was referred to as a complete pushover by the villain and by ridiculous (utterly ridiculous) plot armour he kept his miraculous (also Audrey was completely cringe in it as well (and kinda gross towards KO'd Chat Noir/Adrian in both episodes).
My favourite episodes are the Heroes Day Finale, Anansi (Nino was awesome), Befana (many lovely LadyNoir moments), Sandboy (such a fun lore filled episode and it was soo funny), Gorizilla (wonderful Adrinette moments), Queen Wasp (a good episode with a significant threat that wasn't completely beaten using plot armour) and Troublemaker (it was intense that she became the first villain to remove one of Ladybug's miraculous earrings).
I liked Frozer and Siren (they both very atmospheric episodes), Reverser was pretty funny as well and well handled (despite the awkwardness earlier between Nate and Marc), Riposte was a nice introduction to Kagami, Gigantitan was stupid by funny, Gladiator had really awesome Marichat moments (and then later LadyNoir), .
You showed the UA-camr zamba
You showed the UA-camr zamba