The BRILLIANCE of Dragons Rising Season 2 

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The best parts of season 2 in my opinion: .Kai was finally given a well deserved and well written character arc after so many years .Ras as a villain is genuinely one of the most entertaining and decently written villains in Ninjago's entire run .Jay as a character was handled better this season than he has been for years in the main show despite his lacking screentime, at least for me, and now that he has a shattered soul it could open up for interesting storylines in the future .The darker and more mature story was something Ninjago desperately needed since the Oni trilogy wrapped up and it delivered it perfectly . Overall great side characters and new characters with the exception of a few, just like the first season .The fight scenes and animation is some of if not the best we've seen in the show's run .Ras and Arins dynamic is both interesting and entertaining to watch at the same time What i didn't like: .Cole and Zane this season kinda felt like they were there for the sake of being there, kinda how Jay has been since season 10

As much as Jay feels like Oni Lloyd again this season (at least for me). I will give him credit for this… *_HE DID NOT MAKE A PEE/PANTS JOKE._* They fixed one of the worst things about old Jay.

I agree about Jay. If he had a full blown story in this season it would've been overstuffed.

Honestly despite the season already being leaked I’m still incredibly excited for the season to officially release

15:56 and in Roby, i truly do think that his character foreshadows the Red Ninja arc Wyldfyre will go through. When Bleckt says to Riby that this isn't how his father would ran it, Roby responds by saying "that's the point". And whi else is going to have to carve out their own identity when there is already s pre-establidhed legacy to live up to? Wyldfyre.

Soooo can we pretend that this DIDN’T leak three months earlier and just enjoy how awesome this season was 😅

I'm gonna binge the absolute hell out of those episodes once they finally drop

I’ll be honest when I first heard the wasting sickness line if DR S2, my mind processed it as wasting sickness just meaning aging, but in hindsight it being a literal wasting sickness makes sense plot and character wise.

1. Has about SORA⚙️ 2. Has about LLOYD🔋 3.Will finally be about ARIN✨️

On my rewatch of season 2 part 2 I definitely noticed Zane’s robotic nature a lot more and how oddly geo only gets a few lines despite being in a lot of scenes. Also Jordana is seen in her part 1 outfit when we first see her in part 2. But in the flash back when them and nokt killed the arc dragons she’s in the part 2 attire.

I think Cinder in Part 1 was a good character because it feel like we didn’t need to know about him. He was like Ras’ champion, his winning card. When he appeared you knew the ninja would have it tough. BUT in Part 2 Nokt kind of took that position in the Tournament of the Sources and Cinder didn’t have anything to do and he was just there without any sort of characteristic that made him interesting (And the ending doesn’t help either).

i think it would be really cool if they continued on arin's evil arc, ras would make him do horrible things, and arin, being desperate would succumb to these pressures, and at the end they could build it up to a breaking point where lloyd, and arin, duel each other.

Nice vid, lowkey I do agree w the jay segment for the most part. I think it would've been more intriguing to want to see jay in a more positive way (from the fans pov) if he won a match or two in the tournament before loosing to Nya. Then he would've had more screen time, maybe a flashback to how Ras found him, and a little more fleshed out before we get the same fight we saw in the tournament.

I was so surprised with how they handled the evil arin arc. I thought they could never pull it off in ten episodes because of how good hearted arin is. But season 2 pt2 showed so many reasons as to why it’d make sense, making it my favourite part of season 2

The Tournament of the Sources feels like Ninjago's Olympic Games for some reason.

as a person with a mental disorder I can confirm bonzel is written accurately

Even more hyped for this than the actual season.

This was a really great review! I genuinely think that this is my favourite season of the franchise, because it’s continued everything I loved about season 1 and did so much more. This is basically everything I’ve wanted Ninjago to be for years now and I’m so glad it’s finally happening. The Lloyd stuff especially I could really relate to, and felt like it’s such a good representation of anxiety and it’s done in such a clever way. It’s almost definitely the most I’ve ever related to a Ninjago character. Anyways great review!

"Most anticipated crusty video of the year"

I think this was a very solid season. My favorite part was definitely the stuff with Nya and Jay. I can’t wait to see where that goes next season. My only major complaint is that in the second half of the season Kai and Bonzle are stuck in a prison with a bunch of evil villains but they don’t do anything with that. Going into part 2 I thought there would be some scenes of them trying to sneak around the forbidden five and there is some stuff like that I guess but it’s not a lot. Kai and Bonzle feel like complete afterthoughts until they’re freed in the finale. Just feels like a lot of missed potential to me. Both part 1 and 2 of The first season of Dragon rising felt very connected. They felt like the same story but Part 2 of season 2 feels very disconnected from part 1 (god I hate how they stopped giving the seasons names). Maybe that’s just a personal thing but Idk

No joke part 2 of this season is my new favorite Ninjago installment, surpassing both sons of Garmadon and hunted combined, cause it had honestly has equal stakes but the humor doesn’t nearly contrast like it’s perfectly balanced, the tournament actually lasts till the end of the season, has no characters that annoy me like with Dorama and that witch from part 1, yep I didn’t like her for some reason. Also it introduced my favorite character frak, he’s so wholesome despite being under ras first. Also till now I thought most of Dragons rising was better but not amazing to me till this part and I’ll give three big reasons why. They all are ironically criticisms that are shared with crystalized Aka evil Jay is like Oni Lloyd, arin currently has similar mindset to Harumi, and Nya in general. But I’ll defend that unlike Oni Lloyd, it’s clear that evil jay isn’t done, and also the scene where we first hear Nya say I love you without it being muffled like in Seabound only to hear Jay’s answer retroactively improves crystalized for me seeing how we know what Jay truly feels and is willing to save nya. Sort of like how Kai in crystalized was improved cause of dragons rising mentioning how he coped with nya being missing for a year. Also it’s much sadder and less force then that awful love triangle from rebooted, and cause of that scene it led to Kai’s return this part not feeling rush but earned cause you feel so bad for nya after Jay said he hated her. Also it mostly nulls whatever happened with Harumi cause we have a more fleshed out version through Arin and could lead to great potential. So yeah that’s why i love season 2 part 2

Great video bro. Can't wait for season 3. Also would be cool if you could make a video about your future predictions for season 3

So, here is my take on S2: I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE Part 1. It's simply perfect and one of the best installments we've ever gotten. I've watched it at least twenty times already😅. As for Part 2... I do like lots of individual things about it, but as a whole, it felt a little messy and rushed. The race thing came out of nowhere and felt out of place, the beginning was very rushed and came out of the blue, Sora winning the whole thing even though she's supposed to be training felt a bit silly, the og ninja losing very early on felt weird, and Cinder's character was completely mishandled. But I, as usual, adored the visuals, liked Arin's character arc, LOVED everything they did with Lloyd, and really liked Roby and Wyldfyre's relationship.

The only reason I remembered Ninjago again was this video

That day after the first teaser dropped when all the episode came out will always live in Ninjago history, along with Seabound being leaked in French.

This also fix two of my main problems with dr s1 1 sora being a better friend 2 arin getting more story

Great vid! This really changed my opinion on part 2. The characters were great and there many great twists. My only problem is Jay and Zane , I really hope they get some improvement because I think out of everyone they had the least development. the dialogue felt kinda off and I think jay could have been handled better, he just appeared for one fight and then left felt kinda underwhelming and the jay vs nya didn't really affect me much I thought it could have been handled better but other than that amazing season definitely in my top 5 :)

Hmmm, not sure I can accurately guess, but I THINK Crusty likes season 2. Just a wild guess...

THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYING! How can Arin just understand what Riyu is saying? Screw not having powers, he’s damn telepathic

I think zane needs more of a spotlight. Jay has a plot but its just slowly starting Zane is literally just a robot

Seeing Lloyd, Kai, Nya, Cole, Arin being amazing in DR while jay is barely in it is what makes us sad and mad. He should be perfected too.

Okay I love the set up for the Evil Jay Arc.Cause the ninjago crew could make season 3 that some or half of episodes will have Nya and Kai looking for Jay

awesome review man personally this is my fav season

I just love Master Lloyd here. S7 tried to do something but it failed and I felt it was more of a replacement to fill Wu's place. S8 had Pixal calling him master and that's it. But here, omg I love it. The dynamic between him and Sora is great, I wanted more moments with these two together, in part 2 of season 1 we had Sora and Nya being together which was good don't get me wrong, but I feared they were gonna forget Lloyd is her master and replace him with Nya,glad I was wrong( btw Nya gives me aunt vibes )and heck Sora and Arin swapping places in this second part was so unexpected. I wonder if Ras is actually telling the truth, I feel I was being manipulated too.

I rewatched part 1 and 2. And they are damn amazing but yeah, i was on my phone the entire tournament race💀

6:45 I hate that people always forget how this wasn't Lloyd's first time as a master. He was an official master during SoG and hunted, literally being called "Master Lloyd" by Wu himself.

5:07 mid vid mr beast feastable ad ahh race. this race jus feels that one scene in the island where lloyd called for the motorbikes. they coulda had the arin and ras encounter distraction literally just be another fight/s in tournament or have all the contestants that lost first round get in the gulag.

Since the leak my opinion on this season has shifted 2 times. Upon my first watch, I abosolutely loved it and placed it as my second favourite season, right after Hunted. Then I rewatched it a few times and liked it less and placed it on number 7. Now that it's out officially, I thought about it again and the season now made it's way back into my top 5 again.

i agree with a lot of the things you said in the video. season 2 is incredible in a lot of way and is one of and if not the best season of ninjago. in my opinion cole and mostly zane were sidelined for a large majority of the season, and i don't really understand why zane learned dragons rising and cole didn't. beside that i really really lied you're review of the season, it was a banger of a video🤟👌👍

One thing I dont understand about Evil Jay is why he is in the administration. The only reason I can think is to get these little cameos of him but besides that him not being in the administration would've changed basically nothing.

I loved your previous season of dragon’s rising breakdown. I was never able to get into Ninjago but thanks to your video I felt like I could finally be included in some way. Well you be doing another summary video of season 2?

You have no idea how happy I was seeing arin join ras

7:17 the astro bot music in the backround didnt go unoticed 👌

S2P1 was okay, but S2P2 is unironically really good, especially the Arin stuff

Okay, but is no one going to recognize that Kai was able to stand his ground against a foe with (nearly) all other elemental powers? He was knocked out in about 30 seconds, but staying up for that long is impressive no matter how you look at it.

This season had a lot of really amazing setup, with both Jay and Arin going on villain arcs, I just hope they follow through with them in future seasons, if either one is undone within the first five episodes of the next season, it'll be quite underwhelming, but if either one of them lasts to the end of the season or beyond, it'll be amazing. I do feel there are some issues here, for instance I find it somewhat hard to take the Forbidden five seriously, with the looming mystery of Ras' master and them clearly being set up to be the series' main villain, the five do kind of feel like filler before we get back to the real villain, however it'll all depend on how they're handled going forward. My only real issue with the season itself was that Robie is annoyying, and I was hoping he was the conspiritor just so he'd be thrown out, the moral that the person who wants to preserve tradition is evil and the person who wants to desecrate it for profit in good seems backwards, and concerns me coming from what is really a very large corperration, kind of feels like they're subtly pushing a pro-extreme-capitalism message to children, which makes me uncomfortable. I do think the show had a lot to love about it though, the villains have comedic moments without being commically incompitant like in past seasons, the fact that they had an established character strait-up die in episode 11 was a delightful surprise, and makes the guilty one seem far more threatenning. Ras' manipulations of Arin are some of the best moments in the show, showing him to be almost as good a manipulator as Harumi without having to make Arin seem like a gullable fool to do it. The Rox reveal was also great, since it was well set up and a mystery that's not obvious enough that you immediately know, but also can be figured out before it comes out, and she seems like she'll make for a good villain, although I actually don't like her design, but that's a preference thing. Ras' fight with Arin before the mid season finale is one of the shows best moments and really lays the groundwork for the manipulation effectively. Overall, DR season 2 is still not SoG, but I do think it was great, I just found Robie unbearable and uncomfortable, and there are not any characters I can't stand to watch in the Oni trilogy.

Haven't finished the season yet, but very excited to finish this video once I do!

Insane vid lol! Enjoyed watcing it fullly!

the action sounds jay makes when fighting againest nya are so awesome u know the waaaa haaaa sounds like the classic jay and that fight had to be a throwback to jay vs cole

Still angry about Jay and Peacock. But Season 2 Part 2 was still pretty solid. Sora was definitely the season’s MVP. And Ras comes close as well. Of the new characters, I like Frak the most. Despite working with Ras, he’s still got enough morals to deny Shatterspin.

I just dont understand why they chose this path for jay where they barely show him in DR. If its gonna be like that for a few more parts then dont do it lol.

Tomorrow is gonna be a good day

A new Ninjago golden era is upon us

I loved this season. Part 1 was such intense peak that I came out of it thinking part 2 only needed to stick the landing and we’ve got a top tier season right here. It stuck the landing. While I have more criticisms with part 2 than 1, namely some plot relevant stuff with certain characters and their conversations with another character happening offscreen, I really enjoyed part 2. Even better than season 1, and quite possibly the best season since Hunted.

Season 2 Part 2 was great, kinda felt rushed in on the tournament of sources tho. He first it was based on the blood moon, then switched to a whole another thing,. And tbh I miss the old Zane, I was so surprised Zane even lost that first battle, I was like old Zane would have never let that happen. I hope nya can reconnect with jay on her journey to find him. Can’t wait till all the ninjas are reunited or at least I hope they can be. One thing I am really hoping for is Lloyd unlocking his oni form in dragons rising, I think it would be really cool.

I Absolutely Loved Ninjago Dragons Rising Season 2 Part 2 it was Super Awesome, Fantastic, Incredible and Amazing The Ninja Were Awesome The Villains were Amazing The Tournament of The Source was Absolutely Amazing and Awesome I Loved Everything About Part 2 it was Super Amazing and I’m Super Excited for Season 3 Part 1 Overall I Absolutely Loved Ninjago Dragons Rising Season 2 Part 2 10/10 for me Can’t Wait For Season 3 Part 1 Next Year 2025 in March or April 🥷🩸🔥

I don't know why I wasn't feeling this season. I've enjoyed Ninjago and Dragons Rising and when I watch them I can point out flaws yet still appreciate the neat things about it. Get hyped about it, just enjoy the silliness. Dragons Rising S2 Part2 just didn't resonate with me. Despite really liking S1 and S2 Part1. I've watched it twice now. First from the leak, second from Netflix. Will watch a third time from Lego's RU-vid channel. And the fourth time from KTP's NinjagoCast Reacts. I'm glad people are enjoying it. Will be watching this video to get a better appreciation for this season. Things I like about the season: Cole gets to do things! :D Information can be both power and poison Arin, Frak, and Ras The lighting and textures look so nice Things that felt off: Zane is underutilized Roby not having a more pizzaz in his design I didn't feel anything towards the new area. I wish there more swooping/panning/zoomed out shots of the event, and longer takes and less cuts during dialogue scenes. Kai and Bonzle seemed like they didn't need to do anything I just didn't feel much from the Nya vs Jay situation. I was looking forward to a couple of things from Part1. I ended up not caring about the plot. I felt hype before watching the leaks. But then felt nothing when I watched them. I expected I would change my mind after watching the official release. And yet I can't help but feel off about Part2. I've watched leaks of previous Ninjago seasons and still felt hyped. Even when they aren't in english! This situation is an anomaly for me.

Ras kind of reminds me of Chen a master manipulator that gives half truths that targets peoples insecurities and weaknesses like garmadons love for misako and Kai’s need for more info on his parents

If you notice, I'm pretty sure Chen also stole the color design for his outfit, compare Roby's outfit and Chen's. Now obviously this could be one big coincidence but it would be funny if Chen actually stole the color scheme from whoever the games master was at that time.

I loved season 2, this season made Lloyd go from my 5th favorite to my 3rd favorite and Kai went from 4th to 2nd only beaten out by Cole for me. I'll have to rewatch the season, but I think this is going in 3rd place only below SoG and MotM.

One of the best seasons ever arin and sora were amazing

Pls make a collab with tom critic, because you both sound so alike and make good videos about ninjago

I previously said I knew when Lord Ras's master would be revealed (my mom's friend writes for ninjago look for liz hara in the credits), and I thought I did. Clearly I didn't lol.

i believe season 3 is going to be about arin and nya and kai looking for jay

I love the direction this series is going and I’m really hyped for Season 3. If you don‘t mind. I’d like to express a few disagreements I have on the season. first off, I‘m not too fond of Bonzle subplot. It just feels like a bunch of filler that gets in the way of the build up to the blood moon. I do agree that Bonzle is a pleasant character, but she isn’t all that special to me. Removing the subplot from the season doesn’t really change anything, I think more time could have been allocated to character development for the main cast. second, I think Kai’s sacrifices was handled terribly. No one really seems all that worried about Kai or even misses him. We get a throwaway line here and there but that’s it. I think Wyldfyre could have used more of her screentime to learning to express her feelings and build on her insecuritie in part 1 of the season instead of flirting with a twink. But these are the only critisisms I can think of. Loved the character work done for the main cast overall.

9:56 ras got a little 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂

I thought Part 2 was going to come out later this month. Guess I ain't doing any homework during the weekend.

I have a have a good feeling season 3 is gonna be even better,if they keep can make season 2 this good then I have little doubt they're gonna fumble the bag

Definitely top 5 material

That was really super duper awesome

I agree but og s4 tournament battle much better than s2 part 2

We won the match but we lost jay

kai wasnt just the Greatest of all time in this season he has always been the greatest of all time

nokt has aura nokt has aura i will glaze nokt all the time he is my favourite villain

FIRE VID IMMA GO BACK ON A NINJAGO GRIND BC OF U

dragons rising is so peak I stg

I feel like the season would've been better if parts 1 and 2 were flipped, like ras has the idea for the tournament of sources and it was nokt who knew about the dojo, I feel like the creepy vibes of part 1 would be a much better finale than the underwhelming part 2

I do really like Nokt and Rox as well Lord Ras, I hope the other forbidden five prove their worth

arin reminds me of morro, harumi, and kai

You have no clue that Nadakhan will return and Arakore will bring back the land because the teapot was seen in season 2 since Ninjago Masters Of Spinjitsu season 11.

21:37 i think it was meant to show the effect of shatterspin but i see what you mean.

I haven't watched video yet so you may/may not say this. I honestly love this season part 1 especially but I feel like part 1/2 should have happened the other way round if that makes sense. I don't know why but it just feels like it makes more sense

HOLY SHIT THIS SEASON WAS AMAZING SPOILERS AHEAD I WAS SO FUCKING AMAZED BY THE SEASON I WATCHED SEASON TWO PART TWO IN ONE DAY JAY’S REVEAL ARIN TURNING EVIL OML IT WAS SO FUCKING GOOD AND THE FORBIDDEN FIVE BEING IN MERGED LANDS KAI’S RETURN AND HIM TALKING TO RIYU THROUGH THE DRAGON SCALES

I don’t like season 2 part 2 specifically because of how they handled Jay… I feel like he just showed up just to promote his new evil minifigure… Then he leaves… He gets sidelined again… The fact that he loses against Nya even though he’s not holding back and he shattered his goodness and he lost his memory is just beyond me… if you never compete in the tournament, nothing with change…. They could’ve done soooo much with evil Jay if they didn’t tossed him to side and be like “ well Jay, you’re done promoting your new minifigure and you are still Nya even though you lost your memory and you shattered your goodness and you weren’t holding back… you should go!😃😃” I wish I could agree with you that Jay was handled perfectly well, but in my opinion, he wasn’t… don’t worry Jay, in season 3, you’ll do more than just promote your new minifigure…

Hi Everyone who is Everyone favorite characters in this season? For me it Lloyd , Kai, Arin and Ras. They improve some of the characters and that is why this season is one of the best.

We.are.so.back.❤️

Hi Crusty783 I love this and I hope you have a good day and you are awesome and keep up with the great work and I hope everyone can be friends.

I would love to officially watch DR season 2 part 2… but for some reason, Netflix UK has only released Season 2 part 1

After avoiding the part 2 leaks for a month, I finally watched all the episodes. Part 1 was much better, but part 2 was good too. But I do have some criticism: 1. The tournament happened way too fast and had no time to introduce all the new characters, and the old elemental masters that were there barely had screen time. 3. Zane, my favourite ninja, was not great in the tournament of sources. All his dialogue is too robotic and awkward, right when I thought he was great in DR season 1. 4. I don't like the modern internet slang used by Roby and other characters.

Idk how to feel about Part 2 of this season, I really enjoyed it and liked it but they're many problems with it so I'll rate it like an 8/10

Is it just me, or did you forget to talk about the side characters again. I mean, aside from Bonzle who you did mentioned, what about Frak, or Roby, Or even other side villains like Bleckt and Zeatrix?

When is Ninjago comin to a full end? im gon cry dawg frl

DR s2 was one of the Perfect examples of Good writing and animation, and for some reason Dumb people think the old Ninjago was better and peak

If its revealed that Lord Ras master is Overlord im quitting the series

While I definitely think Part 1 was superior to Part 2 this season. Overall I think it’s better than DR Season 1 and extremely good. Season 2 is my 3rd favorite behind Tournament of Elements and Hunted. Part 2 was kinda rushed imo, I feel it needed 2 more episodes. And the Combo vehicle part was poorly executed and honestly should’ve been put as Sora vs Cinder match to save time

Am I the only one who found the Jay’s dialogue terrible. Especially that “Are you a terrible ninja?”. Ahhh as Zane would say: “I sense high levels of cringe”

Personally I didn’t really care much for this part of this season. I’m loving what they’re setting up for the next season, but the actual tournament felt a little sudden and a bit rushed. I wish this was its own season, but overall it was alright.

Hot take, im still thinking weather this is my favorite season.

13:33 what kind of dynamic?