IMHO. Last Exile attempt #3, and Last Exile Fam attempt #1

I've been doing it the wrong way all the time! Epic dramas actually are a source of great fun! 

Frodo leaves his homeland because he's emotionally scarred? Lol! 

Paul Atreides declares he will marry another woman in front of his beloved? Rofl! 

Light learns the real name of L and writes it in the Death note? Funniest moment in the series!

Right, reddit commenters? 

Is it so funny in fact? Or is it that kind of nervious laugh people have when they don't know how to react? 

I was actually wary of watching 'Last Exile' for the 3rd time, but I shouldn't have been. It's no less breathtaking, no less impressive. It has the same depth and scale. Not for a moment was I bored or my attention scattered. Not a single voice actor or soundtrack was out of place. 

Of course, it has its own limitations, especially the last episode, and especially its epilogue, which could become an episode of its own, but works like this - and my keyboard prompt replaces 'works' for 'worlds' - yes, worlds like this are so rare and precious. No recent 'isekai' can offer this. 

And somehow, the more complex and grand-scale the anime is, the more it gets criticised and picked at, even more than questionable titles that obviously have at least 1 dimension less. 

People said the 2nd season isn't as good as the 1st. I was afraid it's not, because people said it's not.

Turns out I was afraid of something different - of seeing life go on after the events of the 1st season.

It was hard to admit it was not the end of the world, but the end of that particularly story.

And when I finally conquered that fear... The first one came to be true. 

Of course, after achieving freedom through all that pain and sacrifice, people from the Last Exile world deserved their right to have fun. It just looks like they're trying to have fun too hard. Like the authors said 'let them go all out now'. 

Tatiana, who refused to become vice-captain of Silvana, suddenly is seen enjoying her own ship. Sophia, always neat and composed, dons a flashy pirate attire. Dio reverts to his childish self and behaves even more childish than before. Instead of Claus and Lavie, who were forced to grow up too soon, we see girls of the same age who aren't even going to grow up despite all the atrocities in front of their eyes. More than that - they casually save the world while enjoying their youth.

Wars look like it's a board game. Warships look like they are from a mobile strategy. 

Is it possible in an anime? Most certainly.

Is it possible in the world of Last Exile? I doubt it.

Instead of Okino lazily humming his 'Cloud age symphony' we have to listen to Maaya Sakamoto trying to make a hit out of her generic j-pop cute song.

The second season was trying too hard. But it's too down to earth both literally and figuratively. 

And I want something different. "If you're going to fly in the sky, I want to be the wings".