Product: Emma: A Victorian Romance - Season 2 (2008)
Rating: 5.0
Now two households...
In Season Two we see Emma and William living apart in two households which, when you come down to it, are both upper crust but have different views on class, money, power, and their places in the universe. As one review pointed out this is a very subtle and quiet anime and many people may not enjoy it or even watch it because it just isn't their thing. Like the first DVD set this one has a extra in the form of a book with few extras within the DVDs themselves. It is, also, like the first DVDs subtitled. It WOULD have been nice to hear English voices but I don't mind that much. On the other hand, would have been nice to hear the German accent of the Molders maybe?Like the first series the plot is realistic and the characters very solid, very aware of their place. They are characters of their time and don't pretend to have 21st Century values in a 19th Century world. And I still want to kick William in the butt - he is such a good character that he REALLY generates a emotional response from me. Mostly the need to smack him around.And the character of Monica felt off. The Campbell family came off as so proper and aware of their image...yet they allow the oldest girl to dress and act like that?!?!? Funny thing is I was starting to feel sorry for the Campbell family till...well, that be spoilers. I guess the Japanese needed a villain for the piece. I think it would have been better off if they left out the Bad Guy and let the lovers have to deal with the real problem - deciding if their love was important enough to break away from their class, their culture, and their society. Would they be strong enough to believe in themselves? Sad to say, we will never really know. The ending was not as realistic as I would have hoped and did leave some loose ends. True, it suggests happy endings for all but we all know that there would be a LOT of fallout from such a ending.Enjoy with good English Black Tea (from India) and scones (from Scotland) and try to give the Maid the day off while you watch the DVDs. If you liked this may I suggestThe Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England from 1811-1901orDignity and Decadence: Victorian Art and the Classical Inheritance?