Not to mention that they left a huge plot hole open. The ending was also rushed and felt cheap. The story was pretty weak, art and sound didn't change much, the characters were weakened in my opinion, it wasn't as enjoyable and at times I struggled to finish watching episodes in the middle. One can understand the need for the battling but it sucks compared to the first 48 episodes. They changed the story from having an epic adventure to battling in Monster Rancher tournaments. So for the scores I'd give it: 8, 6, 6, 8, 7, It left me felling pretty good about the whole show.
The sound and art were pretty decent but nothing too much to shout about. It was filled with characters that were fleshed out nicely, the overall plot was great with bits of light comedy and dark/tragic moments.
I will have to treat eps 1-48 as 'season 1' and 49-73 as 'season 2.' This review I will break down into two parts, the scores you see above is overall scores for both seasons. I just finished watching all of Monster Rancher.
