Dragons Rising Season 2: A HUGE SUCCESS for Ninjago (S2 Part 2 Review)

Here’s my full review and final thoughts on Dragons Rising S2 Part 2.
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[@barelyhere7200]

My biggest problem with the episodes is how Kai and Bonzles predicament was so under utilized. They were trapped in a sub dimension with 3 psychopaths for quite a while, and we barely got to see any of it. Just feels like a bunch of missed potential

[@Kai-The-Basta]

For me the off screen is normal because they can do nothing except hiding The Forbidden Three Were stronger than Kai surely

[@DailyRoLord]

this is something that I didn’t mention in the video but def agree with

[@ibrahimy8805]

Maybe an opportunity for flashbacks?

[@SpinjitzuBlitz]

What do you expect they would actually do tho? The best thing they could do with them is just add some scenes and we got that there isn't really anything to do with kai and bonzel in netherspace because there really isn't much it's just a prison but at least they did give some scenes of kai and bonzel trying to hide from the rest of the forbidden 5

[@Avery_Productions]

I think Kai actually fighting the forbidden five members while in nether space would be awesome and way more triumphant when Kai eventually gets released

[@aegis84]

I loved season 2 as a whole. Part 1 was so near perfect for me that all part 2 needed to do was stick the landing and it would be a top tier season for me. Needless to say, it stuck the landing. I don’t think it surpassed part 1, just cos the threat of the wolf clan and the forbidden five was felt way more there, but part 2 was still excellent. I have very few criticisms. Controversially, I love Jay’s handling. Just enough to set the villain arc in full motion, have a critical moment (shattering his goodness), and instilling the turmoil into the relevant characters, plus further characterisation for how diabolical Ras truly is. My only real critiques is Zane is still being mishandled a little, but next season should fix that, and the predicament with Nya, Riyu, and their communications with Kai in nether space all happens offscreen. We really needed them figuring some plot details together, such as the purpose of the horns, and possibly even hinting at how Kai and Bonzle could find their way out of there. That really needed to be seen, even if it was just one more scene. But beyond that, excellent season

[@aegis84]

Oh, and my predictions for season 3: Forbidden five will be the main threat, and the ninja will have to team up with Ras, and by proxy, Arin.

[@TomTheCat29]

How did you like Lloyd now an offical master and in your opinion do you think Lloyd failed Arin? or not? And by failed i mean Arin turning to work with the vilians

[@d-actionproductions650]

For those of you saying that Jay was wasted, he wasn’t wasted Every season he gets more and more screen time and he’s gonna be a much bigger focus on season 3

[@Avery_Productions]

I think the dialogue in the fight could have been a lot better and he could have maybe fought one more ninja but I’m fine with Jay not being the main focus of the tournament

[@lunarbat6009]

​@@Avery_ProductionsI agree with the dialogue part. A lot of it felt weird and kind of overbearing

[@RyujinSaviorX]

@@lunarbat6009 "Are you a terrible ninja?" Sounds so off

[@NepToon10]

So? It doesn't change the fact that they made him a cringy and uninteresting character

[@lunarbat6009]

@@NepToon10 Cringe? Maybe. Uninteresting? Nope

[@RyujinSaviorX]

As someone who slowly got back into the series, I got the Arena battle set which I am loving. More sales and success for Ninjago and LEGO in general.

[@TheBrickLord]

Another great video as always my friend, I definitely agree with pretty much all of your points and probably couldn't have said it better myself. Definitely loved all of the setups and character development. Granted to hit on almost everything I'd have mentioned so won't rehash it but definitely a fantastic season. DR Season 2 is top 3 for me personally.

[@pizzara889]

GOOD EPISODES FOR NINJAGO.

[@TomTheCat29]

Yes!

[@MrInfinity1495]

On the road to 20k subs. Nice work

[@digitalcartoonsfm]

I'm curious to see what Nokt and the rest of the Forbidden Five's elemental powers are

[@krystek9917]

Success to Ninjago? You mean success to the marketing section at Lego.

[@SENTINELV2-f7g]

Blah Blah

[@Bennn3245]

Both

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

(SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN’T SEEN THE SEASON) In my opinion. I don’t like how Kai, Bonzle, and especially Jay were wasted this part. I’m more mad about Jay because at least Kai and Bonzle did stuff in part 1 and they still did stuff in part 2 (even if not as much.) Jay on the other hand just got wasted for the third time in a row. The first time I was annoyed but it didn’t matter that much. The second time I knew that Jay was going to be in the tournament so I was hyped. But now is strike three and I officially feel angry about Jay in Dragons Rising. I feel like he and Zane are the only two of the original six Ninja that hasn’t been improved in Dragons Rising, and for Jay it’s worse because at least Zane’s got some potential. Evil Jay is literally Oni Lloyd again. Crystalized may have been a mess but at least I found some good in Jay (that being his love for Trains.) but in Dragons Rising I can’t say the same (other than the pants jokes being rid of). Jay didn’t have to return to the team or anything, but he could have at least done more than he did. Problems with Jay aside. Dragons Rising Season 2 Part 2 is still pretty solid.

[@johnbrando5336]

I feel like I’m the only one who thinks season 2 part 2 is my new favorite Ninjago installment after the 2018 seasons used to be. Weird considering how I feel that season 1 and season 2 part 1 felt a tad overrated for me really good but not My fave

[@mrdeepop8121]

@@johnbrando5336 i just think dragons rising s2 as a whole is my favorite season

[@Geo-qo2ue]

YESS ITS MY FAV TOO​@@johnbrando5336

[@Broccoli_bricks]

Honestly the only bad thing about this part was zane’s lack of involvement

[@IceMasterFilms]

Yeah I agree

[@cjbricks422]

Fs

[@NepToon10]

The only ?😂

[@memesteel4399]

He got wiped way way way to early, I hope he gets more focus in the next part of dragons rising because the last time he got any focus was the ice chapter of season 11

[@Agent-Walker]

It is such a good season

[@acronixwoodentrains3058]

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 🥷🩸🔥

[@TomTheCat29]

Im glad you loved it i enjoyed it alot too.Who is your top 5 favorite ninjas? My first favorite is Lloyd then cole then probably kia and then Arin I love garmadon and hope he gets an apearance in season 3!

[@TheepopPumjan]

It was supposed to release tomorrow aka the 3rd of October atleast for my country tomorrow is October 3rd

[@cjbricks422]

I like this season better than season one ❤

[@Bluespace1230]

If only the episodes actually released

[@Pjsmart]

Part 2 for me is a 4/10 it has way too many inconsistencies you're telling me teenage Lloyd the green ninja who fought the overlord with a broken leg with half of his friends corrupted and the other half fighting for their lives can't handle some Vision's, I get that the Vision's are pretty bad but I thought he found peace with them in part 1, you'd think that only Lloyd can talk to the source dragons through his visions yet the source dragon of motion risk's her life by temporarily taking mortal form to talk to Lloyd and the ninja, almost everything that was important in part 1 is rendered useless in part 2, cinder isn't even cool anymore, they've been hyping up evil jay and he gets 10 minutes of screen time, nya literally fought him in the first round it should have been in the semifinals where nya can't lose but she doesn't want to fight jay, Kai and bonzle barely talk about whether their going to make it out of nether space, Jordana soul should have been with Kai and Bonzle, Zane the nindroid!!! lost his first round cause his ice melted faster than usual, Zane's literally powerless and Lloyd doesn't send him after jay, one of the episodes is literally a toy commercial the only good part about it was the talk between Ras and Arin. Elemental powers are literally superpowers now, cause you can't convince me that bubbles, balance and plants are elemental powers,the elemental master's are just there the ninja don't even interact with them, Sora probably would have lost the tournament if she was only using her powers, the entire concept of someone taking someone else's powers is cool but it just feels like without the powers you won from other elemental master's you would have lost I'm not a dragons rising hater I've loved everything they have put out so far (except for part 2 and I don't even hate it) but season 2 is a 6/10 unless they give jay some backstory in some shorts (like the wildness shorts) and give Lloyd some confidence until then it stays at 6/10, (bty the source tournament should have been it's own season) sorry if this was long.

[@TomTheCat29]

I agree Lloyd is my favorite and hes already been through the doubting stage Im fine with them making him not the most confident person like kia thats not his personality but he needs some confidence more like they showed in season 1 but i am glad that they finnally made him offically a master theyve gone back and forth so many times.The new "powers" are really stupid.I do think that evil Jay is going to be a big part of season 3 and they are just saving him for that story plot.I like him struggling with the visions its something new for him but i agree they should make him a bit better at controling them after part 1 of season 2.What you wrote is very true.

[@green-legacy]

i honestly think that lloyd is gonna have to summon the source dragon of motion to fight the source dragon of strength with may be lord raz master

[@Bennn3245]

I think that Arin's gonna somehow steel the motion dragon knife and use it to summon her for Lord ras to use

[@Turbo_Marto_Lol]

8:19 Wait... What? Am I missing something or was the Cauldron of realms a mystery that was left for Season 3?

[@ibrahimy8805]

He made a mistake. That's the Monastery of Gates, not the Cauldron of Realms.

[@Bennn3245]

Yeah

[@brickdragon7131]

5:07 that’s not the cauldron of realms

[@hulkishere8923]

It doesn’t come out until Thursday though

[@cjbricks422]

Kinda with the tournament wasn’t rigged tbh

[@hannawhite7605]

I didn't mind the season. i just wish the 2 parts were the whole season The 2 part the Source tournamen felt so Underwhelming to me and i wish the whole season was about it

[@TomTheCat29]

very true I agree i think the whole season should have been the tournament.

[@Avery_Productions]

Roby would work better as the person who rigged the games as it’s more of a twist and him putting on his dumb teenage persona would be cool

[@Spyalwayswins]

This part was actually my second to least favourite part of dragons rising so far. I do like certain parts of the part but it had so many problems. The new powers were dumb asf,, the tournament was underwhelming, the twist with Zeatrix is stupid, you could easily tell Bleckt was evil and it was for the dumbest reason, Jay had to little screen time, the sets are so absolutely inaccurate, some of the ninjas battles that they lost is so annoying cause they shouldn’t have lost those battles since they have had their powers for longer and it feels like a rip off of season 4.

[@rocsthepie]

what was your least favorite?

[@Spyalwayswins]

@@rocsthepie probably s1 p1. None of them are bad parts, s2 part 2 was more fun I think. The first part was probably just a bit boring but they are interchangeable

[@rocsthepie]

@@Spyalwayswins fair enough

[@SENTINELV2-f7g]

Dumb like your opinion

[@TomTheCat29]

I havent liked any of the new "powers" they are just annoying fire earth ice lightning and water and even green energy make sense but bubbles is going to far.

[@Luc84]

I don’t like it that much, I prefer season 2 part 1, sorry… My biggest with it is… 1: The plot of the winner getting the looser’s elemental powers. 2: How they handled Jay, but him saying "and I will always hate you…" to Nya really caught me off gard😅 3: No bonding between Kai and Bonzle.. 4: Only elemental masters get to compete. 5: The elemental power of bubbles, plants, reflexes. 6: Zeatrix looks exactly like Beatrix, I get that their twins, but really…? 7: No Skylor…😢🥺 Either way this season is pretty good.

[@ibrahimy8805]

Skylor's Elemental Power doesn't come from the Source Dragons because it's artificial.

[@Luc84]

Yeah, it was created by chrono steel.

[@TomTheCat29]

Those are all solid reasons.I was hoping to see skylor too.

[@astro-ko3cu]

I didn't like how Lloyd was handled after ep 2

[@TomTheCat29]

Really? what about it did you not like? I think they are handling him well and Lloyd is my FAVORITE. Im curoius what about the new episodes with Lloyd do you dislike? Id love a response. As a ninjago fan I love to hear others opinions exspecially about my favorite ninja.

[@astro-ko3cu]

@@TomTheCat29 Lloyd is my favourite ninja as well but eversince the wildbrain era i feel he is not acting like himself,he isn't the determined serious leader any more and his behaviour towards arin is pure character assassination and destroys most of his character development,I hope the plot of promising Nya and Arin arc go somewhere,if they don't I can safely say DR butchered Lloyd

[@TomTheCat29]

@@astro-ko3cu What behavoir to arin? would you mind explaining?

[@TomTheCat29]

@@astro-ko3cu I do agree he isnt quite as seroius as before wildbrain but his personality changed by his loss of confidence after harumi season 8.

[@TomTheCat29]

@@astro-ko3cu as for determined i feel he is very determined in dragon rising did you watch the episode shattered blade?