Washio Sumi wa Yuusha de Aru is a fantastic arc, better than the original. It's practically perfect. The epilogue portion, the final six episodes of the series, never really makes any sense and isn't nearly as good. It's still good, it's still emotional, it's still artistically imposing, but it's no longer a coherent plot or setting. Things just happen at random without explanation or foreshadowing, and then are solved as quickly as the problems emerged. Put the two arcs together and season two is probably equivalent in quality to season one, which is all you can ask for.
It's pretty easy to rewatch a great anime when it's this high in my rankings. This is about as good as it gets. Though it wasn't easy on my heart -- it's just as bad as Suka Suka in that vein. Yama no Susume S3 will be just as easy to rewatch and a lot more cheerful. Card Captor Sakura: Clear Card-hen will be a much longer slog.
The day I can say I've both watched and rewatched every show in my rankings is still far away, but step by step the progress continues.
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