Damn, Ray was Isabella's son the whole time. And she's changed!
I wouldn't say it becomes a straight up action series, but the second arc definitely introduces more physical action elements into the story. And it does happen in a way that, I think, makes sense. You'll just have to see. For my money, I think the manga is still great. It's just evolved a bit since its, shall we say, "confined" beginnings.Some of us here have said that the show somehow becomes more action oriented later on, but I don't see any plausible way that children can psychically best this world and I don't see any logical way of turning this into an action series. Some say the manga is still good and others say it falls off a cliff the parts the first season adapted. I guess maybe there's some way of doing a genre shift that doesn't feel extremely jarring, but it seems extra jarring on paper. We'll have to wait a year to find out.
Is it really an unpopular opinion? I mean, yeah I've seen people complain that it gets "too shonen" later on, especially in the second arc, but I didn't think there were that many. I highly disagree with that argument too, because it's not like the action elements are gratuitous to the point of being mindless, they're genuinely intense and I too am looking forward to seeing it animated. I also agree with you on the current arc. The moral dilemmas raised in it, as well as the mystery of theUnpopular opinion I guess but I acually think the manga got more or less even better not worst after the first arc and I think the current and final one is the best in the series. I like the adventure and moral debates the series gets into more than the let's escape the farm.The action elements in the second major arc work fine and I'm looking forward to seeing that part animated. As for this episode I really like Isabella's flashbacks( not the rest was at all bad though) finding out that Ray was her son was good twist that made previous plot points make more sense and it really added to her character.