so when is darling in the franxx season 2 coming out? So it's up guys Foxen here
I seen a bunch of chatter online and on my videos about hopes for darling in
the Franxx season 2 but instead of when to be honest a better question should be
is the season 2 sequel even possible for darling in the Franxx. As always it comes
down to a ton of factors whether an anime gets a sequel or not. Darling in
the Franxx in particular is special since it is an original production. There
is no source material but actually this makes it simple. The real question is is
this series making money? Let's go ahead and look at the figures in depth. First
off how are the blu-ray sales for darling in the Franxx and yes let me
quickly mention that blu-ray sales are getting less and less important. Anyway
for darling in the Franxx volume 1 in the first week this came out it sold
about 5200 copies and then by the second week about 6000. Keep in mind that this
first volume also had this extra little incentive since it was bundled with
darling in the Franxx soundtrack part 1. Alright so a little later you have
darling the Franxx volume 2 this one took a little bit of a dip. It sold
about 4,500 copies so far those are really the only figures we could go by
Let me just say that at about $80 per blu-ray disc I really can't blame any
fans for not buying pretty pricey but anyway you have about six thousand and
four thousand how does this actually compare. Let me bring up a little anime
you may be familiar with from Trigger. On average Kill la kill so at about 9,000
copies per blu-ray volume and nowadays just selling around the 5 to 7
K area that's really seen as being alright.
You really have to pass that 10k mark if you really want to impress anyone
So overall blu-ray sales have not been fantastic. On the bright side and let me
mention manga sales even though darling in the Franxx is an original series
naturally a companion manga has been made just to squeeze out a few more cash.
In just last month the official Twitter page for darling in the Franxx announced
how the manga series has sold over 400,000 copies. That is super impressive
Not only because there's only two volumes out so far I mean this is based
off an original property usually manga for this does not sell well at all or
lease not this. For this let me mention that it does
help a lot that there's a ton of fanservice in the manga version of
darling in the Franxx. Basically a ton of uncensored boobage unsurprisingly this
is pretty popular in Japan although I think this is popular anywhere. Going
forward I really don't see this changing for future manga volumes so sales should
remain fairly high. At least here in Japan each time they released the volume
it's pretty out there in front of the stores so they are in a good position to
sell more. Also one thing you should notice about these numbers is that they
do give you this much better fan figure compared to the people behind the
expensive ass blu-ray discs. Anyway as for other sales let's talk about other
darling merch. Goodsmile has already announced several figures for Zero Two and
even her Franxx. Oh and there is even an Ichigo figure coming that should be fun
Personally I definitely want to pick a lot of these up the question is are you
also planning to pick any zero two figures let me also mention that here in
Japan I have seen several other smaller merch but there's not that much I'm sure
going forward that at least a little more will come out so overall for this
manga extremely good sales. Merch it's really hard to track but at least some
stuff is coming out if you don't see anything for a particular series that is
a really bad sign. Now let me get into the possible
problems preventing a darling in the Franck's season 2. First off the story in
darling. It really seems like they're wrapping everything up in these last
five episodes the director of darling in the franxx himself even mentioned that
the ending had already been decided. Now this doesn't mean that there cannot be
more after the story is done but the story they did plan is coming to its
original conclusion. Next up second possible issue darling in the franxx is
this collaboration with the trigger studio and a1 studio. In case you're not
familiar was trigger they don't really have a track record for making sequels
Now let's ignore that and say they do want to go ahead and make a sequel. Now
you run into the issue of these two Studios finding the time to make this it
is possible but now this prevents a different challenge. Of course one way
around this would be if one studio took on the full project sequel all together
this of course would have had to be in a decision by
production committee. This I highly doubt though and then the third possible issue
just what is a fan reaction going to be like at the end of the series? Will it be
positive or will there be another over reaction online backlash just like there
was with the whole Ichigo thing? And hopefully the whole Ichigo backlash
thing then and caused damage already. Just seeing right now with the series is
going it's very likely that a few characters will be dropping off near
the end and the fan favorite couple possibly may not happen. This is
why I don't see everyone being happy when everything is said and done. You
might be wondering why is this important? And hopefully you could think of a
couple of reasons why. A large part of this will be how it affects future sales
Right now there is some merch out here in Japan with hopefully a lot more to
come although as always this stuff is coming out later in the year way past
once the series is done. I do want to preorder a bunch of these but whether I
do actually preorder some are not really it depends on how I feel one's darling
in the Franxx is done. I think there's a good chunk of people in this camp too. I
mean just think about it if darling the Franxx ends and you don't feel happy
about it are you really gonna drop 40 60 or $100 more on this series? Probably not.
So back to the original question is darling the Franxx season 2 possible?
Well with everything I mentioned about the studios and story concluding soon
it's honestly pretty unlikely. I would really be shocked if there's got a
season 2 announcement although all hope is not lost. Even though darling the
Franxx season 2 is pretty unlikely the manga sales have been so strong that
they will likely continue a long pass the anime series. They're gonna release
pretty slow anyway there's also a chance for some OVA episodes or some extra
anime special episodes on the blu-rays. I mean there was an OVA even for kill la kill
I wouldn't be surprised if they actually did some short spin-off story in a
spin-off manga series all of this of course depends on how it darling in the
Franxx ends. Who will still be around at that time? Will Zero Two and Hiro still be
together but anyway let me hear your thoughts! Do you even want to see a
season 2 for darling in the Franxx? or are you satisfied? Can they possibly wrap
up this story in a few more episodes? or do you think darling the Franxx
shouldn't be stretched out longer than needed? Also are you buying any darling
in the Franxx merch like the figures or manga? Definitely let me know if you
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