Blather, rinse, repeat

The music was great; I thought so, too.

And I loved the dark mood of the first one. You're right, they tried to recapture it, but instead of just having a dark atmosphere, they went with "bummer" instead.

There was a good idea in there somewhere, I just don't know what it was.

I think I do. The good idea would have been to use that beautiful animation to do justice to a fantastic story. Like the Jinchuu arc, which, I'd give my left nut to see the entire thing. ^_^