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Season 2 – Great Pretender

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Makoto Edamura, supposedly Japan's greatest swindler, gets more than he bargained for when he tries to con real world-class crook Laurent Thierry.
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Great Pretender — Season 2

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Jeremy Looney Common Sense Media 12/21/2022
4/5
Great Pretender has an intriguing story that focuses on morally gray characters and their equally gray choices. Go to Full Review
Toussaint Egan Polygon 05/05/2021
Great Pretender overall was still wild fun ride that I would happily rewatch in a couple months time if only to bask in the glow of those stunningly gorgeous Brian Cook-esque backgrounds. Go to Full Review
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Ryan H @RyGuy Jul 30 Another great season as it tells backstories of the crew and they take on a more serious case in human trafficking. See more LABEL 2 @RT75584273 01/31/2024 有些俗套的骗术恰恰指明了"人物群像"在作品中的核心地位。当巨额财富变得唾手可得、愈演愈烈的骗局已无法带来足够的刺激,欺诈师们将不得不直面内心的执念,在虚虚实实的话术中寻找与他人重建信任的可能性。突破自设的壳可能正是需要那一点点的宽恕吧。 See more Arch O @RT31467066 01/04/2024 One of the BEST anime I have seen! Engaging all the way to the very last minute-- all the twists and turns of the story were very creative and entertaining and I loved the characters! And crazily... I had to watch the entire thing to finally understand what the end theme animation was representing-- and it simply floored me when I discovered what it was... combined with the music, that last theme imagery is hauntingly beautiful and I really did break down in tears when I realized what it was showing the entire time. See more Mayank A @Mayank197 05/26/2021 The scope is bigger when compared to season one, one could say it was all in preparation for the biggest swindle of their life, just the ending does feel a bit too much, luckily the after-credits give us heartwarming closer. See more 02/23/2021 I've got some "ragtag group of con-artists" shows/films under my belt (Leverage, Hustle, Oceans 11,12,13) so I was somewhat eager to see what kind of life the Anime medium could inject in the genre. Predictably there's more melodrama and that's about it. Some cases are better than others with stronger character stories tied in but as a whole the good parts even out with the bad and you end up with a serviceable narrative. What's "great" about the Great Pretender is actually the visuals, the gorgeous backgrounds in this production are really something. Honestly I would recommend this Anime on the background art alone, everything else is supplementary 😆 See more 01/22/2021 Great character arcs again and more audacity in the cons. I highly disliked that they brought back Dorothy. See more Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 21, 2020 Case 4_1: Wizard of Far East Determined to rebuild his life, Makoto returns to Japan, where he lands a job, but he doesn't know what he's gotten himself into. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 21, 2020 Case 4_2: Wizard of Far East Cynthia and Shi Ohn arrive in Japan to launch the con on Scarlet Company; Makoto and his boss accompany them to the UAE to witness a kidnapping. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 21, 2020 Case 4_3: Wizard of Far East A delegation from the Shanghai branch of the Suzaku Group arrives in Tokyo; when Makoto arrives to translate, he realizes the interpreter looks familiar. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 21, 2020 Case 4_4: Wizard of Far East Two months after the end of the con, Makoto still works for Akemi; he receives a visit one night from a man he thought he saw die in front of him. Details Episode 5 Aired Sep 21, 2020 Case 4_5: Wizard of Far East A younger Laurent joins a group of con artists including Oz after aiding them in Paris; as they travel around the world, he falls in love. Details Episode 6 Aired Sep 21, 2020 Case 4_6: Wizard of Far East The team passes Dorothy off as an Ethiopian princess and stages her kidnapping for the Shanghai group, then everything goes wrong. Details Episode 7 Aired Sep 21, 2020 Case 4_7: Wizard of Far East The final phase of the con on the Shanghai group starts when Laurent returns to the city; the stakes are higher than ever, with no margin for error. Details Episode 8 Aired Sep 21, 2020 Case 4_8: Wizard of Far East Both sides prepare for a fateful meeting in Tokyo, during which Laurent and Makoto will act as translators; everything depends on Makoto's choice. Details Episode 9 Aired Sep 21, 2020 Case 4_9: Wizard of Far East The Wizard of the Far East pulls off one final magic trick, and some people get what's coming to them. Details
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Season Info

Director
Hiro Kaburagi
Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Drama, Anime
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date
Sep 21, 2020
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