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He described their bond as father and daughter rather than romantic, shifting toward friendship in season two.","whyItMatters":"Ishihara frames the second season as a change in the Fran and Shisou relationship rather than a new premise, so the season's draw is the talking sword's growth as a character, not new mechanics.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAnime NYC hosted the premiere of Reincarnated as a Sword\u0026#39;s second season, with director Shinji Ishihara and producer Yosuke Shimada on hand for the screening and an interview. Ishihara treats the talking sword Shisou as the lead, not a tool: an inanimate object with no mouth, animated through eye expression and voice performance. Fran\u0026#39;s growth, he said, is what the story is built around.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Shinji Ishihara frames Shisou and Fran as father and daughter, not romance, and says their bond moves toward friendship in season two. 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