Fun or frustrating?

What gets me the most is the instant karate expert status. Take the new black kid for example, he goes from total nerdy wuss to fighting in a tournament in a rather short space of time. Same goes for most of the characters who were novices to the sport and most of them were and still are dorks.

Johnny and Daniel clashing is the whole basis of the show so that won't go away and it can be funny. I like seeing Daniel proven wrong.

I don't care how they try and change Kreese or Silver both are villains to me. I find Silver to be the more cunning villain though. Kreese is more a revenge driven cartoon character.

What makes the show different and interesting is that there aren't any good guys. They are all bad in their own way. Come to think of it Johnny is the closest to being pure of heart. When the kids lured Cobra Kai to the field and turned the sprinklers on them Johnny said it was poking the bear. Even Daniel thought it was a funny prank but we saw how Daniel poked the bear throughout KK 1.

Fun. I love it. Whatever they’re doing they need to keep doing it but end the show on a great mic drop and not drag it out until it jumps the shark. One more season, maybe two, is enough.

But yeah, I love how it plays with your sympathies and shows the Yin and Yang in everyone. It does this while still having clearly decent and clearly evil characters - but that’s life, there’s good in every villain and shitbaggery in every good guy.

They fumbled the bag dealing with Kreese and Silver. That relationship was the biggest reason for my zeal for the show. That was an untouchable friendship and they shat all over it.

It reflects reality in that no one is completely good or completely bad. I'm pretty sure most people have someone who is jealous of them, even if they didn't realize it. To that person you would be the villain in their lives. The original movies were more black and white, but when you think about it...

1. From Kreese's perspective Mr. Miyagi was a grown man who beat up his students. Any sensei would be angry.

2. Johnny and the Cobra Kai decided to leave Daniel alone, but then he hosed down Johnny who was just trying to enjoy a cigarette.

3. Daniel abused Kreese's no-fight order by taunting the Cobra Kai in school and causing them to lose face.

4. Daniel ruined any chance of Johnny and Ali getting back together and turned Johnny into Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite.

Part II:

1. Daniel caused Chozen to lose face in front of the village.

2. Mr. Miyagi stole Sato's girlfriend, who Sato loved and was looking forward to marrying since he was a child.

3. Miyagi dishonorably refused to settle their dispute in the ancient honorable way.

Part III:

1. Daniel hoped that Terry Silver would have committed murder and offed Mike Barnes.

2. Daniel struck Mike Barnes first during their battle in the Little Trees shop. Mike Barnes asked Daniel to not punch him in the face. Rather than apologize, Daniel punched him again.

3. Daniel put Jessica in unnecessary danger trying to get a bonsai tree that Miyagi wanted left alone.

4. Daniel disrespect Miyagi in Miyagi's own house.

There are so many other examples, but this proves my point. No one in the series has been entirely good or entirely bad. Even Kumiko ruined Chozen's shirt.

FUN!!!