Release by [ItachiUchiha]
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> Slowpics comparison : https://slow.pics/c/MSAAKXpT

> Sources :

>Episodes :
JPN BDRip Video, JPN+ENG Audio & ENG Subs :
[Shadow Garden] Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! 2nd Season (Vol 1-2-3) [BDRip 1080p HEVC FLAC] [Dual-Audio] | The Eminence in Shadow Season 2	+ patches for ep4&5
https://nyaa.si/view/1775602, https://nyaa.si/view/1785591, https://nyaa.si/view/1797445

ITA Subs :
unknown

>Spin-Off "Kage-Jitsu!" (ENG-subbed):
[Shadow Garden] Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! 2nd Season (Vol 1-2-3) [BDRip 1080p HEVC FLAC] [Dual-Audio] | The Eminence in Shadow Season 2	+ patches for ep4&5
https://nyaa.si/view/1775602, https://nyaa.si/view/1785591, https://nyaa.si/view/1797445

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> Encoder :	SVT-AV1-PSY v2.0.0-9-gc76ddcfd	(https://github.com/gianni-rosato/svt-av1-psy)

> Encode summary :
Episodes 1-12 :	AV1 + OPUS 128k (crf 10)
NCOPs & NCEDs : AV1 + FLAC (crf 10)
Kage-Jitsu! : AV1 + OPUS 128k (crf 21)

> Settings for all episodes + all NCOPs & NCEDs :
& "C:\av1an\av1an.exe" -i "$inputpath\$file" -e svt-av1 -w 6 --resume --verbose -c mkvmerge -m lsmash -a "-c:a copy" -v "--crf 10 --preset 2 --film-grain-denoise 0 --film-grain 6 --tune 3 --aq-mode 2 --variance-octile 6 --variance-boost-strength 2 --sharpness 3 --enable-tf 0 --keyint 240 --input-depth 10 --color-primaries 1 --transfer-characteristics 1 --matrix-coefficients 1" -o "$outputpath\$prefix$filename.$extension" --temp "$inputpath\temp_$filename";

> Settings for the Spin-Off "Kage-Jitsu! Second" :
& "C:\av1an\av1an.exe" -i "$inputpath\$file" -e svt-av1 -w 6 --resume --verbose -c mkvmerge -m lsmash -a "-c:a copy" -v "--crf 21 --preset 4 --film-grain-denoise 0 --film-grain 6 --tune 3 --aq-mode 2 --enable-tf 0 --keyint 0 --input-depth 10 --color-primaries 1 --transfer-characteristics 1 --matrix-coefficients 1" -o "$outputpath\$prefix$filename.$extension" --temp "$inputpath\temp_$filename"

Notes: ED 2,4,6,10,11 were replaced by the static images taken from the respective NCEDs

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> SSIMULACRA2 --every 2 (w/out fgs)

grav1synth remove my_encode.mkv -o clean_encode.mkv
ssimulacra.py ".\[Shadow Garden] shadow2_1.mkv" ".\clean_encode.mkv"  scores.json --every 2 -m v2_zig --progress

Final Scores:
    Average: 91.39452913079054
    Standard Deviation: 1.3506259398990692
    Median: 91.48241320652289
    5th Percentile: 89.08869739145624
    95th Percentile: 93.45481613765936