To be honest, I'm glad Mufasa wasn't in this one, I feel like they throw him in too often. Mufasa appearing to Simba was a very poignant moment in TLK and I feel that element is lost when he's just thrown in willy nilly. But perhaps his lack of appearance to Simba was more to do with Simba not believing, than Mufasa simply not appearing. In any case, that really has nothing to do with this episode
I had to laugh at the vultures parliament, because it's just like government and every committee, they never get things done. It's always meetings to discuss things brought up at other meetings, haha. Gave me a good laugh at least. I think it was just for a joke, because otherwise it didn't really seem to fit Mzingo since he seems to go straight to Janja when a situation can benefit him.
The premise of the episode I thought was reasonable, Ono losing his sight for a time, and Janja taking advantage of that to infiltrate the pridelands. I just thought that the execution was a little poor with how easily Janja's plan was foiled. The song I did enjoy, it's catchy because it's upbeat although at the same time seems a little bland to me as there's not much variation in it.
I suppose I should also address the issue of lion cubs and wildebeest as well, since Simba had so much trouble with them and even Mufasa had trouble navigating stampeding wildebeest (then again it was thousands vs the maybe hundred or so we get the impression of in the episode). I feel like Kion very easily has the physical capability to deal with those things in addition to tussling with Janja, although at the same time I do think Kion is portrayed as a slightly older cub than Simba was.
Thanks: 
