This sequel season is more of the same for better or worse. If you didn’t like the first season this probably won’t change your mind. Though this changes things up just enough to stay interesting that I can’t imagine many people that liked the first season not liking this one. This season starts out with the introduction to Ilulu, another chaos dragon who gets into a fight with Tooru. Things are serious for a bit, but they quickly settle down into the standard status quo but with Ilulu now also living at Kobayashi’s. Based on the first season, this may lead you to think she’ll be a main character as all the other residents are, but she is not. After her introduction, she gets about as much focus as all the other side characters, if not less so. She’s still a pretty fun addition to the cast though.
The comedy is really similar to the first season in that it’s centered around pretty much all the same themes. Kobayashi is a work-a-holic. Tooru keeps pushing herself, and her tail meat, on Kobayashi. Kanna is an innocent, curious, and adorable little munchkin that Riko enjoys being friends with way too much. Shouta has a hard time dealing with Lucua despite her best efforts to get along with him. Takiya and Fafnir are still extremely otaku. And Elma still eats way too much. It’s just as varied, fact paced, and well written as the first season and thus just as enjoyable.
The parts with more depth I would say are a bit weaker. Here there’s less of a focus on Tohru learning more about humans and her and her relationship with Kobayashi, and more of a focus on Tohru’s past, especially her past with Elma. However, it didn’t really feel like it really went anywhere. It fleshes out both Elma and Tohru somewhat, but it doesn’t really seem to make much of any difference. It doesn’t really result in any emotional beats as strong as those related to Tohru in the first season. Ilulu’s story makes up for that somewhat as she has some really strong moments, though not completely.
The art and animation are still fantastic. Battles are animated way better than they have any right to be. Ilulu is a great new design and the reoccurring designs are great too. The soundtrack is decent enough. The OP is pretty great in terms of the song and visuals and the ED is pretty solid too in both regards. The mini-dragon specials are just shorts not all that different from the main season, though purely focused on comedy. Thus, they’re pretty good too.
A similar and just as good sequel season.
8/10
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