Date A Live II

*MINOR SPOILERS* Ah this one, it's one of my favorites, and for good reason.... So starting with the story, it's pretty much an "Addition" to the first season, as Shido still tries to seal away more spirits. Toward the ending it ramps up, as Shido tries to stop the DEM and save Tohka. But, not much else "Story" wise here. This, like many others, has a really nice artstyle and animation to it. Everything is so fluid and it's all so pleasing to the eye. The OST is alright, i enjoy it, and the English Dub is also really well done, i love the how everyone sounds. But again, not much else to say here. So here is where the anime shines. You have some characters that you may be familiar with, and then you have a few new ones. Now, this anime does a perfect job at having a diversity of personality from each character..and i love that. Being a harem anime, expect a lot of new girl characters and only one guy character, as far as i'm aware. But overall, the anime has a good diversity of personalities, and the characters are all very memorable. The overall enjoyment for this anime is a 10/10, i loved every minute of this anime. Many won't agree with me, as they'll say things like, "Oh well there's no story", and i personally think that THESE type of anime, where it focuses HEAVILY on characters and not the story, and just has that fun, playful vibe, just makes it all the more enjoyable to watch. And i personally think it's good to just watch this type of anime to get a bigger diversity, and to take a break from the other story heavy anime that i have or am watching, again, this is all my opinion. I do however, hope they do make a season 3, i can see some more development there, as we don't know what Kurumi is going to do with Shido...anyways this is a good watch if you're ok with lackluster story, and memorable characters.

There will be no big difference from the 1st season of Date A Live series (the 1st season: Spring 2013, 12 eps + OVA, Studio AIC PLUS+ and the 2nd season: Spring 2014, 10 eps + OVA, Studio Production IMS). The story still tells about the spirits, whose destroying power are so damn dangerous for the future of the world. These women spirits then being haunted by the AST, somewhat futuristic organization with so many handy weapon to handle spirits, and even the missions to kill 'em. On the other hand, there is an organization called Ratatoskr whose mission to seal the spirit powers by luring them with "a date." The one who carries the task of dating the spirits is Itsuka Shidou, As time passes, Shidou discovers the true form of his younger sister, Itsuka Kotori, as a spirit too. Itsuka Kotori is the one behind the Ratatoskr organization, the head of Fraxinus under Ratatoskr's command. Later, Shidou makes his move and successfully bring the spirit under control, sealing their powers by dating [Shidou makes them believe that they are precious and wanting by someone so they will learn how to love and embrace others rather than destroying living being with their unbelievable spirits power]. The 2nd season brings the same story, but with new characters to fill the scenes. ​ The show indeed silly and funny while the battle scenes are good. As the starter, the humour was very bad. Tohka powers are fluctuating due to her suspicion over Shidou and Origami affected by the television show she and Yoshino routinely watch. This and all jokes of story opening irritates me since it makes everything looks like silly coincidences, and it turns worse when analytically it happens just for the bridge to the main course of story. The detected Spirit power comes from Tohka makes her being targeted and immediately be pursued to get killed. Summary the silly television show raises Tohka's power and lead her into a mess faster. In the middle of our main course, we are entertained by new characters and so many fan services out of nowhere as a downfall. I don't mind with fan services as long as it places right on certain situations like the 1st season. The 2nd season presented the ecchi-ness in such low level of beast. Due to many newcomers in this series, I can't identify clearly the development of characters. It feels like all of them forced to involve in every new conditions and troubles that lead to the main course but vaguely, weakly developed. The character introductions seem not natural anymore, the coincidental meetings are not making sense. If I should combine two aspects, animation and character development, then my opinion is the animation went so damn well but the story was in rush, it was not good since I could feel the tense of the fighting without the good story and development followed. From the story aspect, Date A Live II series is my guilty pleasure, an average but has a pretty nice animation. The enjoyment boosts a bit around the end of the show, two last episodes are such a blast! All hail war among AST & Spirits ⁽ˆ⁰ˆ⁾ The music is so-so. OP theme is sung by sweet ARMS "Trust in you" and ED theme is sung by Kaori Sadohara "Day to Story". Sadly the catchy character songs aren't my favorite either. Only the insert songs are quite nice, but just by the insert songs won't help much. What needs to be underlined is Kurumi's seiyuu scintillating voice, gives only Kurumi extra point in my sight. The mysterious, psychotic aura of Kurumi is increasing unstoppable whenever she speaks in absorbing tone. I still enjoy the series because of its graphic and intense fighting, especially last two episodes it's still burning in my brain. Feels like the story shows us the meaning of trusting someone and try the hardest even if others stop to looking at you. My rate is 7 only. Pros: Good animation Intense fighting scenes Cons: Overwhelming amount of fan service The progress of story is somewhat so silly (like ecchiness only)

Okay, Date A Live 2... The first season was good, so this should be better. Well....... I was wrong. So hyped for the 2nd season but when it came out, it was just a huge disappointment. I know that he just makes girls like him and all, but on the first season it was actually good. S2 just made it boring and not very enjoyable to watch. Huge letdown coming from an ex-Date A Live fan. I had to force myself to watch it, and it made the anime more horrible for me. If they could've made it a bit better and more enjoyable to watch, maybe people wouldn't hate it. So sad to see a good anime with potential made hated because of S2.

Date a live season 2 is the sequal of the hit harem, mecha, romance, sci-fi anime, it continues directly after the event of the first season, and doesn't waste any time it immediately jumps into its lackluster first arc, and ends of with a banger of a second arc. It only has two arcs, and only ten episodes unlike its predecessor and it's next season who both have 12 episodes. Certain characters get sidelined like Yoshino, the Yami twins after their arc, Origami, Mana and Kurumi barely gets any screen time, in favor of the Diva and the DEM sideplot , which honestly feels convulated and unecessary like at least give us some explanations to why you're doing all this shit, then at the end we get another form of Tohka that is a completely different spirit, and Shido saves the day with dates and kisses. Honestly tho that first arc sucks, its barely detailed, and it only last to episode 3 or 4 don't remember at the top of my head. I legitimately don't give a crap about the Yamai twins I don't hate them but I don't like them, and I would be pretty happy if their arc was actually good, but it wasn't so I think they hold this season 2 back. The second arc was kind of a banger tho, The Diva is a really interesting spirit, the fact that she's lesbian, forces Shido to crossdress just so he can interact with her and that she can control people, it felt like something new, it wasn't just see spirit, date spirit, seal spirit, while she does have a pretty standard backstory, for some reason it just works, and it makes me care more about her than the Yamai twins. This second season is definetely worse than season 1, it's only salvaged by its second arc, if it weren't for it I would have given it a 5/10. Pros: -Great artstyle and animation -Great second arc -More Tokha, even tho after all that I still feel the same about her like I did in the first season, still think they could have emphasised her a little bit more. Cons: -The characters that you care about are sidelined except for Tokha -The first arc was not well executed and very lackluster -Ed wasn't good -Introduction of a convulated villain sideplot, like I know it's a sideplot, and that it's only ten episodes but can I get some info on Westcott and Ellen, I have no idea what their trying to achieve, and if their good villains or not. Overall Date A Live season 2 is a inferior product to its predecessor, with it's lackluster first arc, and convulated villain sideplot, the show got carried by its second arc for christs sake, I don't care about the Yamai twins, better characters like Origami, Yoshino, Kurumi are sidelined in favor of new characters that aren't all that looking at you Yamai twins, diva is fine I guess. I would be lying tho if I said I didn't enjoy this show, now would I recommend it to people, not really only watch this if you're a Date A live fan or enthusiast, otherwise don't bother with this and the third season. I give Date A Live Season 2 a 6/10 for my overall anime score.

A series of which I've had fond memories of, Date a Live II incorporates the main gimmick of dating to survive in the previous series and amps it up a notch. New characters are introduced, which, although being pretty much a Harem Anime, I've realized I can still feel sympathy for their situations, rather the average Sword 'Ass' Online anime, Date a Live has many enjoyable scenes for those whom are interested in both the Plot and 'Plot' utilizing comedy to accentuate the characters motivations while also maintaining a relatively serious tone. Date a Live II makes multiple mistakes that the previous series had, but through further explanation later in the story, those make sense, but since this is a review on the Second Series specifically, one would have to attempt to overlook these 'Hints' to the future, due to the lack of spoilers I must have in this review, I cannot explain what these are, however. Character wise, it still has the same cute and cool cast from the previous series with some new characters I originally thought would be borderline Sadists after seeing their outfits, thankfully, or for some, sadly, this wasn't the case, where their personalities give an overview that in reality these spirits, though having immense power, they are still young women and the emotions conveyed not only by these newcomers but by the old cast perfectly emphasizes the growth made as they are constantly fighting new threats, the only exception to the character growth in their personalities is the primary female protagonist, Tohka, whom still feels that she can't trust the main character even through all the S%@! they have been through, which to me, is only partially understandable, where the protagonist has multiple relationships, this would normally be a problem, except each girl is also friends with each other, so that, in reality is my primary gripe, but hey, one needs at least some tension or else their relationship would get stale, i guess. Overall, I rate it an 8/10, because I'm extremely harsh in my review, but I still enjoyed it thoroughly.

Don't read this if you want to read a short review or one with a lot of positive stuff in it, I will mainly write about what I didn't like and it became quite long. Since it was quite long, I also couldn't be bothered to read it again to check for grammar or redundant parts. This might be interesting to read if you wonder about the flaws of the show from the point of view of someone who actually enjoyed watching it overall. A fatal flaw of this show is that while it’s kind of like a harem series and the very idea of making girls fall in love with you, at least to some extent(since “date” is even in the title and going on dates and trying to make people fall for you is most of what this thing is about) means the ending should be one in which he’s married to everyone, right? He should get all, or at least most, of the girls that he’s seducing. That’s the very point here, that’s what this is about or should be about. It’s not a story where he should romantically fancy just one or two people and decide upon who he likes the most. That’s not the deal here, or at least it shouldn’t be. But all too often, harem stories are just fake garbage, sadly. I don’t care whether or not it’s realistic to keep several girls with different personalities, love them all somewhat equally and for them to be satisfied with the situation. No, of course it’s not realistic irl. That, however, doesn’t mean it’s not perfectly plausible in a fantasy story, especially when the plot is far weirder and riddled with holes and chaos than something like having several wives could ever be. Monogamy and polygamy and the romance stories born from those settings are very different and comparing them is just, excuse my language, retarded. In monogamy, it’s about deep love with a single partner, in polygamy, it’s more about an unified love between several people and the beautiful bond all of them build as they pretty much become one big family, more focus should be put on the balance between all of them than deep, individual love. When you make a story like this and it somehow seems more like many of these girls just love you as a friend rather than lover and you, the mc, doesn’t love anyone for real, it’s just irritating, very much so. Especially when he seems to zoom in on just one person much more than others, which quite obviously is the first spirit he seduced(seems there's a law where the first girl introduced=most important). Am I asking for too much? Well, perhaps. I just hate it when authors write up several love interests and give all of them pretty much equal yet differing charm while feeding us the “he’s going to end up with a harem” idea from the very start, but seems to fail following through with it. Well, if the mc himself was actually a very likeable character that wasn’t something of an incompetent playboy that just wants to have everything but give nothing and decide upon nothing, I wouldn’t have minded that much in the first place. Even if he made it clear that he would only love one person, that would still be good enough. It’s that he keeps on seducing people and there’s this mood going on where he can’t commit to anything whatsoever, be it polygamy or monogamy, that pisses me off the most here. The anime/novel also takes itself too seriously at times. Bringing too much tragedy or drama into a story that has no potential to ever be a serious, good story with a solid plot. This is NOT a truly great story by any means of the word. I like the relationships in the story and the characters, the interactions are fairly nice, but the story is a huge mess and the attempt to introduce excessive drama and plot into something that shouldn’t have one just feels alien to me. It doesn’t do the novel/anime any good, it’s just a detriment. How could I ever take a story seriously and enjoy the drama when the settings and story is all over the place and, quite frankly, subpar with holes everywhere. Hell, just the simple fact that he can spend dozens of seconds TALKING OUT LOUD to the empty air while chatting with the people on the ship giving him instructions or that he can wait for at least a dozen seconds before giving a reply is ridiculous enough, the girls freeze up as if they’re truly from a game while waiting for his reply, but that’s far from the only cringeworthy and stupid thing going on, things like only girls being able to use any of the combat gear with no explanations as to why that is(what? is it powered by girl power? Breast milk? something somehow only female humans have? If you tell me some bullsh*t like that, I’ll punch you, it’s just stupid) another one of many, well, we don’t actually know anything about any powers in this anime, it’s just left at it being “Fantasy, magic, ‘nuff said” level. Not saying I didn’t find the story fairly enjoyable, I just feel like the author tries to grasp for things he’s not capable of ever grasping, at least not with the basic settings and the previous “story” we have been presented with in this novel/anime. Let’s be perfectly honest here, this setting isn’t that good and saying it was meant to be serious is just a giant joke in and of itself. Writing a serious story with good drama and even tragedy, horror or anything else, takes a lot more thinking than just writing a random comedy with some elements you like. If the story isn’t solid, it’s never going to be good if it’s supposed to be serious and if you want it to be ridiculous, even cringeworthy, silly and utterly childish at times, you can’t just randomly put in serious drama whenever you feel like it. It doesn’t work like that. Not saying comedy can’t be combined with drama and tragedy, good lord, it can. Just not this type of comedy that relies on things being absurd and the setting being sketchy at best. So, my tip to you is to skip the obviously serious parts, it’s very easy. It’s really not an anime that goes on for long enough even with both seasons for it to matter if you skipped all serious parts that didn’t interest you. I recommend not to skip kurumi’s scenes though. Well, let’s add one more complaint to the list. Like in season 1, the mc is still a giant pushover who screams “friendship” and “sacrifice myself” all the time. He’s essentially just a chatterbox that talks and talks with passionate speeches and more often than not, he’s screaming the names of the girls whenever something happens while being able to do nothing yet he’s constantly rushing headlong to his death as if he has some weird masochistic suicidal urges. He also shows no will to increase his powers whatsoever, he seems content being a pushover that can do nothing but push his ideals and petty feelings around, trying to force everyone to accept it, this is despite the fact that he obviously has supernatural powers that he can use and should be able to harness with training, but he doesn’t care, as if it would all just happen by itself(which it obviously will, I guess). I mean, he’s not the worst japanese mc of his type, but he’s sure as hell not a good one either. Going with the flow and selfishly trying to save everyone while giving zero considerations to his own limitations or life, nor any consideration towards the feelings of everyone who loves him, seems to be his special skills, he's certainly not a smart guy, he's pretty damn stupid and never uses his head for anything noteworthy. It’s as if he’s trying his damn hardest to prove to the viewers that he’s such a goodie-two-shoes that cares so much about everyone that he puts them above his own life, as if that’s a desirable trait(it’s not, proving that you're a good guy by acting like a suicidal retard is never a good way, it just shows he's a moron who has no grasp on his own abilities or situation). Well, I guess no japanese fantasy woman can resist falling in love with anyone who willingly sacrifices themselves for them… Oh, wait, we’ve seen that happen with other characters too(in other manga/anime/novels), them sacrificing themselves …

Love is Strong Story 6: A Date to save the world? A man has so much power that he can seal the spirits powers by a kiss. Art 6: Nothing special here, but the fan service was great lol Sound 6: The same tracks were played throughout each episode. Character 6: They were cute and the fan service was great as I was saying before. The twin scene at the bench, thats where it was at. Enjoyment 6: I didn't have that feeling where... I wanted to watch the next episode? It was okay wasn't like I had to watch the other episode. Overall 6: It was okay better than the first season IMO

Here we are with season two. It starts a month after the previous and it seems things have gone back to normal, Tooka and Yoshino are living with Shidou in the complex Kotori had built for them all. This season feels a little different from the other in the beginning but it all comes back together pretty quickly. With two less episodes than the prior it feels a little rushed at some points and things seem to be just happening for the sake of filling episodes. The comedy is the same as before, still decent amounts of panty shots and cute girls which are easy to like. There is two new Spirits though, Yuzuru and Kaguya plus Miku. I was hoping that with the new season it would continue on with Kurumi, learning more about her and seeing what happens with the desires she was for Shidou. So I was a bit disappointed that what seemed to be a main plot point was just brushed aside. Trying to put the two seasons together, it fits just because it's the same characters and they carried the main points of the story over, Shidou helping Spirits and the organizations involved, but from where the first season was going at the end and it being continued in this season, it really doesn't happen. I think the main feeling of that is the situation with Kurumi. It should have been a lot more prominent and then everything would have come together a lot better. Hopefully with a third season that will all be addressed. Saying all of that though, I did enjoy what it all built up to and I'll definitely watch more if there is another season. Just the disconnect ruined how much I enjoyed the first season compared to this sadly.

Now this was unexpected, I had totally forgotten that they were going to do a second season on this. Date a Live is apparently still alive and strong, returning with a second season and apparently an upcoming movie as well. This second season, which relies heavily on the first season for background information, is a more focused, action heavy show than its predecessor. Apparently, the harem in the first season was not large enough so now they're adding on three more girls. If you're watching this to try to fill some of the galaxy-wide plot or setting holes remaining from the first season you're going to be disappointed, if anything the series just goes and introduces additional plot holes. If you're watching this to kill time and enjoy a story driven action/comedy/harem, then this is, admittedly, not that bad. Animation: The animation styling is very similar to the original show. It has nice lighting and shading effects and a wide variety of scene locations. The second arc was a bit abusive in the CGI department but nothing atrocious. All the characters are all easily distinguishable though I must admit it took me an episode or so to catch up with the relevance of all the characters. Facial animation is only average and behaviors of some of the spirits are definitely not in the realistic category. Note that many of the supporting cast from the original return in only marginally-supportive roles, almost like slightly-extended cameos. There is a good deal of action in this show. For the genre, it is definitely one of the more entertaining action pieces with lots of effects and decent choreography. The show is also, indeed, ecchi based so expect a very cliché onsen scene as well as plenty of scantily clad ladies. The ecchi is relatively innocent (intent-wise) as compared to other shows like Maken Ki or Mangaka-san. Sound: The series opens with a fairly nice and purposeful sounding piece. The ED follows a similar vibe with a decent melody and similar instrumentation. The BGM didn't catch my attention as much as the original but it serves its purpose well. There are a few insert songs in the second arc, which can be good or bad depending on your take of the VA. The strong VA cast in the original returns for the second season, though a large portion of the screen time is dedicated to new harem candidates. Nevertheless, Marina Inoue is always welcome and Asami Sanada's performance as Kurumi is instantly recognizable. I have no qualms with the first arc's VAs but Minori Chihara's voice just doesn't seem to sound that fitting for a diva role, especially the insert songs. Story: Though the second season starts out a bit slow, it soon becomes pretty engaging despite the hilariously bonkers premise behind it all. The show is divided into two separate arcs, with the latter arc being slightly heavier weighted in terms of tension. Both arcs feature a good mix of plot twists, cliffhangers, comedic ecchi, and light romance play. Thus, if you're watching from a low involvement level, it's pretty good. However, taking a step back, you realize that the story is actually quite lacking compared to the first season. The original "date" concept and usefulness of Kotori and her gang are severely diminished, as are the role of many of the other girls from the original. In its place, the story focuses on the new characters and events. As mentioned earlier, the story doesn't address much in terms of open questions and only adds further mystery as the plot unfolds. So yes, they will probably sell plenty of copies of the material, but I don't feel that they advanced the actual underlying story very much. Likewise, the actual climax could be predicted episodes in advance, and yet still felt very artificially put together. All in all, I'm very mixed here. I felt that the pacing and mixing of story elements was much improved over the original. However, they sacrificed a lot in doing so. Character: This is still the weakest category for this show. Never do you really feel that the spirits are human-like. Their seemingly unavoidable gravitation towards the protagonist's lack of charm is a bit disturbing, and their sudden realization that he supposedly cares for them is weak at best. While some interactions are enjoyable, you never really feel that Shidou has earned the right to be with, well anyone. In addition, there are still way too many supporting characters that do virtually nothing for the user except add confusion and distraction away from the character that matter (such as Jessica Bailey). In summary, my criticism from the first season still rings true here; too much character spamming with little meaningful development. Value: On the bright side, this is a rather short show. If you at least marginally enjoyed the first show, it won't take you long to make it through this one. Don't expect stellar characters but the entertaining plot should keep you engaged. Let's just hope they bridge some of those plot holes one day.

Türkçe Selam, bol bol mantık hatalarının bulunduğu eğlenceli anime serisinin incelemesine hoş geldiniz. Bir konu anca bu kadar berbat ve sakız gibi uzatılarak anlatılabilirdi valla yapanları tebrik etmek gerekir. Sırf uzasın diye saçma sapan hatalarla ve klişelerle dolu olan bir sezondu. Bu konuyu çok daha iyi işleyip bize sunmalarını beklerdim, bu şekilde hem çok klişe olmuş hem de aşırı mantık hatalarıyla dolu saçma bir sezon seyretmiş olduk. Açıkçası seyrettiğim her türlü yapımı keyifli vakit geçirmek adına fazla mantık çerçevesinde seyretmesem de, Date a Live'ın ikinci sezonu o kadar çok göstere göstere bu mantık hatalarını ve saçmalıkları gözüme soktu ki ben bile dayanamadım artık. Hele o son ise çok aşırı basite kaçılmıştı daha iyi işlenmesini isterdim. Madem ki böyle güçlü bir etki-tepki olayı yapıyorsun bu kadar yüzeysel sonuçlandırmayla sona ermesini sağlamak çok yanlış bir seçenek olmuş. Spoiler vermeden sanırım anca bunları diyebilirim. Son söz olarak da serinin çok aşırı hayranı değilseniz bu sezon çok hoşunuza gitmeyebilir o açıdan beklentilerinizi düşük tutmanızı öneririm. İyi seyirler ^^ ......................................................................................................................................................................................... English Hello, welcome to the review of the entertaining anime series with plenty of logical errors. A subject could only be explained in such a terrible and long-winded manner, but those who did so should be congratulated. It was a season full of silly mistakes and cliches just to make it longer. I expected them to handle this issue much better and present it to us. In this way, we watched a ridiculous season that was both very cliché and full of excessive logical errors. Frankly, although I do not watch all kinds of productions with a lot of logic in order to have a good time, the second season of Date a Live exposed these logical errors and nonsense to me so many times that even I could not stand it anymore. Especially that ending was oversimplified, I wish it had been handled better. Since you are doing such a strong action-reaction event, having it end with such a superficial conclusion was a very wrong option. I guess that's all I can say without giving spoilers. As a final word, if you are not a huge fan of the series, you may not like this season very much, so I recommend you keep your expectations low. Enjoy watching ^^

The sequel that actually didn't feel like a sequel it's much more like another 1st season. Straight to the point it does not have much to say to its plot progression. It's basically still introduction arc introducing a lot of new characters, new spirits, new antagonists, and new additions to the harem. It does stray away from the dating sim aspect of the show which made it fine I guess but it still relies on less action and more romance. It shows that the action, sci-fi, and mecha aspect of the show is just part of the package and the only real thing we are supposed to look at on the show is the harem, romance, dating sim, and the talk-no-jutsu aspects of this show Though seeing the new characters are pretty unique in a way, I'll give them plus points for that. Though I won't forgive them still because of the slow progression the show has. The show almost just not have any character progression "yet" which is kind of odd considering we are 23 episodes in the whole series. Just a short review for y'all folks since there's honestly not much to say of this sequel. I still don't exactly recommend the show for the reasons stated above and from my review of the first season. It just lacked some action and the end just felt rushed you see. 6/10

tl;dr: A sequel season that is a bit more serious and intense with a bit less humor, but that overall is just as good. The second season of Date A Live continues along similar lines as the first season, though it is somewhat different. The core stories are still centered around Shido getting a spirit to fall in love with him. However, these stories felt a bit more drawn out than in the first season with each of the two arcs this season having more time spent on them. Though at the same time, it does continue adding more characters each arc, which results in it simply not being possible to involve everyone in every arc, though the second arc in this season does make a really solid attempt at doing so though many characters role are pretty small. In terms of the new heroines, the Yamai sisters are amusing due to how they still have chemistry despite their contrast, with Yuzuru being incredibly logical and monotone while Kaguya is an emotional chuunibyou. Miku felt like the first genuinely unlikable heroine though in my opinion, in that she’s completely unbearable for the majority of her arc. That feels intentional in that she follows a traditional tsundere arc and has character development at the end, but at least as far as this season goes it’s not enough to make her anywhere near likable, though we’ll see what the story does with her next. The action this season gets a lot better with a lot more going on and the final battle being intense and chaotic. It also has more emotionally intense moments that aren’t just the expected heartwarming endings to arcs as was the case with the first season, so it actually felt pretty gripping at times. A number of new elements were added to the overarching plot, but it’s still mostly mysterious for now and it’s not really clear where it’ll be going eventually. In exchange for the heavier focus on more serious elements, this season has less portions that are purely amusing, though the portions that it does have are still really solid. The art and animation are both solid. Animation felt like a step up over the first season, especially in battle. It’s done by a different studio from the first season and they seem to be better I’d say. The OP and ED are both pretty solid and the maintenance of the serious not-serious narration before the OP is appreciated. The insert songs with Miku’s voice actress were all solid. The soundtrack felt more solid than the first season, but Kurumi’s battle theme is still the track that stands out the most by far.

Date A Live Season 2 was better than first season it had lot of action, fanservice, and Ecchi it was pretty masterpiece story introduce new spirit of course favourite is Mika she is great singer and i enjoy her personality she could be almost favourite characteristic there adding action along with handsome Shido with help of kurumi the story itself bring harem to be more action and overall the best season of all time. first season it had good fight scene little bit of action but season 2 gaining more action sequences. amazing impact of main character saving his friends with tokha who become evil by henchmen who tried to kidnap tohka and attack his beloved boyfriend shido.

Date A Live II is the best season of Date A Live. Every Character is this show becomes even more likable and the new character 'Diva' fits right into the rest of the cast. Shidou's Harem continues to grow, but also the old members get all their little stories to fill the gaps. Tooka, the first spirit introduced in the series, gets a very nice scene at the end of the season, making the whole story feel much more rounded. The concept of this series is pretty crazy and this season shows how crazy it can get. Kurumi continues to be the best character in the show, which leaves me pretty satisfied. Overall good season.

"What is this ? What in the world happened here ?" ---Mana Takamiya Well the Comedy that was disappearing from Date A Live is well and truly gone from Date A Live II. The dating sim aspects are gone, the sex comedy is nearly gone and what's left just isn't funny. When your attempts to play off Resident Evil, Rosario + Vampire all fall flat, and you can't get laughs from cross dressing maids and spirits acting like chunibyo, you've just failed and can only wonder, what in the world happened here ? Most of the evolution of DAL II is forshadowed in the first series. It's not very subtle at all about pointing them out. Shidou's sister being experimented on and having a terminal condition , Origimi's obsession, Shidou being increasingly preachy towards the end, and the large evil corporation. All are billboards telling you the direction it's going, what they didn't tell you is that it was going maudlin, melodramatic, preachy and talky, The lazy writing of the first series is taken to 11 with the magic system literally being whatever the writers want it to be at any moment. Shidou heals or doesn't as needed. The girls have their spirit abilities available or unavailable purely dependent on the scene. If they are trapped in a bad situation no soup for them. power needed to defeat someone out comes the sealed abilities. Shidou needs to be whittled down tragically ? The healing slowly goes away. 5 seconds later he has to take a full on blast, he heals up. You get characters behaving in the stupidest of ways. I don't mean inconsistent with their built up character because there really isn't any of that, I mean inconsistent with the simplest of reasoning. You can attack a wall, or you can can attack the guy with the remote control for the wall who is standing right next to you ? What's your choice ? The wall of course. The art is still very good, you have lovingly done backgrounds and well made and drawn characters. The music however is deployed in the most annoying manner of trying to manipulate your emotional state. It's good music but bringing out the schmaltz and overwhelming everything is just insulting. Recommendation: If you haven't seen it yet and have seen the first season. Stop. Don't watch it, it will just further bring down the series for you. If you haven't seen the first season, and are looking for comedy don't look here. After the first season this franchise doesn't rate the tag.

The second season has enlightened me of the appeal to Shiori Itsuka. Basically the same as the previous season, a harem story pasted onto a crappy dating-simulator setting which is accounted as "original". The difference is that we get new girls this time, twins! Although none of them matter, as the only one that does is Tohka. Art is the same as usual, enough to satisfy someone's desires. But it is also used to express Tohka's purity and wholesome nature. Sound is, once again, mediocre. Nothing I can say about it. The whole entire show is about developing characters through a dating-simulator setting, but it somehow manages to simply fit all the girls into the standard archetypes that only know how to be a harem. They really only learn how to love the main character, Shidou, and slowly degenerate in level of interest and common sense. I personally did not enjoy the characters acting as such. Tohka gets some drama though, and it builds onto her and shidou, and is highly appreciated. Maximum Enjoyment derived from Tohka Story: 3 (Same as before but the antagonist isn't as good as Kurumi, simply poses a threat; also less interesting as the concept only seemed fresh in the first season, and that was the main things it had going for it) Art: 7 Sound: 7 Character: 3 (The amount of characters I can't really bare increased by 3) Enjoyment: 10 (I'm human scum and I feed off of this) Overall: 4 (Excludes Enjoyment)

***THIS IS A SPOILER FREE REVIEW*** If you somehow find this show appealing to watch, I recommend you watch the first season before taking this one on. Ok. *Takes a deep breath* Let's get this over with. Because of money, a new season of Date a Live is here and well if you were expecting more character development from the previous season's characters then well be prepared to be very, very disappointed. Story: 4/10 It's the same as the first season plot wise; mythical creature taming stud Shido has to go seal the powers of new female characters for the love of "plot". I cannot believe I am saying this...but I actually think that the first season did a better job with the pacing of the arcs than this new season. This season in my opinion had a lot of "dead" spots where I just didn't give any sh$%s for what was going on. And what the f$#^ leaving out some of the original characters almost entirely? Yoshino is pretty much sidelined and the only decent character Kurumi isn't utilized until the very end. All this season accomplished was putting new bait under Shido's belt and unfortunately I really did not like any of the new characters. Animation: 6.5/10 Looks pretty much the same as last time. It actually might have look better during some scenes but it really didn't wow me because it was obvious that they put the real mustard of effort during the ecchi scenes. It's a real shame because some of the fight scenes actually looked pretty decent. Sound: 5/10 Average. Characters: 3/10 The newly added characters connected with me as much as a human's a$$ and a cactus. None of them seemed likeable and were actually quite annoying to watch. The decent ones from last season like I said before were pretty much sidelined and very under-utilized. Since this is a character driven harem show, if you do not end up liking the cast, it's going to be a sh#@ show. Overall: 4.6/10 Say what you want, "Oh you just hate the IP so much that you are not being unbiased in your review." If you think you are correct then by all means leave a comment below. I hoped that we would see more character development for the previous season's characters but nope a totally new fresh cast was handed the baton and they fumbled big time. I can only recommend this show if you were a fan of the first season. Enjoyment: 2.5/10 Thanks for reading my review! If you liked my writing style, would like to see some other reviews, or just want to talk, please stop by my page! Sincerely, Awesome Drummer

Here we are for the second season. I was looking forward to watching this since I liked the first season. I definitely was wanting more and I got more. So let's hop right in. Story: 7 So the second season wastes no time and jumps right back into it, giving fans one episode to refresh them on the way the plot works. The plot here works in two, VERY noticeable arcs. One is based around a school field trip and the other around a school festival. without giving away too much, the first arc feels more enjoyable while the second arc has more plot progession. Not to say there isn't any plot progression in the first arc, it's just that the new things you learn are things you figured were going to happen. And that's also not to say that the second arc isn't enjoyable, it's just that most of what the plot is centered around is unlikeable. Overall, a nice continuation but not as good as the first. Art: 7 A noticeable downgrade this time around. Ok not that noticeable but it is there. Characters still look nice and the backgrounds still feel a bit alive, it;s just that the animations a little lacking this time around. Sound: 10 Still a great job by the sound team. The OST is great with the Op and Ending being two great highlights. the background pieces are also very nice with a few tracks returning from season 1. there is also a nice little effect that I liked with one of the new characters Miku. Whenever she used her power, there was a nice accompanying organ note that played along with it that I liked. Characters: 8 So like a mentioned there are a few new characters this time around, three of them being main characters. The first two, (whose names are excaping me right now and I don't fell like looking it up so shut up lol.) are met in the first arc. The last, Miku, is met in the second. Now if you have followed everything I've said up until now, you can probably figure out how I feel about Miku. She is a new problem I had with the series. I understand the reason why she acts the way she does (thank you guys for doing that this time), but she still comes off unlikeable and her coin flip of a personality doesn't help. Speaking of characters who needs their backstory explained, Origami is back and no, her back story is still not exlained. So we can sit here wondering some more. On a final note, Kurumi doesn't show up a lot and that is a problem lol. When she does it's great but that is for about two episodes. (#KurumiBestWaifu #NoShame lol) Enjoyment: 7 At the end of the day, I will walk away from this season satisfied but not to the same level as season 1 left me. Season 2 was good in a lot of ways but opened up a new set of problems that show more this time around. I enjoyed it though so if you liked the first season, you can enjoy this one. Overall: 7 This averages the series up till now to a 7.

Date A Live II Once again after season 1,you never disappoint me. This had been one of my favourite anime! The story is outstanding! Shido still maintaining his duty to save all the spirits by dating them and make them fall for Shido! I love how they start the beginning of episode 1, flashback 30 years ago! And the new OP is WOW! Very enticing, they really had the beat going on! The characters design were somehow I think improved if I say so myself. Honestly it's one of the best anime I ever watched! Starting from episode 9 really makes me chasing it! How he planned his next move. I also kinda shocked for what happen at the end. Must watch I must say! Thanks for making Date A Live!

Strap in for Date A Live II, the anime sequel absolutely nobody asked for and progresses the plot in no way whatsoever, but still manages to entertain by being a dumb harem comedy show. It has lots of pretty colored lasers and those wonderful “pew pew” sounds that accompany the beams! An anime that introduces us to a bevy of characters while still focusing on a main character as flat as the plateau on which this anime doesn’t stand. Get ready for ten rousing episodes packed to the brim with all the things we were mildly amused by in the first season. In all seriousness, Date A Live II is more entertaining than its predecessor. It only focuses on the conquering of three females (and two are technically one) while giving us a lot more action and a lot less stupid. Trust me, this anime is still stupid, but less so than the first season. Which could be because it’s mercifully shorter or because the show jams a lot more “plot” into the ten episodes than most shows of its’ length. That said, it’s still going nowhere fast and only serves to introduce characters rather than build on the cast already there, and also introduce bad guys who run away at the end, perhaps to return for a third season or the upcoming movie. The anime picks up where the last season left off. The first episode is an ill foreboding of things to come. It attempts to remind us that Tohka is an idiot while also annoying us to death by retreading territory we’ve already seen. Thankfully, after that, the series gets much better. We are introduced to twins who are two parts of a whole, fighting to find out who will disappear and who will attain the title of the true spirit they belong to. Neither character is impressive at all as one is basically Tohka and the other is basically Origami. The other introduction is the obligatory idol character. Named Miku. Never heard of an idol named Miku. She’s a lot like Kurumi to me. Very weird and manipulative. So as far as new characters, very little new ground is established. Everything’s a new face on someone we’ve met before. The characters from the first season barely get any time or development. Kurumi returns and seems like a completely different character. Instead of the weird, crazy-ass yandere of the previous season, she’s a very moe lunatic. She helps Shido, the sort of thing I didn’t think a character trying to kill him only a season ago would do. While characters aren’t impressive, the plot is decent enough to keep it interesting. Evil organization. Fighting. Kidnapping. Pretty arbitrary plot devices that culminate in an uninspired ending followed by a quick epilogue punctuated by the obligatory original pop song by our idol. Animation has been downgraded from season one. The budget is obviously cut and the team worked with what they had. It’s not that the animation is bad; it’s just not as crisp as it was before. And truthfully, the animation was probably the best thing Date A Live had going for it. I can’t fault this season for as much as I did the first one though. I thoroughly enjoyed everything beyond the first episode. It wasn’t smart by any means but its focus on two threads rather than three or four made it more bearable. The fact it was plot-centric over comedy-centric also made it more fun to watch. You do root for Shido and Tohka to get together and care about the finale even if the characters aren’t as three-dimensional as you like. But with all that, it sidelines the great characters of the first season. Yoshino’s just along for the ride. Origami is there but not at all as funny or interesting as she was in season one. We’re given a lot of the new rather than balancing that with the old. And even if the new meat is freaking adorable and Miku is a great addition (the twins, eh), you can’t sideline characters that a lot of fans came in to see more of. In that regard, it’s like a cocktease. You want Origami? Tohka? Kurumi? Too bad. Origami’s too busy not being in the show, Tohka getting kidnapped, and Kurumi is being a completely different character. I hate that I enjoyed this so much, but it’s one of those dumb harem/comedy shows that gets it right. While Ben-To and The Devil is a Part Timer stay stagnant because of one good idea and an inability to expand upon it, Date A Live II’s open enough to allow for nonstop action and stupidity without it getting stale. Hell, this season doesn’t even use the idea of the folks on the ship deciding what Shido says to the girls but for twice. This is like a departure from everything that the first season had going for it, but it’s better because of that. It’s let loose the stupid and made me realize that maybe I don’t need Tohka or Origami to make Date A Live work. Maybe they were hindering the first season. Why else would this one work better for me? Maybe putting more focus on a smaller group of characters produced better results, even if the characters weren’t that memorable or well thought out. Maybe focusing on a bad plot instead of underwhelming humor is a good thing. Even the few instances of humor this season managed to be funnier than anything season one produced. Huh. Date A Live II is sure to please fans of the first season, though they might find problems with the execution. I found it to be a much better, shorter, and more enticing product. Much as the second season of Chuunibyou did a better job of making me care about a series I cared little for, Date A Live II makes me somewhat excited to see what the future holds. It may not be great, but it’s good, dumb entertainment.