Ranked #2073

Da Capo Second Season

This is the review for Da Capo second season, the second of the DC series...
I write this review based on the knowledge that people have seen Da Capo, but i'll try my best not to spoil anything from the first season.
(For this review i'll refer to Da capo as DC and Da Capo Second season as DCSS)

Story (8):
I'd say the storyline is pretty average. DCSS's storyline can be split into two halves. first half of DCSS focuses on character building and linking the 2 seasons together. Pretty much filler episodes.The second half is pumped with drama.
While I reckon the second half was awesome, I can't deny that the first half was pretty boring. So can't really give the full score here.

Art (8):
The art is decent quality. Possibly due to the change in animators, the animation from DC and DCSS was a bit different and maybe a bit hard to get use to at the start, but dosen't really matter. The animation is nothing special, not much GC and simple 2D styled.

Sound (10):
The background music wasn't exactly special, but it suited the anime. The OP was awesome (downloaded it after the 1st episode) and the ED is not bad. Didn't actually listen to the second ED so can't really comment on that...

Character (9)
the return of the original cast of characters was a good. The new main bishoujo (Aisia), which was pretty much the head of the series, was a bit painful to watch at the first half but redeemed herself during the second half. The new cast of Haremettes were a bit too stereotype for my liking and their identity lacked depth, possibly due to the lack of airing time they have.
Due to the new haremetts, it feels like there were too much deredere in the series so the balance of characters weren't as good as DC.

Enjoyment: (8)
The start was a bit painful to watch, but the end turned out to be really good.
Some might argue that the drama is not evenly distributed, but I enjoyed it.

This one is definitely for those that are die-hard idealized romance fans. (raise hand) read more

D.C.S.S. is a good sequel for the first season. The drama here is a bit better and some good surprises await the first season viewers, but the fun was disappointingly decreased. It's not much of a comedy anymore, still, it's definitely a must watch, specially for people who liked Da Capo.

The story is very good. Although some things were disappointingly removed from the first season, It still starts out fine and then ends very well. Eventhough a bit boring, it's also plotted with surprises to make up for it.

The art was disappointing since some characters were remodeled. The main character did look better but his looks were completely changed that it felt weird like he was a completely different character. Another complaint is Mako, she definitely looked worse in this season and also Kotori and Miharu and Moe. I think almost all the character drawings degraded, same goes for the petal wither animation. Anyway, everything still looked fine and it was able to cling to the good side.

The sounds were okay. The sounds are not that appealing but it's still good. The characters still had same, nice voices.

The characters are not much but they do the job. There were some unnecessary support character additions, and the inadequate presentation for them made it worse. They don't even have a decent introduction. However, there are a few behavior improvements on the previous main characters which makes them more mature and less annoying. And Suginami still evades Mako's punches impressively. Plus, the new girl Aisia gives more story background, and further widens the world of Da Capo despite her clueless and annoyingly stubborn character. All in all, the overall cast is still fine at the very least.

The second season is definitely not funny anymore but it focused more on having better drama and some surprises are setup to make viewers watch more. It's still very enjoyable eventhough some episodes are somewhat boring and I really want to point out that the first six episodes is made to surprise viewers.
*NOTE:* -this deceptive surprise tactic is only applicable to people who watched the first season- read more