Miss Monochrome The Animation 2

Welp, I ended up watching more knock-off Miku, and I'm surprised how much better this is than the first season. I think it helps that the story focuses more on the business side of becoming an idol. Plus, the length of the episode has nearly doubled! This definitely feels like the animation studio has gotten the hang of things when it comes to this franchise. They even fixed mistakes that were in the earlier episodes, like how in the first episode the robot vacuum suddenly talks but then they remove that in the next episode. It also helps with their experiments using a play on ... words, such as the multiple definitions of an album and how they initially go on tour.

Episode 2 was my favorite episode - they did the Tokyo Drift! I was surprised that the robot vacuum suddenly gained magical transformation powers, but it fit very well in the context of that scene. I do wish that they stopped making Yayoi-tan so clumsy all the time, though. I find her constant tripping on nothing to be a bit annoying.

Episode 8 was weird. They probably needed to pad for time. I recommend skipping that episode.

The ending was somewhat satisfying, however Mana still owes Miss Monochrome from the first season!

I realize that I didn't talk about the music in the first season. However, considering that there was only one song, I don't have much else to say, other than the repetition was annoying. However, there are quite a few songs this season, and I enjoy them more than the song in the first season. Again, it felt like they were getting the hang of things this season. It feels like everything has more direction, from the anime to the music. Music theory-wise, I enjoy the ending theme, but I also enjoy the opening theme for its lyrics.

I still have no idea how she became so popular around this time, but I'm glad I enjoyed this one a bit more. Best part is you don't need much context from the first season in order to get into this one. All you need to know is she wants to become an idol, and you don't have to worry about the rest. There's just one more season in the main storyline, then a couple OVAs and the music clips. I'll let you know how those go!

To kick things off, I presume that you have watched the first season of Miss Monochrome: The Animation. In that case I,ll get straight to business.

Miss Monochrome: The Animation 2 continues the story of Miss Monochrome, Maneo manager and Ruu-chan. Each episode focuses on one of the aspects of super idol life, like touring, fanbases, merchandise and so forth, much like the first season.

Each episode lasts longer than last season, allowing for better plots for the individual episodes. The show is as light-hearted and funny as ever, and all in all I'd like to say that Miss Monochrome: The Animation 2 does what ... the first season did, but even better :D

An enjoyable watch!

The first season had basically 2 characters - yet it was perfect. Every story was locked to the childlike android personality that naturally led to fiasco, but in a comical development, and Monochrome's never giving up attitude in her ever miserable circumstances was inspiring, just as was the season's tear-jerking happy ending.

The title was a success so the second season could afford: many new characters, OP+ED (vs just ED) and other things. But the magic of the original series was left behind in the Season 1.

There're, sure, nice things that the fans must and will enjoy: a perfect OP; Monochrome inventing delayed joke as her ... thing; Mana-chan's cameo - that she rocked - expected nothing less from her; lots of little cyber jokes...

But it is all diluted in a lot of water, and - most of all - not held together by the original concept: as Monochrome became successful, she lost her charm and the sympathy of the audience. I think her mission was fully completed in S1.