Ranked #359

Sora no Otoshimono: Forte

Sora no Otoshimono: Forte is the second season of the series of Sora no Otoshimono. Likewise, it's highly recommended you watch the first season before watching this show, as the story in Forte basically picks up immediately after where season one ends.

For those who don't know what this show is about, it's obviously an ecchi comedy at heart, but do not let this discourage your hopes of finding the foundations of good characters and story. Sora no Otoshimono has proven last year that the ecchi comedy genre when directed well is one that can create a very endearing story and truly likable cast of characters, and Forte as of this year continues with the same excellent direction that its prequel managed to execute successfully. All in all what you have in this series is amazingly epic and genuinely funny comedy, and an interesting story to round things out.

The story in Forte I feel isn't quite as consistent in quality as it was in the previous season. A few of the episodes exist mainly for the purpose of random (but usually funny) comedy, and don't really contribute very much to the plot. It is also worth knowing that the final two episodes are anime original content, and had weaker character development than some of the other episodes. However, the way Forte introduces the new characters of the series, mainly Astrea and Chaos, was truly a highlight of the series. Generally when Forte shows the viewer in which way the story is headed, it is clear, to the point, and captures emotions during both internal and external conflict beautifully. A point of focus is the fact the Angeloids, normally an emotionless object of servitude towards their master, are changed through Tomoki's kindness and equal level treatment towards them, which in turn develops their emotions for Tomoki, and raises some intrapersonal questions about what rights an Angeloid has under her master.

Speaking of characters, the characters are generally very good in this show. The three Angeloids, like other classical trios, are endearing individually and together with their varying levels of intelligence, combat abilities, and emotions. The duo Mikako and Suguta are both cunning, yet contrast each other brilliantly with their evil and good qualities respectively, although Suguta gets extra points for promoting the advancement of the story in a number of episodes. The character I enjoyed least personally was Sohara, who didn't feature too much development, and for the most part was just a stereotypical tsundere osananajimi who beats up Tomoki periodically.

Speaking of Tomoki, a lot of people complain about the protagonist Tomoki being too perverted, but I believe that the show would not be nearly as entertaining without a deliberately flawed protagonist like him. Tomoki is honest in more than one way, and while his honesty is something that his friends can rely on, his blatantly honest acceptance of his perversions as a hormonal teenager is also a refreshing concept in light of the "perfect" but boring and ultra lame protagonists that typically accompany your usual harem anime. This type of personality opens up a lot of opportunities for extremely creative and risque comedy.

The other part of what makes the series of Sora no Otoshimono exceptional is the general production quality. Forte follows the footsteps of its predecessor appropriately in this way, so it generally should be agreed that the art and sound quality of Forte are simply outstanding. Figures and backgrounds are detailed and colorful, voice acting for every character fits and contributes to the comedy well, and animations are fluid in many different types of scenes, ranging from the opening sequence (two of them!), snowball fights, chibi comedy shenanigans, showdowns in the sky between Angeloids, and of course ending sequence that is unique to each episode. Forte reuses some of the soundtrack that was present in season one, although a few new themes can be heard in the background to suit each important or comedic moment as it happens. In each ED, a different classic Japanese J-pop/rock song is remixed to accompany its paired animation. Anyone who has listened to a lot of old J-rock/pop might get a kick out of that.

While a few of the episodes might be mildly not up to expectations of fans of the series, they can be overlooked in light of how many exceptional things this show does. Generally speaking this show does a lot of things really really well in spite of (or because of?) being an ecchi comedy. This is not to say that this show ever slacked on being a legitimately fun ecchi comedy on top of their solid production and story. If you watched season one, it's pretty hard to miss an exceptionally epic concept like the flying panties. I'll leave it to you to decide, but I believe Forte does no worse in coming up with at least one idea that is equally, if not more amazing than flying panties. For me, becoming a fan of the series was inevitable, given how much I enjoyed it. read more

Story: the story isn't that special but the when it mixes with the music, characters it just goes, WOW.... it's hillarious when i first read sora no otoshimonos manga, i dropped after the 2nd chapter(regret doing so!!), then i watched the anime just to give it a try and season did not disappoint... season 2 isn't much different from the 1st season except for the addition of a new girl astrea.. the best part about this is the COMEDY... its perverted but really really funny(i'm not kidding)... this isn't just about fan service.... it's seriously funny with all the charaters. all i can say is, the author is a GENIUS in making comedies, the comedy is better in the anime because the presence of awesome sound!

sound: 10, why? because there's so many ending themes and its hillarious, every episode has a special ending theme.. 2nd reason is because it adds to the comedy... the sound, u just need to watch it for yourself, the comedy scenes will sometimes have this serious music but then again it's comedy..i don't know wht to say, both season 1 and 2 have marvelous op(i prefer season 1's :D).....the music for the action scenes r also good.

art: 7 nothing special here i don't really have anything to say about this part... it's everage, not that bad but also not that good...

character: 10 the setting for the characters is pretty cliche but its hard to find characters which r not cliche... best character: tomoki...he never fail to make laugh ... most of the time(comedic scene), there will be this chibi tomoki and serious looking tomoki.. without them, i think the comedy will only be 70% less enjoyable... sugata sempai, he's the coolest, smartest character in the series(i think) but he's not all that perfect(makes the comedy better)... he's weird, funny and... cool(but still funny!)....he's searching for answers regarding to the 'new world'. most of the time, at the beginning of the episode, he'll talk about the world's hystory with his assistant 'pretty'...

enjoyment/overall: 10, i'm satisfied with almost everything in this series... the art isn't special but still... no complaints... read more