"Man, this anime is great! But you know... it has a bit too much plot development. It feels like Raku is going to have to pick a girl at some point, and I really don't want that to happen because endless fillers with no progression are the best. That progression with Onodera especially needs to go; that was really uninteresting. Can we just throw a little sister character in there that gets in the way of all potentially good Onodera scenes? And while we're at it, can we add a few more girls? Like, there just aren't enough girls that like Raku in this anime. Plus we really need to cut down on camera time for each character, you know. We're making them too interesting. OH I almost forgot, every character should ALMOST confess and then get conveniently interrupted, to preserve this dull stasis. And throw out that crap about Raku having to pretend he's in a relationship with Chitoge. I mean, be sure to remind the viewers that it's apparently still happening, but remove all of that tension with Claude and the opposing families. It's just too stressful, and getting in the way of moar girls."
Well, I certainly didn't. Admittedly, I like a lot about Nisekoi:, though the reasons for that were established in the first season. The girls are cute and interesting, and had (past tense) a decent amount of plot development. But for some reason, the producers decided to bust out every rom-com cliche in the book for this second season, and in the end it felt a bit like To Love-Ru with out the ecchi (so... not much of anything). It was enjoyable, but completely lost the gripping feeling I had in the first season to watch just one more episode before going to bed.
The tension of every scene in the season 1 was so well put together. Raku desperately trying to appeal and appear single to Onodera, while having to fake a relationship with Chitoge. The anime really only needed those three characters as part of the love chart. You shouldn't expect any of that beautiful tension in this season. Each episode is basically a vignette of a particular character, experiencing one scene with Raku. It's a bit more than that at times, but it definitely doesn't feel like an evolving and continuous story anymore. It's just five girls hiding their feelings for Raku. (Really, five? Did we need another generic rom-com? OK I'll stop.)
As I said earlier, this season is only a 7/10 to me because of the support of the first season. Without the first season, this would likely be a 5/10. I still think it's enjoyable, but just be warned that you won't see the pleasantly surprising pace that you're likely used to.
