The story follows up from the first season, i have to admit that the pace at the beginning is usually quite slow, unlike the first season with plenty of action and fighting scenes, this may have put the orginal fans of shana season1 in quite a dilema since it was like watching another anime, but after episode 12, the flavour of season 1 truly makes a great entry and i feel this starts the fireworks for season 2, bringing back what we liked best from the first season.
Art
In my personal opinion there are no complaints on the art of shana, its quite bold, flashy, and flows well with the rhythm of the anime itself, and later on in the anime this also becomes apparent during the fight scenes where you see shana's flame and wind effects which in my opinion challange animations from kyoto animations
Sound
not much to say here, the music overall is very good throughout, creating ideal moods for the relevant situations in the anime. only disappointing thing is that there is no new opening after episode 13!
Character
Comapared to the first season, this time round the beginning of the anime is totally based on character development, the audience can feel more connected with the characters, and they see quite alot of "slice of life". you know eating, drinking, socialising, theme parks, school, w/e .
Duriing this period you can really see shana and yoshida "mature" from the first season, instead of the constant bickering, they learn to understand each others situation and independantly try to gain yuji's love.
in my own personal opinion, definately a bonus to see yuji learn to develop his skills at the beginning of each episode. (they were my highlights :D)
Enjoyment
now that the stories gone back to the fight scenes and action, i am now definately complelled to watch the rest of the season, arguably by some of the more "mature" audience its a definate improvement of shana 1, but personally, i thoroughly enjoyed it going "back" to the action like shana and hope it continues to do so.
Overall
Great Anime to watch, definite for the romance/action audience out there, and definately for the people that have seen the first season
2 thumbs up!
