Maken-Ki! Two

Maken-Ki is a strange case for me. I actually liked season two more than the first season. Before you look at me as if you were an Edvard Munch painting, allow me to explain what twisted logic made me see things this way.

Let me ask something first, does anyone really care about the story of Maken-Ki that much? As other reviewers keep stating, the first season had some plot and developments, while this had little to none of it. However, does that mean the plot of season one was any good? Not really. It had a generic and inconsequential plot that amounted to very little ... at the end, presented alongside intrusive fan-service that distracted from any potential immersion that could be had.

What I appreciate in season two is that it’s honest. Without a story to follow, the fan-service ceases to be the distraction, and becomes the focus. Rather than shove together two elements that don’t mix, season two dedicated itself to shameless titillation alone. No story could be deflated by the fan-service, and by extension no fan-service could feel intrusive, since there was nothing to intrude on. I think the first episode is the perfect example of fan-service actually playing a role in what’s happening, where the key to solving a series of attacks lies in the pattern of the girls’ breast sizes. In the history of ecchi this might be the first time I’ve seen the perverted main character’s interest in breasts come in handy, something that I felt made it more true to the premise.

It goes without saying that constant fan-service is only a short-term solution to keep fans interested. The lack of an overarching story, romance and a seductive tone to balance out the ridiculousness gives the audience little reason to return to the series in the long run. Thankfully I never thought Maken-Ki deserved a longer running show to begin with.

Overall, Maken-Ki! 2 is fast-food media in its most distilled form, doing a decent enough job of being balls-to-the-wall exploitation, with good fluid animation to make it a feast for the eyes. I can only recommend it to those that are looking to fulfill their most basic needs, which they could get much easier by just looking up some hentai.

The second season of Maken-Ki. Don't watch this until you've watched the first season, because it otherwise won't make any sense. On the other hand, this is about the most generic "magical combat school" anime there is, so that's pretty much all you need to know ahead of time.

Just be warned that this show is half action-oriented and half ecchi comedy. If you're the type of person to be turned off by gratuitous panty shots, cleavage, and frontal nudity with obscenely large breasts, you should skip this one.

Story: 5

I'm not entirely sold on what they did this season. The characters and ... setting are already established, so they abandoned any pretense of having a seasonal story arc and went completely episodic this time around. If these episodes were presented in random order and you had to guess the order, you would not be able to do it, except maybe you might identify the last episode correctly. Maybe. Personally, I like a lot of filler so I'm fine with it, but after the lack of resolution in the first season, I was kind of hoping to see a continuation of the main storyline.

Art: 5

Not much to say. If you watched the first season, you'll know what to expect. I like the fact that Takeru no longer wears glasses. He looked too nerdy in the first season.

If I have one complaint, it's the obsession with Haruko's breasts. I get it; big boobs are kind of mandatory in shows like this, and I like them as much as the next guy. But there is such a thing as too big. In most of the scenes where they're exposed (and there are a lot of them), those udders are so huge that they're more grotesque than sexy.

Don't even get me started on Aki-sensei's breasts. Less screen time than Haruko's, but even more gargantuan.

Sound: 5

No complaints, but nothing extraordinary either. I like the theme song for the first season slightly better. The voice actors are all fine.

Characters: 5

There's no real character development. Different episodes focus on different characters. The hero from the first season is no longer the focus; he's just one of the core group now. You may or may not like that.

They got rid of a bunch of characters, specifically the villains and the "Venus" group from the first season. Since I didn't really like either all that much, I'm not complaining. Paring it down to just the main group gives the major characters more screen time, which is nice. There aren't too many to keep track of.

Enjoyment: 6

What I like most about this show is that it's not threatening. There are villains, but they're always dealt with by the end of the episode. You can just sit back and watch an episode or two without worrying about what comes next.

Overall: 5

A fun watch, if you're into action/ecchi shows. There's nothing spectacular about it, but nothing wrong with it either.

I enjoyed the first season of Maken Ki they set down a decent backstory, introduced all the main characters, and set up the second season for a successful continuation of the story. Unfortunately the second season never advances the story at all, in fact nothing that happens in season 2 is in the manga at all. You remember the evil organization Hiragana that is trying to take over the school? Yeah not mentioned at all during the second season. How about VENUS the transfer students who in the manga have a huge battle? Not mentioned at all during Maken Ki 2. ... The majority of episodes have a lot of fan service yet, have little to no real advancement to the story overall.

Story: 3/10 Poor
As I said the story is exceptionally weak so weak in fact that none of them happen in the manga at all. This whole season is a long OVA. Some of the episodes are fairly entertaining but they do nothing to advance a plot or the storyline at all. Each episode has it's own plot and add nothing to the series overall. The episode plots are simple like trying to catch the person who is stealing girls underwear or stopping the guys who try and cause problems at the manga festival.

Art: 7/10 Good
Vibrant colors and fairly normalized style of animation. There is nothing really exceptional here girls have ridiculously large breasts as per usual in this type of anime series.

Sound 7/10
Sound is good they used a new intro and credit song and use them for the entire series.

Character 5/10
No real advancement in character development or their relationships like at all. I mean usually we have some advancement in the harem love levels but nothing really ever happened in the series to change the status of any of the girls. Takeru still pretty much is torn between Haruko and Inaho. There is more focus on secondary characters this season Chacha and some of the other girls get a lot more screen time than the main characters seem to. Once again the main problem with character development in this season is the fact that none of it has anything to do with the actual story.

Enjoyment 5/10
I mean if you enjoyed the first season and bothered watching the second you probably had some interest in the series. For me I rate this as a 5/10 because it is completely unneeded filler storyline,however, the majority of episodes are entertaining at least. I am extremely disappointed in how the story was not advanced at all, but, I still enjoyed the season somewhat overall.

I have honestly stop watching this anime half way through episode 2 this anime is so annoying that I couldn't bear to continue.The first thing that pissed me off is the MC obsession with Haru (I don't know if that her name but don't care at the same time) its really annoying because their is other character who i liked from season 1 and could have their stories developed more but that just didn't happen and anime that I like I like their to be multiple love interest that could all some how and up with the MC but this was no where to ... be seen and Haru tsundere character is quite annoying because I though that would have been gone by now.I would recommend this anime for people who like Massive tits, a MC who seem to really are about one person and people who want to learn how not to write a harem,ecchi anime,If not avoid this anime and if you want big tits and a good story watch HENTAI

Continuing on from the first season, everything is still pretty much the same, as in if you don't enjoy fan service, you shouldn't bother.

There is no story/plot until episode 10, which is just a background origins story so it doesn't really continue anything. Compared to the season before, which was pretty minimal in story, the story in this nonexistent.
The comedy, random action and loads of nudity are still there from before.
Unusual but funny occurrences, like the girls turning into cute, sexy kitties are one of the highlights.
The fan service is the best part of this series, so unless you came for that I don't think ... you'll enjoy it. And assuming you're reading this, you've watched the first season and enjoyed it, or you didn't like the first season so this one wouldn't be good for you either.

The anime seems to be taking itself less seriously than before, parts where Takeru makes comments making fun of cliches happening and other things.
It feels more like extra OVA's than an actual season. But it is enjoyable nonetheless.

Maken-Ki Two - Watched through English Dubbed
1st Season Produced by AIC , The 2nd Season by Xebec. you will see the difference already the art, color and stuff look different. AIC did a pretty good job of the art, really love the color and the drawing. Some Voice actors changed like for Kodama Himegami and Kengo Usui. Did not notice it until i was halfway in the season.

Expectations for the 2nd season:

Will Maken ki fight Kamigari?
Will Takeru remember his past with Inaho?
Venus ally/Enemy?

Season 2 didnt answer one of my questions . was really looking forward for this but they gave us boobies, history ... for some characters and more boobies. but still i had fun watching but not the level of my satisfaction. 5/10 for me .

still want next season which will be more centered at the story.

For those who like fan service it is enjoyable.
Anime has practically no history or something Exciting. It is
Just a cool fun anime to watch and cool characters
only serves to distract, if you have time.
I do not think it's bad, it's just OK, cool but nothing better.
The first season I found better because the art was made by another studio and was much better, and in the secondseason the quality dropped .
There was character development in the first season but in season 2 nothing.
I do not know why, although the story is simple, they did not continue from the end of season 1, and had ... just comedy, fun and, oppai, oppai, and more oppai.
For last, is a cool anime to watch with much fanservice nothing else.

Overall > 6 .

Maken-Ki has no story to it. People don't like the anime because of the story.But watching each episode you can still be entertained. Imma try to keep this short but I love Maken-Ki,Even though there is no story to it.If your someone who's bored Maken-Ki is a anime you have to watch.



In my opinion I think they should make a new anime with Maken-Ki but with a story.I'm sure it would become very popular.But even if they don't add a story,I still wish for it to continue.


The characters all have different styles, even though they always have problems with people staring at their boobs,It's still ... entertaining to watch them go out with their lives messing around and fighting one another.

I highly recommend Maken-Ki

So, like, I don't know all the inner workings of how this is all made, but even with my low expectations going into the second season I at least expected there to be some sort of PLOT to it. Instead, all this season has to offer is 10 glorified OVAs with no connection to each other (hell the actual OVAs had more plot relevance than this season) and no real character development (and any character development that does happen gets erased by the next episode). My guess is that they didn't have much material to work with? Although I see the manga has a decent ... amount of chapters so I don't know if that's the case, but like this season adds nothing if you watch this for the plot (I mean, to be fair that's probably a small amount of people). If you like all the ecchi stuff I guess you might like this, but don't expect answers to any of the mysteries created in the first season. It's seasons of anime like this that make me question why I don't just read the manga.