Date A Live II

A series of which I've had fond memories of, Date a Live II incorporates the main gimmick of dating to survive in the previous series and amps it up a notch.
New characters are introduced, which, although being pretty much a Harem Anime, I've realized I can still feel sympathy for their situations, rather the average Sword 'Ass' Online anime, Date a Live has many enjoyable scenes for those whom are interested in both the Plot and 'Plot' utilizing comedy to accentuate the characters motivations while also maintaining a relatively serious tone.

Date a Live II makes multiple mistakes that the previous series had, but through further ... explanation later in the story, those make sense, but since this is a review on the Second Series specifically, one would have to attempt to overlook these 'Hints' to the future, due to the lack of spoilers I must have in this review, I cannot explain what these are, however.

Character wise, it still has the same cute and cool cast from the previous series with some new characters I originally thought would be borderline Sadists after seeing their outfits, thankfully, or for some, sadly, this wasn't the case, where their personalities give an overview that in reality these spirits, though having immense power, they are still young women and the emotions conveyed not only by these newcomers but by the old cast perfectly emphasizes the growth made as they are constantly fighting new threats, the only exception to the character growth in their personalities is the primary female protagonist, Tohka, whom still feels that she can't trust the main character even through all the S%@! they have been through, which to me, is only partially understandable, where the protagonist has multiple relationships, this would normally be a problem, except each girl is also friends with each other, so that, in reality is my primary gripe, but hey, one needs at least some tension or else their relationship would get stale, i guess.

Overall, I rate it an 8/10, because I'm extremely harsh in my review, but I still enjoyed it thoroughly.

Date A Live II is the best season of Date A Live.
Every Character is this show becomes even more likable and the new character 'Diva' fits right into the rest of the cast. Shidou's Harem continues to grow, but also the old members get all their little stories to fill the gaps. Tooka, the first spirit introduced in the series, gets a very nice scene at the end of the season, making the whole story feel much more rounded. The concept of this series is pretty crazy and this season shows how crazy it can get. Kurumi continues to be the best character in the ... show, which leaves me pretty satisfied. Overall good season.

Date A Live Season 2 was better than first season it had lot of action, fanservice, and Ecchi it was pretty masterpiece story introduce new spirit of course favourite is Mika she is great singer and i enjoy her personality she could be almost favourite characteristic there adding action along with handsome Shido with help of kurumi the story itself bring harem to be more action and overall the best season of all time. first season it had good fight scene little bit of action but season 2 gaining more action sequences. amazing impact of main character saving his friends with tokha who become evil ... by henchmen who tried to kidnap tohka and attack his beloved boyfriend shido.

tl;dr: A sequel season that is a bit more serious and intense with a bit less humor, but that overall is just as good.

The second season of Date A Live continues along similar lines as the first season, though it is somewhat different. The core stories are still centered around Shido getting a spirit to fall in love with him. However, these stories felt a bit more drawn out than in the first season with each of the two arcs this season having more time spent on them. Though at the same time, it does continue adding more characters each arc, which results in it ... simply not being possible to involve everyone in every arc, though the second arc in this season does make a really solid attempt at doing so though many characters role are pretty small.

In terms of the new heroines, the Yamai sisters are amusing due to how they still have chemistry despite their contrast, with Yuzuru being incredibly logical and monotone while Kaguya is an emotional chuunibyou. Miku felt like the first genuinely unlikable heroine though in my opinion, in that she’s completely unbearable for the majority of her arc. That feels intentional in that she follows a traditional tsundere arc and has character development at the end, but at least as far as this season goes it’s not enough to make her anywhere near likable, though we’ll see what the story does with her next.

The action this season gets a lot better with a lot more going on and the final battle being intense and chaotic. It also has more emotionally intense moments that aren’t just the expected heartwarming endings to arcs as was the case with the first season, so it actually felt pretty gripping at times. A number of new elements were added to the overarching plot, but it’s still mostly mysterious for now and it’s not really clear where it’ll be going eventually. In exchange for the heavier focus on more serious elements, this season has less portions that are purely amusing, though the portions that it does have are still really solid.

The art and animation are both solid. Animation felt like a step up over the first season, especially in battle. It’s done by a different studio from the first season and they seem to be better I’d say. The OP and ED are both pretty solid and the maintenance of the serious not-serious narration before the OP is appreciated. The insert songs with Miku’s voice actress were all solid. The soundtrack felt more solid than the first season, but Kurumi’s battle theme is still the track that stands out the most by far.