Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata ♭

Ok, I am going to point the positive, neutral and negative aspects of this anime in topics.

Negative:
. Avoidable drama scenes. In addition, most of them are very similar to others from this same anime (even from season 1).
. Romance scenes that wont go anywhere. They tease you over and over with those scenes which wont go anywhere. They make you always think that something will happen but would always deny it. This over and over becomes annoying. It's different from those where they play it in a way that you wont be expecting something coming from it, but if it happened that would be ... a (nice) bonus.
. Generic and playing dense main male character (at least he isnt one of those who would stay shout -plot device- the whole anime letting the girls having all the lines).
. Not a single character stands out (if I were to choose one who would detach from the others that would be Utaha. Michiru is nice to see but she does not have much screen time).
. Repetitiveness.

Neutral:
. Fanservice / Ecchi.

Positive:
. The art? Well, It's a good looking art.
. Fanservice and Ecchi (in my opinion).

Well, I know this is a romcom + drama + harem anime but sincerely, those negative aspects took control over this anime in such a way i couldnt be even able to end the second season.

So, since I have dropped this after watching 6 episodes things might change later on (which I doubt). Season 01 made relatively success so why would season 02 change?

Anyway, this review is basically for those who have watched season 01, had the same opinion as me and wanted to confirm if worth trying watching season 02 or not.

Basically, season 02 = season 01 and vice versa.

PS.: Fanservice and ecchi aside, the only scene I truly enjoyed happened in episode 02, which was about Monogatari series reference.

The first season was my 2nd most favourite slice of life/drama anime of all time (topped by Yahari) and I enjoyed the second season but the tone was very different from the first. It dragged the drama to the next episode and then the next and then the next until the last one. I loved many scenes in it especially with Kato, but the anime didn't go as I wished the first season would.
First season gave me positive feelings and appreciation for every small thing, but the second season made me feel that watching it was a chore not fun anymore. It was depressing and ... the icing on the cake was the NTR in the infamous episode 9.
The art, sound, and direction (the movement of characters and background) were top notch just as the first season, but that can't help enjoying the anime.
I honestly would rather to have a boring ending than having what I had.
This anime was the only anime I was anticipating since finishing the first season, but it turned out to be a huge disappointment. This is turning into a rant more than a review but I just had to drop the monkey off of my shoulder and just forget about it.
May would like it but if you expect it to be like the first season I suggest reading the negative reviews first

Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata flat or How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend -flat, whatever you want to call it, was in my own opinion a good season gone downhill.

How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend flat is a continuation of the 1st season going on with Tomoya and his band of girls making their doujin-game. Overall, the 1st episode or rather episode 0 was basically a fanservice beach chapter that didn't really set anything up for the show whatsoever, and was a complete waste of time, but after that the story in my own opinion got a lot better as the episodes progressed. However, most ... of my problems with this show start around the episode 9 mark.

In the beginning half of the show they're continuing their game and trying to prep it for the Winter Comiket, and after episode 9-11 it makes all of this effort go to absolute waste. The last few episodes legitimately make all the episodes prior meaningless.

I'll try not to spoil too much, but lets get into why I rated this the way I did, with story at a 6. My problem especially with this show is the 1st season did a very good job leading up to a second season and the second season started off very well, I don't usually enjoy harem/comedies that much but I did until the HUGE 180.

In the least spoiler way possible that I can make this, the episode 9-11 mark makes all of the prior character problems, drama, comiket, 1st season and up to this point completely useless because of the dense characters known as Eriri and Utaha quitting the Doujin team after making a fairly successful game.

I wont go into details with the main reason they quit the Doujin team because thats going way to much into it, but I'll explain my biggest concerns with it since I'll be rating the characters and it basically links it up well.

For starters, the main character, Tomoya, I think gets wayyyyyyyy too much bullshit then he deserves, especially with Eriri and Utaha. There was one situation with Kato that completely made sense and was probably the only thing productive from the 2nd season. Tomoya gets ripped on his ability to perform as a Producer throughout this season and gets so much unneeded bullshit that its insane, they act like the 1st time game producer who hasn't made one game before is some sort of almighty god and because he makes one mistake it hinders the whole team, when it was only really the other characters making bullshit excuses for themselves throughout the show, Kato was the only character with definitive reason to have given him bullshit.

Eriri, had a LOT of spotlight in this season compared to the likes of Utaha, and I actually am quite pissed that they gave Eriri so much screentime after the stunt she pulls in episode 9 along with Utaha, they could have given more screen time for the cousin or Tomoya and Kato than make a whole melodrama episode bunch for Eriri who basically makes the whole dramatic episodes useless. Eriri had a "slump" for most of this season, and the person who honestly got her out of the "slump" Tomoya, inevitably gets to be blamed for the slump because she hasn't changed as a character and continuously makes herself look stupid because she never breaks out of her shell of blaming Tomoya or using Tomoya for some stupid fucking reason.

Utaha, had a little less screen time, but it still was enough to make her character worse then it already was. I think Utaha was my 2nd favorite character at the start and shoved her way down. She inevitably gets her screen time helping Tomoya with doujin stuff or the last bit of drama scenes where just like Eriri, pin the blame on Tomoya and act like he's a shitty director/producer even though that was his first time making a visual novel/gal game. Cut the kid some slack, it was successful, and theres no reason to act like hes limiting you when its you limiting yourself, and that hasn't changed at all since the start of the series.

Some other minor characters, like Iori, actually were better then the main characters themselves. While as depressing as it sounds, yes, the supporting cast in this show outside of the characters from Blessing Garden did more in this season then the last. Tomoya and Kato all and all were fine characters the entire season and inevitably learned from their mistakes, Iori actually helped with a lot of the issues in this series to help build plot and other characters were used as well, while the main cast either did nothing but stall more bullshit or add fanservice.

My characters I rate a 5 because this was one of the shows I was looking forward to this season and I inevitably was let down tremendously by the way things were handled. When only 1 main character actually goes through change and the side characters did more visible change then the main cast, it makes absolutely no reason for it not to be anything BUT mediocre.

The Art and Sound as always I think was pretty good. I liked the art of most scenes and the sound quality from voice actors was I think a plus. The OP kinda sucks and I skipped through most of it, however the emotion could be felt in this series and I like that.

My enjoyment level overall was good, I enjoyed the season, I might be a bit harsher then other people watching, and be expecting more from a harem trope series as is, but I felt something different then most other harem series with the creative aspect and most of my problems lie with how the creative side in this show gets entirely fucking ruined by the last 3 episodes and with one of the worst endings I've seen.

Overall, if you watched the first season of How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, by all means watch this season. I think most people would probably enjoy this season as is, and I would have too if not what I've said a shitload already, how they make the whole series for the most part irrelevant by the end. I think if the show gets another season or I randomly find the LNs and read them and get more clarification on this, my opinion could change, but as a way to end a season its either good or bad or potentially both.

I hope this review isn't too long, but I hope its helpful and doesn't spoil most of the actual problems in the season. I might just be a nitpicker but this definitely was not my cup of tea.

**STILL BETTER THEN EROMANGA-SENSEI***

After watching its two seasons, I can comfortable to say that it's pretty watchable. I actually quit this anime few years ago because of fanservice and I find it pretty boring to watch. When I tried watch it again, I think that with its flaws and all, I think it's much better than any other trash anime out there. The fanservice didn't annoyed me as much as I did in other raunchy anime shows. The story was pretty decent and kept me engage enough in every episodes although there are times that I still feel like it's a bit slow and it still have ... those cliche cut out scenes from any other romantic comedy anime. I can only see that who ever in charge of this production that they did care about presentation and the quality of art they are showing. There are slight moments (casual moments) where the characters do kind of stuffs and it make sense for their character to do it. I really do appreciate when shows do those kind of stuffs. There also fantastic moments where Megumi would act as the main heroine and she just look so beautiful and cute because of presentation and directing of that scenes. The major part that I didn't enjoy in this show is the characters. I feel like they mainly focus on only two characters and that didn't even make me like those characters at all. I guess in some way I can say that by knowing the backstories of those characters it kind a make senses where the direction of the story went. Still, I didn't really sympathize with those characters at all. I don't even feel anything or feel sad with them when they were going through something hard or just simply when they showed their emotions. I just give zero fucks about them. I care more about the characters that I like than watching them. There were also times that I just want to skip the scenes where those characters have their conversations. The cousin character was not explored very well. She's one of major characters in the story but I feel like she just one of side characters. I think the author self-aware about the weird dynamic inside their circle (Blessing Software). Their dynamic were never really that good and the characters reasons of joining the circle was never solid but the author took the advantage of that and made that something in the story. The one thing that really shined in the show is the character development of Megumi. The show perfectly illustrated the growing presences of Megumi as the story progress. She's actually favorite character in this show. If some people started this show and it felt like it's obnoxious to watch, I recommend them to not drop it yet. There still hidden gems in here that I really did enjoy watching and I hope they will also see and enjoy.