B-Project: Zecchou*Emotion

In all honesty, I doubted even writing a review for this one. I watched this more out of mild respect for the first season, but this made me lose almost all of it.
Let's just get this out of the way: Overall (2/10)

• Story (1/10)
If MAL allowed 0s, this show deserved it. Yes, it is an idol anime. Yes, ridiculous situations happen. But the writing in this season is not even sloppy, it's like the writers did not even care at all.
There was no plot, the pacing was shot to bits, and the only focus was to introduce new members to B-Pro. ... Yashamaru did not even have a proper resolution to his story. Dialogue was cringe-worthy at best.

• Art (2/10)
Completely dreadful, sloppy work. Compared to season 1, the colours are dull and looked splotched on. There were more stills than any fluid animation. There were problems with syncing at times during songs or even dialogues.
The 3D rendering did not even stand up to other idol animes like UtaPri or Tsukiuta, more choppy than smooth and very artificial.

• Sound (4/10)
The only saving grace of the show. The songs were decent, but they failed to have any true emotive value. After a while, all tunes sounded the same and the meanings of the lyrics blurred into each other. What happened to the B-Pro sound of season 1?

• Character (3/10)
This only happened because of the well-established characters in season 1. It is difficult to balance so many characters in an idol anime, but it isn't always just about giving each character adequate screen time. Character development is a much needed aspect, as well as the continuity of certain characteristics or personalities. Yashamaru whose character needed urgent explaining for his motivations was swept around and made to look like a two-bit villain, again. The new members were superficial and seemed shallow due to the writing.

•Enjoyment (2/10)
Only the songs saved this anime. The plot, art, characters, everything else was a waste of time.

I highly advise those who like idol animes to stay away from this unless you're entertained by shiny things.

I hated the first season, so I'm only hate-watching at this point. I don't know if this season is better or worse than the first one. The animation hasn't really improved, the story is still in the same episodic template where we focus on one or two characters in a slice-of-life situation. Two seasons in and I still can't memorize all their names, because we really don't have enough time to understand these characters aside from the one-dimensional character archetype we get introduced with.

The actual "plot" came up earlier this season! Instead of episode 10 like last season, this time, the issue with Yashamaru is ... brought up in episode... 6? 7? It's still stupid, how we learn about Yashamaru's backstory through the B-Project members yet they don't seem to be upset about Yashamaru's actions. It's silly how we get a whole confrontation in a graveyard that leads to Yashamaru running off into the dark like some cliche villain. But hey, the A plot started earlier, and I call that a win.

But the win is short-lived, as the issue got shoved under the rug and we're back to slice-of-life episodes! The main problem of the series arises around episode 10 or maybe even 11. This, of course, is solved by the B-Project members and (for some reason) Yashamaru lending a hand. No, Tsubasa doesn't do anything substantial. That's two seasons in a row.

Why does Yashamaru decide to help them in the end? Hell, according to the director of Gandara, it's to atone for his mistakes or whatever. Is it really that easy, when he's gone through such lengths for revenge in the first place? I wish THAT conversation had lasted longer, but all we got was a scene of Yashamaru smoking, which was hot.

The climax, with B-Pro performing their new song, is of course just full of powerpoint slides. We see Yashamaru attending the live, and later is surrounded by the B-Pro members in a bear hug. They sure forgive easily, huh. This is all so silly and rushed.

Stay strong, me. There's one season left. It's like not being able to look away from a train colliding. This also makes me worry about starting other male idol anime.