Aishen Qiaokeli-ing...II

Story: so the anime pretty much starts where season 1 (in a sense) ending with Sandy falling from the school roof and wanting Hayoi but sandy didn't want to live anymore cause of the way her life was (not gonna spoil what happened with sandy) so after that with sandy you really just get a bunch of stuff with all the girls and hayoi weather it be Hayoi finding Xuan crown in time for a con or finally finding out to what happened to make Xueli the way she is to them getting lost in the woods cause of Xueli and to Mei actually having ... feeling for Hayoi that's pretty much what you in a sense get for the story (kind a bummer but still the story is decent)

Art: will say the art is really good from the background to the character design and so one they did really good job this time around with everything in it.

Sound: The Op i actually liked in the second as for the Ed eh personally i wasn't a fan of it but oh well as for the voice actors cant say anything else expect they were really damn good here.

Character: Hayoi is the main male character and well has his harem but hes honestly not a scaredy cat (sometimes he is but not all the time) when it comes to it he knows when to handle certain things which i liked this dude for a good main male character. Yuan is one of the many female leads honestly to describe her she pretty laid back and just pretty cheerful only real things that i can really say about her but she is a good character. Tata is another female lead and well she is a spirit or a magical person who follows Hayoi around (also no one can see her just him) cause of the cupid's chocolate is the reason why she follows him around to describe her i mean she is pretty nice but she can get annoying to Hayoi at times otherwise i did like her. Xueli is another female lead and well shes the only person who in fact didn't eat the cupid's chocolate she always loved Haoyi at first she wasn't always like that to hayoi they were always rivals but childhood friends at the same time but as time grew she began to love Hayoi and see well became a yandere cause of her change in attitude to describe her well she is a yandere always wanting to be with him again loved her character (im a fan of the yandere type to be honest). Xuan is another female lead and she can become kinda bossy and a push around hayoi but always has the soft spot for him she also cosplay's as well she is kinda a pushy one to describe her she can be nice but she kinda is a Tsundere in that sense. Xia is the last female lead and well she is the first person who ends up meeting Haoyi in the anime not really having friends she really likes Haoyi cause of it she is a really happy and go lucky person and is again is just a really nice person all around. (pretty much copied and pasted my review of the characters from the 1st season sense they basically act the same here) Sandy is the last character her and she is a singer and or pop start and she also ate cupids chocolate and and she likes haoyi she is pretty much a happy girl overall and a sweet one as well.

Enjoyment: What i liked: i personally like the anime for the comedy and for all the characters being here and for the art to the music being really well done and also for the tense moments being actually really well done here. What i didn't like: the comedy is here and there so which is kinda disappointing but not a bad thing also you think Sandy might be in the anime a lot RIGHT wrong she is barely in the anime expect for 1-3 and also a little bit of 14 and that's it like ok then why have her has a character to being with like shes more of side character to me if anything those are my only real complaints well maybe the Ed as for me not liking it as well.

Overall: ill give this a 7 (might change it to a 8 honestly but will see) as for the anime while the comedy is here and there the comedy does it job pretty well actually and all the characters being here is a damn good thing as well i personally liked season 1 maybe just a little bit more than season 2 but this season was actually pretty good maybe it was a tiny or a little disappointing but again loved this season so i wouldn't call it a bad second season or anything like that this season was still pretty darn good for me i would recommend it for sure also a 3rd season might becoming as well for how it ended so i cant wait for that whenever it comes.

After enjoyable first season that ended with sequel teaser, I had pretty high hopes for this one. And while it kept the “freshness” resulting (probably) from being chinese anime, I’m generally disappointed.
I felt like this season was considerably weaker than previous one. Without going into overly detailed comparison, I’ll just focus on the most noticeable points, both good and bad:
Bad drama. Too much and too over the top. Villains were just cheap and cheesy. I actually liked how girls problems were shown and solved in first season, but here it wasn’t fun to watch.
Useless and forgotten elements in story. Without spoiling too much, I mean ... things like Hayoi’s arm being broken at the very beginning just to be perfectly healthy a scene later, or two new characters introduced and doing some stuff that never led to any consequences. While the latter might be a setup for sequel, it doesn’t excuse the way it was executed.
Good harem members interactions. What I mean here is that, the dynamics between girls change and they notice others and their feelings. Too many harems (especially visible in VN adaptations that mix routes) fail at this and reduce girls’ interactions only to comedic bickering.
Characters’ main selling points were ignored for the most part, wasting a lot of their screen time. Old cast (Zitong being main offender) got too much focus, despite not getting any real development.
Overall anime kept some of the things I liked, but general quality of story feels much lower.

When it comes to art/music, it also doesn’t look that great. Or rather it “looks” pretty bad.
Animation had a lot of bad moments. Characters walking as a static element just jumping up and down and moving through screen. Hentai-level movement details. Reused scenes. Yeah, it looked cheap.
Overuse of special effects to hide flaws in art. Sparkles, leaves flying through whole screen and such. They sure are pretty, but sometimes it just got too sparkly.
And what’s up with their clothes? I understand character design, but seeing them having same outfit in every situation, especially considering how unusual they are, looks really out of place.
Music used during some scenes worked really well. I love when anime changes BGM to fit tone of a scene.
What music is missing, is variety. We got a singer heroine, but all her singing is just “la la la” and when she finally gets to sing it’s… opening song. Pretty disappointing. And why all of them have the same ringtone?

It might look like I’m just complaining and throw in some positives here and there. Don’t misunderstand. It’s still a fun anime and absolutely worth watching if you liked first season. The above are just my observations as a fan of harem anime who also happened to have soft spot for this specific title.

Past girls who were fleshed out in the first season are all but abandoned and become husks that appear as Jealous mannequins.
While MC retains the information about the relationship prior to the magic disbanding from the Cupid Chocolate in season 2 he acts like he only remembers one girls relationship and more specifically he doesnt remember the erasure of his kids after a beautiful send off to end season 1. All past girls with the exception of the Yandere have limited screen time and when they do appear they aren't consistent.

Pink haired girl gets the majority of this screentime but does nothing and once ... again acts like a husk who only has dialogue that equates to 'I love MC but how does he feel' and while MC states that he doesn't love this Pink haired girl to other characters, later episodes and treatment of her don't reflect this, especially when it comes at the cost of the other characters & their screen time.

The new character sandy starts off the season and ends up being boring as she doesnt interact with any character other than the MC. At the end the day, her arc was pointless as she offered nothing in terms of interactions with the harem characters and simply leaves for the remaining 10 or so episodes.

The Yandere childhood friend gets the focus for a majority of the season even though she didnt eat any of the Cupid chocolate which is weird because that's MC's focus but her Arc was rather nice and she surprisingly gets development and put in her place by another character. Her Yandere nature dies down after being put in her place by best girl but that being said after a dramatic episode and pretty dark one at that, she reverts back to normal once again making prior episodes pointless.

The last girl introduced once again did not eat the Chocalte. She was introduced in the final two episodes and is basically Sandy with one fun interaction with the Harem and then leaves the show.

Thankfully this had short episodes compared to other Harem anime and its superior japanese varient the world god only knows because it lacked comedy, consistency and joy. The best part of this series was Lin Yuan and the handling of their relationship & children. It would have been made better if the arc about MC's past, family & connection to the police was explored in the first season prior to Lin Yan's introduction as, MC's attitude during her Arcs later stages would make more sense and add to the drama/payoff.

Regardless, I don't think season 2 of this Chinese harem is worth watching even if you're looking for something to kill time. Season 1 definitely but not the second season.