Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou 2nd Season

After rescuing his former classmates from the perils of a labyrinth—a mythical place that grants a divine magic to whosoever triumphs over its trials—Nagumo Hajime emerges victorious, while the new heroes of the fantasy world Tortus must face their first major failure. Together with his traveling companions and the new team member Kaori Shirasaki, Nagumo resumes his journey to conquer all labyrinths and eventually return to his original world.

Meanwhile, the heroes from Earth try learning from their mistakes and prepare for the demon army's invasion. As the final confrontation looms closer, new and old enemies start setting their evil plans in motion. Once more, Nagumo must prove that he can prevail against the most formidable opponents, all while protecting the ones he holds closest to his heart.

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Nagumo, Hajime Main

Fukamachi, Toshinari Japanese

Yue Main

Kuwahara, Yuuki Japanese

Shirasaki, Kaori Main

Oonishi, Saori Japanese

Clarence, Tio Main

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Haulia, Shea Main

Takahashi, Minami Japanese

Myuu Supporting

Ogura, Yui Japanese

Yaegashi, Shizuku Supporting

Hanamori, Yumiri Japanese

Riiman Supporting

Hamada, Kenji Japanese

Hatayama, Aiko Supporting

Kakuma, Ai Japanese

Endou, Kousuke Supporting

Enoki, Junya Japanese

Iizuka, Aya Producer

Koenuma, Yuri Producer

Andou, Seiji Producer

Fukao, Satoshi Producer

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Jul 16, 2024

hexashadow13

Recommended

tl;dr: A sequel that drops some of it’s predecessor’s charms but that is overall a vast improvement.

The first season of Arifureta had a story that was definitely an acquired taste. Like many other isekai’s it featured an overpowered protagonist and leaned hard on him being overpowered. But what made Arifureta somewhat unique was that Hajime was really edgy. Like really really edgy. There was not even attempt at trying to make his edginess seem deep or anything like that. He just straight up oozed chuuni edginess. While that’s something I am totally into and should enjoy, unfortunately the anime was still a complete trainwreck. It ... was just terribly made in pretty much every way.

This season is very different from the first season. For one, it actually feels competently made. The production values are definitely improved. But just as importantly, the pacing isn’t awful and it flows pretty well. It’s much easier to understand this one, which is important because this season focuses far less on showing Hajime being overpowered and edgy, and puts more effort into pushing forward the narrative. That’s not to say Hajime isn’t overpowered and edgy anymore. He definitely still is, though Myu and Kaori have made him mellow out somewhat. But the main things is that it no longer feels like him being edgy and overpowered is the core draw compared to the plot or character arcs.

Plot wise things are moving forward, albeit slowly. The first season had a lot of world building, but it didn’t really feel like much was happening in terms of the overarching conflict against the Demons or God. This season got things moving on both fronts, though at the same time it ended at a point where Hajime wasn’t yet able to resolve anything fully, which was pretty unsatisfying. Character wise, the only character that got proper character development was Kaori who had a pretty decent arc. The rest of the heroines got some light development here and there, but nothing too major. Still, the overall dynamic of the group is great and a lot of fun to watch so holistically they feel like a pretty solid cast that I’m looking forward to seeing more of.

The art and animation as mentioned are noticeably improved. There’s still some bad CG enemies from time to time, but nothing egregious like the first season. This time I was able to properly appreciate the art style and found that I like it quite a lot. The character designs are also overall really great. The OP is pretty solid in terms of songs and visuals. Not as memorable as the first season’s though. The ED has a good song but the visuals were just okay. The soundtrack was really good and stood out quite a lot.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Apr 17, 2023

EtherealCode

Mixed Feelings

Loved the show, but the only thing that won't sit right with me is the reason why he wants to return to his world, you've already become the most powerful lord in another world, where magic and things you can't even think possible IRL exist, and yet somehow you wish to return to your world where you'll most likely have to work a boring 9/5 for the rest of your life. Make it make sense.

Overall I think the show was great, lot of fun and ridiculous moments, I wouldn't go too hard on rating an Isekai Harem, it's well written enough and has a lot ... of positive lessons, it's just that small detail that doesn't make any sense to me.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jul 24, 2024

Vamxlt

Not Recommended

I want to start with that for me, the first season of this anime really seemed decent, somewhat enjoyable despite the clichés and all that.
But this second season is total garbage, there is no way to save it, the characters that are not the protagonist and a few of the main secondary characters such as the harem, the princess or the teacher, are stupid, the class suffered a drop in IQ, the soldiers, king, villains and other random people also suffered from excessive loss of neurons, it is incredible how they cannot think with a little bit of logic.
Afterwards, these are the worst villains I ... have seen along with the worst twist plot based on a poor and meaningless plot.
Then, the harem, from the beginning it was ridiculous, but it kept you entertained, and after he joined Kaori everything went to shit, maybe this is because I developed a hatred for this character, but I can't stand him, he's irritable , annoying, a burden, he only did two good things all season, AND ON TOP...
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The author gave her a ridiculous power up by giving her the body of the goddess, and how does she support it? Ah, well the protagonist out of nowhere learns to use magic from the old era, for me the author simply didn't like Kaori's design after a while and decided to give her more boobs.
Honestly I don't recommend this anime at all unless you want to waste your time with something.
Btw, my English is like a translator, I'm sorry if something is read wrong.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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