Itai no wa Iya nanode Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu. 2

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Synonyms: BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense 2nd Season, I hate being in pain, so I think I'll make a full defense build 2, I Hate Getting Hurt, So I Put All My Skill Points Into Defense 2

Japanese: 痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います。2

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 11, 2023 to Apr 20, 2023

Premiered: Winter 2023

Broadcast: Wednesdays at 23:30 (JST)

Producers: MAGES., Docomo Anime Store, Sammy, ABC Animation, Kadokawa Media House, Kadokawa, D-techno

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: SILVER LINK.

Source: Light novel

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Theme: Video Game

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.21¹ (scored by 76,440 users)

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Ranked: #3273²

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Popularity: #1066

Members: 227,824

Favorites: 1,335

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Synopsis

After achieving fruitful results in New World Online's previous events, the now famous Maple Tree guild is excited to explore the new floors introduced in game. As if their guild was not already feared enough, each member is motivated to find stronger skills for themselves in order to greatly expand their options in future battles. Not forgetting the importance of networking, the guild also forges amicable relationships with other notable guilds, such as the Kingdom of the Flame Emperor and the Congregation of the Holy Swords.

With their eccentric guild master Maple at the forefront, the members of Maple Tree continue to stumble upon creative ways to implement their skills, driving the game developers crazy along the way.

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Background

Itai no wa Iya nano de Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu. 2 was initially scheduled to broadcast in 2022, but it was delayed until January 2023.

The series was released on Blu-ray and DVD in three volumes from March 24, 2023, to May 24, 2023.

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Adaptation:	Itai no wa Iya nanode Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu.
Prequel:	Itai no wa Iya nanode Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Maple

Main

Hondo, Kaede
Japanese

Sally

Main

Noguchi, Ruriko
Japanese

Syrup

Supporting

Shimabukuro, Miyuri
Japanese

Kanade

Supporting

Arai, Satomi
Japanese

Kasumi

Supporting

Hayami, Saori
Japanese

Mii

Supporting

Satou, Rina
Japanese

Iz

Supporting

Satou, Satomi
Japanese

Yui

Supporting

Suwa, Nanaka
Japanese

May

Supporting

Kakuma, Ai
Japanese

Kuromu

Supporting

Sugiyama, Noriaki
Japanese

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Kaneko, Hayato

Producer

Tokumura, Kenichi

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Umeda, Kazusa

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Shimosato, Satoru

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Opening Theme

"Kono Tate ni, Kakuremasu. (この盾に、隠れます。)" by Junjou no Afilia

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Ending Theme

"Step for Joy" by FRAM

Reviews

Apr 19, 2023

MrDongPrime

Recommended

To start off the review, "Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense" season two is a wholesome and entertaining anime that continues the story of Maple and her friends as they explore the virtual world of "New World Online." In my opinion, this show is amazing, and I have been enjoying how Maple finds her own ways to make MMOs entertaining for once. The author's creativity in the show made me realize how desperate I want a real fictional game. I am more interested in a game that I can invest time and money in rather than making anime ...

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Apr 19, 2023

KANLen09

Mixed Feelings

This show begs the only question that only serves to boggle my mind: What's up with sequels that fail to live up to the potential of their former premiere seasons?

Being the final show to finish out of the paltry Winter 2023 season that is honestly nothing more than a throwback to the COVID days of early 2020, novelist Yumikan's Bofuri was at least back then when the pandemic just started in the Winter season, a breath of fresh air when it came to parodying close premises like SAO on the subject matter. And above all, a potential of a show that has limitless ways to ... go around of, other than being a good time-waster and one of the best Winter 2020 shows of its lineup. And unsurprisingly 3 years later, we get the sequel...which was honest to goodness: a massive letdown of a disappointment. Couple that up with the scathing sequel effect of shows like Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko a.k.a By the Grace of the Gods and Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha a.k.a The Misfit of Demon King Academy as some of the worst follow-ups from their previous interesting premiere seasons, not to mention that both shows also started in Fall and Summer 2020 respectively, what has 2-3 years of development have been for the effort back then that warranted the sequel that is worse off than what came before?

To be fair, Maple and her Maple Tree guild of veteran character stays like Sally and Co., it's great to see them back for more "Players vs. Devs" kind of online game where the OP-ness knows no bounds, especially with all that has been established with Maple's exponential growth in Season 1 3 years ago. And all that time has culminated in Maple Tree being New World Online's biggest and most famous (and infamous) guild due to their limitless leader of potential. The other guilds of Mii's Flame Emperor and the Order of the Holy Sword under Payne are keeping up their status quos together to make sure that they at least match Maple's level, or else not to lag behind like the rest of the players in the game. Of course, since this is Season 2, it's Round 2 of a literate game against the developers, pushing their creativity and powers to their limits, ensuring that while the difficulty is amped up but not too much for the most of casual players, there is just no beating Maple at her own game because she feels like she is always 100 steps ahead of the pack, tiring the developers out of way against her every move and targeting the others instead. Smart move, but nope. In the very end, it feels like this show caters to an audience that is all about fun, and don't get me wrong as it truly is, but if the anime and its source material has not known anything of its Achilles' Heel, it's knowing the adage of "the sky is the limit". Basically, the TL;DR is this: if you've watched Season 1 (which you've definitely seen somehow), the sequel is more of the same, literally copy-paste.

Silver Link still shows their promise in this show by pumping out the usual sakuga moments that are of its signature since Season 1, and it is replicated here to good effect, I'll give it this much if the studio's in-house directors Mirai Minato and Shin Oonuma (chief) knows what kind of game they are playing with Bofuri's adaptation. The one disappointment for me though, would be the OST. Junjou no Afilia's 2nd OP for Bofuri just sounds pedestrian when compared to the amazing 1st OP graced for Season 1 that's just as iconic and still having that whimsical effect, even 3 years later. The ED, like Season 1 however, is forgettable at best and isn't noteworthy.

Like Kami-tachi and Maou Gakuin, Bofuri haphazardly joins the list of Winter 2023's worst Season 2 sequels of a gleaming potential that could be realized back in the day, only to squander it like nobody's business, thinking that 2-3 years' worth of time in-between that the world would degrade even more (that it didn't) and just capitalizing on its past goodness, which sadly isn't to be found here. It's such a shame this could be just as great as Season 1, but for whatever reason, somebody (or somebodies) didn't try hard enough to justify its existence.

Not much hopes for a Season 3 going forward, but still, an average pass is what I'm willing to give for Season 2 here. A downgrade to subpar average repetitiveness.

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Apr 19, 2023

slavemaster_1991

Not Recommended

While S1 gave us more of a "cute girls chilling/exploring in a game world" experience, S2 tries to do the same but leans way too heavy into "another world" experience with all of the bad stuff included. And what do we have in result?
First, as usual for all of the isekai (the bad ones) - MC and her party are OP. In isekai it is bad, however this one is an MMO, so it is even worse as OP builds should be nerfed. But instead of balancing or nerfing our MC devs introduce more and more abilities and features that are easily abused by MC ...

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