Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta... X

I like this anime and this genre in general. I'm also someone who rewatches series. During this, I'm re-evaluating series and characters. And one thing that has pushed the series down a notch over time for me is a certain character.
And no it's not the Pervy-Bear from Season 2 Ep09-12.
It's the first male lead, Geordo.
In Season 1 I already found him to be the worst of all "Conquerable Characters". But in Season 2 he got even more annoying I think.
I hope for season 3 he changes. Because I strongly doubt that MC is dating (Ending Up with) anyone else. The series won't be so "progressive" ... that she ends with any of the other girls, and for everyone else, who ends up with who has already been hinted at.
Alan = Mary
Nicol = Fray
Keith = Sophia/Maria/Ginger
Keith is the only one who hasn't had hints or interactions with certain other relevant female characters.
Should MC not end up Nicol, it would be a consideration for Sophia to partner with Keith so she could become MC's SIL.
(Accordingly, Keith & Maria because she is the game's heroine. And Keith & Ginger because the character traits will complement each other.)
I'm a friend of the shipping from MC & any of the Ascart kids.

Remember near the end of the first season when a character was kidnapped by someone using dark magic? Ready to see that plot reused twice for 5 episodes total?

While the show is still enjoyable, it's mostly fluff and does very little to grow the characters or advance the status quo. Notably, some people may be frustrated with Katarina's obliviousness to everyone's feelings towards her, now without the excuse of focusing on avoiding the doom flags to distract her from everyone's obvious affections. Additionally, with how the first season ended resolving Katarina successfully avoiding her doom flags, there's little to drive the overarching plot this season. ... The final episode does add a sequel hook, but how many more accidental romantic conquests does she need?

Hametsu Flag Season 2 takes everything that was somewhat fun in the first season and completely throws it out the window in favor of the most bland, do-nothing plots you've ever seen. 9 out of the 12 episodes are forgettable (very generous), and when something happens to develop a supposed "relationship", Katarina is quick to forget and return to her smooth-brained sweet-snacking status quo.

It's typical for harem shows to stunt the development of relationships, as doing so would "pick favorites" and destroy the harem, but you can't just have NOTHING happen like this, especially when there's so many involved. There's barely even infighting, or ... jealousy. It was a mistake to have only 2 of the 7 (mainline harem) display their love so overtly.

There's a shocking lack of character development.
The harem members are caricatures at this point, with some getting almost zero screen time.

They should have each been given one on one time with Katarina, at least so she'd notice something, but this chick is only into food— hell— that's her entire personality.

Katarina has regressed. She doesn't do anything this season which would justify people's infatuation.
She just eats and nods, that's it. People are more amused by her antics than anything, so the love feels forced.

She NEVER acknowledges what anyone says. She is IMPOSSIBLY dense— I guess she hit her head harder than we initially thought.

There's a particularly egregious scene with Katarina and Maria. Maria says something serious and heartfelt. Katarina just stares blindly with her :^) face, goes "hai!", and the scene is over. What Maria said could not possibly be interpreted lightly, yet Katarina does what she does best— act like a brick wall.

Even worse is that one scene in the last episode. OOF.

I think there is enjoyment to be had with a dense harem MC, but it comes at the risk of getting old extremely fast, and this show's already way past that point.

Also, can we be real, this show does NOT need magic. It's barely utilized, and is only there for plot contrivance and a couple fanservice scenes— scenes which honestly don't even need magic.
Ok, last thing, this season was in desperate need of a girl kiss, just saying 🤷‍♂️

4.5/10