Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko 2nd Season

This second season kind of lacks something the first season had and my interest is beginning to wane. Now I wouldn't say the series is bad but I really wish there was less focus on him trying to build laundromats to the point the name should have been "Opening a Laundromat in Another World".

The story continues from the first season with the laundromat arc. How about more adventures where he tries to tame more slimes or literally anything else besides him and these laundromats. The 4th episode has helped raise my interest again but I am ready for the story to move away from the ... laundromat arc.

Ryoma is still traveling and making connections with others but they mostly just tie back in to the laundromat business he is trying to expand upon

Artstyle is fine, nothing really changed from the first season.

Edit: it seems my prayers were answered by ep 5 when Ryoma decided to go back to working jobs as an adventurer to raise his rank. Thank goodness too I don't think I could have handled the series if it focused mainly on his business

It's a bad sequel to a nice first season.
While the first season brought with it this sense of child-like wonder about the new world, the second season is all about business. Literally. He runs a laundromat, and he goes from place to place to make this business better. Not for money, nor to introduce decent labor rights into the feudal society, but because all his business pals tell him that "THIS RANDOM BUSINESS IDEA IS GREAT, DO IT BRO, IT'S GONNA DO GREAT".
Maybe as a result, but Ryoma stays the same from end of season 1 to the end of season 2. There's nothing ... he has to think through, nothing he has to overcome, nothing important happening. He's fully kitted for looming dangers and tribulations that will never come.
It's just a shota-fied old man walking around listening to people praise him for being amazing.
Slimes have background roles now.
Animation is cheap.
Elia is gone.
Climax of this season is Ryoma's laundromat running a street food stall.
This season is boring. I'd remember KamiHiro better if season 2 didn't happen if it had to happen like this.

I wanted to like this, I do, but this was just a disappointment in what made the first season great.

It has the same charm that I like from the first season and the new characters are pretty charming. But the main problem of this show is the pacing and the lack of focus it had. There are just so many things going on this season that they just speedran through every episode but somehow made it slow in a lot of ways.

The first season had good pacing, showing Ryouma learning and adapting to the world around him with the people he grew to love and ... enjoying life at his own pace. The best episodes are when he was slowly accustomed to the town he visited, slowly making a laundry business, and the sad episode of realizing of losing the people he cared about, reminiscing about the love that he had, and thanks to the family that he has now. This is what made the first season so charming, heartwarming, and relaxing that immediately get invested in his character.

It had an interesting direction at first, with Ryouma expanding his business and meeting new people along the way. What made it kinda awful was the execution. As I said, there were so many things going on this season that it's kinda jarring that so many events piled up in a single season. It felt an episode had a single story arc. It feels like Ryouma is doing the same thing as in his past life, overworking without taking breaks, at least from the viewer's perspective. Sure, you could argue that he rested in between episodes, but I would like to see him taking a break or a small vacation for at least an episode. Granted, the last episode was charming showing that he cares about the community he was in and what having people closest to him means to him well.

Despite its problems, this is a fine adaptation, you'll find it either boring or charming. In the latter, I find it in the middle of the road of slightly below average. Would be cautiously optimistic about a third season.

I generally like this series quite a bit, but the first season was definitely better than the second. Both have a sort of feel good type of vibe. However, the pacing/progress in the second season is really too slow. I personally do like the business component, but it needs more progress/development. Also, Ryoma is slightly too insecure for someone that has insane skills and success. I do hope there will be a season 3, with further exploration of slimes, adventure and business at a higher pace. I dont mind Elia eps as long as it doesnt detract from the pace of the main story.

Listen for what this series is this is still acceptable in the 2nd season. I treat this series as a "sweet nothing". A nice palate cleanser. An enjoyable watch where you're just enjoying the world being pleasant for awhile. The 1st season did this very well. This 2nd season was okay but seemed to be lacking some of whatever made the first season just "pleasant to watch".

I can't pin down exactly what was missing, but whatever it was there was less of "something" than the first season had.

It was still an enjoyable palate cleanser and nice ... "sweet" show to watch, just less effective than the first season was. So I have slightly mixed feelings recommending it. Not because it's bad in itself, just because it doesn't quite live up to the accomplishments of the first season.

The first season introduced us a peaceful anime, a bit boring but the relation with Ryouma and the Duke's family was interesting
This season is more meh. It's calm and peaceful but maybe a bit too much. I can't say it wasn't enjoyable to watch but I felt bored at some moments and I couldn't feel the MC has flaws, which makes it hard to empathize with him, even if he's nice.
If a third season should be released in think I could watch it but I hope they will change some things in the history. Not to having a heavy and dramatic anime, it's not ... this kind of anime. But something to make it a bit more spicy. Just a bit. Or to make him overcome difficulties