Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki Part 2

I really love this anime. Characters are unique in their ways. The story is fun and it is rare for this kind of genre. There is also a lot of knowledge inserted throughout the story and you can apply that knowledge in your real life. The art & sound are not top-tier anime but the quality does not drop throughout part 1 and part 2. The story and character can compensate for art & music. I really wish it will have season 2 (now it is only season 1 part 1 & 2. If you have never watched this anime before, I strongly recommend to ... try once. Let's support this anime together :)

The return of politics, the anime and it came back and did more of the same. My opinions from season 1 didn’t really change, it was just nice to see a different outlook on the isekai genre, however, it wasn’t necessarily perfect especially because the anime started to feel like it was dragging throughout the middle and there were certain parts where literally nothing would happen. Overall I thought it was a decent continuation of season 1 that I think some people might enjoy.
Art: 5
With this being more of a dialog-based show with a minimal amount of action the animation isn't as important, at ... least to me. I also thought character designs weren’t amazing, but the colors would pop out nicely.
Sound: 7
A somewhat underrated part of the anime. The sound design was surprisingly solid, but it wasn’t really jaw-dropping, but the sound would be used to create a good atmosphere in scenes throughout the anime.
Characters: 6
More of the same from season 1 with the most prominent addition being Roroa, who was enjoyable whenever she popped on the screen, but the character development was decent, to say the least. This still has to be the biggest drawback for me.
Story: 7
This anime did a really good job of grabbing us back in especially with the stuff about Carmine and how that entire situation played out. I must also say that it ended very nicely and it was good to find out more about the past king, However, my biggest gripe has to be that the anime felt quite boring and dragged quite a bit throughout the middle which is unfortunate.

The father of modern political philosophy and science, 15th Century-borne Niccolò Machiavelli, is a very influential figure for his unscrupulous acts that are proclaimed in his most famous (or infamous rather) work on The Prince (Il Principe), being heralded as the instruction guide for new princes and royals, accepting that the aims, such as glory and survival, can justify the use of immoral means to achieve those ends. But as is with this very controversial work that's debated for centuries after his death, there was one consensus that was generally agreed on, and it's innovation, partly because like many other prose works of the time, ... it was written in Italian Vernacular, giving rise to the popularity of literature in the Renaissance Period.

The Prince's aim was to teach that the "effectual" truth was to be taken as more important than any abstract ideal. And novelist Dojyomaru took and transformed that ideal into an Isekai where a modern person of intelligence and conceit was summoned to a fantasy world where the kingdom he was summoned was facing political and social pressure, and needed to be reformed before it could be lost to potential rivals typical of the kingdom wars and takeover and what-have-yous. And since this is the continuation of that series from last Summer, to say that Realist Hero wasn't for me would be a sore understatement. I do love shows covering politics and the like (a la Log Horizon) because it gives me reason to jog my brain, but after bearing through yet another season of this, I have but only one answer to it, and that's by some quotes:

- “I imagine that the intelligent people are the ones so intelligent that they don't even need or want to look 'intelligent' anymore.” ― Criss Jami, author of Killosophy

- “Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.” ― Karl Popper

- “It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.” ― Richard P. Feynman

And this quote might just be the best answer to sum this series as a whole, short and sweet:
“Absurdity is the ecstasy of intellectualism.” ― Criss Jami, author of Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile

It's no surprise that deep within the reaches of Realist Hero, nothing stands but generic Isekai and with a harem to match, because what else could you try to match sophisticated intelligence like Machiavelli's to make it "realistic". It's like cooking something but adding sugar instead of salt (or MSG rather) to make the taste balance topsy turvy, and yet still, manage to fail in every regard. I like references when done right and that the general audience understands why the context is used, but Realist Hero just quotes them like "It's the definition of law and order, written in black and white" to appease the people whom didn't understand one fair bit, yet continue to trust that the same people will understand the motives of the one in charge and trust that whatever the hero's doing, he's doing it for the best intentions of the kingdom. Whether frenemies or strangers that he comes by, he does it by the book to ensure that everyone is treated equally, which in an imperfect world, would sound almost to the point of narcissism. That's why it's labelled fiction, a imagination of a "what-if" situation if past Centuries' kingdoms would've been led by modern-day civilization, and for that it's fine, but doesn't harness any realism values at all.

Everything else is just the same, just nothing to note about. At least Inori Minase's OP is better by a wee bit, and the ED got an upgrade to not being PowerPoint-worthy half-assed lazy material with Aimi's ED to boot.

If you love it, you definitely will love it, and vice versa. I can't imagine anyone with common sense will like this one since it's just constant quotes to signify a brand new age, and it's still the same utter convoluted nothingness as the 1st Cour that came before it. This series is just too smart for its own good, and that "playing smart" is its Achilles' Heel, for better or for worse.

Meanwhile, just watch Tensai Ouji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu a.k.a The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt, that one is far less liberal on the socio-political aspect and more comedic that's a better representation of being a more realistic Realist Hero.