Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu. 2nd Season

Ah Komi-san, Komi-san.

What is there not to love about this show honestly? There is a level of charm to it, that's unmatched by most shows. To which there are many reasons for that. You don't need to watch many episodes, to truly get what Komi-san is about, or what it's going to be about. But even then, it'll throw things in there, that are just surprising, and catch your attention. Think of the good ol K-ON days. It was fun, it was silly, it made us smile, it made us laugh, and once again, Komi-san is doing it once again.

Story and characters:9
These truly go together, as the characters are the life of the show. Like, you truly would love for Komi to communicate more, but then you look at her classmates, and it's no wonder why she can't haha. But the one up the new season will have when it comes to the first. Is that we get to see her have even more fun with friends from the get go.The journey to this stage was great, and it can only get better. Even with new character hitting the scene, that fit right into the anime, as if they were there already. It's nothing but sweet, as the first season, a must watch for sure.

Sound and art: 9
I'm gonna say a high score once more. Because Komi truly does look amazing in so many areas, and they haven't lost touch when it comes to the second season. Much like the first, it'll look dazzling in areas, colourful and bright, and very well detailed in other sections. The reactions and tone of music that goes along wit it too, is a real nice touch, and they've nailed it all once again.

Komi-san second season picks up where it left off before, and it's only going to be even more good as it goes along. If you saw the first season, you just know, you're going to love te second. So watch it now!

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Let's begin with the conclusion.

In the end tastes reveal better if this series works individually or is a collective mess. I became disappointed the more I got involved with this series because I cherished those moments that made me smile / laugh and there was nothing new this season for me. And I wish there were more things in it's favor. I hope it is for everyone else, or at least for most people, because for me this doesn't work. While the overall score might account for art and sound, the final assessment will be 1/10, because neither the art, nor the sound, amplify, go hand in hand with, or strengthen characters, plots, the atmosphere and they don't compensate for my disappointment in the Komi-san experience. I wish I loved it more, identify with it, laugh, smile and be more affectionate watching it. I really do and perhaps I invested too much attention in a rush and I deprived myself of the things that made others satisfied so far. And I'm certain some love this series. If this is you, I wish you to cherish it even further.

With that out of the way, here's what I think are some strengths and weaknesses in what we've seen until episode 6.

Story wise, there is a main romantic plot, where the focus is on the Komi, the audience appeal, and Shonen-san that's the cliche audience representative, in a basic, but sweet interaction here and there. There isn't a tremendous jump from the first season to the actual situation between them because this series doesn't rely on the narrative as an essential feature. The subplots are obviously those of the people that Komi befriends. There's a consensus on how Komi's friends view her, with variations based on their particularities (like how the lesbian, the bully or the otaku interact with her - and how they react on the inside). So far the season doesn't add much so far in terms of how people perceive Komi (except her family and Shonen-san). Instead, we're delighted with bits of quirky, but with pleasant outcomes, of social interactions.
Aside from the romantic elements, we have comedy bits as well as narrative social explanations of the series communication disorder. What we do see more this season is more cringe worthy characters that are so quirky that you almost ask whether you're not actually watching My Hero Academia, but without super powers. (Not that I would ever watch that show, but you got to admit the physiognomies are similar.) Do these new characters add relevance to the plot? Barely. Does Komi achieve her goal? Yes, she's on the right track. Is she closer to Shonen-san? If quantity beats quality, then yes, she has more instances of interacting with him. Is there anything worth making a separate season about in this regard? Yes, more quantities of Komi, comedy, school life in a good animation work for some. But it doesn't work for everyone.

Story: 1/10

There isn't anything wrong with the artwork, it's fine and it works. Maybe the opening to me as good visually as the one from the previous season, but the ending is enjoyable to watch multiple times. There are no excesses in colors, and the variations are diverse enough in order to make one engaged.

Art: 6/10

The sounds are predictable at times, the songs are pleasant, nothing is too remarkable but there's nothing wrong with it. I wouldn't say I can recall bits, except for the typical piano playing when they're at school, and the cheesy music when the romantic moments trigger. I have nothing against it, but there's nothing remarkable overall. The sounds Komi and her family make are a bit annoying after you watch everything so far.

Sound: 4/10

Characters are pretty well defined from the time they make an appearance. Sure there is beef between certain characters, or between them and Komi, but there's nothing that affects the plot in a fundamental way. Komi is reaching her goal little by little, she is more familiar to Shonen-san than in the first episode of previous season, but there's nothing outstanding about the current situation. If you put certain characters together, you know what outcomes are possible, and the repetition of their behaviors almost becomes annoying at times. Yes, people have disorders, some have quirks, but do we have to call everything a disorder? What about the fact that the premise of the show hasn't been even questioned throughout it? I'm still waiting any reactions towards the fact that Komi's family, except the mom, is behaving like her, without the narrator pointing to them as 'disordered' as well. Neither are they responsible. And no one makes them responsible. Is it a biotic disorder then? No, it's social, we're supposed to guess. Then what makes this social issue a disorder? Because Komi-san has it! And she's awesome! And her dad, father of awesome Komi-san has it! See how this spirals back in circle? Maybe the narrator will explain sometime in the plot in another season. But that doesn't matter since the issue is presented from the get go without the rationale. There's no criterion of relevance as to 'understand' Komi in neither season. We just have to, cause she's cute, and the show is funny. Therefore, Komi's a tool for the promotion of an assumed disorder. As much as I enjoy her moments of kindness to others, her struggle and her passion for Shonen-san, I can't really care for her. Actually she becomes more and more annoying, the same way it's annoying for someone to tell you 'your room is dirty' everyday without ever bothering to help you or advise you in how to clean your mess. And the rest of the characters are even less likeable at best. Shonen-san is composed at times, but his role is almost non-existent except for the romance plot. And if I were to say that this or that character is important, it's important diminishes the more characters with quirks are introduced every episode or so. So for me, the development of characters seems to be lackluster.

Character development 1/10

Why would someone love this series? It's pleasant in some ways. It inspires empathy towards people with disabilities, which is a wonderful moral thing to have. Friendship, despite differences and individual quirks, is amazing and this series has that. This particular season? More cute Komi feet and humor. And more appeal to those that actually have similar quirks to the characters that Komi befriends. The music is pleasant, the visuals are decent, it's a decent school comedy.

Why would someone be appalled by this series? It's monotonic, repetitive, it leads almost to nowhere. We're informed of a disorder we didn't know was considered as such, which actually trivializes what disorders are. Almost all characters have quirks, and the cringe increases with every new character, and this is bad because you know what to expect in every scene they appear, and there's nothing new to them once they're introduced. There's nothing too moral. It's an exposition of: cute girl(s), social quirks, emotive teenagers, lack of meaning, lack of interrogation, lack of responsibility, no hard consequences of character actions and so on. And hahaha that moment in the last 5 episodes was actually funny. Right. The genre is comedy. To me, this is one of many instances in which diversity makes things tasteless, let alone funny. There are occasions of humor which are at best worthy of smiles (I laughed a couple of times and I indeed continue to watch this.) And regardless of how the protagonist is misrepresented, having increasing friends that are so weird would make me want to shut myself inside mom's basement forever. Who would actually want non-dependable fake snowflake friends that actually want you for their dirty desires and for your looks? What I'm trying to say is that, if it's supposed to be 'haha', then there is a fine line between bad taste and actual humor given the multitude of quirks we're introduced, and I believe the author didn't actually chose which way he sides with and promotes better, so the series remains suspended between 'hot' and 'cold'.

Enjoyment: As much as I am committed to follow this until the end, I will tend towards 1/10 unfortunately.

Overall: 2.3/10

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She can't communicate but she still is a great character.

"Communication is a skill that you can learn. It’s like riding a bicycle or typing. If you’re willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life."

Plot: The plot is a linear and coherent link to the good but not great first season. It again follows Komi san and her will to communicate with others around regardless of any trauma she ever gets involved into. Season 2 after 3 episodes is already better than Season 1 so that's a great start I should say.

Art: The art as always is distinguishingly great in Komi-san, therefore there is nothing to complain about over here.

Sound: The music is seemingly 'lively' and 'fun-play' and it ironically suits the themes of the show very very well.

Character: All characters are good but not as great as Komi herself. Despite her lack of communications and not speaking that much I can honestly say her 'confidence' with interacting with other people who can actually speak is nothing short of great character development and gives me tears towards my eyes when she wants to speak overall.

Enjoyment: I am already enjoying Season 2 for what it is and honestly it is much better than that standard Season 1 which was offered to us many months ago or so.

Overall: A great improvement to the show and to the character of Komi-San herself. (Absolute Waifu Material)

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Komi san season 2

At first i was utterly surprised by the speed of the second seasons release compared to usual second seasons release speeds. Well what is there about to complain, so here is my small mini break donw within the first three episodes we have gotten.

Overall at the time being i would say it is a 7-7.5 at most

Story: 6
The story is just a daily lives of highschool students who are quite abnormal, enjoyable, fun but may not hit some of us with the humour sometimes.

Art: 8
The animation is nice smooth and the gestures and the way they animated the small movements, each small part from each of the manga panel is a very nice way for us to know that the studio is also working very hard which we love to see.

Soundtrack/sound: 7
Loved the soundtrack for each scene, may feel like a typical soundtrack for slice of life highschool romance anime but what is there to hate about the nice opening (which still can't top the first season's opening) and also a nice soundtrack whilst the scenes are happening.

Characters: 6
I wouldn't say I could say much at the moment for it being only 3 episodes but I know for a fact that more interesting characters are going to be introduced soon just like how we got introduced to a new character like Katai from episode 2. As far as I can say for now Najimi and Tadano are still my favorites.

Enjoyment: 7.5
Love watching this show wouldn't say I would diehard watch it just like a waited for each second for the episodes of Spy X Family to come out, still very enjoyable though.

Hope this review helped sorry if there were typos or anything
(was made in a short period of time)

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