Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun 2nd Stage


Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki 2nd Stage

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: 弱キャラ友崎くん 2nd STAGE
English: Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki 2nd Stage
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Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 3, 2024 to Mar 27, 2024
Premiered: Winter 2024
Broadcast: Wednesdays at 21:00 (JST)
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Project No.9
Genres: DramaDrama, RomanceRomance
Theme: SchoolSchool
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.041 (scored by 5267952,679 users)
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Ranked: #41622
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Popularity: #1790
Members: 133,936
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Synopsis

Fumiya Tomozaki is now cruising through the game of life—all thanks to the guidance of Aoi Hinami, his popular classmate and rival in the online game Attack Families, widely known as "Tackfam." As the summer holiday draws to a close and a new term commences, Tomozaki reunites with Aoi, who reminds him of his ultimate goals: to become well-liked among his peers and find himself a girlfriend.

However, Tomozaki puts his ambitions on hold when his innocent friend, Hanabi Natsubayashi, starts being bullied. To make matters worse, Aoi is characteristically out of touch with the situation. But Tomozaki is not alone in resolving this issue—he now has a group of loyal friends who are all determined to help Hanabi and ensure they enjoy their youths together to the fullest.

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Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Yanagi, Shinsuke
Director, Storyboard
Motoyama, Satoshi
Sound Director
Matsumoto, Masayuki
Episode Director
Yamada, Yuka
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"Easy? Hard? Shikashite Susume! (イージー?ハード?しかして進めっ!)" by DIALOGUE+ (eps 2-12)
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Ending Theme

1: "Easy? Hard? Shikashite Susume! (イージー?ハード?しかして進めっ!)" by DIALOGUE+ (eps 1,13)
2: "Dareka ja Nai kara (誰かじゃないから)" by DIALOGUE+ (eps 2-4,6-12)
3: "Friend Fanfare (フレンドファンファーレ)" by DIALOGUE+ (eps 5)

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Reviews

Jun 10, 2024
The second season of Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun targets the themes of fitting in and coming to terms with one's role in life presented in the first season, and applies it in a slightly different lens: with Tomozaki having "developed" in the first season, 2nd Stage works with how he applies what he's learned and whether he can truly process and apply his own perspective on these aspects of life and aid others. Viewers of the first season might take mixed stances on the direction of 2nd Stage, straying further away from the more methodological Hinami Aoi-led self-improvement plot of season 1 to focus more on how ...
Dec 18, 2024
Mixed Feelings
For a novel reader, 2nd season is truly disappointing. The story feels rushed and lacks depth, failing to make logical connections to the first season. Important hints about Hinami's character and her motivation to help Tomozaki are nowhere to be found.

This small details what made the story interesting, after the initial "life improvement" setup begin to fade away. What’s left is a somewhat strange and overly simplistic school romance. So, what did anime-only fans miss?

While the theme of these volumes was romance, there was more to it. First of all, it was a logical continuation of the story. Tomozaki decided “to do what he wants.” ...
Mar 29, 2024
Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun season 2 had a huge falloff from season 1 because it was engaging enough since season 2 was just a loop for 13 episodes.
In season 1 we really he tomozaki develop from being a bum to a regular person but in season 2 now that he starts off as a regular person it feels a bit odd that hes still doing tasks for someone whos a little bit higher on the social hierachy then him. the interactions he has in season 2 are almost completely normal and that made the plot really hard to drag on because he really cant grow or ...

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